Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Nigeria
Nigeria: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 45.6 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Nigeria, 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 Nigeria is 45.6 0-100, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Nigeria peaked at 49.73 0-100 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 28.27 0-100, in 1996.
That places Nigeria 139th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 28.27 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 33.45 0-100 | +18.3% |
| 2000 | 45.04 0-100 | +34.6% |
| 2002 | 42.91 0-100 | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 43.44 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 43.98 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 45.24 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 46.78 0-100 | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 46.02 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 45.23 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 43.71 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 42.34 0-100 | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 44.15 0-100 | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 46.31 0-100 | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 46.42 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 46.87 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 49.71 0-100 | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 48.71 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 49.17 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 49.73 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 47.79 0-100 | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 47.46 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 44.85 0-100 | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 45.08 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 45.95 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 45.4 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 45.6 0-100 | +0.4% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 45.6 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.49 0-100, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 45.6 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41.18 0-100, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Nigeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +34.6% | 33.45 0-100 | 45.04 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.86 0-100 | 28.27 0-100 | 33.45 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 44.71 0-100 | 42.91 0-100 | 46.78 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 47.12 0-100 | 42.34 0-100 | 49.73 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.72 0-100 | 44.85 0-100 | 47.46 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More reference data data for Nigeria
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.77 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 19.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 5.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 5.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 81.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 121.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 14.27 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Nigeria?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Nigeria was 45.6 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 49.73 0-100 in 2018.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.27 0-100 in 1996.
- How does Nigeria rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Nigeria ranks 139th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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).