Iceland vs Ireland: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score)
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) over time
- Iceland
- Ireland
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 85.72 0-100 against 83.98 0-100 in Iceland, a difference of 1.74 0-100.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Ireland ahead.
Iceland ranks 16th and Ireland ranks 15th of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 3 and Ireland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.82 0-100 | 81.96 0-100 | 0.141 0-100 | Ireland |
| 2000s | 89.35 0-100 | 80.82 0-100 | 8.53 0-100 | Iceland |
| 2010s | 85.01 0-100 | 80.53 0-100 | 4.48 0-100 | Iceland |
| 2020s | 85.49 0-100 | 84.28 0-100 | 1.21 0-100 | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance score, Iceland or Ireland?
- Ireland, at 85.72 0-100 against 83.98 0-100 in Iceland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance score between Iceland and Ireland?
- 1.74 0-100, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Ireland?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Ireland rank globally for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Iceland ranks 16th and Ireland ranks 15th 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 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).