Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Bahrain
Bahrain: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 30.7 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Bahrain, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 30.7 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Bahrain peaked at 44.66 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 28.65 0-100, in 1998.
That places Bahrain 184th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 32.49 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 28.65 0-100 | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 30.36 0-100 | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 43.34 0-100 | +42.7% |
| 2003 | 44.31 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 43.92 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 43.27 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 43.84 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 44.66 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 44.45 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 44.2 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 40.18 0-100 | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 35.57 0-100 | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 35.91 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 34.68 0-100 | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 34.58 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 34.97 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 33.28 0-100 | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 32.95 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 31.33 0-100 | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 31.59 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 31.53 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 30.69 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 30.67 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 30.37 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 30.7 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 30.7 0-100 | -0.0% |
Bahrain compared with similar countries
- Bahrain's 30.7 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 40% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Bahrain's 30.7 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 37.02 0-100, 83% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Bahrain changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +42.7% | 30.36 0-100 | 43.34 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.57 0-100 | 28.65 0-100 | 32.49 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 42.48 0-100 | 30.36 0-100 | 44.66 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 34.51 0-100 | 31.33 0-100 | 40.18 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.78 0-100 | 30.37 0-100 | 31.53 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
More reference data data for Bahrain
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0108 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0191 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0191 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0034 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0013 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0528 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0873 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Bahrain?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Bahrain was 30.7 0-100 in 2025, 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 Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 44.66 0-100 in 2007.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.65 0-100 in 1998.
- How does Bahrain rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Bahrain ranks 184th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain 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
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).