South Korea vs United States: Government Effectiveness - Governance score
Government Effectiveness - Governance score over time
- South Korea
- United States
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 80.25 0-100 against 77.78 0-100 in United States, a difference of 2.47 0-100.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was United States ahead.
South Korea ranks 20th and United States ranks 22nd of 204 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, South Korea averaged higher in 1 and United States in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Korea | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.18 0-100 | 84.85 0-100 | 23.66 0-100 | United States |
| 2000s | 69.84 0-100 | 83.25 0-100 | 13.41 0-100 | United States |
| 2010s | 76.46 0-100 | 81.53 0-100 | 5.06 0-100 | United States |
| 2020s | 81.22 0-100 | 78.7 0-100 | 2.52 0-100 | South Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance score, South Korea or United States?
- South Korea, at 80.25 0-100 against 77.78 0-100 in United States as of 2024.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance score between South Korea and United States?
- 2.47 0-100, with South Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and United States?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do South Korea and United States rank globally for government effectiveness - governance score?
- South Korea ranks 20th and United States ranks 22nd 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).