Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 25.99 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Saudi Arabia, 1996–2025
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 25.99 0-100, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Saudi Arabia peaked at 27 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 19.2 0-100, in 1998.
Saudi Arabia ranks 195th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 19.46 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 19.2 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 19.43 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 21.59 0-100 | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 21.33 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 26.81 0-100 | +25.7% |
| 2005 | 26.08 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 26.18 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 27 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 26.69 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 24.61 0-100 | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 25.07 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 24.49 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 26.26 0-100 | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 25.32 0-100 | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 25.03 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 26.08 0-100 | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 25.83 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 25.42 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 25.11 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 26.37 0-100 | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 26.2 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 26.43 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 26.54 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 25.72 0-100 | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 26.42 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2025 | 25.99 0-100 | -1.6% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 25.99 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 34% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 25.99 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 37.02 0-100, 70% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Saudi Arabia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +25.7% | 21.33 0-100 | 26.81 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.33 0-100 | 19.2 0-100 | 19.46 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 24.41 0-100 | 19.43 0-100 | 27 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 25.5 0-100 | 24.49 0-100 | 26.37 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.22 0-100 | 25.72 0-100 | 26.54 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More reference data data for Saudi Arabia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1847 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.4 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1771 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6194 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2207 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.07 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9641 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Saudi Arabia?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Saudi Arabia was 25.99 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 27 0-100 in 2007.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.2 0-100 in 1998.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 195th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. 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
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).