Eritrea vs Somalia: Government Effectiveness

Eritrea
0.2177 standard error
in 2011
Somalia
0.2232 standard error
in 2011
Eritrea rank
8th
Somalia rank
7th

Government Effectiveness over time

  • Eritrea
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.2232 standard error against 0.2177 standard error in Eritrea, a difference of 0.0055 standard error.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 8th and Somalia ranks 7th of 53 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Somalia Difference Ahead
1990s 0.2914 standard error 0.2698 standard error 0.0216 standard error Eritrea
2000s 0.2363 standard error 0.2502 standard error 0.0139 standard error Somalia
2010s 0.2184 standard error 0.226 standard error 0.0076 standard error Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher government effectiveness, Eritrea or Somalia?
Somalia, at 0.2232 standard error against 0.2177 standard error in Eritrea as of 2011.
What is the difference in government effectiveness between Eritrea and Somalia?
0.0055 standard error, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Somalia?
13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
How do Eritrea and Somalia rank globally for government effectiveness?
Eritrea ranks 8th and Somalia ranks 7th 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.