Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Suriname

Suriname: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 57.82 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
57.82 0-100
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
98th
of 207 countries
All-time high
66.79 0-100
in 2008
All-time low
57.23 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Suriname, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 57.2 0-1001998: 58.5 0-1002000: 63.9 0-1002002: 62.9 0-1002003: 62.8 0-1002004: 62.9 0-1002005: 62.8 0-1002006: 64.7 0-1002007: 65.5 0-1002008: 66.8 0-1002009: 64.9 0-1002010: 63.4 0-1002011: 63.6 0-1002012: 63.4 0-1002013: 63.3 0-1002014: 63 0-1002015: 59.6 0-1002016: 59.7 0-1002017: 57.7 0-1002018: 58.8 0-1002019: 59.2 0-1002020: 59.6 0-1002021: 58.4 0-1002022: 58.7 0-1002023: 58.7 0-1002024: 57.8 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, voice and accountability - governance score in Suriname stood at 57.82 0-100.

That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Suriname peaked at 66.79 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 57.23 0-100, in 1996.

That places Suriname 98th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Suriname, year by year

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Suriname, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 57.23 0-100
1998 58.48 0-100 +2.2%
2000 63.87 0-100 +9.2%
2002 62.94 0-100 -1.5%
2003 62.84 0-100 -0.2%
2004 62.87 0-100 +0.1%
2005 62.81 0-100 -0.1%
2006 64.74 0-100 +3.1%
2007 65.52 0-100 +1.2%
2008 66.79 0-100 +1.9%
2009 64.87 0-100 -2.9%
2010 63.39 0-100 -2.3%
2011 63.59 0-100 +0.3%
2012 63.42 0-100 -0.3%
2013 63.31 0-100 -0.2%
2014 62.95 0-100 -0.6%
2015 59.64 0-100 -5.3%
2016 59.7 0-100 +0.1%
2017 57.7 0-100 -3.4%
2018 58.76 0-100 +1.8%
2019 59.2 0-100 +0.7%
2020 59.65 0-100 +0.8%
2021 58.38 0-100 -2.1%
2022 58.75 0-100 +0.6%
2023 58.74 0-100 -0.0%
2024 57.82 0-100 -1.6%

Suriname compared with similar countries

  • Suriname's 57.82 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 55.01 0-100, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Suriname's 57.82 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 63.47 0-100, 91% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 57.85 0-100 57.23 0-100 58.48 0-100 2
2000s 64.14 0-100 62.81 0-100 66.79 0-100 9
2010s 61.17 0-100 57.7 0-100 63.59 0-100 10
2020s 58.67 0-100 57.82 0-100 59.65 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Suriname

  1. 95 Belize 58.67 0-100 compare
  2. 96 North Macedonia 58.14 0-100 compare
  3. 97 Macao 57.96 0-100 compare
  4. 99 Peru 57.65 0-100 compare
  5. 100 Singapore 57.52 0-100 compare
  6. 101 Colombia 57.45 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Suriname?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Suriname was 57.82 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 Suriname?
The highest recorded value was 66.79 0-100 in 2008.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Suriname?
The lowest recorded value was 57.23 0-100 in 1996.
How does Suriname rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Suriname ranks 98th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Suriname?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Suriname 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
207 places, 5,285 data points, 1996–2024
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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).