Zambia vs Zimbabwe: Government Effectiveness

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

Government Effectiveness over time

  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zambia 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 Zambia ahead.

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

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Zambia Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1990s 0.2249 standard error 0.2178 standard error 0.0072 standard error Zambia
2000s 0.1818 standard error 0.1747 standard error 0.0071 standard error Zambia
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, Zambia or Zimbabwe?
Zambia, at 0.1779 standard error against 0.1779 standard error in Zimbabwe as of 2011.
What is the difference in government effectiveness between Zambia and Zimbabwe?
0 standard error, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Zambia and Zimbabwe?
13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
How do Zambia and Zimbabwe rank globally for government effectiveness?
Zambia 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.