Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 35.63 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Burkina Faso, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
The most recent figure for voice and accountability - governance score in Burkina Faso is 35.63 0-100, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.1% on the previous year and down 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Burkina Faso peaked at 57.73 0-100 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 35.63 0-100, in 2025.
Burkina Faso ranks 167th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 47.71 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 47.61 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 51.12 0-100 | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 49.58 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 49.24 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 50.8 0-100 | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 52.26 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 53.58 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 54.01 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 53.84 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 53.43 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 53.63 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 53.89 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 53.46 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 52.92 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 52.49 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 55.05 0-100 | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 56.72 0-100 | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 57.73 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 57.36 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 56.62 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 54.91 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 55.35 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 47.65 0-100 | -13.9% |
| 2023 | 45.69 0-100 | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 39.62 0-100 | -13.3% |
| 2025 | 35.63 0-100 | -10.1% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 35.63 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 34.74 0-100, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 35.63 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41.18 0-100, 87% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.66 0-100 | 47.61 0-100 | 47.71 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 51.98 0-100 | 49.24 0-100 | 54.01 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 54.99 0-100 | 52.49 0-100 | 57.73 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.47 0-100 | 35.63 0-100 | 55.35 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More reference data data for Burkina Faso
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9232 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 9.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4137 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 9.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 3.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 33.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 45.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.25 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Burkina Faso?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Burkina Faso was 35.63 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 Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 57.73 0-100 in 2017.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.63 0-100 in 2025.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Burkina Faso ranks 167th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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).