Data for 2016

Voice and Accountability, 2016

Name: Voice and Accountability, 2016
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Voice and Accountability, 2016 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.8180; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.3008. The middle country reads 0.1051. Against 2015, 207 values changed (75 up, 132 down), 2 left.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2016

HighestNorway

1.8180

LowestEritrea

-2.3008

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

207countries
2measures per country
2016the year it describes
204distinct values18 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Voice and Accountability, 2016, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.8180	91.084
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.7221	89.326
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.7171	89.234
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.7087	89.079
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.6957	88.840
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.6939	88.807
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.5413	86.007
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.5364	85.918
9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.5301	85.802
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.5096	85.425
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.4791	84.866
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.4722	84.740
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.4504	84.339
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.4498	84.327
15	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.4352	84.061
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.4351	84.058
17	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.4137	83.665
18	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.3802	83.050
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.3766	82.984
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.3176	81.902
21	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.2730	81.083
22	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.2227	80.161
23	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.1929	79.613
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.1864	79.494
25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.1806	79.389
26	United States`USA`Northern America	1.1754	79.293
27	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.1666	79.131
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.1318	78.493
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.1189	78.255
30	Chile`CHL`South America	1.0883	77.695
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.0828	77.593
32	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.0706	77.369
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.0618	77.209
34	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.0307	76.638
=35	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	1.0291	76.608
=35	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	1.0291	76.608
=35	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.0291	76.608
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.0284	76.595
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.9938	75.959
40	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.9917	75.921
41	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.9674	75.475
42	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.9121	74.460
43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.9088	74.399
44	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.9062	74.352
45	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.8742	73.765
46	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.8516	73.351
47	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.8481	73.286
48	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.8427	73.188
=49	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.8116	72.617
=49	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.8116	72.617
51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.8022	72.443
52	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.7896	72.214
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.7761	71.965
54	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.7496	71.480
55	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.7367	71.242
56	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.7208	70.950
57	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.7169	70.878
58	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.6888	70.363
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.6808	70.217
60	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.6705	70.027
61	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.6642	69.911
62	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.6637	69.902
63	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.6526	69.698
64	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.6440	69.541
65	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.6239	69.171
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.6212	69.123
67	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.6210	69.118
68	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.5885	68.523
69	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.5708	68.197
70	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.5625	68.045
71	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.5525	67.861
72	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.5507	67.828
73	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.5426	67.680
74	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.5399	67.631
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.5339	67.520
76	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.5062	67.012
77	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.4995	66.889
78	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.4840	66.605
79	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.4636	66.230
80	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.4619	66.199
81	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.4287	65.590
82	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.3633	64.390
83	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.3532	64.204
84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.3522	64.186
85	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.3327	63.827
86	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.3255	63.695
87	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.3225	63.640
88	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.3192	63.580
89	Peru`PER`South America	0.3155	63.513
90	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.3057	63.332
91	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.3053	63.326
92	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.2760	62.787
93	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.2609	62.510
94	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.2506	62.322
95	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.2162	61.690
96	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.2097	61.570
97	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.1606	60.671
98	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.1560	60.585
99	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.1521	60.513
100	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.1511	60.495
101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.1480	60.438
102	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.1370	60.237
103	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.1184	59.895
104	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.1051	59.652
105	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.1013	59.581
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.0880	59.338
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.0864	59.307
108	Colombia`COL`South America	0.0837	59.258
109	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.0637	58.892
110	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.0577	58.781
111	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.0130	57.483
112	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.0278	57.213
113	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.0425	56.943
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.0431	56.931
115	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.0547	56.719
116	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.0649	56.531
117	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.0685	56.466
118	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.1092	55.718
119	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.1153	55.607
120	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.1364	55.220
121	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.1720	54.567
122	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.1779	54.458
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.1839	54.348
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.1846	54.335
125	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.2238	53.616
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.2341	53.427
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.2362	53.389
128	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.2475	53.181
129	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.2728	52.716
130	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.2793	52.598
131	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.2898	52.403
132	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.2949	52.311
133	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.3420	51.447
134	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.3843	50.670
135	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-0.4345	49.749
136	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.4421	49.609
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-0.4911	48.710
138	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.4952	48.635
139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.5115	48.335
140	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.5121	48.325
141	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.5446	47.728
142	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-0.5529	47.577
143	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.5594	47.457
144	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.5811	47.058
145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-0.5988	46.735
146	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.6035	46.647
147	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.6456	45.875
148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.6943	44.982
149	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.7042	44.800
150	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.7428	44.092
151	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.7491	43.975
152	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-0.7753	43.495
153	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.7757	43.488
154	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	-0.7799	43.410
155	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.7890	43.243
156	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.7943	43.146
157	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.7954	43.126
158	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.8117	42.827
159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-0.8121	42.820
160	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-0.8231	42.617
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-0.8407	42.294
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-0.8543	42.046
163	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.8642	41.863
164	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.8809	41.556
165	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.9060	41.095
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-0.9153	40.925
167	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.9217	40.808
168	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.9290	40.675
169	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-0.9550	40.198
170	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.0072	39.239
171	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.0429	38.584
172	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.0883	37.750
173	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-1.1121	37.313
174	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.1312	36.964
175	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-1.1417	36.771
176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.1460	36.692
177	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.1699	36.254
178	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.1766	36.130
179	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-1.1938	35.815
180	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.2264	35.216
181	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.2383	34.997
182	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-1.2412	34.944
183	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.2621	34.562
184	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-1.2974	33.914
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-1.2975	33.912
186	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-1.3318	33.282
187	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.3598	32.769
188	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.3667	32.642
189	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.3796	32.405
190	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.3805	32.389
191	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-1.4056	31.927
192	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.4081	31.882
193	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.4299	31.482
194	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.4934	30.316
195	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-1.5510	29.259
196	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.5628	29.044
197	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.6238	27.924
198	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.6891	26.726
199	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-1.7381	25.826
200	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.7483	25.638
201	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.7747	25.155
202	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.8006	24.679
203	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.8263	24.207
204	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.8280	24.177
205	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-2.0081	20.872
206	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.1134	18.939
207	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-2.3008	15.500

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1Norway1.8180
2Finland1.7221
3New Zealand1.7171
4Denmark1.7087
5Sweden1.6957

Lowest

207Eritrea-2.3008
206North Korea-2.1134
205Syria-2.0081
204Turkmenistan-1.8280
203Sudan-1.8263

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.1051. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Voice and Accountability (0–100)
HighestNorway91.084
LowestEritrea15.500
Middle country: 59.652

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
207values changed, of 207 in both
75 · 132rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Myanmar-1.1416 → -0.9153+0.2262
Sri Lanka-0.3577 → -0.1720+0.1858
Benin0.1613 → 0.3053+0.1440
Belarus-1.2185 → -1.1121+0.1064
Papua New Guinea-0.1045 → -0.0130+0.0915

Fell most

Yemen-1.3704 → -1.6891−0.3186
South Sudan-1.5506 → -1.7747−0.2241
Türkiye-0.4968 → -0.7042−0.2074
Burundi-1.2298 → -1.4299−0.2001
Nicaragua-0.6130 → -0.7943−0.1813

− Cook Islands

− 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

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

How values are stored

204 distinct values among 207
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 1.0291. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 207 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2016). Voice and Accountability, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2016

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