Mexico vs Sri Lanka: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Mexico
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports -0.1286 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.1807 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Mexico, a difference of 0.0521 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Mexico ranks 122nd and Sri Lanka ranks 119th of 206 countries.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.205 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.6113 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4063 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Mexico |
| 2000s | -0.0994 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.318 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2186 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Mexico |
| 2010s | 0.1611 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0204 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1406 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Mexico |
| 2020s | -0.0975 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.2098 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1123 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Mexico or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at -0.1286 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.1807 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Mexico as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Mexico and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0521 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Sri Lanka?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Mexico and Sri Lanka rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Mexico ranks 122nd and Sri Lanka ranks 119th 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.