Mauritania vs Papua New Guinea: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Mauritania
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports -0.7104 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.7567 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0463 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 161st and Papua New Guinea ranks 159th of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.3204 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.506 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1856 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Mauritania |
| 2000s | -0.5625 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.7197 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1572 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Mauritania |
| 2010s | -0.6881 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.5703 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1178 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | -0.848 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.8094 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0386 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Mauritania or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at -0.7104 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.7567 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0463 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Papua New Guinea rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Mauritania ranks 161st and Papua New Guinea ranks 159th 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.