Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 74.65 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Marshall Islands, 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 Marshall Islands stood at 74.65 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Marshall Islands peaked at 80.67 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 72.15 0-100, in 2023.
That places Marshall Islands 44th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Marshall Islands, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 80.67 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 80.63 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 80.67 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 77.36 0-100 | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 77.61 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 77.47 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 77.41 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 77.2 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 77.17 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 76.94 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 76 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 75.97 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 74.53 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 74.5 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 74.6 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 74.57 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 75.57 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 75.47 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 75.46 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 74.92 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 75.55 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 72.28 0-100 | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 72.2 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 72.17 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 72.15 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 76.11 0-100 | +5.5% |
| 2025 | 74.65 0-100 | -1.9% |
Marshall Islands compared with similar countries
- Marshall Islands's 74.65 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 56.73 0-100, 1.3× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Marshall Islands's 74.65 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 | 80.65 0-100 | 80.63 0-100 | 80.67 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 77.54 0-100 | 76 0-100 | 80.67 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 75.11 0-100 | 74.5 0-100 | 75.97 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.26 0-100 | 72.15 0-100 | 76.11 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
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- Urban vs rural majority, annual growth rate 0.4736 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban vs rural majority, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Political opposition, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Marshall Islands?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Marshall Islands was 74.65 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 Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 80.67 0-100 in 1996.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.15 0-100 in 2023.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Marshall Islands ranks 44th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Marshall Islands 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).