Botswana vs Namibia: Voice and Accountability
Botswana
0.1251 standard error
in 2011
Namibia
0.1256 standard error
in 2011
Botswana rank
24th
Namibia rank
23rd
Voice and Accountability over time
- Botswana
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 0.1256 standard error against 0.1251 standard error in Botswana, a difference of 0.0005 standard error.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Namibia ahead.
Botswana ranks 24th and Namibia ranks 23rd of 53 countries.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Namibia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2265 standard error | 0.2265 standard error | 0 standard error | — |
| 2000s | 0.1501 standard error | 0.1523 standard error | 0.0022 standard error | Namibia |
| 2010s | 0.1248 standard error | 0.1253 standard error | 0.0004 standard error | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher voice and accountability, Botswana or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 0.1256 standard error against 0.1251 standard error in Botswana as of 2011.
- What is the difference in voice and accountability between Botswana and Namibia?
- 0.0005 standard error, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Namibia?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
- How do Botswana and Namibia rank globally for voice and accountability?
- Botswana ranks 24th and Namibia ranks 23rd of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank Institute, published as Voice and Accountability (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.VOIC.AC.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.