Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Bhutan
Bhutan: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 61.6 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Bhutan, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 61.6 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2025.
That represents a change of up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Bhutan peaked at 62.22 0-100 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 35.34 0-100, in 1996.
That places Bhutan 91st out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 35.34 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 35.51 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 36.52 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 35.55 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 36.09 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 39.25 0-100 | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 45.04 0-100 | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 43.57 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 46.96 0-100 | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 52.57 0-100 | +11.9% |
| 2009 | 53.88 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 54.15 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 53.94 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 57.45 0-100 | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 59.01 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 59.66 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 59.96 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 59.9 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 59.89 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 61.93 0-100 | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 62.22 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 61.02 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 61.09 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 59.81 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 59.89 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 61.6 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2025 | 61.6 0-100 | +0.0% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 61.6 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.49 0-100, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 61.6 0-100 is above the median for South Asia, which is 54.78 0-100, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.43 0-100 | 35.34 0-100 | 35.51 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 43.27 0-100 | 35.55 0-100 | 53.88 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 58.81 0-100 | 53.94 0-100 | 62.22 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.83 0-100 | 59.81 0-100 | 61.6 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More reference data data for Bhutan
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0671 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0167 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0727 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0153 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3489 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5881 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Bhutan?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Bhutan was 61.6 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 62.22 0-100 in 2019.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.34 0-100 in 1996.
- How does Bhutan rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Bhutan ranks 91st out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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).