Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) by country
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...
Countries reporting
208
Highest
91.21 0-100
Norway
Lowest
14.64 0-100
Eritrea
Median
57.95 0-100
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,514
What the numbers show
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 91.21 0-100 in Norway; the lowest is 14.64 0-100 in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 57.95 0-100, and the mean is 56.09 0-100.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 140 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 61.4%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 52.6%).
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 91.21 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 2 | Denmark | 90.47 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 3 | Finland | 88.79 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 4 | Sweden | 87.64 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 5 | New Zealand | 87.27 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 6 | Ireland | 87.13 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 87.09 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 8 | Netherlands | 86.84 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 9 | Germany | 86.03 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 10 | Switzerland | 85.9 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 85.16 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 12 | Belgium | 83.91 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | Greenland | 83.79 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 14 | Austria | 83.77 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 15 | Australia | 83.75 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 16 | Iceland | 82.74 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 17 | Estonia | 82.38 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 18 | Liechtenstein | 82.28 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 81.29 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 20 | Portugal | 81.06 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 21 | Tuvalu | 80.81 0-100 | 2025 | up 16.8% | flat |
| 22 | San Marino | 80.49 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 23 | Uruguay | 80.01 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 24 | Czechia | 79.33 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 25 | Lithuania | 79.29 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 26 | France | 78.99 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 27 | Latvia | 78.26 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 28 | Spain | 78.22 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 29 | Aruba | 78.16 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 29 | Cayman Islands | 78.16 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 31 | Japan | 78.04 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 32 | Slovenia | 77.83 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 33 | Barbados | 77.65 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 34 | Italy | 77.57 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 35 | Guam | 77.3 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 36 | American Samoa | 76.79 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 76.76 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 38 | Chile | 76.72 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 39 | Kiribati | 76.71 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 40 | Bermuda | 76.57 0-100 | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 41 | Palau | 76.35 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 42 | Malta | 75.7 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 43 | Monaco | 74.93 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 44 | Marshall Islands | 74.65 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 45 | Samoa | 74.53 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 46 | Micronesia (country) | 74.33 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 47 | Cyprus | 74.23 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 48 | Cape Verde | 73.88 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 49 | French Polynesia | 73.82 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 50 | South Korea | 73.79 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 51 | Greece | 73.55 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 52 | Slovakia | 73.28 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 53 | Poland | 72.75 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 54 | United States Virgin Islands | 72.57 0-100 | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 55 | Tonga | 72.51 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 56 | Andorra | 72.29 0-100 | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 57 | Croatia | 71.27 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Lucia | 71.22 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 59 | South Africa | 70.22 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Seychelles | 70.16 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 61 | United States | 69.55 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 62 | Bahamas | 69.32 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 63 | Solomon Islands | 69.14 0-100 | 2025 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 64 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.98 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 65 | Mauritius | 68.84 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 66 | Jamaica | 68.64 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 67 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.34 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 68 | Antigua and Barbuda | 67.81 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 69 | Vanuatu | 67.76 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 67.74 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 71 | Nauru | 67.64 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 72 | Dominica | 66.9 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 73 | Grenada | 66.59 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 74 | Panama | 66.5 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 75 | Argentina | 65.94 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 76 | Romania | 65.81 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 77 | East Timor | 65.66 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 78 | Brazil | 65.47 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 79 | Montenegro | 65.03 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 80 | Botswana | 64.99 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 81 | Puerto Rico | 64.89 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 82 | Israel | 64.88 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 83 | Namibia | 64.58 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 84 | Ghana | 64.33 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 64.01 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 62.65 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 87 | Moldova | 62.54 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 88 | Suriname | 62.09 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 89 | Mongolia | 62.04 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 90 | Fiji | 61.68 0-100 | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 91 | Bhutan | 61.6 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 92 | Belize | 61.56 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 93 | Sao Tome and Principe | 61.3 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 61.28 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 95 | Senegal | 60.67 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 96 | Albania | 60.04 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 97 | Armenia | 59.94 0-100 | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 98 | Kosovo | 59.