Voice and Accountability - Governance score in United States
United States: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 72.37 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in United States, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
United States recorded 72.37 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in United States peaked at 81.41 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 71.96 0-100, in 2023.
United States ranks 48th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 80.88 0-100 | 80.77 0-100 | 80.99 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 79.79 0-100 | 78.63 0-100 | 81.41 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 77.66 0-100 | 74.79 0-100 | 79.49 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.66 0-100 | 71.96 0-100 | 73.58 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States
- 45 Micronesia (country) 72.66 0-100 compare
- 46 Samoa 72.39 0-100 compare
- 47 Cyprus 72.38 0-100 compare
- 49 French Polynesia 72.19 0-100 compare
- 50 Monaco 71.5 0-100 compare
- 51 United States Virgin Islands 71.43 0-100 compare
More reference data data for United States
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0123 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.62 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.62 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.62 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.938 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.9618 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 73.52 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.887 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 64.27 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.0951 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in United States?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in United States was 72.37 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 United States?
- The highest recorded value was 81.41 0-100 in 2002.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.96 0-100 in 2023.
- How does United States rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- United States ranks 48th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States 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).