Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 39.97 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
39.97 0-100
Change on year
down 10.5%
World rank
152nd
of 206 countries
All-time high
56.03 0-100
in 2017
All-time low
39.97 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Burkina Faso, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 45.4 0-1001998: 45.6 0-1002000: 49.3 0-1002002: 48.9 0-1002003: 48.5 0-1002004: 49.6 0-1002005: 50.6 0-1002006: 51.6 0-1002007: 51.9 0-1002008: 52.3 0-1002009: 52.2 0-1002010: 52.7 0-1002011: 52.5 0-1002012: 51.5 0-1002013: 51 0-1002014: 50 0-1002015: 53.2 0-1002016: 55.1 0-1002017: 56 0-1002018: 55.8 0-1002019: 55 0-1002020: 53.1 0-1002021: 53.8 0-1002022: 46.5 0-1002023: 44.7 0-1002024: 40 0-100

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 39.97 0-100, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of down 10.5% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Burkina Faso peaked at 56.03 0-100 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 39.97 0-100, in 2024.

Burkina Faso ranks 152nd of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 45.49 0-100 45.44 0-100 45.55 0-100 2
2000s 50.55 0-100 48.5 0-100 52.27 0-100 9
2010s 53.28 0-100 50 0-100 56.03 0-100 10
2020s 47.6 0-100 39.97 0-100 53.83 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 149 Oman 41.31 0-100 compare
  2. 150 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 40.65 0-100 compare
  3. 151 Qatar 40.15 0-100 compare
  4. 153 Niger 39.86 0-100 compare
  5. 154 Togo 39.84 0-100 compare
  6. 155 Mozambique, Republic of 39.25 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Burkina Faso?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Burkina Faso was 39.97 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 Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 56.03 0-100 in 2017.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 39.97 0-100 in 2024.
How does Burkina Faso rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Burkina Faso ranks 152nd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. 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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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
206 places, 5,259 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).