Voice and Accountability in Niger

Niger: Voice and Accountability was 0.1293 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.1293 standard error
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
19th
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.2606 standard error
in 1998
All-time low
0.1283 standard error
in 2008
Years of data
13
1996–2011

Voice and Accountability in Niger, 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: 0.178 standard error2006: 0.13 standard error2007: 0.128 standard error2008: 0.128 standard error2009: 0.132 standard error2010: 0.129 standard error2011: 0.129 standard error

Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.

Analysis

In 2011, voice and accountability in Niger stood at 0.1293 standard error.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 44.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability in Niger peaked at 0.2606 standard error in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.1283 standard error, in 2008.

Niger ranks 19th 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 0.2523 standard error 0.2441 standard error 0.2606 standard error 2
2000s 0.1627 standard error 0.1283 standard error 0.2323 standard error 9
2010s 0.1291 standard error 0.1289 standard error 0.1293 standard error 2

Countries ranked near Niger

  1. 16 Central African Republic 0.1336 standard error compare
  2. 17 Benin 0.1311 standard error compare
  3. 18 Chad 0.1306 standard error compare
  4. 19 Congo 0.1293 standard error compare
  5. 19 Togo 0.1293 standard error compare
  6. 22 Sudan 0.1273 standard error compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

More reference data data for Niger

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability in Niger?
Voice and accountability in Niger was 0.1293 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
What is the highest voice and accountability recorded in Niger?
The highest recorded value was 0.2606 standard error in 1998.
What is the lowest voice and accountability recorded in Niger?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1283 standard error in 2008.
How does Niger rank for voice and accountability?
Niger ranks 19th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is voice and accountability rising or falling in Niger?
Over the last ten years it is down 44.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Niger 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.