Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 63.47 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
63.47 0-100
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
77th
of 206 countries
All-time high
75.22 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
62.94 0-100
in 2023
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Puerto Rico, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 75.2 0-1001998: 75.2 0-1002000: 75.2 0-1002002: 72.6 0-1002003: 72.7 0-1002004: 71 0-1002005: 74.1 0-1002006: 73 0-1002007: 71.7 0-1002008: 71.8 0-1002009: 70.2 0-1002010: 70.3 0-1002011: 70.2 0-1002012: 70.8 0-1002013: 70.5 0-1002014: 70.5 0-1002015: 70.4 0-1002016: 70.4 0-1002017: 71.5 0-1002018: 71.9 0-1002019: 68.2 0-1002020: 68.2 0-1002021: 68.1 0-1002022: 64.3 0-1002023: 62.9 0-1002024: 63.5 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 Puerto Rico stood at 63.47 0-100.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Puerto Rico peaked at 75.22 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 62.94 0-100, in 2023.

That places Puerto Rico 77th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 75.21 0-100 75.2 0-100 75.22 0-100 2
2000s 72.48 0-100 70.22 0-100 75.21 0-100 9
2010s 70.47 0-100 68.23 0-100 71.89 0-100 10
2020s 65.4 0-100 62.94 0-100 68.21 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 74 Argentina 63.6 0-100 compare
  2. 75 Dominica 63.5 0-100 compare
  3. 76 Grenada 63.48 0-100 compare
  4. 78 Mauritius 63.31 0-100 compare
  5. 79 East Timor 62.9 0-100 compare
  6. 80 Namibia 62.74 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Puerto Rico?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Puerto Rico was 63.47 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 Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 75.22 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 62.94 0-100 in 2023.
How does Puerto Rico rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Puerto Rico ranks 77th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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
206 places, 5,259 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

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).