Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Botswana
Botswana: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 64.99 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Botswana, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 64.99 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Botswana peaked at 72.4 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 61.97 0-100, in 2022.
That places Botswana 80th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Botswana, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 69.39 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 67.47 0-100 | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 67.05 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 69.12 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 72.4 0-100 | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 70.69 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 70.54 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 69.9 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 69.19 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 69.34 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 69.32 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 68.92 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 68.27 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 68.68 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 66.83 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 65.65 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 64.78 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 63.83 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 63.5 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 63.8 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 64.35 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 64.16 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 62.9 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 61.97 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 62.01 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 64.76 0-100 | +4.4% |
| 2025 | 64.99 0-100 | +0.3% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 64.99 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 56.73 0-100, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 64.99 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41.18 0-100, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 68.43 0-100 | 67.47 0-100 | 69.39 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 69.73 0-100 | 67.05 0-100 | 72.4 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 65.86 0-100 | 63.5 0-100 | 68.92 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.46 0-100 | 61.97 0-100 | 64.99 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 77 East Timor 65.66 0-100 compare
- 78 Brazil 65.47 0-100 compare
- 79 Montenegro 65.03 0-100 compare
- 81 Puerto Rico 64.89 0-100 compare
- 82 Israel 64.88 0-100 compare
- 83 Namibia 64.58 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Botswana
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0472 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.42 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0078 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.42 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0825 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.97 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0424 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Botswana?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Botswana was 64.99 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 72.4 0-100 in 2003.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.97 0-100 in 2022.
- How does Botswana rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Botswana ranks 80th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana 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).