Nigeria vs Zimbabwe: Government Effectiveness - Governance score

Nigeria
31.77 0-100
in 2024
Zimbabwe
32.14 0-100
in 2024
Nigeria rank
179th
Zimbabwe rank
177th

Government Effectiveness - Governance score over time

  • Nigeria
  • Zimbabwe
0204060199620102024

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 32.14 0-100 against 31.77 0-100 in Nigeria, a difference of 0.37 0-100.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Nigeria ranks 179th and Zimbabwe ranks 177th of 205 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 3 and Zimbabwe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1990s 27.99 0-100 48.36 0-100 20.37 0-100 Zimbabwe
2000s 28.69 0-100 28.14 0-100 0.5473 0-100 Nigeria
2010s 32.34 0-100 28.67 0-100 3.67 0-100 Nigeria
2020s 32.03 0-100 30.73 0-100 1.3 0-100 Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher government effectiveness - governance score, Nigeria or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 32.14 0-100 against 31.77 0-100 in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance score between Nigeria and Zimbabwe?
0.37 0-100, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Zimbabwe?
26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Zimbabwe rank globally for government effectiveness - governance score?
Nigeria ranks 179th and Zimbabwe ranks 177th of 205 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
205 places, 5,161 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).