Italy vs Portugal: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Italy
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.9246 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Italy, a difference of 0.0954 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 42nd and Portugal ranks 39th of 206 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7008 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7511 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0503 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.4615 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8673 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4057 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.4828 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.5204 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.7898 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.03 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2447 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Italy or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 1.02 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 Portugal?
- 0.0954 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Portugal rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Italy ranks 42nd and Portugal ranks 39th 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.