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Voice and Accountability, 2005

Figures for 2005, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2005 covers 206 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.6511; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.2105. The middle country reads 0.0690. Against 2004, 205 values changed (157 up, 48 down), 1 country joined.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2005

HighestNorway

1.6511

LowestEritrea

-2.2105

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, 2005, 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 206 countries · select a heading to sort

Voice and Accountability, 2005: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.651188.022
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.639587.809
3NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.625087.543
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.620187.454
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.603487.148
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.559786.345
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.551686.196
8IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.549186.150
9IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.530285.804
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.523985.687
11GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.514185.507
12FranceFRAWestern Europe1.483784.950
13CanadaCANNorthern America1.467584.653
14United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.434984.055
15LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.423883.852
16BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.418983.762
17LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.402983.468
18PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.391983.265
19AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.376982.990
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.320381.951
21Saint LuciaLCACaribbean1.281481.238
22ChileCHLSouth America1.280881.228
23MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.259780.839
24San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.251680.692
25SpainESPSouthern Europe1.235180.387

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Norway1.6511
  2. 2Denmark1.6395
  3. 3Netherlands1.6250
  4. 4Finland1.6201
  5. 5Sweden1.6034

Lowest

  1. 206Eritrea-2.2105
  2. 205Myanmar-2.2071
  3. 204North Korea-2.1934
  4. 203Libya-1.9457
  5. 202Turkmenistan-1.8504

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.0690. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNorway88.022

    LowestEritrea17.157

    Middle country: 58.989

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 205values changed, of 205 in both
  • 157 · 48rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Cook Islands

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

  • 202 distinct values among 206

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 1.0243. 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 206 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 (2005). Voice and Accountability, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2005

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2005?

Norway, at 1.6511, of the 206 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2005 cover?

206.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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