Data for 2024

Voice and Accountability, 2024

Name: Voice and Accountability, 2024
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Voice and Accountability, 2024 covers 208 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.8225; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.3626. The middle country reads 0.0154. Against 2023, 208 values changed (77 up, 131 down), the same countries are covered.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2024

HighestNorway

1.8225

LowestEritrea

-2.3626

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

208countries
2measures per country
2024the year it describes
208distinct values18 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.8225	91.168
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.7731	90.260
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.7105	89.112
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.6431	87.875
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.6369	87.761
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.5970	87.029
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.5870	86.845
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.5817	86.748
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.5410	86.002
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.5360	85.909
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.4667	84.639
12	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.4225	83.827
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.4210	83.800
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.4175	83.736
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.3950	83.323
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.3580	82.644
17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.3463	82.429
18	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.3444	82.394
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.2856	81.315
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.2706	81.039
21	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.2599	80.844
22	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.2432	80.537
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.2146	80.013
24	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1.2046	79.828
25	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.2023	79.785
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.1863	79.493
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.1482	78.794
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.1334	78.523
29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.1182	78.242
30	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.1158	78.198
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.1065	78.028
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.0981	77.873
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.0726	77.406
34	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.0706	77.369
35	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	1.0670	77.304
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.0421	76.847
37	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	1.0389	76.787
38	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.0364	76.743
39	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.0176	76.397
40	Chile`CHL`South America	1.0175	76.394
41	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1.0133	76.318
42	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.0069	76.200
43	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	1.0022	76.114
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.9769	75.651
45	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.9602	75.344
46	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.9556	75.259
47	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.9405	74.981
48	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.9112	74.444
49	United States`USA`Northern America	0.9093	74.410
50	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.9074	74.375
51	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.8961	74.168
52	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.8862	73.985
53	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.8822	73.911
54	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.8331	73.010
55	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.8090	72.570
56	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.7851	72.131
57	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.7730	71.908
58	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.7557	71.591
59	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.7503	71.492
60	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.7347	71.206
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.6675	69.973
62	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.6648	69.922
63	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.6406	69.477
64	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.6399	69.466
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.6277	69.242
66	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.6038	68.804
67	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.5815	68.394
68	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.5525	67.862
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.5438	67.703
70	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.5432	67.691
71	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.5428	67.683
72	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.5202	67.269
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.5063	67.013
74	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.4981	66.863
75	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.4907	66.728
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.4485	65.954
77	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.4475	65.935
78	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.4288	65.592
79	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.4274	65.565
80	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.4071	65.194
81	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.4037	65.132
82	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.4019	65.098
83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.3835	64.761
84	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.3686	64.487
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.3381	63.927
86	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.3374	63.915
87	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.3190	63.576
88	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.2947	63.130
89	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.2856	62.964
90	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.2346	62.028
91	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.2215	61.788
92	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.2190	61.741
93	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.2112	61.598
94	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.2083	61.545
95	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.2076	61.532
96	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.1911	61.230
97	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.1248	60.013
98	Colombia`COL`South America	0.1244	60.005
99	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.1048	59.646
100	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.0740	59.080
101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.0736	59.073
102	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.0677	58.964
103	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.0168	58.030
104	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.0164	58.024
105	Peru`PER`South America	0.0143	57.984
106	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.0131	57.963
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.0110	57.521
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.0111	57.518
109	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.0155	57.438
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.0460	56.879
111	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.0570	56.677
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.0572	56.672
113	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-0.0766	56.316
114	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.1111	55.684
115	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.1300	55.336
116	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	-0.1668	54.661
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.1670	54.658
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.2065	53.932
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.2278	53.542
120	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.2411	53.299
121	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.2665	52.832
122	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.2707	52.754
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.2751	52.674
124	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-0.2806	52.573
125	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.3218	51.817
126	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.3347	51.580
127	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.3576	51.161
128	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.3728	50.882
129	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.4081	50.233
130	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	-0.4178	50.054
131	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.4828	48.862
132	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	-0.4872	48.782
133	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.5200	48.181
134	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.5457	47.709
135	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.5507	47.616
136	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.5935	46.831
137	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.5995	46.720
138	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.6658	45.504
139	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-0.6717	45.395
140	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.6865	45.125
141	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.6932	45.002
142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.6953	44.963
143	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.7476	44.003
144	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.7503	43.953
145	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-0.7765	43.472
146	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.7820	43.371
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-0.8135	42.794
148	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-0.8768	41.632
149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.8859	41.466
150	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.9018	41.174
151	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.9143	40.944
152	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.9396	40.480
153	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	-0.9483	40.320
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.9553	40.191
155	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.9778	39.779
156	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.9826	39.690
157	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.9866	39.617
158	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.9967	39.433
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-1.0207	38.991
160	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-1.0724	38.043
161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-1.0797	37.908
162	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-1.0989	37.556
163	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-1.1143	37.274
164	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-1.1290	37.003
165	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.1534	36.556
166	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-1.1809	36.052
167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.1839	35.996
168	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.1880	35.921
169	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-1.1910	35.866
170	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.2224	35.289
171	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.2308	35.135
172	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.2455	34.866
173	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.2485	34.811
174	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.2536	34.718
175	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.2600	34.600
176	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.2625	34.554
177	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-1.2757	34.313
178	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-1.2955	33.949
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-1.3233	33.438
180	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.3751	32.487
181	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.4128	31.795
182	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-1.4282	31.513
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.4489	31.133
184	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-1.4604	30.922
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-1.4726	30.698
186	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.5614	29.068
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.5713	28.886
188	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.6016	28.331
189	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.6040	28.286
190	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-1.6225	27.948
191	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.6260	27.884
192	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.6423	27.584
193	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.7029	26.472
194	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-1.7055	26.424
195	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.7174	26.205
196	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.7347	25.889
197	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-1.7408	25.777
198	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.7454	25.693
199	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-1.7457	25.687
200	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.7533	25.547
201	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.7964	24.756
202	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.8606	23.577
203	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.9283	22.336
204	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-2.1192	18.832
205	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.1248	18.730
206	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-2.1409	18.433
207	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-2.1549	18.178
208	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-2.3626	14.366

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

1Norway1.8225
2Denmark1.7731
3Finland1.7105
4Sweden1.6431
5New Zealand1.6369

Lowest

208Eritrea-2.3626
207Afghanistan-2.1549
206Myanmar-2.1409
205North Korea-2.1248
204Turkmenistan-2.1192

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.0154. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Voice and Accountability (0–100)
HighestNorway91.168
LowestEritrea14.366
Middle country: 58.004

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
208values changed, of 208 in both
77 · 131rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Solomon Islands0.2538 → 0.6038+0.3500
Poland0.4413 → 0.7730+0.3317
Marshall Islands0.7859 → 1.0022+0.2162
Micronesia0.7971 → 1.0133+0.2162
Tuvalu1.0474 → 1.2599+0.2125

Fell most

New Caledonia0.6736 → 0.0740−0.5997
Burkina Faso-0.6557 → -0.9866−0.3309
Niger-0.7452 → -1.0207−0.2756
Guinea-Bissau-0.5756 → -0.8135−0.2379
Georgia-0.0683 → -0.2806−0.2123

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 (2024). Voice and Accountability, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2024

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