Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Government Effectiveness
Government Effectiveness over time
- Liberia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.1992 standard error against 0.1974 standard error in Liberia, a difference of 0.0018 standard error.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Liberia ranks 19th and Sierra Leone ranks 16th of 53 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2629 standard error | 0.2629 standard error | 0 standard error | — |
| 2000s | 0.2402 standard error | 0.2224 standard error | 0.0178 standard error | Liberia |
| 2010s | 0.1976 standard error | 0.2 standard error | 0.0024 standard error | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness, Liberia or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.1992 standard error against 0.1974 standard error in Liberia as of 2011.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness between Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0018 standard error, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
- How do Liberia and Sierra Leone rank globally for government effectiveness?
- Liberia ranks 19th 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.