Ethiopia vs Malawi: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Ethiopia
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports -0.6029 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.6158 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.0129 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Malawi ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 154th and Malawi ranks 151st of 206 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -1.49 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.9318 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.5616 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malawi |
| 2000s | -0.9707 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.8586 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1121 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malawi |
| 2010s | -0.4649 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.4579 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.007 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malawi |
| 2020s | -0.6393 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.638 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0013 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Ethiopia or Malawi?
- Malawi, at -0.6029 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.6158 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Ethiopia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Ethiopia and Malawi?
- 0.0129 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Malawi?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Ethiopia and Malawi rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Ethiopia ranks 154th and Malawi ranks 151st 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.