Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Lesotho

Lesotho: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 54.13 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
54.13 0-100
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
114th
of 206 countries
All-time high
60.02 0-100
in 2006
All-time low
49.39 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 54.1 0-1001998: 49.4 0-1002000: 55.1 0-1002002: 55.9 0-1002003: 58.4 0-1002004: 57.4 0-1002005: 58.9 0-1002006: 60 0-1002007: 57.5 0-1002008: 54.6 0-1002009: 54.9 0-1002010: 54.2 0-1002011: 54.4 0-1002012: 56.6 0-1002013: 57.4 0-1002014: 55.5 0-1002015: 55.5 0-1002016: 53.1 0-1002017: 53.6 0-1002018: 54.2 0-1002019: 54 0-1002020: 54.5 0-1002021: 53 0-1002022: 54.3 0-1002023: 53.7 0-1002024: 54.1 0-100

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

Analysis

Lesotho recorded 54.13 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Lesotho peaked at 60.02 0-100 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 49.39 0-100, in 1998.

That places Lesotho 114th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 51.76 0-100 49.39 0-100 54.14 0-100 2
2000s 56.97 0-100 54.64 0-100 60.02 0-100 9
2010s 54.86 0-100 53.14 0-100 57.38 0-100 10
2020s 53.92 0-100 52.97 0-100 54.45 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Lesotho

  1. 111 Sri Lanka 54.64 0-100 compare
  2. 112 Malaysia 54.63 0-100 compare
  3. 113 Paraguay 54.23 0-100 compare
  4. 115 Indonesia 53.78 0-100 compare
  5. 116 Gambia 53.66 0-100 compare
  6. 117 Georgia 52.41 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 Lesotho?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Lesotho was 54.13 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 Lesotho?
The highest recorded value was 60.02 0-100 in 2006.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Lesotho?
The lowest recorded value was 49.39 0-100 in 1998.
How does Lesotho rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Lesotho ranks 114th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Lesotho?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Lesotho 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).