Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Palau
Palau: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 76.35 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Palau, 1996–2025
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 Palau stood at 76.35 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Palau peaked at 77.85 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 76.31 0-100, in 2023.
That places Palau 41st out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Palau, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 77.85 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 77.81 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 77.84 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 76.97 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 77.22 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 77.19 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 77.54 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 77.62 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 77.58 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 77.58 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 77.59 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 77.56 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 77.41 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 77.37 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 77.42 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 77.47 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 77.48 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 77.37 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 77.35 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 76.56 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 76.55 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 76.52 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 76.39 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 76.36 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 76.31 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 76.4 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 76.35 0-100 | -0.1% |
Palau compared with similar countries
- Palau's 76.35 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 100% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Palau's 76.35 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 63.85 0-100, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.83 0-100 | 77.81 0-100 | 77.85 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 77.46 0-100 | 76.97 0-100 | 77.84 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 77.25 0-100 | 76.55 0-100 | 77.56 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.39 0-100 | 76.31 0-100 | 76.52 0-100 | 6 |
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- Urban vs rural majority, annual growth rate 0.0935 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban vs rural majority, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Political opposition, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
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- Free country, gaps filled 2 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Palau?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Palau was 76.35 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 Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 77.85 0-100 in 1996.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.31 0-100 in 2023.
- How does Palau rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Palau ranks 41st out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Palau 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).