Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Belarus

Belarus: Voice and Accountability - Number of sources was 7 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
7
Change on year
down 12.5%
World rank
160th
of 208 countries
All-time high
12
in 2012
All-time low
4
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Belarus, 1996–2025

46810121996201020251996: 41998: 52000: 62002: 82003: 82004: 82005: 82006: 102007: 102008: 112009: 112010: 112011: 112012: 122013: 112014: 112015: 112016: 112017: 112018: 92019: 92020: 92021: 92022: 92023: 92024: 82025: 7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for voice and accountability - number of sources in Belarus is 7, measured in 2025.

The figure is down 12.5% on the previous year and down 36.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - number of sources in Belarus peaked at 12 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 4, in 1996.

That places Belarus 160th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Belarus, year by year

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Belarus, 1996 to 2025.
Year Value Change
1996 4 —
1998 5 +25.0%
2000 6 +20.0%
2002 8 +33.3%
2003 8 +0.0%
2004 8 +0.0%
2005 8 +0.0%
2006 10 +25.0%
2007 10 +0.0%
2008 11 +10.0%
2009 11 +0.0%
2010 11 +0.0%
2011 11 +0.0%
2012 12 +9.1%
2013 11 -8.3%
2014 11 +0.0%
2015 11 +0.0%
2016 11 +0.0%
2017 11 +0.0%
2018 9 -18.2%
2019 9 +0.0%
2020 9 +0.0%
2021 9 +0.0%
2022 9 +0.0%
2023 9 +0.0%
2024 8 -11.1%
2025 7 -12.5%

Belarus compared with similar countries

  • Belarus's 7 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10, 70% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Belarus's 7 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10, 70% of the median. (54 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 4.5 4 5 2
2000s 8.89 6 11 9
2010s 10.7 9 12 10
2020s 8.5 7 9 6

Countries ranked near Belarus

  1. 160 Bahrain 7 compare
  2. 160 Belize 7 compare
  3. 160 Bhutan 7 compare
  4. 160 Guyana 7 compare
  5. 160 Israel 7 compare
  6. 160 North Korea 7 compare
  7. 160 Laos 7 compare
  8. 160 Oman 7 compare
  9. 160 Seychelles 7 compare
  10. 160 Syria 7 compare

See the full ranking of 208 places →

More reference data data for Belarus

All data for Belarus →

Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - number of sources in Belarus?
Voice and accountability - number of sources in Belarus was 7 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest voice and accountability - number of sources recorded in Belarus?
The highest recorded value was 12 in 2012.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - number of sources recorded in Belarus?
The lowest recorded value was 4 in 1996.
How does Belarus rank for voice and accountability - number of sources?
Belarus ranks 160th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is voice and accountability - number of sources rising or falling in Belarus?
Over the last ten years it is down 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Belarus data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Voice and Accountability - Number of sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Belarus. Statizoid. Retrieved 15 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/voice-and-accountability-number-of-sources/belarus/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/voice-and-accountability-number-of-sources/belarus/">Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Belarus</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Voice and Accountability - Number of sources
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 5,514 data points, 1996–2025
Last refreshed