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 99 | Lesotho | 59.58 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 100 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 59.15 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 101 | New Caledonia | 58.99 0-100 | 2025 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 102 | Guyana | 58.87 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 103 | Colombia | 58.5 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 104 | Liberia | 58.04 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 57.86 0-100 | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 106 | Malawi | 57.56 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 107 | Hungary | 57.07 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 108 | Peru | 56.73 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 109 | Ecuador | 56.25 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 110 | Ukraine | 56.19 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 111 | Malaysia | 55.78 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 112 | Paraguay | 55.24 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 113 | India | 54.93 0-100 | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 114 | Indonesia | 54.67 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 115 | Nepal | 54.63 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 116 | Singapore | 54.56 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 117 | Bolivia | 54.54 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 118 | Gambia | 53.9 0-100 | 2025 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 119 | Papua New Guinea | 53.4 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 120 | Philippines | 53.03 0-100 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.03 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 122 | Mexico | 52.55 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 123 | Zambia | 52.1 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 124 | Kenya | 51.59 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 125 | Guatemala | 51.54 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 126 | Benin | 51.47 0-100 | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 127 | Georgia | 51.14 0-100 | 2025 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 128 | Serbia | 50.12 0-100 | 2025 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 129 | Macao | 50.02 0-100 | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 130 | Maldives | 49.31 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 131 | Sierra Leone | 49.16 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 132 | Thailand | 48.23 0-100 | 2025 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 133 | Hong Kong | 48.13 0-100 | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 134 | Cote d'Ivoire | 47.76 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 135 | Lebanon | 46.83 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 136 | Honduras | 46.81 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 137 | Madagascar | 45.83 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 138 | Tunisia | 45.79 0-100 | 2025 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 139 | Nigeria | 45.6 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 140 | Morocco | 45.02 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 141 | Bangladesh | 44.49 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 142 | Jordan | 44.04 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 143 | El Salvador | 44 0-100 | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 144 | Rwanda | 43.75 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 145 | Tanzania | 43.3 0-100 | 2025 | down 19.7% | flat |
| 146 | Iraq | 42.64 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 147 | Gabon | 42.56 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 148 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.22 0-100 | 2025 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 149 | Mozambique | 41.18 0-100 | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 150 | Mauritania | 41.17 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 151 | Kuwait | 40.86 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 152 | Brunei | 40.22 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 153 | Kazakhstan | 40.05 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 154 | Angola | 39.36 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 155 | Uganda | 39.2 0-100 | 2025 | down 16.1% | flat |
| 156 | Togo | 38.72 0-100 | 2025 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 157 | United Arab Emirates | 38.08 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | 37.99 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 159 | Comoros | 37.93 0-100 | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 160 | Algeria | 37.81 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 161 | Oman | 37.37 0-100 | 2025 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 162 | Turkey | 37.28 0-100 | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 163 | Pakistan | 37.02 0-100 | 2025 | down 15.7% | flat |
| 164 | Niger | 36.75 0-100 | 2025 | down 30.4% | flat |
| 165 | Guinea | 36.13 0-100 | 2025 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 166 | Palestine | 35.9 0-100 | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 167 | Burkina Faso | 35.63 0-100 | 2025 | down 35.3% | flat |
| 168 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 35.62 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 169 | Haiti | 35.06 0-100 | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 170 | Uzbekistan | 34.8 0-100 | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 171 | Mali | 34.74 0-100 | 2025 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 172 | Cameroon | 34.68 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 173 | Vietnam | 34.48 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 34.47 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 175 | Ethiopia | 34.31 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 176 | Congo | 34.3 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 177 | Qatar | 33.92 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 178 | Zimbabwe | 33.91 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 179 | Djibouti | 33.39 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 180 | Libya | 31.3 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 181 | Russia | 31.29 0-100 | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 182 | Eswatini | 31.04 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 183 | Chad | 31.03 0-100 | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 184 | Bahrain | 30.7 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 185 | Azerbaijan | 29.73 0-100 | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 186 | Burundi | 29.49 0-100 | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 187 | Somalia | 28.59 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 188 | Cuba | 28.05 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 189 | Syria | 28.02 0-100 | 2025 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 190 | Iran | 27.86 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 191 | Egypt | 27.72 0-100 | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 192 | Laos | 27.55 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 193 | Cambodia | 27.51 0-100 | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 194 | China | 26.14 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 195 | Saudi Arabia | 25.99 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 196 | Belarus | 25.81 0-100 | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 197 | Yemen | 25.67 0-100 | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 198 | Venezuela | 25.66 0-100 | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 199 | Tajikistan | 25.61 0-100 | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 200 | Nicaragua | 25.39 0-100 | 2025 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 201 | Equatorial Guinea | 24.82 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 202 | South Sudan | 23.44 0-100 | 2025 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 203 | Sudan | 21.18 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 204 | Turkmenistan | 20.83 0-100 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 205 | Myanmar | 19.36 0-100 | 2025 | down 47.3% | rising |
| 206 | North Korea | 18.72 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 207 | Afghanistan | 17.66 0-100 | 2025 | down 52.6% | rising |
| 208 | Eritrea | 14.64 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
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).