Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Iran
Iran: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 27.86 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Iran, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Iran recorded 27.86 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Iran peaked at 37.89 0-100 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 27.86 0-100, in 2025.
That places Iran 190th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Iran, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 34.61 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 37.89 0-100 | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 35.07 0-100 | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 37.72 0-100 | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 34.67 0-100 | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 34.06 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 33.8 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 33.6 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 32.23 0-100 | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 30.93 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 29.8 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 28.76 0-100 | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 28.78 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 29.25 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 30.17 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 31.05 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 32.16 0-100 | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 32.39 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 32.98 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 31.64 0-100 | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 31.07 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 30.08 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 29.38 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 28.59 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 28.31 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 28.33 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 27.86 0-100 | -1.7% |
Iran compared with similar countries
- Iran's 27.86 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 56.73 0-100, 49% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Iran's 27.86 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 37.02 0-100, 75% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36.25 0-100 | 34.61 0-100 | 37.89 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 33.54 0-100 | 29.8 0-100 | 37.72 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 30.82 0-100 | 28.76 0-100 | 32.98 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.76 0-100 | 27.86 0-100 | 30.08 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iran
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Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Iran?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Iran was 27.86 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 Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 37.89 0-100 in 1998.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.86 0-100 in 2025.
- How does Iran rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Iran ranks 190th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iran 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).