Voice and Accountability - Standard error of the governance estimate by country
Countries reporting
206
Highest
0.5425
American Samoa
Lowest
0.1386
Kenya
Median
0.1593
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,285
What the numbers show
Voice and Accountability - Standard error of the governance estimate is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 0.5425 in American Samoa; the lowest is 0.1386 in Kenya.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1593, and the mean is 0.1914.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 162 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 48.2%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 17.8%).
Voice and Accountability - Standard error of the governance estimate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Samoa | 0.5425 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 1 | Guam | 0.5425 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 1 | New Caledonia | 0.5425 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | French Polynesia | 0.5425 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Bermuda | 0.4589 | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.4589 | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Monaco | 0.4193 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 7 | San Marino | 0.4193 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 9 | Nauru | 0.4191 | 2024 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 9 | Palau | 0.4191 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 11 | Aruba | 0.3743 | 2024 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 11 | Cayman Islands | 0.3743 | 2024 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 11 | Greenland | 0.3743 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Macao | 0.3743 | 2024 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 15 | Andorra | 0.374 | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 16 | Puerto Rico | 0.3649 | 2024 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 17 | Micronesia (country) | 0.3194 | 2024 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 17 | Kiribati | 0.3194 | 2024 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 17 | Marshall Islands | 0.3194 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 17 | Tuvalu | 0.3194 | 2024 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 21 | Tonga | 0.2979 | 2024 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 21 | Samoa | 0.2979 | 2024 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 23 | Liechtenstein | 0.274 | 2024 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 24 | Solomon Islands | 0.2547 | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 0.2547 | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 26 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2476 | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 26 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2476 | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 28 | Maldives | 0.2434 | 2024 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 29 | Brunei | 0.242 | 2024 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 30 | Dominica | 0.2358 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 30 | Saint Lucia | 0.2358 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2358 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 33 | Grenada | 0.2357 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 34 | Palestine | 0.224 | 2024 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 35 | Israel | 0.2082 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 36 | Switzerland | 0.2055 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 36 | Iceland | 0.2055 | 2024 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 38 | Fiji | 0.2046 | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 39 | Seychelles | 0.2013 | 2024 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 40 | Belize | 0.1969 | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 41 | Bahamas | 0.1952 | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 42 | Cape Verde | 0.1948 | 2024 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 43 | Bhutan | 0.1942 | 2024 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 43 | Laos | 0.1942 | 2024 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 45 | East Timor | 0.1912 | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 46 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1906 | 2024 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 47 | Barbados | 0.1886 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 48 | South Sudan | 0.1877 | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 0.1876 | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 50 | Cuba | 0.187 | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 50 | North Korea | 0.187 | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 50 | Syria | 0.187 | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 53 | Bahrain | 0.1863 | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 53 | Oman | 0.1863 | 2024 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 55 | Comoros | 0.1863 | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 56 | Iraq | 0.1838 | 2024 | up 14.5% | flat |
| 57 | Qatar | 0.1836 | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 0.1798 | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 59 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1793 | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 60 | Yemen | 0.1789 | 2024 | up 29.3% | flat |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1765 | 2024 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 62 | Armenia | 0.1737 | 2024 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 0.1737 | 2024 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 64 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1727 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 65 | Djibouti | 0.1722 | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 65 | Eritrea | 0.1722 | 2024 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 67 | Libya | 0.1711 | 2024 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 68 | Japan | 0.1702 | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 69 | Canada | 0.1701 | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 70 | Burundi | 0.1701 | 2024 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 70 | Central African Republic | 0.1701 | 2024 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 72 | Guyana | 0.169 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 73 | Suriname | 0.169 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 74 | Lesotho | 0.1689 | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 74 | Chad | 0.1689 | 2024 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 76 | Norway | 0.1687 | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 77 | Eswatini | 0.1674 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 78 | Hong Kong | 0.1661 | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 79 | Malta | 0.1654 | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 80 | Austria | 0.1649 | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 80 | Belgium | 0.1649 | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 80 | Cyprus | 0.1649 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 80 | Denmark | 0.1649 | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 80 | Finland | 0.1649 | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 80 | Greece | 0.1649 | 2024 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 80 | Ireland | 0.1649 | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 0.1649 | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 80 | Netherlands | 0.1649 | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 89 | New Zealand | 0.1645 | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 90 | United States | 0.1644 | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 91 | Australia | 0.1642 | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 92 | United Kingdom | 0.1631 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 93 | Germany | 0.1631 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 93 | Spain | 0.1631 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 93 | France | 0.1631 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 93 | Italy | 0.1631 | 2024 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 93 | Portugal | 0.1631 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 93 | Sweden | 0.1631 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 99 | Cambodia | 0.162 | 2024 