Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in China
China: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 26.14 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in China, 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 China is 26.14 0-100, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in China peaked at 29.83 0-100 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 23.75 0-100, in 2002.
China ranks 194th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in China, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 24.32 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 24.23 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 24.49 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 23.75 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 24.48 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 26.37 0-100 | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 27.73 0-100 | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 28.52 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 28.41 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 27.76 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 28.04 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 28 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 29.76 0-100 | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 28.87 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 28.36 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 29.83 0-100 | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 29.2 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 29.26 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 29.78 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 28.82 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 28.23 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 27.46 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 26.36 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 26.29 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 25.83 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 25.78 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 26.14 0-100 | +1.4% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 26.14 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 56.73 0-100, 46% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- China's 26.14 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 63.85 0-100, 41% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.28 0-100 | 24.23 0-100 | 24.32 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 26.62 0-100 | 23.75 0-100 | 28.52 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 29.01 0-100 | 28 0-100 | 29.83 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.31 0-100 | 25.78 0-100 | 27.46 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near China
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Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in China?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in China was 26.14 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 29.83 0-100 in 2014.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.75 0-100 in 2002.
- How does China rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- China ranks 194th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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).