Gambia vs Zambia: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate over time
- Gambia
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports -0.5331 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.5358 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Gambia, a difference of 0.0027 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 141st and Zambia ranks 140th of 204 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.5893 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7619 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Gambia |
| 2000s | -0.7057 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.9925 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2869 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Gambia |
| 2010s | -0.5799 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.5351 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0447 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Zambia |
| 2020s | -0.5215 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.6294 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1079 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Gambia or Zambia?
- Zambia, at -0.5331 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.5358 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Gambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Gambia and Zambia?
- 0.0027 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Zambia?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and Zambia rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Gambia ranks 141st and Zambia ranks 140th of 204 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.