Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) by country
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...
Countries reporting
205
Highest
90.62 0-100
Norway
Lowest
16.77 0-100
Eritrea
Median
55.8 0-100
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,259
What the numbers show
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 90.62 0-100 in Norway; the lowest is 16.77 0-100 in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 55.8 0-100, and the mean is 55.19 0-100.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 127 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 50.4%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 46.2%).
Voice and Accountability - Governance score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 90.62 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 2 | Denmark | 90.02 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 3 | Finland | 89.29 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 4 | Sweden | 87.09 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 5 | New Zealand | 86.42 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 86 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 7 | Netherlands | 85.79 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 8 | Switzerland | 85.59 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 9 | Ireland | 85.51 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 10 | Germany | 84.82 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 11 | Australia | 83.32 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 12 | Canada | 83.17 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 13 | Belgium | 83.05 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 14 | Iceland | 81.79 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 15 | Estonia | 81.61 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 16 | Austria | 81.45 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 17 | Greenland | 81.43 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 18 | Liechtenstein | 80.09 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 79.61 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 20 | Portugal | 78.99 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 21 | Czechia | 78.81 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 22 | San Marino | 78.66 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 23 | Uruguay | 78.34 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 24 | Lithuania | 78.25 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 25 | Tuvalu | 77.65 0-100 | 2024 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 26 | Guam | 77.43 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 27 | France | 76.95 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 28 | Spain | 76.95 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 29 | Latvia | 76.59 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 30 | Japan | 76.38 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 31 | Italy | 75.53 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 32 | Slovenia | 75.35 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 33 | Bermuda | 75.33 0-100 | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 34 | Palau | 75 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 74.55 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 36 | Chile | 74.25 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 37 | Barbados | 74.25 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 38 | Kiribati | 73.88 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 39 | Aruba | 73.61 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 39 | Cayman Islands | 73.61 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 41 | Marshall Islands | 73.55 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 42 | American Samoa | 73.14 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 43 | Slovakia | 73.13 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 44 | Malta | 72.98 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 45 | Micronesia (country) | 72.66 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 46 | Samoa | 72.39 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 47 | Cyprus | 72.38 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 48 | United States | 72.37 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 49 | French Polynesia | 72.19 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 50 | Monaco | 71.5 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 51 | United States Virgin Islands | 71.43 0-100 | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 52 | Tonga | 71.21 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 53 | South Korea | 70.99 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 70.7 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 55 | Greece | 70.53 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 56 | Poland | 70.01 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 57 | New Caledonia | 69.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 58 | Croatia | 68.2 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 59 | Seychelles | 67.95 0-100 | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 60 | Saint Lucia | 67.55 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 61 | South Africa | 67.48 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 62 | Nauru | 67.33 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 63 | Bahamas | 66.53 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 64 | Antigua and Barbuda | 65.81 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 65.65 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 65.36 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 67 | Jamaica | 65.34 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 68 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 64.9 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 69 | Panama | 64.57 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.96 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 71 | Bhutan | 63.87 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 72 | Montenegro | 63.69 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 73 | Romania | 63.63 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 74 | Argentina | 63.6 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 75 | Dominica | 63.5 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 76 | Grenada | 63.48 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 77 | Puerto Rico | 63.47 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 78 | Mauritius | 63.31 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 79 | East Timor | 62.9 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 80 | Namibia | 62.74 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 81 | Fiji | 62.65 0-100 | 2024 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 82 | Solomon Islands | 62.57 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 83 | Brazil | 62.39 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 84 | Botswana | 62.02 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 85 | Israel | 62.02 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 86 | Moldova | 61.81 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 60.58 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 88 | Ghana | 60.43 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 60.37 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 90 | Sao Tome and Principe | 59.73 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 92 | Mongolia | 59.07 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 93 | Armenia | 58.95 0-100 | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 94 | Belize | 58.67 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 58.14 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 96 | Macao | 57.96 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 97 | Suriname | 57.82 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 98 | Peru | 57.65 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 99 | Singapore | 57.52 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 100 | Colombia | 57.45 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 101 | Senegal | 57.13 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 102 | Albania | 56.63 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 103 | Hungary | 56.36 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 104 | Nepal | 55.8 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 105 | India | 55.47 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 106 | Ecuador | 55.01 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 107 | Guyana | 54.97 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 108 | Malawi | 54.93 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 109 | Ukraine | 54.91 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 110 | Liberia | 54.89 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 54.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 22.3% | flat |
