Voice and Accountability in Gambia

Gambia: Voice and Accountability was 0.148 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.148 standard error
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
8th
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.2606 standard error
in 1998
All-time low
0.148 standard error
in 2011
Years of data
13
1996–2011

Voice and Accountability in Gambia, 1996–2011

00.10.20.31996200320111996: 0.244 standard error1998: 0.261 standard error2000: 0.232 standard error2002: 0.209 standard error2003: 0.198 standard error2004: 0.205 standard error2005: 0.189 standard error2006: 0.154 standard error2007: 0.153 standard error2008: 0.154 standard error2009: 0.153 standard error2010: 0.15 standard error2011: 0.148 standard error

Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.

Analysis

Gambia recorded 0.148 standard error for voice and accountability in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.

The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 36.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability in Gambia peaked at 0.2606 standard error in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.148 standard error, in 2011.

Gambia ranks 8th of 53 countries on this measure, 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 0.2523 standard error 0.2441 standard error 0.2606 standard error 2
2000s 0.1831 standard error 0.1527 standard error 0.2323 standard error 9
2010s 0.1491 standard error 0.148 standard error 0.1502 standard error 2

Countries ranked near Gambia

  1. 5 Djibouti 0.1557 standard error compare
  2. 6 Guinea-Bissau 0.1546 standard error compare
  3. 7 Equatorial Guinea 0.1524 standard error compare
  4. 9 Lesotho 0.1426 standard error compare
  5. 10 Gabon 0.1403 standard error compare
  6. 11 Burundi 0.1402 standard error compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

More reference data data for Gambia

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability in Gambia?
Voice and accountability in Gambia was 0.148 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
What is the highest voice and accountability recorded in Gambia?
The highest recorded value was 0.2606 standard error in 1998.
What is the lowest voice and accountability recorded in Gambia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.148 standard error in 2011.
How does Gambia rank for voice and accountability?
Gambia ranks 8th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is voice and accountability rising or falling in Gambia?
Over the last ten years it is down 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Gambia 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.