Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Maldives
Maldives: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 49.31 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Maldives, 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 Maldives stood at 49.31 0-100.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Maldives peaked at 58.51 0-100 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 34.25 0-100, in 2004.
That places Maldives 130th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Maldives, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 39.47 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 40.61 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 40.76 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 41.76 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 38.36 0-100 | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 34.25 0-100 | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 41.86 0-100 | +22.2% |
| 2006 | 42.74 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 44.92 0-100 | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 53.56 0-100 | +19.2% |
| 2009 | 58.51 0-100 | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 58.09 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 57.17 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 52.36 0-100 | -8.4% |
| 2013 | 49.53 0-100 | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 49.29 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 47.66 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 46.65 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 44.76 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 46.02 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 52.9 0-100 | +15.0% |
| 2020 | 55.25 0-100 | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 54.37 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 53.21 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 54.28 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 50.88 0-100 | -6.3% |
| 2025 | 49.31 0-100 | -3.1% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 49.31 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 56.73 0-100, 87% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 49.31 0-100 is below the median for South Asia, which is 54.78 0-100, 90% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40.04 0-100 | 39.47 0-100 | 40.61 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 44.08 0-100 | 34.25 0-100 | 58.51 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 50.44 0-100 | 44.76 0-100 | 58.09 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.88 0-100 | 49.31 0-100 | 55.25 0-100 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Maldives?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Maldives was 49.31 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 58.51 0-100 in 2009.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.25 0-100 in 2004.
- How does Maldives rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Maldives ranks 130th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives 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).