Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 76.76 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Costa Rica, 1996–2025
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 76.76 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Costa Rica peaked at 79.46 0-100 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 76.13 0-100, in 2005.
That places Costa Rica 37th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 76.85 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 76.98 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 76.57 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 78.64 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 77.86 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 76.51 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 76.13 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 76.57 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 76.66 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 76.43 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 77 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 77.79 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 77.71 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 77.64 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 77.52 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 78.33 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 78.61 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 78.25 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 78.81 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 79.27 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 79.2 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 79.46 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 78.68 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 78.26 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 78.02 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 76.2 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2025 | 76.76 0-100 | +0.7% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 76.76 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 1.0× the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 76.76 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 65.47 0-100, 1.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 76.92 0-100 | 76.85 0-100 | 76.98 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 76.93 0-100 | 76.13 0-100 | 78.64 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 78.31 0-100 | 77.52 0-100 | 79.27 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.9 0-100 | 76.2 0-100 | 79.46 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More reference data data for Costa Rica
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.406 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.27 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3161 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0907 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Costa Rica?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Costa Rica was 76.76 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 Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 79.46 0-100 in 2020.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.13 0-100 in 2005.
- How does Costa Rica rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Costa Rica ranks 37th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. 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
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).