Kenya vs Tonga: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Kenya
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports -0.059 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.0894 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Kenya, a difference of 0.0304 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Tonga ahead.
Kenya ranks 115th and Tonga ranks 112th of 206 countries.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -0.6345 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.5437 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0908 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Tonga |
| 2010s | -0.2813 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.1189 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1624 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Tonga |
| 2020s | -0.1996 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.0672 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1324 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Kenya or Tonga?
- Tonga, at -0.059 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.0894 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Kenya and Tonga?
- 0.0304 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Tonga?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Tonga rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Kenya ranks 115th and Tonga ranks 112th 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.