Cuba vs Zambia: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Cuba
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports -0.3897 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.3992 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Cuba, a difference of 0.0095 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 138th and Zambia ranks 137th of 206 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.9835 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.49 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.5099 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Cuba |
| 2000s | -0.6067 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.401 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Cuba |
| 2010s | -0.3012 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.4529 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1518 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Cuba |
| 2020s | -0.2529 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.5825 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3296 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Cuba or Zambia?
- Zambia, at -0.3897 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.3992 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Cuba as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Cuba and Zambia?
- 0.0095 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Zambia?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Cuba and Zambia rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Cuba ranks 138th and Zambia ranks 137th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) standard error. The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance estimate is based. The standard error indicates the precision of the governance estimate. Larger values indicate less precise estimates. A 90% confidence interval for the governance estimate is given by the estimate +/- 1.64 times the standard error.