Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Netherlands

Netherlands: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 85.79 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
85.79 0-100
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
7th
of 207 countries
All-time high
88.53 0-100
in 2020
All-time low
85.55 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 85.6 0-1001998: 85.8 0-1002000: 86.4 0-1002002: 86.1 0-1002003: 86.2 0-1002004: 85.6 0-1002005: 86.5 0-1002006: 87.7 0-1002007: 87.6 0-1002008: 87.2 0-1002009: 86.6 0-1002010: 85.7 0-1002011: 87.1 0-1002012: 88.3 0-1002013: 86.9 0-1002014: 86.9 0-1002015: 88.2 0-1002016: 88.1 0-1002017: 87.2 0-1002018: 87.2 0-1002019: 87.1 0-1002020: 88.5 0-1002021: 87 0-1002022: 87.2 0-1002023: 86.6 0-1002024: 85.8 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

In 2024, voice and accountability - governance score in Netherlands stood at 85.79 0-100.

That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Netherlands peaked at 88.53 0-100 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 85.55 0-100, in 1996.

Netherlands ranks 7th of 207 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Netherlands, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 85.55 0-100
1998 85.82 0-100 +0.3%
2000 86.39 0-100 +0.7%
2002 86.08 0-100 -0.4%
2003 86.16 0-100 +0.1%
2004 85.64 0-100 -0.6%
2005 86.52 0-100 +1.0%
2006 87.73 0-100 +1.4%
2007 87.63 0-100 -0.1%
2008 87.17 0-100 -0.5%
2009 86.58 0-100 -0.7%
2010 85.68 0-100 -1.0%
2011 87.12 0-100 +1.7%
2012 88.33 0-100 +1.4%
2013 86.91 0-100 -1.6%
2014 86.88 0-100 -0.0%
2015 88.21 0-100 +1.5%
2016 88.11 0-100 -0.1%
2017 87.15 0-100 -1.1%
2018 87.2 0-100 +0.1%
2019 87.06 0-100 -0.2%
2020 88.53 0-100 +1.7%
2021 87 0-100 -1.7%
2022 87.15 0-100 +0.2%
2023 86.61 0-100 -0.6%
2024 85.79 0-100 -0.9%

Netherlands compared with similar countries

  • Netherlands's 85.79 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 73.61 0-100, 1.2× the median. (75 countries reporting)
  • Netherlands's 85.79 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 72.38 0-100, 1.2× the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 85.69 0-100 85.55 0-100 85.82 0-100 2
2000s 86.66 0-100 85.64 0-100 87.73 0-100 9
2010s 87.27 0-100 85.68 0-100 88.33 0-100 10
2020s 87.02 0-100 85.79 0-100 88.53 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Netherlands

  1. 4 Sweden 87.09 0-100 compare
  2. 5 New Zealand 86.42 0-100 compare
  3. 6 Luxembourg 86 0-100 compare
  4. 8 Switzerland 85.59 0-100 compare
  5. 9 Ireland 85.51 0-100 compare
  6. 10 Germany 84.82 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Netherlands?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Netherlands was 85.79 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 Netherlands?
The highest recorded value was 88.53 0-100 in 2020.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Netherlands?
The lowest recorded value was 85.55 0-100 in 1996.
How does Netherlands rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Netherlands ranks 7th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Netherlands?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Netherlands 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

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).