Voice and Accountability in Lesotho

Lesotho: Voice and Accountability was 0.1426 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.1426 standard error
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
9th
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.3315 standard error
in 1998
All-time low
0.1426 standard error
in 2011
Years of data
13
1996–2011

Voice and Accountability in Lesotho, 1996–2011

00.10.20.31996200320111996: 0.299 standard error1998: 0.332 standard error2000: 0.268 standard error2002: 0.237 standard error2003: 0.219 standard error2004: 0.229 standard error2005: 0.218 standard error2006: 0.166 standard error2007: 0.146 standard error2008: 0.146 standard error2009: 0.148 standard error2010: 0.144 standard error2011: 0.143 standard error

Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.

Analysis

In 2011, voice and accountability in Lesotho stood at 0.1426 standard error. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.

The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 46.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability in Lesotho peaked at 0.3315 standard error in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.1426 standard error, in 2011.

Lesotho ranks 9th 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 0.3154 standard error 0.2994 standard error 0.3315 standard error 2
2000s 0.1973 standard error 0.1459 standard error 0.2675 standard error 9
2010s 0.1433 standard error 0.1426 standard error 0.1439 standard error 2

Countries ranked near Lesotho

  1. 6 Guinea-Bissau 0.1546 standard error compare
  2. 7 Equatorial Guinea 0.1524 standard error compare
  3. 8 Gambia 0.148 standard error compare
  4. 10 Gabon 0.1403 standard error compare
  5. 11 Burundi 0.1402 standard error compare
  6. 12 Somalia 0.1379 standard error compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

More reference data data for Lesotho

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability in Lesotho?
Voice and accountability in Lesotho was 0.1426 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
What is the highest voice and accountability recorded in Lesotho?
The highest recorded value was 0.3315 standard error in 1998.
What is the lowest voice and accountability recorded in Lesotho?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1426 standard error in 2011.
How does Lesotho rank for voice and accountability?
Lesotho ranks 9th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is voice and accountability rising or falling in Lesotho?
Over the last ten years it is down 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Lesotho 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
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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.