Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) by country
Countries reporting
208
Highest
90.62 0-100
Norway
Lowest
16.77 0-100
Eritrea
Median
56.5 0-100
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,311
What the numbers show
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 90.62 0-100 in Norway; the lowest is 16.77 0-100 in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.5 0-100, and the mean is 55.3 0-100.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 50.4%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 46.2%).
Voice and Accountability - Governance score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 90.62 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 2 | Denmark | 90.02 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 3 | Finland | 89.29 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 4 | Sweden | 87.09 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 5 | New Zealand | 86.42 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 86 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 7 | Netherlands | 85.79 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 8 | Switzerland | 85.59 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 9 | Ireland | 85.51 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 10 | Germany | 84.82 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 11 | Australia | 83.32 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 12 | Canada | 83.17 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 13 | Belgium | 83.05 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 14 | Iceland | 81.79 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 15 | Estonia | 81.61 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 16 | Austria | 81.45 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 17 | Greenland | 81.43 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 18 | Liechtenstein | 80.09 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 79.61 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 20 | Portugal | 78.99 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 21 | Czechia | 78.81 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 22 | San Marino | 78.66 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 23 | Uruguay | 78.34 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 24 | Lithuania | 78.25 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 25 | Tuvalu | 77.65 0-100 | 2024 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 26 | Guam | 77.43 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 27 | France | 76.95 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 28 | Spain | 76.95 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 29 | Latvia | 76.59 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 30 | Japan | 76.38 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 31 | Italy | 75.53 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 32 | Slovenia | 75.35 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 33 | Bermuda | 75.33 0-100 | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 34 | Palau | 75 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 74.55 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 36 | Chile | 74.25 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 37 | Barbados | 74.25 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 38 | Kiribati | 73.88 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 39 | Aruba | 73.61 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 39 | Cayman Islands | 73.61 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 41 | Marshall Islands | 73.55 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 42 | American Samoa | 73.14 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 43 | Slovakia | 73.13 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 44 | Malta | 72.98 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 45 | Micronesia (country) | 72.66 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 46 | Samoa | 72.39 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 47 | Cyprus | 72.38 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 48 | United States | 72.37 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 49 | French Polynesia | 72.19 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 50 | Monaco | 71.5 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 51 | United States Virgin Islands | 71.43 0-100 | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 52 | Tonga | 71.21 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 53 | South Korea | 70.99 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 70.7 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 55 | Andorra | 70.66 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 56 | Greece | 70.53 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 57 | Poland | 70.01 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 58 | New Caledonia | 69.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 59 | Croatia | 68.2 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 60 | Seychelles | 67.95 0-100 | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 61 | Saint Lucia | 67.55 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 62 | South Africa | 67.48 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 63 | Nauru | 67.33 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 64 | Bahamas | 66.53 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 65 | Antigua and Barbuda | 65.81 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 66 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 65.65 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 67 | Vanuatu | 65.36 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 68 | Jamaica | 65.34 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 69 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 64.9 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 70 | Panama | 64.57 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.96 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 72 | Bhutan | 63.87 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 73 | Montenegro | 63.69 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 74 | Romania | 63.63 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 75 | Argentina | 63.6 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 76 | Dominica | 63.5 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 77 | Grenada | 63.48 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 78 | Puerto Rico | 63.47 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 79 | Mauritius | 63.31 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 80 | East Timor | 62.9 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 81 | Namibia | 62.74 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 82 | Fiji | 62.65 0-100 | 2024 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 83 | Solomon Islands | 62.57 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 84 | Brazil | 62.39 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 85 | Botswana | 62.02 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 86 | Israel | 62.02 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 87 | Moldova | 61.81 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 60.58 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 89 | Ghana | 60.43 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 60.37 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 91 | Sao Tome and Principe | 59.73 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 92 | Kosovo | 59.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 92 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 59.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 94 | Mongolia | 59.07 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 95 | Armenia | 58.95 0-100 | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 96 | Belize | 58.67 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 58.14 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 98 | Macao | 57.96 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 99 | Suriname | 57.82 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 100 | Peru | 57.65 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 101 | Singapore | 57.52 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 102 | Colombia | 57.45 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 103 | Senegal | 57.13 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 104 | Albania | 56.63 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 105 | Hungary | 56.36 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 106 | Nepal | 55.8 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 107 | India | 55.47 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 108 | Ecuador | 55.01 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 109 | Guyana | 54.97 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 110 | Malawi | 54.93 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 111 | Ukraine | 54.91 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 112 | Liberia | 54.89 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 54.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 22.3% | flat |
