Guinea-Bissau vs Somalia: Rule of Law

Guinea-Bissau
0.1855 standard error
in 2011
Somalia
0.1827 standard error
in 2011
Guinea-Bissau rank
2nd
Somalia rank
3rd

Rule of Law over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.1855 standard error against 0.1827 standard error in Somalia, a difference of 0.0028 standard error.

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

Guinea-Bissau ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 3rd of 53 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Somalia Difference Ahead
1990s 0.3052 standard error 0.3349 standard error 0.0298 standard error Somalia
2000s 0.2132 standard error 0.2607 standard error 0.0475 standard error Somalia
2010s 0.1865 standard error 0.1871 standard error 0.0007 standard error Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rule of law, Guinea-Bissau or Somalia?
Guinea-Bissau, at 0.1855 standard error against 0.1827 standard error in Somalia as of 2011.
What is the difference in rule of law between Guinea-Bissau and Somalia?
0.0028 standard error, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Somalia?
13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Somalia rank globally for rule of law?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 3rd of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Institute, published as Rule of Law (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
Rule of Law (standard error)
Unit
standard error
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 689 data points, 1996–2011
Last refreshed

See definition GV.RULE.LW.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.