Finland vs Sweden: Government Effectiveness - Governance score
Government Effectiveness - Governance score over time
- Finland
- Sweden
How they compare
Finland currently reports 86.67 0-100 against 85.85 0-100 in Sweden, a difference of 0.82 0-100.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Sweden ahead.
Finland ranks 8th and Sweden ranks 10th of 204 countries.
Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.21 0-100 | 85.71 0-100 | 0.4956 0-100 | Finland |
| 2000s | 92.77 0-100 | 89.08 0-100 | 3.68 0-100 | Finland |
| 2010s | 92.64 0-100 | 88.52 0-100 | 4.12 0-100 | Finland |
| 2020s | 89.43 0-100 | 87.62 0-100 | 1.8 0-100 | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance score, Finland or Sweden?
- Finland, at 86.67 0-100 against 85.85 0-100 in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance score between Finland and Sweden?
- 0.82 0-100, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Sweden?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do Finland and Sweden rank globally for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Finland ranks 8th and Sweden ranks 10th 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 score (0-100). 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 score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).