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

Countries reporting
208
Highest
1.93 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Norway
Lowest
-2.29 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Eritrea
Median
-0.0201 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,311

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 1.93 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Norway; the lowest is -2.29 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.0201 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, and the mean is -0.0883 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Solomon Islands (up 1,425.6%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 25,940.0%).

Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Norway 1.93 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.6% rising
2 Denmark 1.89 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.4% rising
3 Finland 1.85 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 6.0% rising
4 Sweden 1.73 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1.5% rising
5 New Zealand 1.69 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1.3% rising
6 Luxembourg 1.67 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.9% rising
7 Netherlands 1.65 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.6% flat
8 Switzerland 1.64 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.7% flat
9 Ireland 1.64 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 20.4% rising
10 Germany 1.6 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.9% flat
11 Australia 1.51 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1.4% flat
12 Canada 1.5 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 5.9% falling
13 Belgium 1.5 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.1% flat
14 Iceland 1.42 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 4.3% falling
15 Estonia 1.41 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 16.2% rising
16 Austria 1.41 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.1% flat
17 Greenland 1.4 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1.1% flat
18 Liechtenstein 1.33 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.8% falling
19 United Kingdom 1.3 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.8% falling
20 Portugal 1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.9% falling
21 Czechia 1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 30.5% rising
22 San Marino 1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 2.0% falling
23 Uruguay 1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 6.7% rising
24 Lithuania 1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 37.5% rising
25 Tuvalu 1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 126.9% falling
26 Guam 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 40.7% rising
27 France 1.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.1% falling
28 Spain 1.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 8.7% falling
29 Latvia 1.13 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 47.3% rising
30 Japan 1.12 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 9.6% rising
31 Italy 1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 9.4% flat
32 Slovenia 1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 26.1% falling
33 Bermuda 1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2017 down 0.6% rising
34 Palau 1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.3% falling
35 Costa Rica 1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.4% rising
36 Chile 0.9942 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 13.8% flat
37 Barbados 0.994 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.7% falling
38 Kiribati 0.9729 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 58.5% rising
39 Aruba 0.9577 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 31.1% rising
39 Cayman Islands 0.9577 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 35.2% falling
41 Marshall Islands 0.9544 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 8.8% falling
42 American Samoa 0.9306 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 12.1% rising
43 Slovakia 0.9302 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.2% rising
44 Malta 0.9216 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 21.4% falling
45 Micronesia (country) 0.9032 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 5.8% falling
46 Samoa 0.8879 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 118.1% rising
47 Cyprus 0.8873 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 14.2% falling
48 United States 0.887 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 26.1% falling
49 French Polynesia 0.8766 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 75.8% rising
50 Monaco 0.8368 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 9.4% falling
51 United States Virgin Islands 0.8331 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2017 down 0.7% rising
52 Tonga 0.8207 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 105.3% volatile
53 South Korea 0.8078 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.4% rising
54 Cape Verde 0.7911 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.3% flat
55 Andorra 0.7892 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 42.7% falling
56 Greece 0.7819 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 13.4% falling
57 Poland 0.7522 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 29.5% falling
58 New Caledonia 0.7309 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 41.0% falling
59 Croatia 0.6487 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 21.0% volatile
60 Seychelles 0.6344 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 772.8% volatile
61 Saint Lucia 0.6113 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 48.5% falling
62 South Africa 0.6073 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 9.0% flat
63 Nauru 0.5991 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 35.9% falling
64 Bahamas 0.5531 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 41.0% falling
65 Antigua and Barbuda 0.5118 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 26.7% rising
66 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5029 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 47.8% falling
67 Vanuatu 0.4864 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 36.9% rising
68 Jamaica 0.4852 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 10.0% rising
69 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.4599 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 56.9% falling
70 Panama 0.4411 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1.8% flat
71 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4063 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 29.0% falling
72 Bhutan 0.4011 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 95.6% volatile
73 Montenegro 0.391 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 101.1% volatile
74 Romania 0.3874 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 9.9% rising
75 Argentina 0.3856 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 26.3% rising
76 Dominica 0.3798 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 58.4% falling
77 Grenada 0.3787 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 51.9% falling
78 Puerto Rico 0.3782 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 51.6% falling
79 Mauritius 0.3689 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 55.9% falling
80 East Timor 0.3455 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 860.7% volatile
81 Namibia 0.3365 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 18.8% rising
82 Fiji 0.3316 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 207.5% volatile
83 Solomon Islands 0.3267 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1,425.6% volatile
84 Brazil 0.3165 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 25.5% falling
85 Botswana 0.2953 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 14.7% falling
86 Israel 0.2952 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 38.2% falling
87 Moldova 0.2837 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 941.4% volatile
88 Bulgaria 0.2134 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 2.8% volatile
89 Ghana 0.2043 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 54.2% volatile
90 Dominican Republic 0.2011 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 339.4% volatile
91 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1647 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 25.0% falling
92 Kosovo 0.1596 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 58.8% volatile
92 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.1596 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 58.8% volatile
94 Mongolia 0.1269 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 29.4% falling
95 Armenia 0.1202 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 132.2% volatile
96 Belize 0.104 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 67.4% volatile
97 North Macedonia 0.0737 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 140.8% volatile
98 Macao 0.0636 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 49.4% volatile
99 Suriname 0.0554 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 84.1% volatile
100 Peru 0.0456 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 79.2% volatile
