Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Palau

Palau: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 75 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
75 0-100
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
34th
of 207 countries
All-time high
76.65 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
74.84 0-100
in 2023
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Palau, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 76.7 0-1001998: 76.6 0-1002000: 76.6 0-1002002: 75.8 0-1002003: 76 0-1002004: 75.9 0-1002005: 76.1 0-1002006: 76.3 0-1002007: 76.2 0-1002008: 76.1 0-1002009: 76.1 0-1002010: 76.1 0-1002011: 75.9 0-1002012: 75.9 0-1002013: 75.9 0-1002014: 76 0-1002015: 76 0-1002016: 75.9 0-1002017: 75.8 0-1002018: 75.1 0-1002019: 75.1 0-1002020: 75.1 0-1002021: 74.9 0-1002022: 74.9 0-1002023: 74.8 0-1002024: 75 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 2024, voice and accountability - governance score in Palau stood at 75 0-100.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Palau peaked at 76.65 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 74.84 0-100, in 2023.

That places Palau 34th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Palau, year by year

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Palau, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 76.65 0-100
1998 76.62 0-100 -0.0%
2000 76.64 0-100 +0.0%
2002 75.78 0-100 -1.1%
2003 76.03 0-100 +0.3%
2004 75.95 0-100 -0.1%
2005 76.14 0-100 +0.3%
2006 76.26 0-100 +0.2%
2007 76.23 0-100 -0.0%
2008 76.14 0-100 -0.1%
2009 76.14 0-100 +0.0%
2010 76.11 0-100 -0.0%
2011 75.93 0-100 -0.2%
2012 75.88 0-100 -0.1%
2013 75.93 0-100 +0.1%
2014 76.01 0-100 +0.1%
2015 76.03 0-100 +0.0%
2016 75.86 0-100 -0.2%
2017 75.84 0-100 -0.0%
2018 75.11 0-100 -1.0%
2019 75.09 0-100 -0.0%
2020 75.07 0-100 -0.0%
2021 74.93 0-100 -0.2%
2022 74.89 0-100 -0.1%
2023 74.84 0-100 -0.1%
2024 75 0-100 +0.2%

Palau compared with similar countries

  • Palau's 75 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 73.61 0-100, 1.0× the median. (75 countries reporting)
  • Palau's 75 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 62.78 0-100, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 76.64 0-100 76.62 0-100 76.65 0-100 2
2000s 76.14 0-100 75.78 0-100 76.64 0-100 9
2010s 75.78 0-100 75.09 0-100 76.11 0-100 10
2020s 74.95 0-100 74.84 0-100 75.07 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Palau

  1. 31 Italy 75.53 0-100 compare
  2. 32 Slovenia 75.35 0-100 compare
  3. 33 Bermuda 75.33 0-100 compare
  4. 35 Costa Rica 74.55 0-100 compare
  5. 36 Chile 74.25 0-100 compare
  6. 37 Barbados 74.25 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 207 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Palau?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Palau was 75 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 Palau?
The highest recorded value was 76.65 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Palau?
The lowest recorded value was 74.84 0-100 in 2023.
How does Palau rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Palau ranks 34th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Palau?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. 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

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
207 places, 5,285 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).