Lesotho vs Sierra Leone: Government Effectiveness

Lesotho
0.2001 standard error
in 2011
Sierra Leone
0.1992 standard error
in 2011
Lesotho rank
15th
Sierra Leone rank
16th

Government Effectiveness over time

  • Lesotho
  • Sierra Leone
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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

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.