Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Senegal

Senegal: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 60.67 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
60.67 0-100
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
95th
of 208 countries
All-time high
62.32 0-100
in 2016
All-time low
53.6 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Senegal, 1996–2025

02040601996201020251996: 55.5 0-1001998: 53.6 0-1002000: 56.7 0-1002002: 61.7 0-1002003: 60.9 0-1002004: 60.8 0-1002005: 60.7 0-1002006: 60.5 0-1002007: 56.7 0-1002008: 55.7 0-1002009: 55.4 0-1002010: 54.6 0-1002011: 54.1 0-1002012: 59.5 0-1002013: 60.5 0-1002014: 61.6 0-1002015: 61.4 0-1002016: 62.3 0-1002017: 60.6 0-1002018: 60.9 0-1002019: 60.3 0-1002020: 60.2 0-1002021: 59.4 0-1002022: 59.1 0-1002023: 58.8 0-1002024: 59.6 0-1002025: 60.7 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Senegal recorded 60.67 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2025.

The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Senegal peaked at 62.32 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 53.6 0-100, in 1998.

That places Senegal 95th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Senegal, year by year

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Senegal, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 55.46 0-100 —
1998 53.6 0-100 -3.4%
2000 56.67 0-100 +5.7%
2002 61.68 0-100 +8.8%
2003 60.93 0-100 -1.2%
2004 60.76 0-100 -0.3%
2005 60.65 0-100 -0.2%
2006 60.5 0-100 -0.2%
2007 56.69 0-100 -6.3%
2008 55.68 0-100 -1.8%
2009 55.39 0-100 -0.5%
2010 54.6 0-100 -1.4%
2011 54.07 0-100 -1.0%
2012 59.47 0-100 +10.0%
2013 60.48 0-100 +1.7%
2014 61.59 0-100 +1.8%
2015 61.42 0-100 -0.3%
2016 62.32 0-100 +1.5%
2017 60.57 0-100 -2.8%
2018 60.95 0-100 +0.6%
2019 60.33 0-100 -1.0%
2020 60.23 0-100 -0.2%
2021 59.39 0-100 -1.4%
2022 59.14 0-100 -0.4%
2023 58.77 0-100 -0.6%
2024 59.65 0-100 +1.5%
2025 60.67 0-100 +1.7%

Senegal compared with similar countries

  • Senegal's 60.67 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.49 0-100, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Senegal's 60.67 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41.18 0-100, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 54.53 0-100 53.6 0-100 55.46 0-100 2
2000s 58.77 0-100 55.39 0-100 61.68 0-100 9
2010s 59.58 0-100 54.07 0-100 62.32 0-100 10
2020s 59.64 0-100 58.77 0-100 60.67 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Senegal

  1. 92 Belize 61.56 0-100 compare
  2. 93 Sao Tome and Principe 61.3 0-100 compare
  3. 94 North Macedonia 61.28 0-100 compare
  4. 96 Albania 60.04 0-100 compare
  5. 97 Armenia 59.94 0-100 compare
  6. 98 Kosovo 59.64 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Senegal?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Senegal was 60.67 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 Senegal?
The highest recorded value was 62.32 0-100 in 2016.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Senegal?
The lowest recorded value was 53.6 0-100 in 1998.
How does Senegal rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Senegal ranks 95th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Senegal?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Senegal 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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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
208 places, 5,514 data points, 1996–2025
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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).