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Voice and Accountability, 2023

Figures for 2023, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2023 covers 208 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.82535; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.28430. The middle country reads 0.02388. Against 2022, 208 values changed (86 up, 122 down), the same countries are covered.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2023

HighestNorway

1.82535

LowestEritrea

-2.28430

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.8253591.2201
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.8118690.9726
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.7281489.4361
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.6639288.2577
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.6539588.0747
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.6484287.9733
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.6121987.3082
8IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.6044287.1658
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.5542386.2448
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.5268285.7417
11CanadaCANNorthern America1.4761284.8113
12BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.4627384.5655
13AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.4495184.3229
14AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.4324984.0107
15GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.4235783.8469
16EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.3528182.5483
17IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.3436882.3808
18PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.3428582.3655
19LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.3328982.1828
20United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.2472980.6119
21San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.2445980.5623
22NiueNIUPolynesia1.2070979.8742
23UruguayURYSouth America1.1984079.7147
24FranceFRAWestern Europe1.1869479.5045
25LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe1.1723579.2367

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Norway1.82535
  2. 2Denmark1.81186
  3. 3Finland1.72814
  4. 4Sweden1.66392
  5. 5New Zealand1.65395

Lowest

  1. 208Eritrea-2.28430
  2. 207Turkmenistan-2.14148
  3. 206Afghanistan-2.06800
  4. 205North Korea-2.05563
  5. 204Myanmar-2.04912

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.02388. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNorway91.2201

    LowestEritrea15.8024

    Middle country: 58.1608

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 208values changed, of 208 in both
  • 86 · 122rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Fiji-0.04663 → 0.26162+0.30825
  • Cook Islands0.84068 → 1.11620+0.27552
  • Brazil0.11584 → 0.28486+0.16903
  • Thailand-0.74711 → -0.61227+0.13484
  • Benin-0.42453 → -0.29681+0.12772

Fell most

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 (2023). Voice and Accountability, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2023

0627 held

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2023?

Norway, at 1.82535, of the 208 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2023 cover?

208.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

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

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