Voice and Accountability - Standard error of the governance estimate in Congo

Congo: Voice and Accountability - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.1393 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
0.1393
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
201st
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.2177
in 1996
All-time low
0.1393
in 2024
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Voice and Accountability - Standard error of the governance estimate in Congo, 1996–2025

00.050.10.150.21996201020251996: 0.2181998: 0.2182000: 0.2072002: 0.22003: 0.22004: 0.1942005: 0.162006: 0.1462007: 0.1462008: 0.1462009: 0.1462010: 0.1462011: 0.1462012: 0.1462013: 0.142014: 0.142015: 0.142016: 0.1452017: 0.1452018: 0.1532019: 0.1562020: 0.1572021: 0.1432022: 0.1432023: 0.1432024: 0.1392025: 0.139

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Congo recorded 0.1393 for voice and accountability - standard error of the governance estimate in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - standard error of the governance estimate in Congo peaked at 0.2177 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1393, in 2024.

Congo ranks 201st 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 - Standard error of the governance estimate in Congo, year by year

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Standard error of the governance estimate in Congo, 1996 to 2025.
Year Value Change
1996 0.2177 —
1998 0.2177 +0.0%
2000 0.2069 -5.0%
2002 0.2001 -3.3%
2003 0.2001 +0.0%
2004 0.1937 -3.2%
2005 0.1602 -17.3%
2006 0.1464 -8.6%
2007 0.1464 +0.0%
2008 0.1464 +0.0%
2009 0.1462 -0.1%
2010 0.1462 +0.0%
2011 0.1462 +0.0%
2012 0.1462 +0.0%
2013 0.1403 -4.0%
2014 0.1403 +0.0%
2015 0.1403 +0.0%
2016 0.1452 +3.5%
2017 0.1452 +0.0%
2018 0.1534 +5.6%
2019 0.156 +1.7%
2020 0.1565 +0.3%
2021 0.1433 -8.4%
2022 0.1433 +0.0%
2023 0.1431 -0.2%
2024 0.1393 -2.6%
2025 0.1393 +0.0%

Congo compared with similar countries

  • Congo's 0.1393 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1519, 92% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Congo's 0.1393 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.14, 99% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2177 0.2177 0.2177 2
2000s 0.1718 0.1462 0.2069 9
2010s 0.1459 0.1403 0.156 10
2020s 0.1441 0.1393 0.1565 6

Countries ranked near Congo

  1. 200 Ghana 0.1397 compare
  2. 202 Nigeria 0.138 compare
  3. 203 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1365 compare
  4. 204 Liberia 0.1363 compare
  5. 204 Mozambique 0.1363 compare
  6. 204 Zambia 0.1363 compare
  7. 204 Zimbabwe 0.1363 compare

See the full ranking of 208 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - standard error of the governance estimate in Congo?
Voice and accountability - standard error of the governance estimate in Congo was 0.1393 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest voice and accountability - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Congo?
The highest recorded value was 0.2177 in 1996.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1393 in 2024.
How does Congo rank for voice and accountability - standard error of the governance estimate?
Congo ranks 201st out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is voice and accountability - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Congo?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Congo data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Voice and Accountability - Standard error of the governance estimate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Voice and Accountability - Standard error of the governance estimate
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 5,514 data points, 1996–2025
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