Ghana vs Tanzania: Government Effectiveness

Ghana
0.1779 standard error
in 2011
Tanzania
0.1779 standard error
in 2011
Ghana rank
40th
Tanzania rank
40th

Government Effectiveness over time

  • Ghana
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 0.1779 standard error against 0.1779 standard error in Tanzania, a difference of 0 standard error.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Tanzania ahead.

Ghana ranks 40th and Tanzania ranks 40th of 53 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Tanzania Difference Ahead
1990s 0.2249 standard error 0.2249 standard error 0 standard error
2000s 0.1814 standard error 0.1798 standard error 0.0016 standard error Ghana
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, Ghana or Tanzania?
Ghana, at 0.1779 standard error against 0.1779 standard error in Tanzania as of 2011.
What is the difference in government effectiveness between Ghana and Tanzania?
0 standard error, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Tanzania?
13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
How do Ghana and Tanzania rank globally for government effectiveness?
Ghana ranks 40th and Tanzania 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.