Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Iceland

Iceland: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 81.79 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
81.79 0-100
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
14th
of 206 countries
All-time high
85.66 0-100
in 2007
All-time low
81.52 0-100
in 2023
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Iceland, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 82.4 0-1001998: 82.5 0-1002000: 82.6 0-1002002: 83.9 0-1002003: 84.3 0-1002004: 83.2 0-1002005: 84.5 0-1002006: 85.3 0-1002007: 85.7 0-1002008: 85.6 0-1002009: 84.7 0-1002010: 84 0-1002011: 83.1 0-1002012: 83.3 0-1002013: 83.9 0-1002014: 82.9 0-1002015: 83.4 0-1002016: 83.7 0-1002017: 83.1 0-1002018: 83 0-1002019: 83 0-1002020: 82.3 0-1002021: 82.3 0-1002022: 81.9 0-1002023: 81.5 0-1002024: 81.8 0-100

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 Iceland is 81.79 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Iceland peaked at 85.66 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 81.52 0-100, in 2023.

Iceland ranks 14th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 82.46 0-100 82.39 0-100 82.53 0-100 2
2000s 84.41 0-100 82.63 0-100 85.66 0-100 9
2010s 83.33 0-100 82.91 0-100 83.97 0-100 10
2020s 81.96 0-100 81.52 0-100 82.31 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Iceland

  1. 11 Australia 83.32 0-100 compare
  2. 12 Canada 83.17 0-100 compare
  3. 13 Belgium 83.05 0-100 compare
  4. 15 Estonia 81.61 0-100 compare
  5. 16 Austria 81.45 0-100 compare
  6. 17 Greenland 81.43 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 Iceland?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Iceland was 81.79 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 Iceland?
The highest recorded value was 85.66 0-100 in 2007.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Iceland?
The lowest recorded value was 81.52 0-100 in 2023.
How does Iceland rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Iceland ranks 14th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Iceland?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Iceland 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).