El Salvador vs Paraguay: Government transparency

El Salvador
1.47
in 2010
Paraguay
1.5
in 2010
El Salvador rank
39th
Paraguay rank
38th

Government transparency over time

  • El Salvador
  • Paraguay
01234198019952010

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 1.5 against 1.47 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.03.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1980 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 39th and Paraguay ranks 38th of 125 countries.

Paraguay has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Paraguay Difference Ahead
1980s 0.8743 0.9353 0.0609 Paraguay
1990s 2.06 2.25 0.186 Paraguay
2000s 2.95 3.26 0.3184 Paraguay
2010s 1.47 1.5 0.0254 Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher government transparency, El Salvador or Paraguay?
Paraguay, at 1.5 against 1.47 in El Salvador as of 2010.
What is the difference in government transparency between El Salvador and Paraguay?
0.03, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Paraguay?
31 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2010.
How do El Salvador and Paraguay rank globally for government transparency?
El Salvador ranks 39th and Paraguay ranks 38th of 125 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Hollyer et al. (2014) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Government transparency. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Government transparency
Source
Hollyer et al. (2014) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
125 places, 3,875 data points, 1980–2010
Last refreshed

The scores capture the extent to which governments report economic data to the World Bank. Higher scores mean more data is reported.