Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 54.64 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
54.64 0-100
Change on year
up 8.7%
World rank
111th
of 206 countries
All-time high
54.64 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
44.69 0-100
in 2014
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Sri Lanka, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 50.9 0-1001998: 51.3 0-1002000: 49.5 0-1002002: 53 0-1002003: 53.4 0-1002004: 52.6 0-1002005: 52.7 0-1002006: 51.4 0-1002007: 49.5 0-1002008: 47.2 0-1002009: 47.7 0-1002010: 45.1 0-1002011: 44.8 0-1002012: 46.1 0-1002013: 45.4 0-1002014: 44.7 0-1002015: 50.1 0-1002016: 52.4 0-1002017: 52.7 0-1002018: 53.6 0-1002019: 53.7 0-1002020: 54.1 0-1002021: 52.3 0-1002022: 50.5 0-1002023: 50.3 0-1002024: 54.6 0-100

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

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 54.64 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is up 8.7% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Sri Lanka peaked at 54.64 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 44.69 0-100, in 2014.

That places Sri Lanka 111th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 51.11 0-100 50.87 0-100 51.34 0-100 2
2000s 50.77 0-100 47.16 0-100 53.43 0-100 9
2010s 48.85 0-100 44.69 0-100 53.66 0-100 10
2020s 52.36 0-100 50.27 0-100 54.64 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 108 Malawi 54.93 0-100 compare
  2. 109 Ukraine 54.91 0-100 compare
  3. 110 Liberia 54.89 0-100 compare
  4. 112 Malaysia 54.63 0-100 compare
  5. 113 Paraguay 54.23 0-100 compare
  6. 114 Lesotho 54.13 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Sri Lanka?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Sri Lanka was 54.64 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 Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 54.64 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 44.69 0-100 in 2014.
How does Sri Lanka rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Sri Lanka ranks 111th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Sri Lanka 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).