Italy vs Malaysia: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Italy
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 0.9567 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.9246 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Italy, a difference of 0.0321 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 42nd and Malaysia ranks 41st of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and Malaysia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7008 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6814 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0193 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.4615 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7589 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2973 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 0.4828 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8849 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4021 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 0.7898 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.869 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0793 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Italy or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 0.9567 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.9246 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Italy and Malaysia?
- 0.0321 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Malaysia?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Malaysia rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Italy ranks 42nd and Malaysia ranks 41st 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.