Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in North Korea
North Korea: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 18.72 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in North Korea, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
North Korea recorded 18.72 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2025.
The figure is down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in North Korea peaked at 26.98 0-100 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 16 0-100, in 2002.
That places North Korea 206th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in North Korea, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 19.5 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 16.97 0-100 | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 16.99 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 16 0-100 | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 16.38 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 17.76 0-100 | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 17.47 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 17.58 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 19.53 0-100 | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 18.18 0-100 | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 18.04 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 26.81 0-100 | +48.6% |
| 2011 | 26.98 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 18.87 0-100 | -30.1% |
| 2013 | 18.53 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 19.05 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 19.03 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 18.94 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 18.75 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 20.11 0-100 | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 19.88 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 19.92 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 19.61 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 20.07 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 20 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 18.73 0-100 | -6.3% |
| 2025 | 18.72 0-100 | -0.0% |
North Korea compared with similar countries
- North Korea's 18.72 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 34.74 0-100, 54% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- North Korea's 18.72 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 63.85 0-100, 29% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in North Korea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +48.6% | 18.04 0-100 | 26.81 0-100 |
| 2012 | -30.1% | 26.98 0-100 | 18.87 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.24 0-100 | 16.97 0-100 | 19.5 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 17.55 0-100 | 16 0-100 | 19.53 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 20.69 0-100 | 18.53 0-100 | 26.98 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.51 0-100 | 18.72 0-100 | 20.07 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near North Korea
- 203 Sudan 21.18 0-100 compare
- 204 Turkmenistan 20.83 0-100 compare
- 205 Myanmar 19.36 0-100 compare
- 207 Afghanistan 17.66 0-100 compare
- 208 Eritrea 14.64 0-100 compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in North Korea?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in North Korea was 18.72 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 North Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 26.98 0-100 in 2011.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in North Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 16 0-100 in 2002.
- How does North Korea rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- North Korea ranks 206th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in North Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Korea 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).