Tanzania vs Zimbabwe: Government Effectiveness

Tanzania
0.1779 standard error
in 2011
Zimbabwe
0.1779 standard error
in 2011
Tanzania rank
40th
Zimbabwe rank
40th

Government Effectiveness over time

  • Tanzania
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 0.1779 standard error against 0.1779 standard error in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0 standard error.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Tanzania ahead.

Tanzania ranks 40th and Zimbabwe ranks 40th of 53 countries.

Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Tanzania Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1990s 0.2249 standard error 0.2178 standard error 0.0072 standard error Tanzania
2000s 0.1798 standard error 0.1747 standard error 0.0051 standard error Tanzania
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, Tanzania or Zimbabwe?
Tanzania, at 0.1779 standard error against 0.1779 standard error in Zimbabwe as of 2011.
What is the difference in government effectiveness between Tanzania and Zimbabwe?
0 standard error, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Zimbabwe?
13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
How do Tanzania and Zimbabwe rank globally for government effectiveness?
Tanzania ranks 40th and Zimbabwe 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.