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Voice and Accountability, 1998

Figures for 1998, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 1998 covers 200 countries on 2 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 1.48337; Afghanistan is lowest, at -2.43947. The middle country reads -0.18301. Against 1996, 199 values changed (85 up, 114 down), 1 country joined.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 1998

Highest2 countries share it

1.48337

LowestAfghanistan

-2.43947

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Voice and Accountability, 1998, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 200 countries · select a heading to sort

Voice and Accountability, 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
=1AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.4833784.944
=1LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.4833784.944
3NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.4790984.866
4CanadaCANNorthern America1.4399884.148
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.4362484.079
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.4304583.973
7Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.4113483.622
8IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.4103183.604
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.4071183.545
=10San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.3208381.961
=10TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.3208381.961
12NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.3133581.824
13DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.3054881.680
14FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.2948781.485
15PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.2717481.061
16AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.2508880.678
17SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.2491580.646
18Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia1.2484480.633
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.2287780.272
20BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.1909079.577
21BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.1895479.552
22SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.1678579.154
23KiribatiKIRMicronesia1.1670079.139
24AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.1325478.506
=25MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.0946177.810

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Andorrashared1.48337
  2. 1Liechtensteinshared1.48337
  3. 3Netherlands1.47909
  4. 4Canada1.43998
  5. 5New Zealand1.43624

Lowest

  1. 200Afghanistan-2.43947
  2. 199Myanmar-2.26186
  3. 198North Korea-2.22054
  4. 197Sudan-2.12564
  5. 196Saudi Arabia-2.09892

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.18301. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Voice and Accountability (0–100)

    Highest2 share it

    LowestAfghanistan12.955

    Middle country: 54.364

031996 → 1998

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 199values changed, of 199 in both
  • 85 · 114rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Kosovo-2.15464 → -1.58046+0.57418
  • Liberia-1.53936 → -0.97746+0.56190
  • Gambia-1.47740 → -1.14143+0.33597
  • Nigeria-1.60473 → -1.32254+0.28219
  • Panama0.17214 → 0.42151+0.24937

Fell most

+ Montenegro

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • 197 distinct values among 200

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 2 countries share 1.48337. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 200 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1998). Voice and Accountability, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/1998

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 1998?

2 countries share the highest reading, 1.48337, so no single country is named.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 1998 cover?

200.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 1998?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Voice and Accountability, 1998 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Voice and Accountability, 2025.

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