Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in South Sudan
South Sudan: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 23.44 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in South Sudan, 2011–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, voice and accountability - governance score in South Sudan stood at 23.44 0-100.
That represents a change of down 8.3% on the previous year and down 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in South Sudan peaked at 35.35 0-100 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 22.04 0-100, in 2018.
South Sudan ranks 202nd of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35.35 0-100 | — |
| 2012 | 35.25 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 32.65 0-100 | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 30.16 0-100 | -7.6% |
| 2015 | 29.27 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 25.16 0-100 | -14.0% |
| 2017 | 24.96 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 22.04 0-100 | -11.7% |
| 2019 | 22.43 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 24.02 0-100 | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 23.49 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 23.36 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 25.66 0-100 | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 25.55 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 23.44 0-100 | -8.3% |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 23.44 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 34.74 0-100, 67% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- South Sudan's 23.44 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41.18 0-100, 57% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 28.58 0-100 | 22.04 0-100 | 35.35 0-100 | 9 |
| 2020s | 24.25 0-100 | 23.36 0-100 | 25.66 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
- 199 Tajikistan 25.61 0-100 compare
- 200 Nicaragua 25.39 0-100 compare
- 201 Equatorial Guinea 24.82 0-100 compare
- 203 Sudan 21.18 0-100 compare
- 204 Turkmenistan 20.83 0-100 compare
- 205 Myanmar 19.36 0-100 compare
More reference data data for South Sudan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3667 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.41 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0368 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.41 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.23 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4032 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 33.2 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 62.9 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2004 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in South Sudan?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in South Sudan was 23.44 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 South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 35.35 0-100 in 2011.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.04 0-100 in 2018.
- How does South Sudan rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- South Sudan ranks 202nd out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Sudan 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).