Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Bahrain

Bahrain: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 33.72 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
33.72 0-100
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
178th
of 206 countries
All-time high
46.95 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
33.45 0-100
in 2023
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

010203040501996201020241996: 37.8 0-1001998: 33.9 0-1002000: 35.8 0-1002002: 47 0-1002003: 46.7 0-1002004: 45.7 0-1002005: 44.7 0-1002006: 45.5 0-1002007: 46.5 0-1002008: 46.2 0-1002009: 46 0-1002010: 42.4 0-1002011: 37.1 0-1002012: 36.4 0-1002013: 35.6 0-1002014: 36 0-1002015: 37.9 0-1002016: 36.2 0-1002017: 35.9 0-1002018: 34.4 0-1002019: 34.6 0-1002020: 34.6 0-1002021: 33.8 0-1002022: 33.8 0-1002023: 33.4 0-1002024: 33.7 0-100

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

Analysis

Bahrain recorded 33.72 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Bahrain peaked at 46.95 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 33.45 0-100, in 2023.

That places Bahrain 178th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 35.82 0-100 33.88 0-100 37.75 0-100 2
2000s 44.89 0-100 35.79 0-100 46.95 0-100 9
2010s 36.66 0-100 34.41 0-100 42.38 0-100 10
2020s 33.88 0-100 33.45 0-100 34.62 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Bahrain

  1. 175 Cuba 34.65 0-100 compare
  2. 176 Central African Republic 33.9 0-100 compare
  3. 177 Congo 33.84 0-100 compare
  4. 179 Libya 33.47 0-100 compare
  5. 180 Palestine 33.29 0-100 compare
  6. 181 Eswatini 33.27 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 Bahrain?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Bahrain was 33.72 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 Bahrain?
The highest recorded value was 46.95 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Bahrain?
The lowest recorded value was 33.45 0-100 in 2023.
How does Bahrain rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Bahrain ranks 178th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Bahrain?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bahrain 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).