Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) by country

Countries reporting
208
Highest
1.82 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Norway
Lowest
-2.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Eritrea
Median
0.0124 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,514

What the numbers show

Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 1.82 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Norway; the lowest is -2.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0124 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, and the mean is -0.0888 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 140 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 4,780.0%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 3,361.7%).

Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Norway 1.82 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.4% rising
2 Denmark 1.78 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.5% rising
3 Finland 1.69 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.8% rising
4 Sweden 1.63 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 3.9% rising
5 New Zealand 1.61 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 6.5% rising
6 Ireland 1.6 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 15.4% rising
7 Luxembourg 1.6 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.0% rising
8 Netherlands 1.59 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 7.0% rising
9 Germany 1.54 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1.0% rising
10 Switzerland 1.54 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.0% rising
11 Canada 1.5 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.0% flat
12 Belgium 1.43 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.8% rising
13 Greenland 1.42 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1.1% flat
14 Austria 1.42 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.8% rising
15 Australia 1.42 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 4.0% rising
16 Iceland 1.36 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.1% falling
17 Estonia 1.34 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 14.6% rising
18 Liechtenstein 1.34 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 6.1% falling
19 United Kingdom 1.28 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 10.1% rising
20 Portugal 1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.8% flat
21 Tuvalu 1.26 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 101.4% flat
22 San Marino 1.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1.6% falling
23 Uruguay 1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.4% rising
24 Czechia 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 20.0% rising
25 Lithuania 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 32.6% rising
26 France 1.16 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.8% rising
27 Latvia 1.12 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 56.0% rising
28 Spain 1.12 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3.0% falling
29 Aruba 1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 21.3% rising
29 Cayman Islands 1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 67.5% falling
31 Japan 1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 3.0% rising
32 Slovenia 1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 23.5% falling
33 Barbados 1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.2% falling
34 Italy 1.08 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3.3% rising
35 Guam 1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 31.2% rising
36 American Samoa 1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.8% rising
37 Costa Rica 1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 8.8% rising
38 Chile 1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 4.3% flat
39 Kiribati 1.03 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 44.5% rising
40 Bermuda 1.03 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2017 down 0.2% rising
41 Palau 1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.7% falling
42 Malta 0.9796 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 17.5% falling
43 Monaco 0.9377 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 15.7% falling
44 Marshall Islands 0.9226 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.1% falling
45 Samoa 0.9158 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 95.9% rising
46 Micronesia (country) 0.9049 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.7% falling
47 Cyprus 0.8997 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.1% flat
48 Cape Verde 0.8806 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.5% rising
49 French Polynesia 0.8772 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 26.3% rising
50 South Korea 0.8756 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 22.2% rising
51 Greece 0.8623 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 8.7% falling
52 Slovakia 0.848 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 6.7% rising
53 Poland 0.8187 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 17.5% falling
54 United States Virgin Islands 0.8093 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2017 down 0.2% rising
55 Tonga 0.8058 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 110.2% volatile
56 Andorra 0.7936 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 39.5% falling
57 Croatia 0.7384 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 22.0% volatile
58 Saint Lucia 0.7355 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 20.1% falling
59 South Africa 0.6809 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.4% flat
60 Seychelles 0.678 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 175.3% volatile
61 United States 0.6448 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 47.6% falling
62 Bahamas 0.6321 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 7.7% falling
63 Solomon Islands 0.6224 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 415.4% volatile
64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.6134 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 11.2% falling
65 Mauritius 0.6061 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 22.5% falling
66 Jamaica 0.5947 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 7.4% rising
67 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5788 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 26.4% falling
68 Antigua and Barbuda 0.5498 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.0% rising
69 Vanuatu 0.5471 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 22.7% rising
70 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5461 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.1% falling
71 Nauru 0.5405 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 32.0% falling
72 Dominica 0.5003 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 23.3% falling
73 Grenada 0.4831 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 28.6% falling
74 Panama 0.4784 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.9% rising
75 Argentina 0.4476 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3.8% rising
76 Romania 0.4409 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 20.0% rising
77 East Timor 0.4327 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 155.9% volatile
78 Brazil 0.4224 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 27.6% falling
79 Montenegro 0.3985 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 65.6% volatile
80 Botswana 0.3959 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.9% falling
81 Puerto Rico 0.3905 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 47.0% falling
82 Israel 0.3902 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 29.0% falling
83 Namibia 0.3735 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 23.2% rising
84 Ghana 0.3603 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 24.8% volatile
85 Dominican Republic 0.3427 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 281.2% volatile
86 Bulgaria 0.2687 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 17.2% falling
87 Moldova 0.2627 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4,780.0% volatile
88 Suriname 0.2378 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 13.0% falling
89 Mongolia 0.2353 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.4% falling
90 Fiji 0.2157 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 174.3% volatile
91 Bhutan 0.2113 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 73.4% volatile
92 Belize 0.209 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 40.8% falling
93 Sao Tome and Principe 0.195 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 29.1% falling
94 North Macedonia 0.1937 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 209.5% volatile
95 Senegal 0.1607 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 20.2% volatile
96 Kosovo 0.1596 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 58.8% volatile
97 Albania 0.1263 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 3.2% volatile
98 Armenia 0.1208 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 134.3% volatile
99 Lesotho 0.1012 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3,856.4% volatile
100 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.0778 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.5% volatile
101 New Caledonia 0.069 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 91.8% volatile
