South Africa vs Tunisia: Government Effectiveness - Governance score

South Africa
46.95 0-100
in 2024
Tunisia
46.69 0-100
in 2024
South Africa rank
121st
Tunisia rank
122nd

Government Effectiveness - Governance score over time

  • South Africa
  • Tunisia
0204060199620102024

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 46.95 0-100 against 46.69 0-100 in Tunisia, a difference of 0.26 0-100.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was South Africa ahead.

South Africa ranks 121st and Tunisia ranks 122nd of 204 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 2 and Tunisia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Africa Tunisia Difference Ahead
1990s 60.3 0-100 61.7 0-100 1.4 0-100 Tunisia
2000s 59.37 0-100 59.82 0-100 0.4418 0-100 Tunisia
2010s 56.33 0-100 52.69 0-100 3.64 0-100 South Africa
2020s 50.27 0-100 48.98 0-100 1.29 0-100 South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher government effectiveness - governance score, South Africa or Tunisia?
South Africa, at 46.95 0-100 against 46.69 0-100 in Tunisia as of 2024.
What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance score between South Africa and Tunisia?
0.26 0-100, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Tunisia?
26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
How do South Africa and Tunisia rank globally for government effectiveness - governance score?
South Africa ranks 121st and Tunisia ranks 122nd 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).