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Voice and accountability governance score

Name: Voice and accountability governance score
Creator: World Development Indicators
Keywords: trending-statistics-research, daily-10, governance-accountability, gov_wgi_va_sc

Compare voice and accountability governance score across 203 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2024 official-source dataset.

Source: World Development Indicators•203 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

55.0score (0–100)

Median: 55.5score (0–100)

Countries Covered

203

with available data

Highest

Norway

90.6score (0–100)

Lowest

Eritrea

16.8score (0–100)

Top 5 Countries

1Norway90.6score (0–100)

2Denmark90.0score (0–100)

3Finland89.3score (0–100)

4Sweden87.1score (0–100)

5New Zealand86.4score (0–100)

By Region

Key Findings

•Coverage: 203 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2024.
•Published range: 16.7723692 to 90.6189722 score (0–100).
•Discovery motivation: Google Trends surfaced national public-media programming and the White House, motivating accountability indicators.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (16.8score (0–100))High (90.6score (0–100))

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 55.0score (0–100))

About This Statistic

Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance.

The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).

MapTheory retains one fixed reference year and unit. Only finite values mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric codes are included; aggregates, missing values and non-ISO geographies are excluded. No value is estimated, imputed or carried across years.

Methodology

Voice and Accountability (VA) captures perceptions of the extent to which citizens can participate in selecting their government including electoral integrity, and of accountability mechanisms for citizens—reflected in the ability to access information, governmental oversight bodies, and a robust traditional/digital media landscape. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Norway	90.6score (0–100)
2	Denmark	90.0score (0–100)
3	Finland	89.3score (0–100)
4	Sweden	87.1score (0–100)
5	New Zealand	86.4score (0–100)
6	Luxembourg	86.0score (0–100)
7	Netherlands	85.8score (0–100)
8	Switzerland	85.6score (0–100)
9	Ireland	85.5score (0–100)
10	Germany	84.8score (0–100)
11	Australia	83.3score (0–100)
12	Canada	83.2score (0–100)
13	Belgium	83.1score (0–100)
14	Iceland	81.8score (0–100)
15	Estonia	81.6score (0–100)
16	Austria	81.4score (0–100)
17	Greenland	81.4score (0–100)
18	Liechtenstein	80.1score (0–100)
19	United Kingdom	79.6score (0–100)
20	Portugal	79.0score (0–100)
21	Czech Republic	78.8score (0–100)
22	San Marino	78.7score (0–100)
23	Uruguay	78.3score (0–100)
24	Lithuania	78.2score (0–100)
25	Tuvalu	77.7score (0–100)
26	Guam	77.4score (0–100)
27	France	77.0score (0–100)
28	Spain	76.9score (0–100)
29	Latvia	76.6score (0–100)
30	Japan	76.4score (0–100)
31	Italy	75.5score (0–100)
32	Slovenia	75.4score (0–100)
33	Palau	75.0score (0–100)
34	Costa Rica	74.6score (0–100)
35	Chile	74.3score (0–100)
36	Barbados	74.2score (0–100)
37	Kiribati	73.9score (0–100)
38	Cayman Islands	73.6score (0–100)
39	Aruba	73.6score (0–100)
40	Marshall Islands	73.6score (0–100)
41	American Samoa	73.1score (0–100)
42	Slovakia	73.1score (0–100)
43	Malta	73.0score (0–100)
44	Micronesia, Federated States of	72.7score (0–100)
45	Samoa	72.4score (0–100)
46	Cyprus	72.4score (0–100)
47	United States of America	72.4score (0–100)
48	French Polynesia	72.2score (0–100)
49	Monaco	71.5score (0–100)
50	Tonga	71.2score (0–100)
51	South Korea	71.0score (0–100)
52	Cape Verde	70.7score (0–100)
53	Greece	70.5score (0–100)
54	Poland	70.0score (0–100)
55	New Caledonia	69.6score (0–100)
56	Croatia	68.2score (0–100)
57	Seychelles	68.0score (0–100)
58	Saint Lucia	67.5score (0–100)
59	South Africa	67.5score (0–100)
60	Nauru	67.3score (0–100)
61	Bahamas	66.5score (0–100)
62	Antigua and Barbuda	65.8score (0–100)
63	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	65.7score (0–100)
64	Vanuatu	65.4score (0–100)
65	Jamaica	65.3score (0–100)
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	64.9score (0–100)
67	Panama	64.6score (0–100)
68	Trinidad and Tobago	64.0score (0–100)
69	Bhutan	63.9score (0–100)
70	Montenegro	63.7score (0–100)
71	Romania	63.6score (0–100)
72	Argentina	63.6score (0–100)
73	Dominica	63.5score (0–100)
