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Voice and Accountability, 1996

Figures for 1996, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 1996 covers 199 countries on 2 measures. New Zealand is highest, at 1.49721; Afghanistan is lowest, at -2.29370. The middle country reads -0.12311.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 1996

HighestNew Zealand

1.49721

LowestAfghanistan

-2.29370

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Voice and Accountability, 1996, 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 199 countries · select a heading to sort

Voice and Accountability, 1996: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.4972185.198
=2AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.4847884.970
=2LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.4847884.970
4NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.4707684.713
5CanadaCANNorthern America1.4504584.340
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.4367784.089
7Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.4153583.696
8NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.4129583.652
9IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.4047683.502
10DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.4010783.434
11FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.3772482.997
12PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.3564182.614
=13San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.3227681.997
=13TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.3227681.997
15SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.3179881.909
16AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.3027281.629
17Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia1.2503780.669
18SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.2456280.581
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.2402180.482
20BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.2372980.428
21SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.2309680.312
22BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.1918479.594
23KiribatiKIRMicronesia1.1598979.008
24SpainESPSouthern Europe1.1461078.755
25IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.1342078.537

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1New Zealand1.49721
  2. 2Andorrashared1.48478
  3. 2Liechtensteinshared1.48478
  4. 4Netherlands1.47076
  5. 5Canada1.45045

Lowest

  1. 199Afghanistan-2.29370
  2. 198Myanmar-2.21692
  3. 197Kosovo-2.15464
  4. 196Sudan-2.15125
  5. 195Timor-Leste-2.12172

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.12311. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNew Zealand85.198

    LowestAfghanistan15.630

    Middle country: 55.463

03Caveats

Read before you use

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

The site’s method

  • 196 distinct values among 199

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 2 countries share 1.48478. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 199 countries has every column.

04The 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. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1996). Voice and Accountability, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/1996

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06Questions

Voice and Accountability, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 1996?

New Zealand, at 1.49721, of the 199 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 1996 cover?

199.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 1996?

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, 1996 the newest?

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

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