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Voice and Accountability, 2021

Figures for 2021, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2021 covers 208 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.87019; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.24114. The middle country reads 0.06727. Against 2020, 208 values changed (72 up, 136 down), the same countries are covered.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2021

HighestNorway

1.87019

LowestEritrea

-2.24114

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.8701992.0430
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.8247591.2092
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.7972490.7043
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.6899988.7361
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.6654488.2855
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.6401987.8221
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.6181887.4182
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.5631586.4083
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.5487186.1435
10IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.5242585.6945
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.4810884.9022
12BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.4717684.7312
13CanadaCANNorthern America1.4363584.0814
14GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.4270783.9112
15IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.3810483.0663
16AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.3595582.6721
17PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.3520382.5340
18LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.3507382.5102
19EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.3417182.3447
20United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.2741181.1040
21NiueNIUPolynesia1.2301380.2971
22UruguayURYSouth America1.2091479.9118
23San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.1733879.2557
24FranceFRAWestern Europe1.1731779.2517
25Costa RicaCRICentral America1.1420678.6808

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Norway1.87019
  2. 2Finland1.82475
  3. 3Denmark1.79724
  4. 4Sweden1.68999
  5. 5New Zealand1.66544

Lowest

  1. 208Eritrea-2.24114
  2. 207North Korea-2.07672
  3. 206Turkmenistan-1.98813
  4. 205Syria-1.93679
  5. 204South Sudan-1.86522

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.06727. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNorway92.0430

    LowestEritrea16.5945

    Middle country: 58.9570

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 208values changed, of 208 in both
  • 72 · 136rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Myanmar-0.86672 → -1.47863−0.61191
  • Afghanistan-0.99033 → -1.44671−0.45638
  • Hong Kong0.14289 → -0.22754−0.37043
  • Aruba1.43260 → 1.12035−0.31225
  • Macau-0.10102 → -0.41326−0.31225

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

  • 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 (2021). Voice and Accountability, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2021

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2021?

Norway, at 1.87019, of the 208 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2021 cover?

208.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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