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Voice and Accountability, 2009

Figures for 2009, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2009 covers 208 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 1.71440; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.32454. The middle country reads 0.13374. Against 2008, 206 values changed (102 up, 104 down), 2 countries joined.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2009

HighestDenmark

1.71440

LowestEritrea

-2.32454

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, 2009, 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 208 countries · select a heading to sort

Voice and Accountability, 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.7144089.184
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.6975188.874
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.6906288.748
4LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.6529688.056
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.6455687.921
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.6102587.273
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.6010487.104
8FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.5986087.059
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.5750186.626
10AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.5373885.936
11GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.5213385.641
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.5047185.336
13IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.5042385.327
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.4851684.977
15CanadaCANNorthern America1.4586384.490
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.4435084.213
17GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.4370984.095
18ArubaABWCaribbean1.4150283.690
19PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.3980883.379
20AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.3838983.119
21FranceFRAWestern Europe1.3718382.897
22United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.3624282.725
23Saint LuciaLCACaribbean1.3030681.635
24SpainESPSouthern Europe1.2850881.305
25San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.2558080.768

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark1.71440
  2. 2Sweden1.69751
  3. 3Norway1.69062
  4. 4Liechtenstein1.65296
  5. 5New Zealand1.64556

Lowest

  1. 208Eritrea-2.32454
  2. 207Myanmar-2.17979
  3. 206North Korea-2.16226
  4. 205Somalia-1.88860
  5. 204Libya-1.88797

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.13374. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark89.184

    LowestEritrea15.064

    Middle country: 60.177

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 206values changed, of 206 in both
  • 102 · 104rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Madagascar-0.24405 → -0.68995−0.44590
  • Niger-0.39075 → -0.73945−0.34870
  • Fiji-0.66519 → -0.88074−0.21555
  • Afghanistan-1.01888 → -1.21544−0.19656
  • Bahamas1.14109 → 0.95724−0.18385
+ Greenland+ Niue

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

  • 205 distinct values among 208

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 4 countries share 1.03296. 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 208 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 (2009). Voice and Accountability, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2009

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2009?

Denmark, at 1.71440, of the 208 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2009 cover?

208.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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