102 Guyana 0.0628 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 55.7% volatile
103 Colombia 0.0426 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.6% volatile
104 Liberia 0.0171 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 117.4% volatile
105 Sri Lanka 0.0078 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 102.2% volatile
106 Malawi -0.0087 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 86.6% volatile
107 Hungary -0.0357 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 107.9% volatile
108 Peru -0.0542 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 117.7% volatile
109 Ecuador -0.0803 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 74.4% volatile
110 Ukraine -0.0835 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 27.5% volatile
111 Malaysia -0.1056 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 74.9% volatile
112 Paraguay -0.1354 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 187.2% volatile
113 India -0.1522 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 134.4% volatile
114 Indonesia -0.1663 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 215.9% volatile
115 Nepal -0.1682 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 42.2% volatile
116 Singapore -0.1726 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 314.7% volatile
117 Bolivia -0.1735 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1,468.6% volatile
118 Gambia -0.2084 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 84.3% volatile
119 Papua New Guinea -0.2356 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 125.4% volatile
120 Philippines -0.2556 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 295.3% volatile
121 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.2558 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 73.6% volatile
122 Mexico -0.2821 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 3,361.7% volatile
123 Zambia -0.3062 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 139.3% volatile
124 Kenya -0.3342 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 47.3% volatile
125 Guatemala -0.3367 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 60.7% volatile
126 Benin -0.3406 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 311.1% volatile
127 Georgia -0.3588 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 227.1% volatile
128 Serbia -0.4145 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 329.3% volatile
129 Macao -0.42 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 299.3% volatile
130 Maldives -0.4582 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 16.4% volatile
131 Sierra Leone -0.4665 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 39.3% volatile
132 Thailand -0.5174 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 39.4% volatile
133 Hong Kong -0.5229 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 189.9% volatile
134 Cote d'Ivoire -0.5427 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1.6% rising
135 Lebanon -0.5935 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 36.5% falling
136 Honduras -0.5948 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 33.2% falling
137 Madagascar -0.6481 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 11.8% volatile
138 Tunisia -0.6502 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 400.0% volatile
139 Nigeria -0.6608 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 51.4% rising
140 Morocco -0.692 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.7% falling
141 Bangladesh -0.7209 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.8% falling
142 Jordan -0.7457 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.4% falling
143 El Salvador -0.7479 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1,068.1% volatile
144 Rwanda -0.7616 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 16.4% rising
145 Tanzania -0.7857 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 280.4% volatile
146 Iraq -0.8217 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 15.0% rising
147 Gabon -0.8263 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.0% falling
148 Kyrgyzstan -0.8446 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 433.0% volatile
149 Mozambique -0.9014 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 156.5% volatile
150 Mauritania -0.9018 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.1% flat
151 Kuwait -0.9191 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 64.0% falling
152 Brunei -0.9538 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 29.4% flat
153 Kazakhstan -0.9629 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 10.7% rising
154 Angola -1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 10.3% rising
155 Uganda -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 68.3% flat
156 Togo -1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 37.6% rising
157 United Arab Emirates -1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 22.6% rising
158 Guinea-Bissau -1.08 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 35.5% rising
159 Comoros -1.08 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 94.1% falling
160 Algeria -1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 42.6% flat
161 Oman -1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 29.5% rising
162 Turkey -1.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 124.2% volatile
163 Pakistan -1.13 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 49.8% rising
164 Niger -1.14 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 328.9% volatile
165 Guinea -1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 45.7% rising
166 Palestine -1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 52.2% falling
167 Burkina Faso -1.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 727.2% volatile
168 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 6.9% rising
169 Haiti -1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 51.3% falling
170 Uzbekistan -1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 24.6% rising
171 Mali -1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 378.9% volatile
172 Cameroon -1.26 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 30.3% rising
173 Vietnam -1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 8.9% rising
174 Central African Republic -1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 19.3% falling
175 Ethiopia -1.28 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 5.2% rising
176 Congo -1.28 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 30.0% falling
177 Qatar -1.3 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 20.4% flat
178 Zimbabwe -1.3 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.4% rising
179 Djibouti -1.33 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.1% falling
180 Libya -1.44 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 21.0% rising
181 Russia -1.44 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 76.0% falling
182 Eswatini -1.45 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 8.0% falling
183 Chad -1.45 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 25.8% falling
184 Bahrain -1.47 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 18.8% falling
185 Azerbaijan -1.53 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 26.6% falling
186 Burundi -1.54 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 25.1% falling
187 Somalia -1.59 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 8.5% rising
188 Cuba -1.62 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.2% rising
189 Syria -1.62 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 18.1% falling
190 Iran -1.63 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 16.8% falling
191 Egypt -1.64 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 31.9% falling
192 Laos -1.64 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.4% falling
193 Cambodia -1.65 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 42.2% falling
194 China -1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 10.7% rising
195 Saudi Arabia -1.73 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.3% rising
196 Belarus -1.74 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 42.7% falling
197 Yemen -1.75 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 27.4% falling
198 Venezuela -1.75 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 50.5% volatile
199 Tajikistan -1.75 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 42.3% falling
200 Nicaragua -1.76 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 187.4% volatile
201 Equatorial Guinea -1.79 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.6% rising
202 South Sudan -1.87 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 20.5% falling
203 Sudan -1.99 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 10.3% rising
204 Turkmenistan -2.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 10.4% falling
205 Myanmar -2.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 83.1% rising
206 North Korea -2.13 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.8% rising
207 Afghanistan -2.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 95.7% rising
208 Eritrea -2.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.4% falling

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Indicator
Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Unit
approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 5,514 data points, 1996–2025
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