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Voice and Accountability (estimate) by country

Voice and accountability measures the extent to which a country’s citizens are able to participate in selecting their government and to enjoy freedom of expression, freedom of association, and a free media. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is available at...

Countries reporting
53
Highest
0.9605
Cape Verde
Lowest
-2.16
Eritrea
Median
-0.8384
Years covered
16
1996–2011
Data points
689

What the numbers show

Voice and Accountability (estimate) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 0.9605 in Cape Verde; the lowest is -2.16 in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.8384, and the mean is -0.6711.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 739.1%), and the largest decrease in Madagascar (down 1,139.0%).

Voice and Accountability: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cape Verde 0.9605 2011 up 30.0% rising
2 Mauritius 0.7504 2011 down 24.4% falling
3 South Africa 0.5694 2011 down 20.7% falling
4 Ghana 0.4963 2011 up 739.1% volatile
5 Botswana 0.4244 2011 down 34.3% falling
6 Namibia 0.3319 2011 up 7.9% rising
7 Benin 0.2033 2011 down 44.2% volatile
8 Mali 0.1388 2011 up 227.7% volatile
9 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1249 2011 down 71.9% volatile
10 Seychelles 0.0582 2011 down 64.7% volatile
11 Tanzania -0.1124 2011 up 78.3% volatile
12 Lesotho -0.1258 2011 up 63.2% volatile
13 Mozambique -0.1515 2011 up 35.0% volatile
14 Zambia -0.1972 2011 up 59.8% rising
15 Sierra Leone -0.2113 2011 up 86.6% volatile
16 Kenya -0.2257 2011 up 74.9% volatile
17 Malawi -0.2584 2011 down 48.2% volatile
18 Senegal -0.2958 2011 down 458.6% volatile
19 Niger -0.2958 2011 down 44.5% volatile
20 Liberia -0.2978 2011 up 74.3% volatile
21 Burkina Faso -0.3222 2011 up 9.9% rising
22 Tunisia -0.3669 2011 up 44.6% falling
23 Comoros -0.4585 2011 up 60.4% rising
24 Uganda -0.5439 2011 up 48.7% rising
25 Morocco -0.7115 2011 down 51.1% falling
26 Nigeria -0.7573 2011 down 29.4% rising
27 Madagascar -0.8384 2011 down 1,139.0% volatile
28 Gabon -0.9273 2011 down 91.5% falling
29 Guinea -0.9282 2011 up 21.1% rising
30 Togo -0.9287 2011 up 24.0% rising
31 Mauritania -0.9538 2011 down 12.1% falling
32 Guinea-Bissau -0.9677 2011 down 27.8% rising
33 Burundi -0.9795 2011 up 40.0% rising
34 Algeria -1.03 2011 up 15.1% rising
35 Congo -1.05 2011 up 30.1% rising
36 Cameroon -1.06 2011 up 6.9% flat
37 Central African Republic -1.12 2011 down 58.1% falling
38 Egypt -1.13 2011 down 41.8% falling
39 Cote d'Ivoire -1.13 2011 down 2.2% falling
40 Angola -1.17 2011 up 20.8% rising
41 Gambia -1.2 2011 down 5.8% flat
42 Eswatini -1.25 2011 up 11.8% flat
43 Rwanda -1.29 2011 up 15.3% rising
44 Djibouti -1.33 2011 down 59.4% falling
45 Ethiopia -1.34 2011 down 33.4% falling
46 Chad -1.35 2011 down 30.9% falling
47 Zimbabwe -1.46 2011 down 32.0% falling
48 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.48 2011 up 19.3% rising
49 Libya -1.57 2011 up 1.1% falling
50 Sudan -1.71 2011 up 1.7% rising
51 Equatorial Guinea -1.85 2011 down 14.7% falling
52 Somalia -2.09 2011 down 12.7% falling
53 Eritrea -2.16 2011 down 58.0% falling

About this data

Indicator
Voice and Accountability (estimate)
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 689 data points, 1996–2011
Last refreshed

Voice and accountability measures the extent to which a country’s citizens are able to participate in selecting their government and to enjoy freedom of expression, freedom of association, and a free media. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is available at www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance.