Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 57.86 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Sri Lanka, 1996–2025
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 57.86 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Sri Lanka peaked at 57.86 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 45.39 0-100, in 2014.
That places Sri Lanka 105th 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 49.47 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 51.56 0-100 | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 49.82 0-100 | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 54.76 0-100 | +9.9% |
| 2003 | 55.52 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 54.87 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 55.36 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 53.31 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 51.31 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 49.65 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 50.29 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 47.16 0-100 | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 46.9 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 46.67 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 45.99 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 45.39 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 51.16 0-100 | +12.7% |
| 2016 | 54.57 0-100 | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 54.82 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 56.21 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 56.46 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 56.99 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 54.42 0-100 | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 51.93 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 51.87 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 55.68 0-100 | +7.4% |
| 2025 | 57.86 0-100 | +3.9% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 57.86 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 56.73 0-100, 1.0× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 57.86 0-100 is above the median for South Asia, which is 54.78 0-100, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50.51 0-100 | 49.47 0-100 | 51.56 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 52.77 0-100 | 49.65 0-100 | 55.52 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 50.53 0-100 | 45.39 0-100 | 56.46 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.79 0-100 | 51.87 0-100 | 57.86 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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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 57.86 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 57.86 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.39 0-100 in 2014.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Sri Lanka ranks 105th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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
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).