Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Estonia

Estonia: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 82.38 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
82.38 0-100
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
17th
of 208 countries
All-time high
82.56 0-100
in 2022
All-time low
73.81 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Estonia, 1996–2025

0204060801996201020251996: 73.8 0-1001998: 75.9 0-1002000: 75.9 0-1002002: 74.6 0-1002003: 75.5 0-1002004: 74.2 0-1002005: 75.3 0-1002006: 75.3 0-1002007: 75.4 0-1002008: 76.1 0-1002009: 76.6 0-1002010: 77.2 0-1002011: 78.4 0-1002012: 77.8 0-1002013: 77.6 0-1002014: 78.7 0-1002015: 79.2 0-1002016: 79.4 0-1002017: 79.8 0-1002018: 79.2 0-1002019: 82.3 0-1002020: 82.1 0-1002021: 82.3 0-1002022: 82.6 0-1002023: 82.5 0-1002024: 82.4 0-1002025: 82.4 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2025, voice and accountability - governance score in Estonia stood at 82.38 0-100.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Estonia peaked at 82.56 0-100 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 73.81 0-100, in 1996.

Estonia ranks 17th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Estonia, year by year

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Estonia, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 73.81 0-100 —
1998 75.86 0-100 +2.8%
2000 75.86 0-100 -0.0%
2002 74.61 0-100 -1.6%
2003 75.55 0-100 +1.3%
2004 74.24 0-100 -1.7%
2005 75.35 0-100 +1.5%
2006 75.34 0-100 -0.0%
2007 75.43 0-100 +0.1%
2008 76.07 0-100 +0.9%
2009 76.6 0-100 +0.7%
2010 77.15 0-100 +0.7%
2011 78.42 0-100 +1.6%
2012 77.8 0-100 -0.8%
2013 77.65 0-100 -0.2%
2014 78.65 0-100 +1.3%
2015 79.25 0-100 +0.8%
2016 79.39 0-100 +0.2%
2017 79.78 0-100 +0.5%
2018 79.24 0-100 -0.7%
2019 82.27 0-100 +3.8%
2020 82.07 0-100 -0.3%
2021 82.34 0-100 +0.3%
2022 82.56 0-100 +0.3%
2023 82.55 0-100 -0.0%
2024 82.43 0-100 -0.1%
2025 82.38 0-100 -0.1%

Estonia compared with similar countries

  • Estonia's 82.38 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 1.1× the median. (76 countries reporting)
  • Estonia's 82.38 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 73.89 0-100, 1.1× the median. (54 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 74.84 0-100 73.81 0-100 75.86 0-100 2
2000s 75.45 0-100 74.24 0-100 76.6 0-100 9
2010s 78.96 0-100 77.15 0-100 82.27 0-100 10
2020s 82.39 0-100 82.07 0-100 82.56 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Estonia

  1. 14 Austria 83.77 0-100 compare
  2. 15 Australia 83.75 0-100 compare
  3. 16 Iceland 82.74 0-100 compare
  4. 18 Liechtenstein 82.28 0-100 compare
  5. 19 United Kingdom 81.29 0-100 compare
  6. 20 Portugal 81.06 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 208 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Estonia?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Estonia was 82.38 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 Estonia?
The highest recorded value was 82.56 0-100 in 2022.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Estonia?
The lowest recorded value was 73.81 0-100 in 1996.
How does Estonia rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Estonia ranks 17th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Estonia?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Estonia 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
208 places, 5,514 data points, 1996–2025
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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).