Voice and Accountability - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
208
Highest
85.8%
Norway
Lowest
11.8%
Eritrea
Median
51.7%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,311
What the numbers show
Voice and Accountability - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 85.8% in Norway; the lowest is 11.8% in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 51.7%, and the mean is 49.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 135 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 58.8%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 53.6%).
Voice and Accountability - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 85.8% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 2 | Denmark | 85.3% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 3 | Finland | 84.6% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Sweden | 82.4% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 5 | New Zealand | 81.7% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 81.3% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands | 81.1% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 8 | Ireland | 80.8% | 2024 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 9 | Germany | 80.1% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 10 | Switzerland | 79.7% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 11 | Australia | 78.6% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 12 | Belgium | 78.3% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 13 | Canada | 78.3% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 14 | Estonia | 77.2% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 15 | Austria | 76.7% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 16 | Iceland | 75.9% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 74.9% | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 18 | Czechia | 74.5% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 19 | Portugal | 74.3% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 20 | Lithuania | 73.9% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 21 | Uruguay | 73.8% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 22 | France | 72.3% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 23 | Spain | 72.3% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 24 | Liechtenstein | 72.2% | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 25 | Latvia | 72.2% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 26 | Japan | 71.5% | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 27 | Slovenia | 71.0% | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 28 | Italy | 70.8% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 29 | Greenland | 70.7% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 70.0% | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 31 | Chile | 69.7% | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 32 | Barbados | 68.8% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 33 | Slovak Republic | 68.8% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 34 | Tuvalu | 68.5% | 2024 | up 18.1% | flat |
| 35 | Malta | 68.2% | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 36 | United States of America | 67.7% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 37 | Cyprus | 67.6% | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 38 | San Marino | 66.6% | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 39 | Korea | 66.6% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 40 | Greece | 65.8% | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 41 | Poland | 65.7% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 42 | Cape Verde | 65.1% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 43 | Kiribati | 64.7% | 2024 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 44 | Marshall Islands | 64.4% | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 45 | Croatia | 63.9% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 46 | Samoa | 63.8% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 47 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 63.5% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 48 | South Africa | 63.3% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 49 | Palau | 63.0% | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 50 | Aruba | 62.9% | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 50 | Cayman Islands | 62.9% | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 52 | Tonga | 62.7% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 53 | Seychelles | 62.2% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 54 | Bermuda | 62.2% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 55 | Guam | 61.9% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 56 | Bahamas | 60.9% | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 57 | Jamaica | 60.8% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Lucia | 60.8% | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 59 | Panama | 60.0% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Andorra | 59.9% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 61 | Monaco | 59.5% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 59.4% | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 63 | Romania | 59.3% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 64 | Montenegro | 59.2% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 65 | Argentina | 59.1% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 66 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 58.9% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 67 | Mauritius | 58.8% | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 68 | Antigua and Barbuda | 58.7% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 69 | Namibia | 58.5% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 70 | Bhutan | 58.3% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 71 | United States Virgin Islands | 58.3% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 72 | Vanuatu | 58.1% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 73 | Brazil | 58.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 74 | Botswana | 57.8% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 75 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 57.8% | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 76 | American Samoa | 57.6% | 2024 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 77 | Republic of Moldova | 57.5% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 78 | Timor-Leste | 57.4% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 79 | Fiji | 56.8% | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 80 | Dominica | 56.7% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 81 | Grenada | 56.7% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 82 | French Polynesia | 56.6% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 83 | Ghana | 56.4% | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 56.2% | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 85 | Israel | 56.0% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 55.8% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 87 | Naoero | 55.3% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 88 | Solomon Islands | 55.3% | 2024 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 89 | Kosovo | 55.2% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 89 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 55.2% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 91 | Mongolia | 54.6% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 92 | Sao Tome and Principe | 54.3% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 93 | New Caledonia | 54.1% | 2024 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 94 | Armenia | 54.0% | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 53.6% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 96 | Peru | 53.1% | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 97 | Singapore | 53.1% | 2024 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 98 | Senegal | 53.0% | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 99 | Belize | 53.0% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 100 | Puerto Rico | 53.0% | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 101 | Suriname | 53.0% | 2024 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 102 | Colombia | 52.9% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 103 | Albania | 52.3% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 104 | Hungary | 52.0% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 105 | Nepal | 51.3% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 106 | India | 51.1% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 107 | Liberia | 50.9% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 108 | Malawi | 50.9% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 109 | Ukraine | 50.6% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 110 | Ecuador | 50.5% | 2024 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 50.3% | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 112 | Malaysia | 50.2% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 113 | Guyana | 50.1% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 114 | Paraguay | 49.7% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 115 | Gambia | 49.6% | 2024 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 116 | Indonesia | 49.4% | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 117 | Lesotho | 49.3% | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 118 | Georgia | 47.9% | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 119 | Macau (China) | 47.2% | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 120 | Kenya | 46.7% | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 121 | Mexico | 46.5% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 122 | Hong Kong (China) | 46.5% | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 123 | Papua New Guinea | 46.2% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 124 | Philippines | 46.1% | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 125 | Benin | 45.9% | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 126 | Zambia | 45.6% | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.4% | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 128 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 44.6% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 129 | Serbia | 44.4% | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 130 | Guatemala | 44.1% | 2024 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 131 | Sierra Leone | 43.8% | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 132 | Thailand | 42.7% | 2024 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 133 | Maldives | 42.7% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 134 | Rwanda | 42.3% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 135 | Côte d'Ivoire | 42.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 136 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 41.5% | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 137 | Honduras | 41.0% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 138 | Tunisia | 40.6% | 2024 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 139 | Nigeria | 40.1% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 140 | Madagascar | 40.1% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 141 | Jordan | 40.0% | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 142 | Morocco | 39.9% | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 143 | Kuwait | 39.7% | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 144 | Lebanon | 38.8% | 2024 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 38.6% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 146 | El Salvador | 38.5% | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 147 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.5% | 2024 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | 38.4% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 149 | United Arab Emirates | 37.3% | 2024 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 150 | Mauritania | 36.4% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 151 | Oman | 36.0% | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 152 | Brunei Darussalam | 35.9% | 2024 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 153 | Burkina Faso | 35.9% | 2024 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 154 | Niger | 35.8% | 2024 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 155 | Togo | 35.8% | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 156 | Mozambique | 35.3% | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 157 | Uganda | 35.0% | 2024 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 158 | Qatar | 34.9% | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 159 | Gabon | 34.7% | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 160 | Uzbekistan | 34.5% | 2024 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 161 | Algeria | 34.2% | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 162 | Angola | 34.2% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 163 | Iraq | 33.7% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 164 | Viet Nam | 33.2% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 165 | Türkiye | 33.2% | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 166 | Bangladesh | 32.2% | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 167 | Pakistan | 32.0% | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 168 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 31.6% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 169 | Guinea | 31.6% | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 170 | Mali | 31.4% | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 171 | Cameroon | 31.0% | 2024 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 172 | Ethiopia | 31.0% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 173 | Zimbabwe | 30.8% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 174 | Haiti | 30.2% | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 175 | Djibouti | 30.1% | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 176 | Comoros | 29.8% | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 177 | Congo | 29.6% | 2024 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 178 | Cuba | 29.3% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 179 | Central African Republic | 29.0% | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 180 | Libya | 28.6% | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 181 | Eswatini | 28.5% | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 182 | Bahrain | 28.4% | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 183 | Russia | 27.6% | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 184 | Palestine, State of | 26.9% | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 185 | Burundi | 25.9% | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 186 | Azerbaijan | 25.5% | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 187 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 25.5% | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 188 | Chad | 25.4% | 2024 | down 20.7% | flat |
| 189 | Iran | 25.2% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 190 | Saudi Arabia | 24.7% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 191 | Somalia | 24.6% | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 192 | Egypt | 24.6% | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 193 | China (People’s Republic of) | 23.5% | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 194 | Cambodia | 23.0% | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 195 | Tajikistan | 22.9% | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 196 | Belarus | 22.9% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 197 | Nicaragua | 22.4% | 2024 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 198 | Yemen | 22.0% | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 199 | Equatorial Guinea | 21.5% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 200 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 20.7% | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 201 | Sudan | 19.8% | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 202 | Syrian Arab Republic | 19.1% | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 203 | South Sudan | 18.4% | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 204 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 16.7% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 205 | Turkmenistan | 15.7% | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 206 | Myanmar | 15.2% | 2024 | down 48.6% | rising |
| 207 | Afghanistan | 14.6% | 2024 | down 53.6% | rising |
| 208 | Eritrea | 11.8% | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |