Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in India
India: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 54.93 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in India, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
India recorded 54.93 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in India peaked at 68.87 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 54.93 0-100, in 2025.
That places India 113th 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 India, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 58.81 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 58.84 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 57.82 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 65.51 0-100 | +13.3% |
| 2003 | 65.95 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 65.96 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 67.42 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 68.5 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 68.36 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 68.87 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 68.31 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 67.11 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 66.67 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 65.5 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 66.31 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 65.65 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 65.85 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 65.59 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 64.55 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 64.15 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 62.02 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 60.23 0-100 | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 56.94 0-100 | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 56.61 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 55.98 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 56.67 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 54.93 0-100 | -3.1% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 54.93 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.49 0-100, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- India's 54.93 0-100 is above the median for South Asia, which is 54.78 0-100, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.83 0-100 | 58.81 0-100 | 58.84 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 66.3 0-100 | 57.82 0-100 | 68.87 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 65.34 0-100 | 62.02 0-100 | 67.11 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.89 0-100 | 54.93 0-100 | 60.23 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
More reference data data for India
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 20.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 68.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 246.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 15.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 246.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 70.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 19.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 309.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1,063 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 85.03 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in India?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in India was 54.93 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 68.87 0-100 in 2008.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.93 0-100 in 2025.
- How does India rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- India ranks 113th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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).