New Zealand vs Sweden: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100)
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) over time
- New Zealand
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 87.64 0-100 against 87.27 0-100 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.37 0-100.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 5th and Sweden ranks 4th of 208 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84.64 0-100 | 82.73 0-100 | 1.91 0-100 | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 85.82 0-100 | 86.89 0-100 | 1.07 0-100 | Sweden |
| 2010s | 89.06 0-100 | 89.08 0-100 | 0.0234 0-100 | Sweden |
| 2020s | 88.1 0-100 | 88.18 0-100 | 0.0763 0-100 | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher voice and accountability - governance score, New Zealand or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 87.64 0-100 against 87.27 0-100 in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in voice and accountability - governance score between New Zealand and Sweden?
- 0.37 0-100, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Sweden?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do New Zealand and Sweden rank globally for voice and accountability - governance score?
- New Zealand ranks 5th and Sweden ranks 4th of 208 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Voice and Accountability (VA) captures perceptions of the extent to which citizens can participate in selecting their government including electoral integrity, and of accountability mechanisms for citizens—reflected in the ability to access information, governmental oversight bodies, and a robust traditional/digital media landscape. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).