Lesotho vs Sierra Leone: Government Effectiveness
Government Effectiveness over time
- Lesotho
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 0.2001 standard error against 0.1992 standard error in Sierra Leone, 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.
Lesotho ranks 15th and Sierra Leone ranks 16th of 53 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2914 standard error | 0.2629 standard error | 0.0285 standard error | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 0.2331 standard error | 0.2224 standard error | 0.0107 standard error | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 0.2005 standard error | 0.2 standard error | 0.0006 standard error | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness, Lesotho or Sierra Leone?
- Lesotho, at 0.2001 standard error against 0.1992 standard error in Sierra Leone as of 2011.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness between Lesotho and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0009 standard error, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sierra Leone?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
- How do Lesotho and Sierra Leone rank globally for government effectiveness?
- Lesotho ranks 15th and Sierra Leone ranks 16th 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
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.