Seychelles vs South Africa: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100)
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) over time
- Seychelles
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 70.22 0-100 against 70.16 0-100 in Seychelles, a difference of 0.06 0-100.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was South Africa ahead.
Seychelles ranks 60th and South Africa ranks 59th of 208 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Seychelles averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Seychelles | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57.11 0-100 | 69.25 0-100 | 12.14 0-100 | South Africa |
| 2000s | 61.4 0-100 | 69.92 0-100 | 8.52 0-100 | South Africa |
| 2010s | 62.48 0-100 | 69.17 0-100 | 6.69 0-100 | South Africa |
| 2020s | 69.75 0-100 | 69.43 0-100 | 0.3275 0-100 | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher voice and accountability - governance score, Seychelles or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 70.22 0-100 against 70.16 0-100 in Seychelles as of 2025.
- What is the difference in voice and accountability - governance score between Seychelles and South Africa?
- 0.06 0-100, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Seychelles and South Africa?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Seychelles and South Africa rank globally for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Seychelles ranks 60th and South Africa ranks 59th 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).