Equatorial Guinea vs Liberia: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports -1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 188th and Liberia ranks 187th of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Liberia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -1.54 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -2.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.5581 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | -1.47 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.57 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0971 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | -1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1135 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Liberia |
| 2020s | -1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0324 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Equatorial Guinea or Liberia?
- Liberia, at -1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Equatorial Guinea and Liberia?
- 0.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Liberia?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Liberia rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 188th and Liberia ranks 187th 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.