Data for 2022

Voice and Accountability, 2022

Name: Voice and Accountability, 2022
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Voice and Accountability, 2022 covers 208 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.83527; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.21956. The middle country reads 0.05308. Against 2021, 208 values changed (78 up, 130 down), the same countries are covered.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2022

HighestNorway

1.83527

LowestEritrea

-2.21956

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

208countries
2measures per country
2022the year it describes
208distinct values19 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Voice and Accountability, 2022, 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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Voice and Accountability, 2022: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.83527	91.402
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.80190	90.790
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.78454	90.471
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.68226	88.594
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.68014	88.555
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.65600	88.112
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.63583	87.742
8	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.58064	86.729
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.57895	86.698
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.53557	85.902
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.47068	84.711
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.46987	84.697
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.43570	84.070
14	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.42556	83.883
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.40672	83.538
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.36021	82.684
17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.35354	82.562
18	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.35272	82.547
19	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.31574	81.868
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.29738	81.531
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.24714	80.609
22	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1.21170	79.959
23	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.18462	79.462
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.18447	79.459
25	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.16097	79.028
26	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.14446	78.725
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.12532	78.374
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.11926	78.262
29	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.11884	78.255
30	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.10065	77.921
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.08658	77.663
32	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	1.07415	77.435
33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.06986	77.356
34	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.06857	77.332
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.06748	77.312
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.05236	77.035
37	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.04898	76.973
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.04896	76.972
39	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.04841	76.962
40	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	1.04600	76.918
41	Chile`CHL`South America	1.01913	76.425
42	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.01549	76.358
43	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.01360	76.323
44	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.98765	75.847
45	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.98420	75.784
46	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.93439	74.870
47	United States`USA`Northern America	0.93318	74.848
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.92090	74.622
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.91284	74.474
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.88974	74.050
51	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.88927	74.042
52	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.87012	73.690
53	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.84203	73.175
54	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.84068	73.150
55	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.81212	72.626
56	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.79863	72.378
57	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.78751	72.174
58	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.76207	71.707
59	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.69755	70.523
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.68967	70.379
61	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.68261	70.249
62	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.66069	69.847
63	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.63283	69.336
64	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.61049	68.926
65	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.60830	68.886
66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.57394	68.255
67	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.56738	68.135
68	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.56579	68.106
69	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.55553	67.917
70	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.55150	67.843
71	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.54675	67.756
72	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.54183	67.666
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.51126	67.105
74	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.45081	65.995
75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.44444	65.879
76	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.43720	65.746
77	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.43373	65.682
78	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.41568	65.351
79	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.40085	65.079
80	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.36220	64.369
81	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.33393	63.851
82	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.31503	63.504
83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.29542	63.144
84	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.28258	62.908
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.26993	62.676
86	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.26050	62.503
87	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.25332	62.371
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.25287	62.363
89	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.25099	62.329
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.23145	61.970
91	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.22028	61.765
92	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.18222	61.066
93	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.16083	60.674
94	Peru`PER`South America	0.15184	60.509
95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.13760	60.248
96	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.12329	59.985
97	Colombia`COL`South America	0.11825	59.893
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.11584	59.848
99	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.11383	59.811
100	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.10822	59.708
101	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.09468	59.460
102	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.08780	59.334
103	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.07720	59.139
104	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.05866	58.799
105	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.04751	58.594
106	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.02691	58.216
107	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.01712	58.037
108	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.01500	57.998
109	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.00167	57.692
110	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.04023	56.984
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.04663	56.867
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.06056	56.611
113	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.06631	56.506
114	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	-0.08851	56.098
115	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.08973	56.076
116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.09023	56.067
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-0.13066	55.325
118	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.14042	55.146
119	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.17702	54.474
120	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.21399	53.795
121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.21737	53.734
122	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.21863	53.710
123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.24136	53.293
124	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.24595	53.209
125	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.28212	52.545
126	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.29454	52.317
127	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.31569	51.929
128	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	-0.34067	51.471
129	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.38709	50.619
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.39178	50.533
131	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	-0.41477	50.111
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.42453	49.932
133	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.42597	49.905
134	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.43131	49.807
135	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.48431	48.835
136	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-0.52012	48.178
137	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.52246	48.135
138	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.52393	48.108
139	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.54892	47.649
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.55305	47.573
141	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.59205	46.857
142	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-0.64887	45.815
143	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.65095	45.777
144	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.65876	45.633
145	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-0.68896	45.079
146	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.69102	45.041
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.71002	44.693
148	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.71676	44.569
149	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.74711	44.012
150	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.80896	42.877
151	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.84222	42.267
152	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.84401	42.234
153	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-0.87051	41.747
154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.89242	41.345
155	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.90288	41.153
156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.91017	41.020
157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.95450	40.206
158	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	-0.96126	40.082
159	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.96766	39.965
160	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.97017	39.918
161	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.97480	39.834
162	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-1.02037	38.997
163	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-1.04065	38.625
164	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-1.05418	38.377
165	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.06174	38.238
166	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.09479	37.632
167	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-1.09493	37.629
168	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-1.10035	37.530
169	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-1.10820	37.386
170	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.17276	36.201
171	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.17667	36.129
172	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.18702	35.939
173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.18867	35.909
174	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.20055	35.691
175	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.22888	35.171
176	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-1.23705	35.021
177	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.24494	34.876
178	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-1.25593	34.674
179	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.25884	34.621
180	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-1.29552	33.948
181	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.34524	33.036
182	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.35443	32.867
183	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-1.38710	32.267
184	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.47184	30.712
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-1.47395	30.674
186	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.47597	30.636
187	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.48716	30.431
188	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.48991	30.381
189	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.49479	30.291
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.53710	29.515
191	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.58743	28.591
192	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.60604	28.250
193	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.65374	27.374
194	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.65999	27.259
195	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-1.66926	27.089
196	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-1.69257	26.661
197	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.69298	26.654
198	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-1.69896	26.544
199	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.70366	26.458
200	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-1.71295	26.288
201	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.79740	24.738
202	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.87222	23.365
203	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.88993	23.040
204	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.90398	22.782
205	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.93919	22.136
206	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.05165	20.072
207	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-2.11396	18.929
208	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-2.21956	16.991

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

1Norway1.83527
2Denmark1.80190
3Finland1.78454
4New Zealand1.68226
5Sweden1.68014

Lowest

208Eritrea-2.21956
207Turkmenistan-2.11396
206North Korea-2.05165
205Syria-1.93919
204Myanmar-1.90398

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.05308. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Voice and Accountability (0–100)
HighestNorway91.402
LowestEritrea16.991
Middle country: 58.697

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
208values changed, of 208 in both
78 · 130rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Samoa0.81478 → 1.14446+0.32967
Zambia-0.51556 → -0.29454+0.22103
Kenya-0.41814 → -0.24136+0.17678
Lesotho-0.10758 → 0.04751+0.15508
Somalia-1.67617 → -1.53710+0.13907

Fell most

Afghanistan-1.44671 → -1.88993−0.44322
Myanmar-1.47863 → -1.90398−0.42535
Burkina Faso-0.12947 → -0.54892−0.41945
Tunisia0.01426 → -0.38709−0.40135
New Caledonia1.05907 → 0.76207−0.29700

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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World Bank Group (2022). Voice and Accountability, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2022

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