Dominica vs Jamaica: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Dominica
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 0.189 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.1599 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Dominica, a difference of 0.0291 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.2 times Dominica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Dominica ahead.
Dominica ranks 94th and Jamaica ranks 91st of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Dominica averaged higher in 2 and Jamaica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominica | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.718 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.1596 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8776 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Dominica |
| 2000s | 0.5244 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.0219 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.5463 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Dominica |
| 2010s | 0.1418 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4276 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2858 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Jamaica |
| 2020s | -0.0086 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2752 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2839 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Dominica or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 0.189 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.1599 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Dominica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Dominica and Jamaica?
- 0.0291 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Jamaica?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Dominica and Jamaica rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Dominica ranks 94th and Jamaica ranks 91st 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.