Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Iceland
Iceland: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 82.74 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Iceland, 1996–2025
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 82.74 0-100, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Iceland peaked at 86.16 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 82.38 0-100, in 2023.
Iceland ranks 16th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Iceland, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 83.5 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 83.6 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 83.7 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 85.1 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 85.52 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 84.55 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 85.8 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 85.32 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 85.67 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 86.16 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 85.33 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 84.78 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 83.92 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 84.04 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 84.64 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 83.69 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 84.08 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 84.34 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 83.82 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 83.69 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 83.55 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 83 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 83.07 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 82.68 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 82.38 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 82.64 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 82.74 0-100 | +0.1% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 82.74 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 1.1× the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 82.74 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 83.55 0-100 | 83.5 0-100 | 83.6 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 85.24 0-100 | 83.7 0-100 | 86.16 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 84.05 0-100 | 83.55 0-100 | 84.78 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.75 0-100 | 82.38 0-100 | 83.07 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More reference data data for Iceland
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0288 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0708 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1854 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1854 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0964 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.062 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2576 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7664 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0005 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Iceland?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Iceland was 82.74 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 86.16 0-100 in 2008.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.38 0-100 in 2023.
- How does Iceland rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Iceland ranks 16th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. 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
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).