Voice and Accountability - Governance score in India

India: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 55.47 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
55.47 0-100
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
105th
of 206 countries
All-time high
66.53 0-100
in 2007
All-time low
54.35 0-100
in 2023
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 62.3 0-1001998: 62.3 0-1002000: 61.4 0-1002002: 62.4 0-1002003: 62.7 0-1002004: 62.9 0-1002005: 64.4 0-1002006: 66.5 0-1002007: 66.5 0-1002008: 65.7 0-1002009: 65 0-1002010: 63.8 0-1002011: 63.3 0-1002012: 61.7 0-1002013: 62.1 0-1002014: 61.5 0-1002015: 62.1 0-1002016: 62.2 0-1002017: 61.3 0-1002018: 60.4 0-1002019: 58.8 0-1002020: 57.8 0-1002021: 55.2 0-1002022: 55.1 0-1002023: 54.3 0-1002024: 55.5 0-100

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

Analysis

India recorded 55.47 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2024.

That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in India peaked at 66.53 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 54.35 0-100, in 2023.

That places India 105th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 62.34 0-100 62.34 0-100 62.35 0-100 2
2000s 64.16 0-100 61.45 0-100 66.53 0-100 9
2010s 61.71 0-100 58.79 0-100 63.77 0-100 10
2020s 55.59 0-100 54.35 0-100 57.84 0-100 5

Countries ranked near India

  1. 102 Albania 56.63 0-100 compare
  2. 103 Hungary 56.36 0-100 compare
  3. 104 Nepal 55.8 0-100 compare
  4. 106 Ecuador 55.01 0-100 compare
  5. 107 Guyana 54.97 0-100 compare
  6. 108 Malawi 54.93 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in India?
Voice and accountability - governance score in India was 55.47 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 India?
The highest recorded value was 66.53 0-100 in 2007.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 54.35 0-100 in 2023.
How does India rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
India ranks 105th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this India 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
Last refreshed

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).