Guinea-Bissau vs Seychelles: Government Effectiveness

Guinea-Bissau
0.2318 standard error
in 2011
Seychelles
0.2402 standard error
in 2011
Guinea-Bissau rank
3rd
Seychelles rank
2nd

Government Effectiveness over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Seychelles
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How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 0.2402 standard error against 0.2318 standard error in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.0084 standard error.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Seychelles ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 3rd and Seychelles ranks 2nd of 53 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Seychelles Difference Ahead
1990s 0.2629 standard error 0.2914 standard error 0.0285 standard error Seychelles
2000s 0.2383 standard error 0.2455 standard error 0.0072 standard error Seychelles
2010s 0.2323 standard error 0.2422 standard error 0.0099 standard error Seychelles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher government effectiveness, Guinea-Bissau or Seychelles?
Seychelles, at 0.2402 standard error against 0.2318 standard error in Guinea-Bissau as of 2011.
What is the difference in government effectiveness between Guinea-Bissau and Seychelles?
0.0084 standard error, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Seychelles?
13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Seychelles rank globally for government effectiveness?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 3rd and Seychelles ranks 2nd 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.