Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Austria

Austria: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 81.45 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
81.45 0-100
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
16th
of 207 countries
All-time high
85.02 0-100
in 2009
All-time low
80.02 0-100
in 2005
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Austria, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 82 0-1001998: 81 0-1002000: 81.2 0-1002002: 81.6 0-1002003: 81.1 0-1002004: 80.7 0-1002005: 80 0-1002006: 84.9 0-1002007: 84.9 0-1002008: 84.5 0-1002009: 85 0-1002010: 85 0-1002011: 83.9 0-1002012: 84 0-1002013: 84.6 0-1002014: 83.6 0-1002015: 83.9 0-1002016: 83.2 0-1002017: 82.6 0-1002018: 82.5 0-1002019: 82.3 0-1002020: 83.6 0-1002021: 82.9 0-1002022: 82.7 0-1002023: 81.9 0-1002024: 81.4 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Austria recorded 81.45 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Austria peaked at 85.02 0-100 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 80.02 0-100, in 2005.

That places Austria 16th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Austria, year by year

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Austria, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 81.97 0-100
1998 80.96 0-100 -1.2%
2000 81.18 0-100 +0.3%
2002 81.59 0-100 +0.5%
2003 81.11 0-100 -0.6%
2004 80.74 0-100 -0.5%
2005 80.02 0-100 -0.9%
2006 84.85 0-100 +6.0%
2007 84.93 0-100 +0.1%
2008 84.49 0-100 -0.5%
2009 85.02 0-100 +0.6%
2010 85 0-100 -0.0%
2011 83.95 0-100 -1.2%
2012 84.02 0-100 +0.1%
2013 84.61 0-100 +0.7%
2014 83.6 0-100 -1.2%
2015 83.92 0-100 +0.4%
2016 83.2 0-100 -0.9%
2017 82.58 0-100 -0.7%
2018 82.48 0-100 -0.1%
2019 82.32 0-100 -0.2%
2020 83.63 0-100 +1.6%
2021 82.95 0-100 -0.8%
2022 82.67 0-100 -0.3%
2023 81.93 0-100 -0.9%
2024 81.45 0-100 -0.6%

Austria compared with similar countries

  • Austria's 81.45 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 73.61 0-100, 1.1× the median. (75 countries reporting)
  • Austria's 81.45 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 72.38 0-100, 1.1× the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 81.46 0-100 80.96 0-100 81.97 0-100 2
2000s 82.66 0-100 80.02 0-100 85.02 0-100 9
2010s 83.57 0-100 82.32 0-100 85 0-100 10
2020s 82.52 0-100 81.45 0-100 83.63 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 13 Belgium 83.05 0-100 compare
  2. 14 Iceland 81.79 0-100 compare
  3. 15 Estonia 81.61 0-100 compare
  4. 17 Greenland 81.43 0-100 compare
  5. 18 Liechtenstein 80.09 0-100 compare
  6. 19 United Kingdom 79.61 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Austria?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Austria was 81.45 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Austria?
The highest recorded value was 85.02 0-100 in 2009.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 80.02 0-100 in 2005.
How does Austria rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Austria ranks 16th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Austria?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Austria data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
207 places, 5,285 data points, 1996–2024
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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).