Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Kuwait

Kuwait: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 44.28 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
44.28 0-100
Change on year
down 6.7%
World rank
139th
of 207 countries
All-time high
53.13 0-100
in 2004
All-time low
44.28 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Kuwait, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 52 0-1001998: 51.9 0-1002000: 51.9 0-1002002: 52.8 0-1002003: 52.5 0-1002004: 53.1 0-1002005: 53 0-1002006: 51.1 0-1002007: 51 0-1002008: 51.6 0-1002009: 51.9 0-1002010: 51.9 0-1002011: 51.7 0-1002012: 50 0-1002013: 49.3 0-1002014: 49.4 0-1002015: 49.4 0-1002016: 49.6 0-1002017: 49.5 0-1002018: 49.6 0-1002019: 49.5 0-1002020: 48.6 0-1002021: 47 0-1002022: 47.1 0-1002023: 47.5 0-1002024: 44.3 0-100

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 Kuwait is 44.28 0-100, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is down 6.7% on the previous year and down 10.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Kuwait peaked at 53.13 0-100 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 44.28 0-100, in 2024.

Kuwait ranks 139th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Kuwait, year by year

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Kuwait, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 52.02 0-100
1998 51.88 0-100 -0.3%
2000 51.88 0-100 +0.0%
2002 52.83 0-100 +1.8%
2003 52.47 0-100 -0.7%
2004 53.13 0-100 +1.3%
2005 53.05 0-100 -0.2%
2006 51.14 0-100 -3.6%
2007 51.01 0-100 -0.3%
2008 51.62 0-100 +1.2%
2009 51.9 0-100 +0.6%
2010 51.88 0-100 -0.0%
2011 51.72 0-100 -0.3%
2012 50.03 0-100 -3.3%
2013 49.32 0-100 -1.4%
2014 49.35 0-100 +0.1%
2015 49.38 0-100 +0.1%
2016 49.55 0-100 +0.3%
2017 49.53 0-100 -0.0%
2018 49.59 0-100 +0.1%
2019 49.53 0-100 -0.1%
2020 48.64 0-100 -1.8%
2021 47.04 0-100 -3.3%
2022 47.15 0-100 +0.2%
2023 47.48 0-100 +0.7%
2024 44.28 0-100 -6.7%

Kuwait compared with similar countries

  • Kuwait's 44.28 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.61 0-100, 60% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
  • Kuwait's 44.28 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 38.5 0-100, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 51.95 0-100 51.88 0-100 52.02 0-100 2
2000s 52.12 0-100 51.01 0-100 53.13 0-100 9
2010s 49.99 0-100 49.32 0-100 51.88 0-100 10
2020s 46.92 0-100 44.28 0-100 48.64 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 136 Honduras 45.41 0-100 compare
  2. 137 Tunisia 44.88 0-100 compare
  3. 138 Jordan 44.36 0-100 compare
  4. 140 Madagascar 44.15 0-100 compare
  5. 141 Nigeria 44.13 0-100 compare
  6. 142 Morocco 44.13 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 207 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Kuwait?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Kuwait was 44.28 0-100 in 2024, 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 Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 53.13 0-100 in 2004.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 44.28 0-100 in 2024.
How does Kuwait rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Kuwait ranks 139th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kuwait 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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Indicator
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
207 places, 5,285 data points, 1996–2024
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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).