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 100 | Afghanistan | 0.1619 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1616 | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 101 | Somalia | 0.1616 | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 103 | Iran | 0.1594 | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 104 | Panama | 0.1593 | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 104 | Uruguay | 0.1593 | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 106 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1592 | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 106 | Kuwait | 0.1592 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 108 | Lebanon | 0.1577 | 2024 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 109 | Jamaica | 0.1577 | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1577 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 111 | Bolivia | 0.1576 | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 111 | Costa Rica | 0.1576 | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 111 | Dominican Republic | 0.1576 | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 111 | Ecuador | 0.1576 | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 111 | Guatemala | 0.1576 | 2024 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 111 | Paraguay | 0.1576 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 111 | El Salvador | 0.1576 | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 118 | Argentina | 0.1572 | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 118 | Chile | 0.1572 | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 118 | Colombia | 0.1572 | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 118 | Peru | 0.1572 | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 122 | Nepal | 0.157 | 2024 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 123 | Philippines | 0.157 | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 124 | Mongolia | 0.157 | 2024 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1569 | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 125 | Georgia | 0.1569 | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 0.1569 | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 125 | Montenegro | 0.1569 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 129 | Haiti | 0.1564 | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 130 | Turkey | 0.1561 | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 131 | Mauritius | 0.1555 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 132 | Myanmar | 0.1545 | 2024 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 132 | Pakistan | 0.1545 | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 134 | Honduras | 0.1544 | 2024 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 134 | Nicaragua | 0.1544 | 2024 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 136 | Singapore | 0.154 | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 137 | Vietnam | 0.1532 | 2024 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 138 | Estonia | 0.1531 | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 138 | Lithuania | 0.1531 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 138 | Latvia | 0.1531 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 141 | China | 0.153 | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 142 | Belarus | 0.1529 | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 143 | India | 0.1527 | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 143 | Malaysia | 0.1527 | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 145 | Jordan | 0.1527 | 2024 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 146 | Venezuela | 0.1527 | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 147 | Brazil | 0.1526 | 2024 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 147 | Mexico | 0.1526 | 2024 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 149 | Indonesia | 0.1525 | 2024 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 149 | South Korea | 0.1525 | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 149 | Thailand | 0.1525 | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 152 | Bulgaria | 0.1516 | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 152 | Czechia | 0.1516 | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 152 | Croatia | 0.1516 | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 152 | Hungary | 0.1516 | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 152 | Poland | 0.1516 | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 152 | Romania | 0.1516 | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 152 | Slovakia | 0.1516 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 152 | Slovenia | 0.1516 | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 160 | Russia | 0.1507 | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 160 | Ukraine | 0.1507 | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 162 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1505 | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 163 | Bangladesh | 0.1502 | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 163 | Sri Lanka | 0.1502 | 2024 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 165 | Albania | 0.1501 | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 165 | Moldova | 0.1501 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 165 | Serbia | 0.1501 | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 168 | Mauritania | 0.1493 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 169 | Gabon | 0.1489 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 170 | Rwanda | 0.1485 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 171 | Algeria | 0.1483 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 172 | Egypt | 0.1481 | 2024 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 173 | Benin | 0.148 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 174 | Morocco | 0.1477 | 2024 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 175 | Tunisia | 0.1475 | 2024 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 176 | Botswana | 0.1472 | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 176 | Namibia | 0.1472 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 176 | South Africa | 0.1472 | 2024 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 179 | Kazakhstan | 0.1467 | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 180 | Congo | 0.1462 | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 181 | Uzbekistan | 0.146 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 182 | Angola | 0.144 | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 183 | Sudan | 0.1424 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 184 | Burkina Faso | 0.1422 | 2024 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 184 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1422 | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 184 | Cameroon | 0.1422 | 2024 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 184 | Ethiopia | 0.1422 | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 184 | Guinea | 0.1422 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 184 | Gambia | 0.1422 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 184 | Madagascar | 0.1422 | 2024 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 184 | Mali | 0.1422 | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 184 | Malawi | 0.1422 | 2024 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 184 | Niger | 0.1422 | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 184 | Senegal | 0.1422 | 2024 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 184 | Sierra Leone | 0.1422 | 2024 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 184 | Togo | 0.1422 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 184 | Tanzania | 0.1422 | 2024 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 184 | Uganda | 0.1422 | 2024 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 184 | Zambia | 0.1422 | 2024 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 200 | Ghana | 0.1419 | 2024 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 201 | Nigeria | 0.141 | 2024 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 202 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1393 | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 203 | Liberia | 0.1389 | 2024 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 203 | Mozambique | 0.1389 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 203 | Zimbabwe | 0.1389 | 2024 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 206 | Kenya | 0.1386 | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 0.1564