Panama vs Senegal: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Panama
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 0.2506 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.2168 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Panama, a difference of 0.0338 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.2 times Panama's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Senegal ahead.
Panama ranks 86th and Senegal ranks 83rd of 206 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.2293 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.5531 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3238 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Panama |
| 2000s | -0.0669 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.5175 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4506 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Panama |
| 2010s | 0.3589 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.0732 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4321 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Panama |
| 2020s | 0.2573 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1935 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0638 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Panama or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 0.2506 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.2168 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Panama and Senegal?
- 0.0338 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Senegal?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Panama and Senegal rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Panama ranks 86th and Senegal ranks 83rd 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.