Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Kuwait
Kuwait: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 40.86 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Kuwait, 1996–2025
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 40.86 0-100, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Kuwait peaked at 51.89 0-100 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 40.86 0-100, in 2025.
Kuwait ranks 151st of 208 countries on this measure, 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 Kuwait, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 50.15 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 50.15 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 50.2 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 51.36 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 50.99 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 51.89 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 51.85 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 49.78 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 49.54 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 49.59 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 49.9 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 50.2 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 49.94 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 48.82 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 47.95 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 47.45 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 47.44 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 47.58 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 47.58 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 47.41 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 47.54 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 46.79 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 45.84 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 45.81 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 46.47 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 43.47 0-100 | -6.5% |
| 2025 | 40.86 0-100 | -6.0% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 40.86 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 53% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 40.86 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 37.02 0-100, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50.15 0-100 | 50.15 0-100 | 50.15 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 50.57 0-100 | 49.54 0-100 | 51.89 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 48.19 0-100 | 47.41 0-100 | 50.2 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.88 0-100 | 40.86 0-100 | 46.79 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 148 Kyrgyzstan 42.22 0-100 compare
- 149 Mozambique 41.18 0-100 compare
- 150 Mauritania 41.17 0-100 compare
- 152 Brunei 40.22 0-100 compare
- 153 Kazakhstan 40.05 0-100 compare
- 154 Angola 39.36 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Kuwait
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.092 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2888 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3086 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1086 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0052 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Kuwait?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Kuwait was 40.86 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 51.89 0-100 in 2004.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.86 0-100 in 2025.
- How does Kuwait rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Kuwait ranks 151st out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. 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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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).