Voice and Accountability in Gabon

Gabon: Voice and Accountability was 0.1403 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.1403 standard error
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
10th
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.2318 standard error
in 1998
All-time low
0.1403 standard error
in 2011
Years of data
13
1996–2011

Voice and Accountability in Gabon, 1996–2011

00.050.10.150.20.251996200320111996: 0.221 standard error1998: 0.232 standard error2000: 0.212 standard error2002: 0.191 standard error2003: 0.184 standard error2004: 0.182 standard error2005: 0.184 standard error2006: 0.151 standard error2007: 0.144 standard error2008: 0.145 standard error2009: 0.143 standard error2010: 0.141 standard error2011: 0.14 standard error

Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.

Analysis

The most recent figure for voice and accountability in Gabon is 0.1403 standard error, measured in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 33.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability in Gabon peaked at 0.2318 standard error in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.1403 standard error, in 2011.

That places Gabon 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top quarter.

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 0.1707 standard error 0.143 standard error 0.2116 standard error 9
2010s 0.1405 standard error 0.1403 standard error 0.1408 standard error 2

Countries ranked near Gabon

  1. 7 Equatorial Guinea 0.1524 standard error compare
  2. 8 Gambia 0.148 standard error compare
  3. 9 Lesotho 0.1426 standard error compare
  4. 11 Burundi 0.1402 standard error compare
  5. 12 Somalia 0.1379 standard error compare
  6. 13 Mauritius 0.1367 standard error compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

More reference data data for Gabon

All data for Gabon →

Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability in Gabon?
Voice and accountability in Gabon was 0.1403 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
What is the highest voice and accountability recorded in Gabon?
The highest recorded value was 0.2318 standard error in 1998.
What is the lowest voice and accountability recorded in Gabon?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1403 standard error in 2011.
How does Gabon rank for voice and accountability?
Gabon ranks 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is voice and accountability rising or falling in Gabon?
Over the last ten years it is down 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Gabon 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.