Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Malawi
Malawi: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 54.93 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Malawi, 1996–2024
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 Malawi stood at 54.93 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Malawi peaked at 55.6 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 44.61 0-100, in 2002.
Malawi ranks 108th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.13 0-100 | 53.53 0-100 | 54.73 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 50.67 0-100 | 44.61 0-100 | 55.12 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 52.86 0-100 | 51.16 0-100 | 54.36 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.38 0-100 | 54.93 0-100 | 55.6 0-100 | 5 |
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More reference data data for Malawi
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.1976 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 3.65 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 3.65 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 3.65 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.517 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 54.45 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.1463 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.1094 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 59.4 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.3802 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Malawi?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Malawi was 54.93 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 55.6 0-100 in 2023.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.61 0-100 in 2002.
- How does Malawi rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Malawi ranks 108th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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
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).