Voice and Accountability in Ghana

Ghana: Voice and Accountability was 0.1098 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.1098 standard error
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
47th
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.2318 standard error
in 1998
All-time low
0.1084 standard error
in 2010
Years of data
13
1996–2011

Voice and Accountability in Ghana, 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: 0.163 standard error2005: 0.148 standard error2006: 0.12 standard error2007: 0.122 standard error2008: 0.123 standard error2009: 0.109 standard error2010: 0.108 standard error2011: 0.11 standard error

Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.

Analysis

In 2011, voice and accountability in Ghana stood at 0.1098 standard error.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 48.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability in Ghana peaked at 0.2318 standard error in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.1084 standard error, in 2010.

Ghana ranks 47th of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 0.1467 standard error 0.1091 standard error 0.2116 standard error 9
2010s 0.1091 standard error 0.1084 standard error 0.1098 standard error 2

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 46 Angola 0.1108 standard error compare
  2. 47 Burkina Faso 0.1098 standard error compare
  3. 47 Kenya 0.1098 standard error compare
  4. 47 Nigeria 0.1098 standard error compare
  5. 47 Tanzania 0.1098 standard error compare
  6. 47 Uganda 0.1098 standard error compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

More reference data data for Ghana

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability in Ghana?
Voice and accountability in Ghana was 0.1098 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
What is the highest voice and accountability recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 0.2318 standard error in 1998.
What is the lowest voice and accountability recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1084 standard error in 2010.
How does Ghana rank for voice and accountability?
Ghana ranks 47th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is voice and accountability rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is down 48.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ghana 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.