Japan vs New Zealand: Government Effectiveness - Governance score

Japan
91.94 0-100
in 2024
New Zealand
87.3 0-100
in 2024
Japan rank
2nd
New Zealand rank
5th

Government Effectiveness - Governance score over time

  • Japan
  • New Zealand
020406080100199620102024

How they compare

Japan currently reports 91.94 0-100 against 87.3 0-100 in New Zealand, a difference of 4.64 0-100.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was New Zealand ahead.

Japan ranks 2nd and New Zealand ranks 5th of 204 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and New Zealand in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan New Zealand Difference Ahead
1990s 73.74 0-100 89.03 0-100 15.29 0-100 New Zealand
2000s 77.48 0-100 88.02 0-100 10.54 0-100 New Zealand
2010s 82.64 0-100 87.62 0-100 4.99 0-100 New Zealand
2020s 88.54 0-100 84.5 0-100 4.04 0-100 Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher government effectiveness - governance score, Japan or New Zealand?
Japan, at 91.94 0-100 against 87.3 0-100 in New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance score between Japan and New Zealand?
4.64 0-100, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and New Zealand?
26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
How do Japan and New Zealand rank globally for government effectiveness - governance score?
Japan ranks 2nd and New Zealand ranks 5th 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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Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
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 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).