Somalia vs Yemen: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Somalia
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports -1.87 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -1.91 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Somalia, a difference of 0.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
Across all 27 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.
Somalia ranks 202nd and Yemen ranks 201st of 206 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -2.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.9465 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Yemen |
| 2000s | -2.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.9436 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Yemen |
| 2010s | -2.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.46 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6903 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Yemen |
| 2020s | -1.99 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.91 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0795 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Somalia or Yemen?
- Yemen, at -1.87 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -1.91 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Somalia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Somalia and Yemen?
- 0.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Yemen?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Somalia and Yemen rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Somalia ranks 202nd and Yemen ranks 201st 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.