Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Sweden
Sweden: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 87.64 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Sweden, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 87.64 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2025.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Sweden peaked at 91.11 0-100 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 81.91 0-100, in 1996.
Sweden ranks 4th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Sweden, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 81.91 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 83.54 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 83.84 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 84.73 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 84.91 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 87.57 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 87.15 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 87.74 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 88.44 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 88.79 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 88.87 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 88.35 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 90.68 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 91.11 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 89.94 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 88.79 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 88.87 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 88.84 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 88.14 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 88.21 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 87.9 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 88.02 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 88.74 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 88.56 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 88.26 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 87.87 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 87.64 0-100 | -0.3% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 87.64 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 1.1× the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 87.64 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 73.89 0-100, 1.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 82.73 0-100 | 81.91 0-100 | 83.54 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 86.89 0-100 | 83.84 0-100 | 88.87 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 89.08 0-100 | 87.9 0-100 | 91.11 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.18 0-100 | 87.64 0-100 | 88.74 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More reference data data for Sweden
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2237 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2063 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.45 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9766 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.13 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.12 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Sweden?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Sweden was 87.64 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 91.11 0-100 in 2012.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.91 0-100 in 1996.
- How does Sweden rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Sweden ranks 4th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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).