Guinea vs Lesotho: Government Effectiveness

Guinea
0.1992 standard error
in 2011
Lesotho
0.2001 standard error
in 2011
Guinea rank
16th
Lesotho rank
15th

Government Effectiveness over time

  • Guinea
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.2001 standard error against 0.1992 standard error in Guinea, a difference of 0.0009 standard error.

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

Guinea ranks 16th and Lesotho ranks 15th of 53 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea Lesotho Difference Ahead
1990s 0.2629 standard error 0.2914 standard error 0.0285 standard error Lesotho
2000s 0.2151 standard error 0.2331 standard error 0.018 standard error Lesotho
2010s 0.2 standard error 0.2005 standard error 0.0006 standard error Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher government effectiveness, Guinea or Lesotho?
Lesotho, at 0.2001 standard error against 0.1992 standard error in Guinea as of 2011.
What is the difference in government effectiveness between Guinea and Lesotho?
0.0009 standard error, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Lesotho?
13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
How do Guinea and Lesotho rank globally for government effectiveness?
Guinea ranks 16th and Lesotho ranks 15th 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.