Voice and Accountability in Liberia

Liberia: Voice and Accountability was 0.1144 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.1144 standard error
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
32nd
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.2606 standard error
in 1998
All-time low
0.1133 standard error
in 2010
Years of data
13
1996–2011

Voice and Accountability in Liberia, 1996–2011

00.10.20.31996200320111996: 0.244 standard error1998: 0.261 standard error2000: 0.232 standard error2002: 0.176 standard error2003: 0.174 standard error2004: 0.186 standard error2005: 0.192 standard error2006: 0.137 standard error2007: 0.13 standard error2008: 0.13 standard error2009: 0.114 standard error2010: 0.113 standard error2011: 0.114 standard error

Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.

Analysis

In 2011, voice and accountability in Liberia stood at 0.1144 standard error.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 50.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability in Liberia peaked at 0.2606 standard error in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.1133 standard error, in 2010.

That places Liberia 32nd out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it 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 0.2523 standard error 0.2441 standard error 0.2606 standard error 2
2000s 0.1635 standard error 0.114 standard error 0.2323 standard error 9
2010s 0.1138 standard error 0.1133 standard error 0.1144 standard error 2

Countries ranked near Liberia

  1. 29 Libya 0.1168 standard error compare
  2. 30 Mauritania 0.1163 standard error compare
  3. 31 Tunisia 0.1158 standard error compare
  4. 33 Malawi 0.1139 standard error compare
  5. 34 Morocco 0.1135 standard error compare
  6. 35 Cote d'Ivoire 0.1135 standard error compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

More reference data data for Liberia

All data for Liberia →

Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability in Liberia?
Voice and accountability in Liberia was 0.1144 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
What is the highest voice and accountability recorded in Liberia?
The highest recorded value was 0.2606 standard error in 1998.
What is the lowest voice and accountability recorded in Liberia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1133 standard error in 2010.
How does Liberia rank for voice and accountability?
Liberia ranks 32nd out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is voice and accountability rising or falling in Liberia?
Over the last ten years it is down 50.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Liberia 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.