Voice and Accountability - Governance score in New Zealand

New Zealand: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 86.42 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
86.42 0-100
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
5th
of 206 countries
All-time high
88.53 0-100
in 2011
All-time low
82.66 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in New Zealand, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 83.9 0-1001998: 82.7 0-1002000: 83.7 0-1002002: 83.8 0-1002003: 84 0-1002004: 83.4 0-1002005: 84.9 0-1002006: 85.2 0-1002007: 85.1 0-1002008: 85.6 0-1002009: 86.4 0-1002010: 86.5 0-1002011: 88.5 0-1002012: 88.2 0-1002013: 87.8 0-1002014: 86.8 0-1002015: 88.2 0-1002016: 88.1 0-1002017: 87.9 0-1002018: 87.3 0-1002019: 87.5 0-1002020: 87.6 0-1002021: 87.3 0-1002022: 87.3 0-1002023: 86.9 0-1002024: 86.4 0-100

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 New Zealand is 86.42 0-100, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in New Zealand peaked at 88.53 0-100 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 82.66 0-100, in 1998.

That places New Zealand 5th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 83.26 0-100 82.66 0-100 83.85 0-100 2
2000s 84.68 0-100 83.4 0-100 86.38 0-100 9
2010s 87.67 0-100 86.55 0-100 88.53 0-100 10
2020s 87.1 0-100 86.42 0-100 87.56 0-100 5

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 2 Denmark 90.02 0-100 compare
  2. 3 Finland 89.29 0-100 compare
  3. 4 Sweden 87.09 0-100 compare
  4. 6 Luxembourg 86 0-100 compare
  5. 7 Netherlands, The 85.79 0-100 compare
  6. 8 Switzerland 85.59 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in New Zealand?
Voice and accountability - governance score in New Zealand was 86.42 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 New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 88.53 0-100 in 2011.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 82.66 0-100 in 1998.
How does New Zealand rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
New Zealand ranks 5th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this New Zealand 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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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
206 places, 5,259 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).