Sao Tome and Principe vs Seychelles: Government Effectiveness
Government Effectiveness over time
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Seychelles
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 0.2402 standard error against 0.2285 standard error in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.0117 standard error.
That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.1 times Sao Tome and Principe's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Seychelles ahead.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 4th and Seychelles ranks 2nd of 53 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Sao Tome and Principe averaged higher in 1 and Seychelles in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sao Tome and Principe | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2914 standard error | 0.2914 standard error | 0 standard error | — |
| 2000s | 0.2543 standard error | 0.2455 standard error | 0.0088 standard error | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 0.229 standard error | 0.2422 standard error | 0.0133 standard error | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness, Sao Tome and Principe or Seychelles?
- Seychelles, at 0.2402 standard error against 0.2285 standard error in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2011.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness between Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles?
- 0.0117 standard error, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
- How do Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles rank globally for government effectiveness?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 4th and Seychelles ranks 2nd 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.