Nauru vs Palau: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Nauru
- Palau
How they compare
Palau currently reports 0.1036 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.0795 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Nauru, a difference of 0.0241 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Palau's figure about 1.3 times Nauru's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Nauru ahead.
Nauru ranks 103rd and Palau ranks 100th of 206 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Nauru averaged higher in 2 and Palau in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nauru | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -0.2895 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.4171 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1276 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Nauru |
| 2010s | -0.131 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.2636 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1326 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Nauru |
| 2020s | -0.0493 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.0306 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0188 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Nauru or Palau?
- Palau, at 0.1036 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.0795 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Nauru as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Nauru and Palau?
- 0.0241 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Palau?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2025.
- How do Nauru and Palau rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Nauru ranks 103rd and Palau ranks 100th 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.