Kenya vs Uganda: Government Effectiveness

Kenya
0.1779 standard error
in 2011
Uganda
0.1779 standard error
in 2011
Kenya rank
40th
Uganda rank
40th

Government Effectiveness over time

  • Kenya
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.1779 standard error against 0.1779 standard error in Uganda, a difference of 0 standard error.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Uganda has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 40th and Uganda ranks 40th of 53 countries.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Uganda Difference Ahead
1990s 0.2249 standard error 0.2249 standard error 0 standard error
2000s 0.1776 standard error 0.1776 standard error 0 standard error
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, Kenya or Uganda?
Kenya, at 0.1779 standard error against 0.1779 standard error in Uganda as of 2011.
What is the difference in government effectiveness between Kenya and Uganda?
0 standard error, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Uganda?
13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
How do Kenya and Uganda rank globally for government effectiveness?
Kenya ranks 40th and Uganda 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.