Government Effectiveness in Guinea

Guinea: Government Effectiveness was 0.1992 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.1992 standard error
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
16th
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.2873 standard error
in 1996
All-time low
0.1992 standard error
in 2011
Years of data
13
1996–2011

Government Effectiveness in Guinea, 1996–2011

00.10.20.31996200320111996: 0.287 standard error1998: 0.238 standard error2000: 0.246 standard error2002: 0.222 standard error2003: 0.233 standard error2004: 0.211 standard error2005: 0.213 standard error2006: 0.201 standard error2007: 0.208 standard error2008: 0.202 standard error2009: 0.2 standard error2010: 0.201 standard error2011: 0.199 standard error

Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.

Analysis

The most recent figure for government effectiveness in Guinea is 0.1992 standard error, measured in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.

The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 18.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness in Guinea peaked at 0.2873 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1992 standard error, in 2011.

That places Guinea 16th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness in Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness (standard error) in Guinea, 1996 to 2011.
Year standard error Change
1996 0.2873 standard error
1998 0.2385 standard error -17.0%
2000 0.2457 standard error +3.0%
2002 0.222 standard error -9.7%
2003 0.233 standard error +5.0%
2004 0.211 standard error -9.5%
2005 0.2134 standard error +1.2%
2006 0.201 standard error -5.8%
2007 0.2081 standard error +3.6%
2008 0.2016 standard error -3.1%
2009 0.2002 standard error -0.7%
2010 0.2008 standard error +0.3%
2011 0.1992 standard error -0.8%

Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Guinea's 0.1992 standard error is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1812 standard error, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Guinea's 0.1992 standard error is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1899 standard error, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2629 standard error 0.2385 standard error 0.2873 standard error 2
2000s 0.2151 standard error 0.2002 standard error 0.2457 standard error 9
2010s 0.2 standard error 0.1992 standard error 0.2008 standard error 2

Countries ranked near Guinea

  1. 13 Burundi 0.2002 standard error compare
  2. 13 Rwanda 0.2002 standard error compare
  3. 15 Lesotho 0.2001 standard error compare
  4. 16 Sierra Leone 0.1992 standard error compare
  5. 18 Gabon 0.1986 standard error compare
  6. 19 Liberia 0.1974 standard error compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

More reference data data for Guinea

All data for Guinea →

Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness in Guinea?
Government effectiveness in Guinea was 0.1992 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
What is the highest government effectiveness recorded in Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 0.2873 standard error in 1996.
What is the lowest government effectiveness recorded in Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1992 standard error in 2011.
How does Guinea rank for government effectiveness?
Guinea ranks 16th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is government effectiveness rising or falling in Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is down 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Guinea data come from?
The figures come from World Bank Institute, published as part of Government Effectiveness (standard error). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.