Voice and Accountability in Cameroon

Cameroon: Voice and Accountability was 0.1248 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.1248 standard error
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
25th
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.2318 standard error
in 1998
All-time low
0.1225 standard error
in 2007
Years of data
13
1996–2011

Voice and Accountability in Cameroon, 1996–2011

00.050.10.150.20.251996200320111996: 0.221 standard error1998: 0.232 standard error2000: 0.212 standard error2002: 0.165 standard error2003: 0.158 standard error2004: 0.165 standard error2005: 0.151 standard error2006: 0.126 standard error2007: 0.122 standard error2008: 0.124 standard error2009: 0.126 standard error2010: 0.124 standard error2011: 0.125 standard error

Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.

Analysis

Cameroon recorded 0.1248 standard error for voice and accountability in 2011.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 41.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability in Cameroon peaked at 0.2318 standard error in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.1225 standard error, in 2007.

Cameroon ranks 25th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2265 standard error 0.2211 standard error 0.2318 standard error 2
2000s 0.1501 standard error 0.1225 standard error 0.2116 standard error 9
2010s 0.1245 standard error 0.1242 standard error 0.1248 standard error 2

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 22 Sudan 0.1273 standard error compare
  2. 23 Namibia 0.1256 standard error compare
  3. 24 Botswana 0.1251 standard error compare
  4. 26 Eritrea 0.1219 standard error compare
  5. 27 Rwanda 0.118 standard error compare
  6. 28 Sierra Leone 0.117 standard error compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

More reference data data for Cameroon

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability in Cameroon?
Voice and accountability in Cameroon was 0.1248 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
What is the highest voice and accountability recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 0.2318 standard error in 1998.
What is the lowest voice and accountability recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1225 standard error in 2007.
How does Cameroon rank for voice and accountability?
Cameroon ranks 25th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is voice and accountability rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is down 41.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Cameroon data come from?
The figures come from World Bank Institute, published as part of Voice and Accountability (standard error). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Voice and Accountability (standard error)
Unit
standard error
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 689 data points, 1996–2011
Last refreshed

See definition GV.VOIC.AC.ES. Inherent to all Governance Indicators is a margin of error, which might vary from country to country, normally attributable to two factors: (i) cross-country differences in the number of sources in which a country appears, and (ii) differences in the precision of the sources in which each country appears.