Voice and Accountability in Namibia

Namibia: Voice and Accountability was 0.1256 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.1256 standard error
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
23rd
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.2318 standard error
in 1998
All-time low
0.1249 standard error
in 2010
Years of data
13
1996–2011

Voice and Accountability in Namibia, 1996–2011

00.050.10.150.20.251996200320111996: 0.221 standard error1998: 0.232 standard error2000: 0.212 standard error2002: 0.163 standard error2003: 0.158 standard error2004: 0.163 standard error2005: 0.148 standard error2006: 0.133 standard error2007: 0.133 standard error2008: 0.134 standard error2009: 0.127 standard error2010: 0.125 standard error2011: 0.126 standard error

Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.

Analysis

Namibia recorded 0.1256 standard error for voice and accountability in 2011.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 40.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability in Namibia peaked at 0.2318 standard error in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.1249 standard error, in 2010.

Namibia ranks 23rd 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2265 standard error 0.2211 standard error 0.2318 standard error 2
2000s 0.1523 standard error 0.1273 standard error 0.2116 standard error 9
2010s 0.1253 standard error 0.1249 standard error 0.1256 standard error 2

Countries ranked near Namibia

  1. 22 Sudan 0.1273 standard error compare
  2. 24 Botswana 0.1251 standard error compare
  3. 25 Cameroon 0.1248 standard error compare
  4. 26 Eritrea 0.1219 standard error compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability in Namibia?
Voice and accountability in Namibia was 0.1256 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
What is the highest voice and accountability recorded in Namibia?
The highest recorded value was 0.2318 standard error in 1998.
What is the lowest voice and accountability recorded in Namibia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1249 standard error in 2010.
How does Namibia rank for voice and accountability?
Namibia ranks 23rd out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is voice and accountability rising or falling in Namibia?
Over the last ten years it is down 40.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Namibia 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.