Voice and Accountability in Malawi
Malawi: Voice and Accountability was 0.1139 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Voice and Accountability in Malawi, 1996–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.1139 standard error for voice and accountability in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 46.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability in Malawi peaked at 0.2318 standard error in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.1124 standard error, in 2008.
Malawi ranks 33rd of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2265 standard error | 0.2211 standard error | 0.2318 standard error | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.144 standard error | 0.1124 standard error | 0.2116 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.1134 standard error | 0.1129 standard error | 0.1139 standard error | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability in Malawi?
- Voice and accountability in Malawi was 0.1139 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest voice and accountability recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2318 standard error in 1998.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1124 standard error in 2008.
- How does Malawi rank for voice and accountability?
- Malawi ranks 33rd out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is voice and accountability rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi 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
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.