Botswana vs Burkina Faso: Government Effectiveness

Botswana
0.1779 standard error
in 2011
Burkina Faso
0.1779 standard error
in 2011
Botswana rank
40th
Burkina Faso rank
40th

Government Effectiveness over time

  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.1779 standard error against 0.1779 standard error in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0 standard error.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Burkina Faso has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 40th and Burkina Faso ranks 40th of 53 countries.

Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Burkina Faso Difference Ahead
1990s 0.2249 standard error 0.2629 standard error 0.038 standard error Burkina Faso
2000s 0.1762 standard error 0.2037 standard error 0.0275 standard error Burkina Faso
2010s 0.1784 standard error 0.1784 standard error 0 standard error

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher government effectiveness, Botswana or Burkina Faso?
Botswana, at 0.1779 standard error against 0.1779 standard error in Burkina Faso as of 2011.
What is the difference in government effectiveness between Botswana and Burkina Faso?
0 standard error, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Burkina Faso?
13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
How do Botswana and Burkina Faso rank globally for government effectiveness?
Botswana ranks 40th and Burkina Faso ranks 40th of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Institute, published as Government Effectiveness (standard error). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Government Effectiveness (standard error)
Unit
standard error
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 688 data points, 1996–2011
Last refreshed

See definition GV.GOVT.EF.ES. Inherent to all Governance Indicators is a margin of error, which might vary from country to country, normally attributable to two factors: (i) cross-country differences in the number of sources in which a country appears, and (ii) differences in the precision of the sources in which each country appears.