Botswana vs Nigeria: Government Effectiveness
Botswana
0.1779 standard error
in 2011
Nigeria
0.1779 standard error
in 2011
Botswana rank
40th
Nigeria rank
40th
Government Effectiveness over time
- Botswana
- Nigeria
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 0.1779 standard error against 0.1779 standard error in Nigeria, a difference of 0 standard error.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Nigeria ahead.
Botswana ranks 40th and Nigeria ranks 40th of 53 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2249 standard error | 0.2249 standard error | 0 standard error | — |
| 2000s | 0.1762 standard error | 0.1747 standard error | 0.0015 standard error | Botswana |
| 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 Nigeria?
- Botswana, at 0.1779 standard error against 0.1779 standard error in Nigeria as of 2011.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness between Botswana and Nigeria?
- 0 standard error, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Nigeria?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
- How do Botswana and Nigeria rank globally for government effectiveness?
- Botswana ranks 40th and Nigeria 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
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.