Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Australia

Australia: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 83.32 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
83.32 0-100
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
11th
of 206 countries
All-time high
86.73 0-100
in 2012
All-time low
81.36 0-100
in 2004
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Australia, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 81.7 0-1001998: 81.7 0-1002000: 82.1 0-1002002: 82.3 0-1002003: 82.3 0-1002004: 81.4 0-1002005: 84.3 0-1002006: 84.3 0-1002007: 84.7 0-1002008: 84.7 0-1002009: 84.7 0-1002010: 85.5 0-1002011: 85.6 0-1002012: 86.7 0-1002013: 83.9 0-1002014: 83.7 0-1002015: 84.1 0-1002016: 84.6 0-1002017: 85.2 0-1002018: 84.3 0-1002019: 83 0-1002020: 82.6 0-1002021: 82 0-1002022: 82.8 0-1002023: 83.4 0-1002024: 83.3 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

In 2024, voice and accountability - governance score in Australia stood at 83.32 0-100.

That represents a change of down 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Australia peaked at 86.73 0-100 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 81.36 0-100, in 2004.

That places Australia 11th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 81.71 0-100 81.7 0-100 81.73 0-100 2
2000s 83.41 0-100 81.36 0-100 84.74 0-100 9
2010s 84.67 0-100 83.01 0-100 86.73 0-100 10
2020s 82.8 0-100 81.97 0-100 83.35 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 8 Switzerland 85.59 0-100 compare
  2. 9 Ireland 85.51 0-100 compare
  3. 10 Germany 84.82 0-100 compare
  4. 12 Canada 83.17 0-100 compare
  5. 13 Belgium 83.05 0-100 compare
  6. 14 Iceland 81.79 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Australia?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Australia was 83.32 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 86.73 0-100 in 2012.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 81.36 0-100 in 2004.
How does Australia rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Australia ranks 11th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,259 data points, 1996–2024
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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).