101 Singapore 0.0383 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 88.0% volatile
102 Colombia 0.0346 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 160.8% volatile
103 Senegal 0.0161 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 69.9% volatile
104 Albania -0.0124 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 112.6% volatile
105 Hungary -0.0277 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 105.4% volatile
106 Nepal -0.0598 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 81.4% volatile
107 India -0.0789 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 129.8% volatile
108 Ecuador -0.1051 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 66.8% volatile
109 Guyana -0.1074 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 773.9% volatile
110 Malawi -0.1094 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 32.1% volatile
111 Ukraine -0.111 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 41.0% volatile
112 Liberia -0.1118 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 55.0% volatile
113 Sri Lanka -0.126 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 81.9% rising
114 Malaysia -0.1267 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 69.1% rising
115 Paraguay -0.1498 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 20.9% volatile
116 Lesotho -0.1551 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 99.4% volatile
117 Indonesia -0.1754 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 25,940.0% volatile
118 Gambia -0.182 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 85.0% rising
119 Georgia -0.2535 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 207.2% volatile
120 Hong Kong -0.3206 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 152.1% volatile
121 Papua New Guinea -0.3264 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 75.8% volatile
122 Mexico -0.3383 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 671.7% volatile
123 Kenya -0.3542 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 81.0% volatile
124 Philippines -0.3554 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 567.2% volatile
125 Benin -0.3805 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 693.7% volatile
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.3953 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 147.3% volatile
127 Zambia -0.4076 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 136.1% volatile
128 Maldives -0.4119 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 22.2% volatile
129 Bolivia -0.4398 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 341.8% volatile
130 Serbia -0.4659 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 470.8% volatile
131 Guatemala -0.4708 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 48.7% rising
132 Sierra Leone -0.5129 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 69.6% volatile
133 Thailand -0.5598 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 35.6% volatile
134 Rwanda -0.5889 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 26.8% rising
135 Cote d'Ivoire -0.6167 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 9.8% rising
136 Tanzania -0.645 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 285.6% volatile
137 Honduras -0.6535 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 16.5% falling
138 Tunisia -0.6837 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 590.8% volatile
139 Jordan -0.7137 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.2% falling
140 Kuwait -0.7183 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 67.7% falling
141 Madagascar -0.7254 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.1% volatile
142 Nigeria -0.7265 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 14.8% rising
143 Morocco -0.7267 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.6% falling
144 Lebanon -0.7733 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 68.3% falling
145 Guinea-Bissau -0.7788 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 15.8% rising
146 El Salvador -0.7884 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 1,750.2% volatile
147 Brunei -0.7999 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 66.7% rising
148 Kyrgyzstan -0.8013 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 151.4% rising
149 Kazakhstan -0.8157 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 10.2% rising
150 United Arab Emirates -0.8537 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 33.8% flat
151 Oman -0.8877 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 25.9% rising
152 Mauritania -0.9253 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.9% flat
153 Qatar -0.9544 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 18.1% rising
154 Burkina Faso -0.9645 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 146.4% volatile
155 Niger -0.9707 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 255.0% volatile
156 Togo -0.9718 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 10.0% rising
157 Mozambique -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 162.2% volatile
158 Uganda -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 54.3% flat
159 Gabon -1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 15.4% flat
160 Iraq -1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.1% rising
161 Uzbekistan -1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 32.2% rising
162 Algeria -1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 44.6% rising
163 Angola -1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 6.3% rising
164 Turkey -1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 126.0% volatile
165 Vietnam -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 5.9% rising
166 Bangladesh -1.16 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 47.2% falling
167 Pakistan -1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 33.8% rising
168 Guinea -1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 29.9% rising
169 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 10.0% rising
170 Mali -1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 427.3% volatile
171 Comoros -1.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 107.5% falling
172 Cameroon -1.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 28.9% rising
173 Ethiopia -1.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.6% rising
174 Djibouti -1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 7.6% falling
175 Zimbabwe -1.26 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 10.3% rising
176 Haiti -1.26 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 72.7% falling
177 Cuba -1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.2% rising
178 Central African Republic -1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 10.8% falling
179 Congo -1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.1% flat
180 Bahrain -1.32 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.1% falling
181 Libya -1.34 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 24.3% rising
182 Palestine -1.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 68.3% falling
183 Eswatini -1.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.9% flat
184 Russia -1.42 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 78.8% falling
185 Laos -1.47 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.8% flat
186 Burundi -1.49 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 40.3% falling
187 Azerbaijan -1.5 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 29.8% falling
188 Chad -1.52 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 29.6% falling
189 Saudi Arabia -1.55 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.9% rising
190 Iran -1.55 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.8% falling
191 Somalia -1.58 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.8% rising
192 Egypt -1.6 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 32.7% falling
193 Tajikistan -1.64 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 35.6% falling
194 China -1.65 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 21.1% flat
195 Cambodia -1.67 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 55.4% falling
196 Belarus -1.69 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 42.3% falling
197 Yemen -1.7 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 41.1% falling
198 Nicaragua -1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 176.5% volatile
199 Equatorial Guinea -1.73 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.6% rising
200 Venezuela -1.82 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 45.2% falling
201 Syria -1.85 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.1% falling
202 Sudan -1.88 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.0% rising
203 South Sudan -1.89 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 24.7% falling
204 North Korea -1.99 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.2% rising
205 Turkmenistan -2.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 16.7% falling
206 Myanmar -2.12 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 58.4% rising
207 Afghanistan -2.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 78.4% rising
208 Eritrea -2.29 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.3% 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, 5,311 data points, 1996–2024
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