Papua New Guinea vs Timor-Leste: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate

Papua New Guinea
-0.9004 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 2024
Timor-Leste
-0.8986 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
173rd
Timor-Leste rank
172nd

Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Timor-Leste
-1.2-1-0.75-0.5-0.25199620102024

How they compare

Timor-Leste currently reports -0.8986 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.9004 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0018 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Timor-Leste ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 173rd and Timor-Leste ranks 172nd of 204 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Timor-Leste in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Timor-Leste Difference Ahead
2000s -0.7102 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.9364 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.2263 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Papua New Guinea
2010s -0.7114 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -1.08 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.3719 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Papua New Guinea
2020s -0.9727 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.793 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.1796 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Timor-Leste

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Papua New Guinea or Timor-Leste?
Timor-Leste, at -0.8986 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.9004 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
0.0018 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Timor-Leste ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
23 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
Papua New Guinea ranks 173rd and Timor-Leste ranks 172nd of 204 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

Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Unit
approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
204 places, 5,142 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

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.