Tanzania vs Uganda: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Tanzania
- Uganda
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports -0.2555 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.3112 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Uganda, a difference of 0.0557 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Uganda ahead.
Tanzania ranks 132nd and Uganda ranks 134th of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Tanzania averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tanzania | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.7683 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3205 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Uganda |
| 2000s | -0.5947 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.528 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0668 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Uganda |
| 2010s | -0.3875 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.3838 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0037 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Uganda |
| 2020s | -0.3532 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.4778 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1246 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Tanzania or Uganda?
- Tanzania, at -0.2555 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.3112 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Uganda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Tanzania and Uganda?
- 0.0557 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Uganda?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Tanzania and Uganda rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Tanzania ranks 132nd and Uganda ranks 134th 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.