Voice and Accountability - Governance score in United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 79.61 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
79.61 0-100
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
19th
of 206 countries
All-time high
82.55 0-100
in 2016
All-time low
78.76 0-100
in 2023
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in United Kingdom, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 80.2 0-1001998: 79.7 0-1002000: 81.1 0-1002002: 82.5 0-1002003: 82.5 0-1002004: 82 0-1002005: 82.2 0-1002006: 82.3 0-1002007: 81.6 0-1002008: 81.2 0-1002009: 81.4 0-1002010: 80.9 0-1002011: 81.8 0-1002012: 81.6 0-1002013: 81.5 0-1002014: 81 0-1002015: 82.5 0-1002016: 82.5 0-1002017: 81.8 0-1002018: 80.9 0-1002019: 79.7 0-1002020: 79.9 0-1002021: 79.5 0-1002022: 79.9 0-1002023: 78.8 0-1002024: 79.6 0-100

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for voice and accountability - governance score in United Kingdom is 79.61 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in United Kingdom peaked at 82.55 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 78.76 0-100, in 2023.

United Kingdom ranks 19th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 79.97 0-100 79.74 0-100 80.2 0-100 2
2000s 81.88 0-100 81.14 0-100 82.52 0-100 9
2010s 81.43 0-100 79.74 0-100 82.55 0-100 10
2020s 79.54 0-100 78.76 0-100 79.92 0-100 5

Countries ranked near United Kingdom

  1. 16 Austria 81.45 0-100 compare
  2. 17 Greenland 81.43 0-100 compare
  3. 18 Liechtenstein 80.09 0-100 compare
  4. 20 Portugal 78.99 0-100 compare
  5. 21 Czechia 78.81 0-100 compare
  6. 22 San Marino 78.66 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in United Kingdom?
Voice and accountability - governance score in United Kingdom was 79.61 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 United Kingdom?
The highest recorded value was 82.55 0-100 in 2016.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in United Kingdom?
The lowest recorded value was 78.76 0-100 in 2023.
How does United Kingdom rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
United Kingdom ranks 19th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in United Kingdom?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United Kingdom 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
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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).