74	Grenada	63.5score (0–100)
75	Puerto Rico	63.5score (0–100)
76	Mauritius	63.3score (0–100)
77	Timor-Leste	62.9score (0–100)
78	Namibia	62.7score (0–100)
79	Fiji	62.7score (0–100)
80	Solomon Islands	62.6score (0–100)
81	Brazil	62.4score (0–100)
82	Botswana	62.0score (0–100)
83	Israel	62.0score (0–100)
84	Moldova, Republic of	61.8score (0–100)
85	Bulgaria	60.6score (0–100)
86	Ghana	60.4score (0–100)
87	Dominican Republic	60.4score (0–100)
88	Sao Tome and Principe	59.7score (0–100)
89	Mongolia	59.1score (0–100)
90	Armenia	59.0score (0–100)
91	Belize	58.7score (0–100)
92	The Republic of North Macedonia	58.1score (0–100)
93	Macao	58.0score (0–100)
94	Suriname	57.8score (0–100)
95	Peru	57.6score (0–100)
96	Singapore	57.5score (0–100)
97	Colombia	57.5score (0–100)
98	Senegal	57.1score (0–100)
99	Albania	56.6score (0–100)
100	Hungary	56.4score (0–100)
101	Nepal	55.8score (0–100)
102	India	55.5score (0–100)
103	Ecuador	55.0score (0–100)
104	Guyana	55.0score (0–100)
105	Malawi	54.9score (0–100)
106	Ukraine	54.9score (0–100)
107	Liberia	54.9score (0–100)
108	Sri Lanka	54.6score (0–100)
109	Malaysia	54.6score (0–100)
110	Paraguay	54.2score (0–100)
111	Lesotho	54.1score (0–100)
112	Indonesia	53.8score (0–100)
113	Republic of The Gambia	53.7score (0–100)
114	Georgia	52.4score (0–100)
115	Hong Kong	51.2score (0–100)
116	Papua New Guinea	51.1score (0–100)
117	Mexico	50.9score (0–100)
118	Kenya	50.6score (0–100)
119	Philippines	50.6score (0–100)
120	Benin	50.2score (0–100)
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.9score (0–100)
122	Zambia	49.7score (0–100)
123	Maldives	49.6score (0–100)
124	Bolivia	49.2score (0–100)
125	Serbia	48.7score (0–100)
126	Guatemala	48.6score (0–100)
127	Sierra Leone	47.9score (0–100)
128	Thailand	47.1score (0–100)
129	Rwanda	46.5score (0–100)
130	Cote d'Ivoire	46.1score (0–100)
131	United Republic of Tanzania	45.6score (0–100)
132	Honduras	45.4score (0–100)
133	Tunisia	44.9score (0–100)
134	Jordan	44.4score (0–100)
135	Kuwait	44.3score (0–100)
136	Madagascar	44.2score (0–100)
137	Nigeria	44.1score (0–100)
138	Morocco	44.1score (0–100)
139	Lebanon	43.3score (0–100)
140	Guinea-Bissau	43.2score (0–100)
141	El Salvador	43.0score (0–100)
142	Brunei Darussalam	42.8score (0–100)
143	Kyrgyzstan	42.8score (0–100)
144	Kazakhstan	42.6score (0–100)
145	United Arab Emirates	41.9score (0–100)
146	Oman	41.3score (0–100)
147	Mauritania	40.7score (0–100)
148	Qatar	40.1score (0–100)
149	Burkina Faso	40.0score (0–100)
150	Niger	39.9score (0–100)
151	Togo	39.8score (0–100)
152	Mozambique	39.2score (0–100)
153	Uganda	39.1score (0–100)
154	Gabon	39.0score (0–100)
155	Iraq	39.0score (0–100)
156	Uzbekistan	38.6score (0–100)
157	Algeria	38.5score (0–100)
158	Angola	38.3score (0–100)
159	Türkiye	37.7score (0–100)
160	Vietnam	37.6score (0–100)
161	Bangladesh	36.5score (0–100)
162	Pakistan	36.4score (0–100)
163	Guinea	35.7score (0–100)
164	Democratic Republic of the Congo	35.6score (0–100)
165	Mali	35.5score (0–100)
166	Comoros	35.2score (0–100)
167	Cameroon	35.1score (0–100)
168	Ethiopia	35.1score (0–100)
169	Djibouti	35.1score (0–100)
170	Zimbabwe	34.8score (0–100)
171	Haiti	34.7score (0–100)
172	Cuba	34.6score (0–100)
173	Central African Republic	33.9score (0–100)
174	Republic of the Congo	33.8score (0–100)
175	Bahrain	33.7score (0–100)
176	Libya	33.5score (0–100)
177	State of Palestine	33.3score (0–100)
178	Eswatini	33.3score (0–100)
179	Russian Federation	32.0score (0–100)
180	Lao People's Democratic Republic	31.1score (0–100)
181	Burundi	30.7score (0–100)
182	Azerbaijan	30.5score (0–100)
183	Chad	30.3score (0–100)
184	Saudi Arabia	29.8score (0–100)
185	Islamic Republic of Iran	29.7score (0–100)
186	Somalia	29.3score (0–100)
187	Egypt	28.8score (0–100)
188	Tajikistan	28.1score (0–100)
189	People's Republic of China	27.9score (0–100)
190	Cambodia	27.6score (0–100)
191	Belarus	27.3score (0–100)
192	Yemen	27.1score (0–100)
193	Nicaragua	26.8score (0–100)
194	Equatorial Guinea	26.6score (0–100)
195	Venezuela	25.0score (0–100)
196	Syrian Arab Republic	24.5score (0–100)
197	Sudan	23.9score (0–100)
198	South Sudan	23.7score (0–100)
199	North Korea	22.1score (0–100)
200	Turkmenistan	21.1score (0–100)
201	Myanmar	19.7score (0–100)
202	Afghanistan	19.2score (0–100)
203	Eritrea	16.8score (0–100)

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Data Source

This data comes from World Development Indicators (2024).

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