Nicaragua vs Nigeria: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports -0.8939 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.9134 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0195 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 177th and Nigeria ranks 179th of 206 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.3 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0305 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | -1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1088 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | -0.656 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.8865 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2305 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | -0.9026 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.9209 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0183 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Nicaragua or Nigeria?
- Nicaragua, at -0.8939 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.9134 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Nigeria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Nicaragua and Nigeria?
- 0.0195 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Nigeria?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Nicaragua and Nigeria rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Nicaragua ranks 177th and Nigeria ranks 179th 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.