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

Norway: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 91.21 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
91.21 0-100
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
1st
of 208 countries
All-time high
92.04 0-100
in 2021
All-time low
81.82 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
27
1996–2025

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

0204060801001996201020251996: 83.7 0-1001998: 81.8 0-1002000: 83.4 0-1002002: 84.1 0-1002003: 84 0-1002004: 85.6 0-1002005: 88 0-1002006: 88.2 0-1002007: 88.5 0-1002008: 88.6 0-1002009: 88.7 0-1002010: 88.8 0-1002011: 89.7 0-1002012: 90.7 0-1002013: 90.7 0-1002014: 90.1 0-1002015: 91.1 0-1002016: 91.1 0-1002017: 91.3 0-1002018: 91.6 0-1002019: 91.5 0-1002020: 91.5 0-1002021: 92 0-1002022: 91.4 0-1002023: 91.2 0-1002024: 91.2 0-1002025: 91.2 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 Norway stood at 91.21 0-100.

That represents a change of up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Norway peaked at 92.04 0-100 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 81.82 0-100, in 1998.

Norway ranks 1st of 208 countries on this measure, 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 Norway, year by year

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Norway, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 83.65 0-100 —
1998 81.82 0-100 -2.2%
2000 83.37 0-100 +1.9%
2002 84.11 0-100 +0.9%
2003 83.96 0-100 -0.2%
2004 85.63 0-100 +2.0%
2005 88.02 0-100 +2.8%
2006 88.24 0-100 +0.2%
2007 88.48 0-100 +0.3%
2008 88.62 0-100 +0.2%
2009 88.75 0-100 +0.1%
2010 88.84 0-100 +0.1%
2011 89.73 0-100 +1.0%
2012 90.67 0-100 +1.1%
2013 90.7 0-100 +0.0%
2014 90.05 0-100 -0.7%
2015 91.07 0-100 +1.1%
2016 91.08 0-100 +0.0%
2017 91.27 0-100 +0.2%
2018 91.6 0-100 +0.4%
2019 91.48 0-100 -0.1%
2020 91.55 0-100 +0.1%
2021 92.04 0-100 +0.5%
2022 91.4 0-100 -0.7%
2023 91.22 0-100 -0.2%
2024 91.17 0-100 -0.1%
2025 91.21 0-100 +0.0%

Norway compared with similar countries

  • Norway's 91.21 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 1.2× the median. (76 countries reporting)
  • Norway's 91.21 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 82.74 0-100 81.82 0-100 83.65 0-100 2
2000s 86.57 0-100 83.37 0-100 88.75 0-100 9
2010s 90.65 0-100 88.84 0-100 91.6 0-100 10
2020s 91.43 0-100 91.17 0-100 92.04 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Norway

  1. 2 Denmark 90.47 0-100 compare
  2. 3 Finland 88.79 0-100 compare
  3. 4 Sweden 87.64 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 208 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Norway?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Norway was 91.21 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 Norway?
The highest recorded value was 92.04 0-100 in 2021.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Norway?
The lowest recorded value was 81.82 0-100 in 1998.
How does Norway rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Norway ranks 1st out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Norway?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Norway 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
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).