Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Yemen

Yemen: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 25.67 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
25.67 0-100
Change on year
down 3.0%
World rank
197th
of 208 countries
All-time high
39.72 0-100
in 2007
All-time low
25.67 0-100
in 2025
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Yemen, 1996–2025

0102030401996201020251996: 39.6 0-1001998: 37.6 0-1002000: 37 0-1002002: 33.3 0-1002003: 38.2 0-1002004: 39.4 0-1002005: 39.6 0-1002006: 39.3 0-1002007: 39.7 0-1002008: 36.8 0-1002009: 36.3 0-1002010: 33.6 0-1002011: 33.3 0-1002012: 35.2 0-1002013: 36.2 0-1002014: 36.3 0-1002015: 32.6 0-1002016: 26.7 0-1002017: 26.7 0-1002018: 25.8 0-1002019: 26.4 0-1002020: 26.9 0-1002021: 26.3 0-1002022: 26.5 0-1002023: 27.3 0-1002024: 26.5 0-1002025: 25.7 0-100

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

Analysis

Yemen recorded 25.67 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 3.0% on the previous year and down 21.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Yemen peaked at 39.72 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 25.67 0-100, in 2025.

Yemen ranks 197th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.

Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Yemen, year by year

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Yemen, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 39.61 0-100 —
1998 37.56 0-100 -5.2%
2000 37.05 0-100 -1.4%
2002 33.28 0-100 -10.2%
2003 38.16 0-100 +14.7%
2004 39.38 0-100 +3.2%
2005 39.58 0-100 +0.5%
2006 39.3 0-100 -0.7%
2007 39.72 0-100 +1.1%
2008 36.85 0-100 -7.2%
2009 36.25 0-100 -1.6%
2010 33.61 0-100 -7.3%
2011 33.25 0-100 -1.1%
2012 35.22 0-100 +5.9%
2013 36.21 0-100 +2.8%
2014 36.28 0-100 +0.2%
2015 32.57 0-100 -10.2%
2016 26.73 0-100 -18.0%
2017 26.66 0-100 -0.3%
2018 25.83 0-100 -3.1%
2019 26.36 0-100 +2.1%
2020 26.89 0-100 +2.0%
2021 26.25 0-100 -2.4%
2022 26.46 0-100 +0.8%
2023 27.25 0-100 +3.0%
2024 26.47 0-100 -2.9%
2025 25.67 0-100 -3.0%

Yemen compared with similar countries

  • Yemen's 25.67 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 34.74 0-100, 74% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Yemen's 25.67 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 37.02 0-100, 69% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 38.59 0-100 37.56 0-100 39.61 0-100 2
2000s 37.73 0-100 33.28 0-100 39.72 0-100 9
2010s 31.27 0-100 25.83 0-100 36.28 0-100 10
2020s 26.5 0-100 25.67 0-100 27.25 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Yemen

  1. 194 China 26.14 0-100 compare
  2. 195 Saudi Arabia 25.99 0-100 compare
  3. 196 Belarus 25.81 0-100 compare
  4. 198 Venezuela 25.66 0-100 compare
  5. 199 Tajikistan 25.61 0-100 compare
  6. 200 Nicaragua 25.39 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 208 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Yemen?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Yemen was 25.67 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 Yemen?
The highest recorded value was 39.72 0-100 in 2007.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Yemen?
The lowest recorded value was 25.67 0-100 in 2025.
How does Yemen rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Yemen ranks 197th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Yemen?
Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Yemen 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
208 places, 5,514 data points, 1996–2025
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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).