Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Netherlands

Netherlands: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 86.84 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
86.84 0-100
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
8th
of 208 countries
All-time high
89.12 0-100
in 2012
All-time low
83.87 0-100
in 2000
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Netherlands, 1996–2025

0204060801996201020251996: 84.7 0-1001998: 84.9 0-1002000: 83.9 0-1002002: 84 0-1002003: 84.1 0-1002004: 86.7 0-1002005: 87.5 0-1002006: 88.6 0-1002007: 88.5 0-1002008: 87.9 0-1002009: 87.3 0-1002010: 86.5 0-1002011: 88.2 0-1002012: 89.1 0-1002013: 88 0-1002014: 87.9 0-1002015: 89 0-1002016: 88.8 0-1002017: 87.7 0-1002018: 87.8 0-1002019: 87.6 0-1002020: 87.3 0-1002021: 87.8 0-1002022: 88.1 0-1002023: 88 0-1002024: 86.7 0-1002025: 86.8 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 2025, voice and accountability - governance score in Netherlands stood at 86.84 0-100.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Netherlands peaked at 89.12 0-100 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 83.87 0-100, in 2000.

Netherlands ranks 8th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Netherlands, year by year

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Netherlands, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 84.71 0-100 —
1998 84.87 0-100 +0.2%
2000 83.87 0-100 -1.2%
2002 84 0-100 +0.2%
2003 84.09 0-100 +0.1%
2004 86.72 0-100 +3.1%
2005 87.54 0-100 +0.9%
2006 88.63 0-100 +1.2%
2007 88.5 0-100 -0.1%
2008 87.88 0-100 -0.7%
2009 87.27 0-100 -0.7%
2010 86.54 0-100 -0.8%
2011 88.17 0-100 +1.9%
2012 89.12 0-100 +1.1%
2013 88.02 0-100 -1.2%
2014 87.93 0-100 -0.1%
2015 89.03 0-100 +1.2%
2016 88.81 0-100 -0.2%
2017 87.71 0-100 -1.2%
2018 87.79 0-100 +0.1%
2019 87.57 0-100 -0.3%
2020 87.28 0-100 -0.3%
2021 87.82 0-100 +0.6%
2022 88.11 0-100 +0.3%
2023 87.97 0-100 -0.2%
2024 86.75 0-100 -1.4%
2025 86.84 0-100 +0.1%

Netherlands compared with similar countries

  • Netherlands's 86.84 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 1.1× the median. (76 countries reporting)
  • Netherlands's 86.84 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 73.89 0-100, 1.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 84.79 0-100 84.71 0-100 84.87 0-100 2
2000s 86.5 0-100 83.87 0-100 88.63 0-100 9
2010s 88.07 0-100 86.54 0-100 89.12 0-100 10
2020s 87.46 0-100 86.75 0-100 88.11 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Netherlands

  1. 5 New Zealand 87.27 0-100 compare
  2. 6 Ireland 87.13 0-100 compare
  3. 7 Luxembourg 87.09 0-100 compare
  4. 9 Germany 86.03 0-100 compare
  5. 10 Switzerland 85.9 0-100 compare
  6. 11 Canada 85.16 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 86.84 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 Netherlands?
The highest recorded value was 89.12 0-100 in 2012.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Netherlands?
The lowest recorded value was 83.87 0-100 in 2000.
How does Netherlands rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Netherlands ranks 8th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Netherlands?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. 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
208 places, 5,514 data points, 1996–2025
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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).