Gabon vs Laos: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Gabon
- Laos
How they compare
Gabon currently reports -0.5514 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.593 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Laos, a difference of 0.0416 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Gabon ahead.
Gabon ranks 147th and Laos ranks 149th of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 3 and Laos in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.6695 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.8395 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Gabon |
| 2000s | -0.9093 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.153 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Gabon |
| 2010s | -0.7966 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.5855 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2111 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Laos |
| 2020s | -0.6731 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.7247 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0516 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Gabon or Laos?
- Gabon, at -0.5514 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.593 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Laos as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Gabon and Laos?
- 0.0416 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Laos?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Gabon and Laos rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Gabon ranks 147th and Laos ranks 149th 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.