Latvia vs Uruguay: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Latvia
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.8625 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.8291 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Latvia, a difference of 0.0334 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Uruguay ahead.
Latvia ranks 50th and Uruguay ranks 47th of 206 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.4488 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.5174 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.9662 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 0.3337 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.536 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2023 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.7066 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.7616 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.055 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.8074 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8847 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0773 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Latvia or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.8625 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.8291 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Latvia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Latvia and Uruguay?
- 0.0334 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Uruguay?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Latvia and Uruguay rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Latvia ranks 50th and Uruguay ranks 47th 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.