| 114 | Malaysia | 54.63 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 115 | Paraguay | 54.23 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 116 | Lesotho | 54.13 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 117 | Indonesia | 53.78 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 118 | Gambia | 53.66 0-100 | 2024 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 119 | Georgia | 52.41 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 120 | Hong Kong | 51.24 0-100 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 121 | Papua New Guinea | 51.14 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 122 | Mexico | 50.93 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 123 | Kenya | 50.65 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 124 | Philippines | 50.63 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 125 | Benin | 50.19 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.93 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 127 | Zambia | 49.72 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 128 | Maldives | 49.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 129 | Bolivia | 49.15 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 130 | Serbia | 48.7 0-100 | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 131 | Guatemala | 48.61 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 47.87 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 133 | Thailand | 47.05 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 134 | Rwanda | 46.54 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 135 | Cote d'Ivoire | 46.06 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 136 | Tanzania | 45.56 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 137 | Honduras | 45.41 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 138 | Tunisia | 44.88 0-100 | 2024 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 139 | Jordan | 44.36 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 140 | Kuwait | 44.28 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 141 | Madagascar | 44.15 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 142 | Nigeria | 44.13 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 143 | Morocco | 44.13 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 144 | Lebanon | 43.32 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 43.22 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 146 | El Salvador | 43.05 0-100 | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 147 | Brunei | 42.85 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 148 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.82 0-100 | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 149 | Kazakhstan | 42.57 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 41.91 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 151 | Oman | 41.31 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 152 | Mauritania | 40.65 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 153 | Qatar | 40.15 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | 39.97 0-100 | 2024 | down 20.1% | flat |
| 155 | Niger | 39.86 0-100 | 2024 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 156 | Togo | 39.84 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 157 | Mozambique | 39.25 0-100 | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 158 | Uganda | 39.12 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 159 | Gabon | 38.98 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 160 | Iraq | 38.97 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 161 | Uzbekistan | 38.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 162 | Algeria | 38.5 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 163 | Angola | 38.32 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 164 | Turkey | 37.69 0-100 | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 165 | Vietnam | 37.63 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 166 | Bangladesh | 36.53 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 167 | Pakistan | 36.44 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 168 | Guinea | 35.68 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 35.61 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 170 | Mali | 35.48 0-100 | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 171 | Comoros | 35.18 0-100 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 172 | Cameroon | 35.12 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 173 | Ethiopia | 35.1 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 174 | Djibouti | 35.06 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 175 | Zimbabwe | 34.8 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 176 | Haiti | 34.71 0-100 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 177 | Cuba | 34.65 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 33.9 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 179 | Congo | 33.84 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 180 | Bahrain | 33.72 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 181 | Libya | 33.47 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 182 | Palestine | 33.29 0-100 | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 183 | Eswatini | 33.27 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 184 | Russia | 31.96 0-100 | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 185 | Laos | 31.1 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 186 | Burundi | 30.73 0-100 | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 187 | Azerbaijan | 30.52 0-100 | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 188 | Chad | 30.27 0-100 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 189 | Saudi Arabia | 29.77 0-100 | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 190 | Iran | 29.75 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 191 | Somalia | 29.26 0-100 | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 192 | Egypt | 28.83 0-100 | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 193 | Tajikistan | 28.1 0-100 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 194 | China | 27.91 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.3% | flat |
| 195 | Cambodia | 27.61 0-100 | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 196 | Belarus | 27.26 0-100 | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 197 | Yemen | 27.14 0-100 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 198 | Nicaragua | 26.82 0-100 | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 199 | Equatorial Guinea | 26.65 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 200 | Venezuela | 25.04 0-100 | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 201 | Syria | 24.52 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 202 | Sudan | 23.88 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 203 | South Sudan | 23.74 0-100 | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 204 | North Korea | 22.06 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 205 | Turkmenistan | 21.09 0-100 | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 206 | Myanmar | 19.66 0-100 | 2024 | down 41.1% | rising |
| 207 | Afghanistan | 19.25 0-100 | 2024 | down 46.2% | rising |
| 208 | Eritrea | 16.77 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |