Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 29.77 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
29.77 0-100
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
187th
of 206 countries
All-time high
30.41 0-100
in 2022
All-time low
22.29 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Saudi Arabia, 1996–2024

01020301996201020241996: 22.5 0-1001998: 22.3 0-1002000: 22.5 0-1002002: 24.9 0-1002003: 24.8 0-1002004: 29.3 0-1002005: 28.8 0-1002006: 29.4 0-1002007: 30.1 0-1002008: 29.7 0-1002009: 27.8 0-1002010: 28.3 0-1002011: 27.3 0-1002012: 26.9 0-1002013: 26 0-1002014: 26.1 0-1002015: 29.1 0-1002016: 28.9 0-1002017: 28.4 0-1002018: 28.7 0-1002019: 30.1 0-1002020: 29.8 0-1002021: 30.2 0-1002022: 30.4 0-1002023: 29.5 0-1002024: 29.8 0-100

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 Saudi Arabia is 29.77 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Saudi Arabia peaked at 30.41 0-100 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 22.29 0-100, in 1998.

Saudi Arabia ranks 187th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 22.4 0-100 22.29 0-100 22.52 0-100 2
2000s 27.48 0-100 22.53 0-100 30.15 0-100 9
2010s 27.99 0-100 26.04 0-100 30.1 0-100 10
2020s 29.94 0-100 29.51 0-100 30.41 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 184 Burundi 30.73 0-100 compare
  2. 185 Azerbaijan 30.52 0-100 compare
  3. 186 Chad 30.27 0-100 compare
  4. 188 Iran 29.75 0-100 compare
  5. 189 Somalia 29.26 0-100 compare
  6. 190 Egypt 28.83 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 Saudi Arabia?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Saudi Arabia was 29.77 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 Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 30.41 0-100 in 2022.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 22.29 0-100 in 1998.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Saudi Arabia ranks 187th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saudi Arabia 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).