Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in New Zealand
New Zealand: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 87.27 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in New Zealand, 1996–2025
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 87.27 0-100, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in New Zealand peaked at 89.88 0-100 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 83.49 0-100, in 2002.
That places New Zealand 5th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 85.2 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 84.08 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 85.09 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 83.49 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 85.39 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 84.9 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 86.2 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 86.25 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 86.17 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 86.97 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 87.92 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 88.06 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 89.88 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 89.59 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 89.22 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 88.36 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 89.32 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 89.23 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 89.36 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 88.73 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 88.84 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 88.64 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 88.29 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 88.59 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 88.07 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 87.76 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 87.27 0-100 | -0.6% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 87.27 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 1.1× the median. (76 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 87.27 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 63.85 0-100, 1.4× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84.64 0-100 | 84.08 0-100 | 85.2 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 85.82 0-100 | 83.49 0-100 | 87.92 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 89.06 0-100 | 88.06 0-100 | 89.88 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.1 0-100 | 87.27 0-100 | 88.64 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More reference data data for New Zealand
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4532 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.93 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0459 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 10.93 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 42.17 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 47.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2499 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in New Zealand?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in New Zealand was 87.27 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 89.88 0-100 in 2011.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.49 0-100 in 2002.
- How does New Zealand rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- New Zealand ranks 5th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. 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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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).