| 112 | Malaysia | 54.63 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 113 | Paraguay | 54.23 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 114 | Lesotho | 54.13 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 115 | Indonesia | 53.78 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 116 | Gambia | 53.66 0-100 | 2024 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 117 | Georgia | 52.41 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 118 | Hong Kong | 51.24 0-100 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 119 | Papua New Guinea | 51.14 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 120 | Mexico | 50.93 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 121 | Kenya | 50.65 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 122 | Philippines | 50.63 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 123 | Benin | 50.19 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.93 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 125 | Zambia | 49.72 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 126 | Maldives | 49.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 127 | Bolivia | 49.15 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 128 | Serbia | 48.7 0-100 | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 129 | Guatemala | 48.61 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 47.87 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 131 | Thailand | 47.05 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 132 | Rwanda | 46.54 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 133 | Cote d'Ivoire | 46.06 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 134 | Tanzania | 45.56 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 135 | Honduras | 45.41 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 136 | Tunisia | 44.88 0-100 | 2024 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 137 | Jordan | 44.36 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 138 | Kuwait | 44.28 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 139 | Madagascar | 44.15 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 140 | Nigeria | 44.13 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 141 | Morocco | 44.13 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 142 | Lebanon | 43.32 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 143 | Guinea-Bissau | 43.22 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 144 | El Salvador | 43.05 0-100 | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 145 | Brunei | 42.85 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.82 0-100 | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 147 | Kazakhstan | 42.57 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 148 | United Arab Emirates | 41.91 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 149 | Oman | 41.31 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 150 | Mauritania | 40.65 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 151 | Qatar | 40.15 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 152 | Burkina Faso | 39.97 0-100 | 2024 | down 20.1% | flat |
| 153 | Niger | 39.86 0-100 | 2024 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 154 | Togo | 39.84 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 155 | Mozambique | 39.25 0-100 | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 156 | Uganda | 39.12 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 157 | Gabon | 38.98 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 158 | Iraq | 38.97 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 159 | Uzbekistan | 38.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 160 | Algeria | 38.5 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 161 | Angola | 38.32 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 162 | Turkey | 37.69 0-100 | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 163 | Vietnam | 37.63 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 164 | Bangladesh | 36.53 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 165 | Pakistan | 36.44 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 166 | Guinea | 35.68 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 167 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 35.61 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 168 | Mali | 35.48 0-100 | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 169 | Comoros | 35.18 0-100 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 170 | Cameroon | 35.12 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 171 | Ethiopia | 35.1 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 172 | Djibouti | 35.06 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 173 | Zimbabwe | 34.8 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 174 | Haiti | 34.71 0-100 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 175 | Cuba | 34.65 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 176 | Central African Republic | 33.9 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 177 | Congo | 33.84 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 178 | Bahrain | 33.72 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 179 | Libya | 33.47 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 180 | Palestine | 33.29 0-100 | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 181 | Eswatini | 33.27 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 182 | Russia | 31.96 0-100 | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 183 | Laos | 31.1 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 184 | Burundi | 30.73 0-100 | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 185 | Azerbaijan | 30.52 0-100 | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 186 | Chad | 30.27 0-100 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 187 | Saudi Arabia | 29.77 0-100 | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 188 | Iran | 29.75 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 189 | Somalia | 29.26 0-100 | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 190 | Egypt | 28.83 0-100 | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 191 | Tajikistan | 28.1 0-100 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 192 | China | 27.91 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.3% | flat |
| 193 | Cambodia | 27.61 0-100 | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 194 | Belarus | 27.26 0-100 | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 195 | Yemen | 27.14 0-100 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 196 | Nicaragua | 26.82 0-100 | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 197 | Equatorial Guinea | 26.65 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 198 | Venezuela | 25.04 0-100 | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 199 | Syria | 24.52 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 200 | Sudan | 23.88 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 201 | South Sudan | 23.74 0-100 | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 202 | North Korea | 22.06 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 203 | Turkmenistan | 21.09 0-100 | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 204 | Myanmar | 19.66 0-100 | 2024 | down 41.1% | rising |
| 205 | Afghanistan | 19.25 0-100 | 2024 | down 46.2% | rising |
| 206 | Eritrea | 16.77 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 59.64 0-100
About this data
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).