Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in United States
United States: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 69.55 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in United States, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
United States recorded 69.55 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.5% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in United States peaked at 81.07 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 69.55 0-100, in 2025.
United States ranks 61st of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in United States, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 77.57 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 77.74 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 77.78 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 81.07 0-100 | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 80.16 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 78.83 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 80.2 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 79.55 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 79.93 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 80.83 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 80.36 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 80.44 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 79.53 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 80.11 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 78.59 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 79.04 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 80.29 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 79.29 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 77.46 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 76.84 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 76.36 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 75.05 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 74.47 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 74.85 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 74.19 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 74.41 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 69.55 0-100 | -6.5% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 69.55 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 76.46 0-100, 91% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.66 0-100 | 77.57 0-100 | 77.74 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 79.86 0-100 | 77.78 0-100 | 81.07 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 78.8 0-100 | 76.36 0-100 | 80.44 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.75 0-100 | 69.55 0-100 | 75.05 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States
- 58 Saint Lucia 71.22 0-100 compare
- 59 South Africa 70.22 0-100 compare
- 60 Seychelles 70.16 0-100 compare
- 62 Bahamas 69.32 0-100 compare
- 63 Solomon Islands 69.14 0-100 compare
- 64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 68.98 0-100 compare
More reference data data for United States
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 19.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 24.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 119.42 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 20.7 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 119.42 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 64.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 52.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 133.45 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 589.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 112.69 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in United States?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in United States was 69.55 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 United States?
- The highest recorded value was 81.07 0-100 in 2002.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.55 0-100 in 2025.
- How does United States rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- United States ranks 61st out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States 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).