Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Malta

Malta: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 72.98 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
72.98 0-100
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
44th
of 206 countries
All-time high
79.81 0-100
in 2008
All-time low
72.98 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 75.4 0-1001998: 75.4 0-1002000: 75.6 0-1002002: 75.6 0-1002003: 78.1 0-1002004: 77.4 0-1002005: 78.9 0-1002006: 77.5 0-1002007: 78.3 0-1002008: 79.8 0-1002009: 78.8 0-1002010: 78.4 0-1002011: 77.2 0-1002012: 77.2 0-1002013: 78.1 0-1002014: 77.4 0-1002015: 77.6 0-1002016: 77.2 0-1002017: 76.6 0-1002018: 77.2 0-1002019: 76.3 0-1002020: 77.2 0-1002021: 74.5 0-1002022: 74.7 0-1002023: 73.7 0-1002024: 73 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 Malta stood at 72.98 0-100. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Malta peaked at 79.81 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 72.98 0-100, in 2024.

That places Malta 44th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 75.4 0-100 75.39 0-100 75.4 0-100 2
2000s 77.77 0-100 75.57 0-100 79.81 0-100 9
2010s 77.33 0-100 76.32 0-100 78.44 0-100 10
2020s 74.61 0-100 72.98 0-100 77.17 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 41 Marshall Islands 73.55 0-100 compare
  2. 42 American Samoa 73.14 0-100 compare
  3. 43 Slovakia 73.13 0-100 compare
  4. 45 Micronesia (country) 72.66 0-100 compare
  5. 46 Samoa 72.39 0-100 compare
  6. 47 Cyprus 72.38 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Malta?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Malta was 72.98 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 Malta?
The highest recorded value was 79.81 0-100 in 2008.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 72.98 0-100 in 2024.
How does Malta rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Malta ranks 44th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Malta?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Malta 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).