Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 48.13 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Hong Kong, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Hong Kong recorded 48.13 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Hong Kong peaked at 70.54 0-100 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 48.13 0-100, in 2025.
That places Hong Kong 133rd out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Hong Kong, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 62.46 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 55.27 0-100 | -11.5% |
| 2000 | 56.76 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 65.37 0-100 | +15.2% |
| 2003 | 66.3 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 67.11 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 69.5 0-100 | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 69.09 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 69.02 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 68.69 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 68.55 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 68.19 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 70.54 0-100 | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 70.28 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 69.45 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 68.37 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 68.4 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 67.63 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 67.58 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 66.71 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 63 0-100 | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 60.34 0-100 | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 53.55 0-100 | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 51.47 0-100 | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 49.71 0-100 | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 48.78 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2025 | 48.13 0-100 | -1.3% |
Hong Kong compared with similar countries
- Hong Kong's 48.13 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 63% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Hong Kong's 48.13 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 63.85 0-100, 75% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.86 0-100 | 55.27 0-100 | 62.46 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 66.71 0-100 | 56.76 0-100 | 69.5 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 68.01 0-100 | 63 0-100 | 70.54 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 52 0-100 | 48.13 0-100 | 60.34 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Hong Kong
More reference data data for Hong Kong
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0072 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (1990)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0072 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.004 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0056 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0052 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0347 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (1990)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Hong Kong?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Hong Kong was 48.13 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 Hong Kong?
- The highest recorded value was 70.54 0-100 in 2011.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Hong Kong?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.13 0-100 in 2025.
- How does Hong Kong rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Hong Kong ranks 133rd out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Hong Kong?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hong Kong 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).