Table 2. Efficiency (performance) score and 80% uncertainty intervals, highest and lowest ranking 10 countries and United Kingdom, 1993-7 


Rank Uncertainty interval Country Performance Uncertainty interval

1 1 to 5 Oman 0.992 0.975 to 1.000
2 1 to 4 Malta 0.989 0.968 to 1.000
3 2 to 7 Italy 0.976 0.957 to 0.994
4 2 to 7 France 0.974 0.953 to 0.994
5 2 to 7 San Marino 0.971 0.949 to 0.988
6 3 to 8 Spain 0.968 0.948 to 0.989
7 4 to 9 Andorra 0.964 0.942 to 0.980
8 3 to 12 Jamaica 0.956 0.928 to 0.986
9 7 to 11 Japan 0.945 0.926 to 0.963
10 8 to 15 Saudi Arabia 0.936 0.915 to 0.959
24 21 to 28 United Kingdom 0.883 0.866 to 0.900
182 181 to 185 South Africa 0.232 0.209 to 0.251
183 181 to 185 Sierra Leone 0.230 0.213 to 0.247
184 181 to 186 Swaziland 0.229 0.205 to 0.255
185 182 to 187 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.217 0.198 to 0.235
186 183 to 188 Lesotho 0.211 0.187 to 0.236
187 186 to 188 Malawi 0.196 0.181 to 0.211
188 187 to 189 Botswana 0.183 0.172 to 0.194
189 185 to 189 Namibia 0.183 0.152 to 0.214
190 190 to 190 Zambia 0.112 0.095 to 0.129
191 191 to 191 Zimbabwe 0.080 0.057 to 0.103