Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in South Korea
South Korea: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 73.79 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in South 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
In 2025, voice and accountability - governance score in South Korea stood at 73.79 0-100.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in South Korea peaked at 75.02 0-100 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 63.55 0-100, in 1996.
South Korea ranks 50th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in South Korea, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 63.55 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 64.98 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 65.04 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 73.04 0-100 | +12.3% |
| 2003 | 73.27 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 71.93 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 73.19 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 74.24 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 74.38 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 73.06 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 74.88 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 74.44 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 73.8 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 73.84 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 72.68 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 72.23 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 70.87 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 69.91 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 73.36 0-100 | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 74.35 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 73.75 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 74.16 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 75.02 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 74.47 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 73.51 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 71.59 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2025 | 73.79 0-100 | +3.1% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 73.79 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 97% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 73.79 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 63.85 0-100, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.27 0-100 | 63.55 0-100 | 64.98 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 72.56 0-100 | 65.04 0-100 | 74.88 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 72.92 0-100 | 69.91 0-100 | 74.44 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.76 0-100 | 71.59 0-100 | 75.02 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
More reference data data for South Korea
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.9281 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2074 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 4.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.17 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.13 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in South Korea?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in South Korea was 73.79 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 South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 75.02 0-100 in 2021.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.55 0-100 in 1996.
- How does South Korea rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- South Korea ranks 50th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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).