Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 74.55 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
74.55 0-100
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
35th
of 206 countries
All-time high
77.97 0-100
in 2018
All-time low
74.55 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Costa Rica, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 76.1 0-1001998: 76.2 0-1002000: 75.9 0-1002002: 76.6 0-1002003: 75.8 0-1002004: 75.2 0-1002005: 74.8 0-1002006: 75.3 0-1002007: 75.5 0-1002008: 74.8 0-1002009: 75.4 0-1002010: 76.4 0-1002011: 76.3 0-1002012: 76.1 0-1002013: 75.9 0-1002014: 76.8 0-1002015: 77.1 0-1002016: 76.8 0-1002017: 77.4 0-1002018: 78 0-1002019: 77.8 0-1002020: 77.9 0-1002021: 76.6 0-1002022: 76.3 0-1002023: 76.1 0-1002024: 74.6 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 74.55 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Costa Rica peaked at 77.97 0-100 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 74.55 0-100, in 2024.

That places Costa Rica 35th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 76.17 0-100 76.1 0-100 76.23 0-100 2
2000s 75.46 0-100 74.76 0-100 76.59 0-100 9
2010s 76.86 0-100 75.91 0-100 77.97 0-100 10
2020s 76.28 0-100 74.55 0-100 77.89 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 32 Slovenia 75.35 0-100 compare
  2. 33 Bermuda 75.33 0-100 compare
  3. 34 Palau 75 0-100 compare
  4. 36 Chile 74.25 0-100 compare
  5. 37 Barbados 74.25 0-100 compare
  6. 38 Kiribati 73.88 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Costa Rica?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Costa Rica was 74.55 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 Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 77.97 0-100 in 2018.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 74.55 0-100 in 2024.
How does Costa Rica rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Costa Rica ranks 35th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Costa Rica 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

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).