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Voice and Accountability, 2000

Figures for 2000, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2000 covers 200 countries on 2 measures. New Zealand is highest, at 1.4914; Afghanistan is lowest, at -2.3741. The middle country reads -0.1898. Against 1998, 200 values changed (119 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2000

HighestNew Zealand

1.4914

LowestAfghanistan

-2.3741

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, 2000, 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 200 countries · select a heading to sort

Voice and Accountability, 2000: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.491485.092
=2AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.484784.969
=2LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.484784.969
4CanadaCANNorthern America1.453984.404
5LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.428883.943
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.425083.873
7SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.423483.844
8FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.420183.784
9IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.415683.701
10Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.415183.692
11NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.397783.373
12DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.335382.226
=13San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.322781.995
=13TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.322781.995
15Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia1.250380.667
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.238380.447
17SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.232180.333
18BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.222380.153
19BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.193779.629
20PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.184379.456
21AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.175179.287
22BahamasBHSCaribbean1.162279.050
23AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.146578.762
24KiribatiKIRMicronesia1.123678.342
25IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.105078.000

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1New Zealand1.4914
  2. 2Andorrashared1.4847
  3. 2Liechtensteinshared1.4847
  4. 4Canada1.4539
  5. 5Luxembourg1.4288

Lowest

  1. 200Afghanistan-2.3741
  2. 199Myanmar-2.3002
  3. 198North Korea-2.2198
  4. 197Turkmenistan-2.1319
  5. 196Saudi Arabia-2.0868

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1898. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNew Zealand85.092

    LowestAfghanistan14.155

    Middle country: 54.240

031998 → 2000

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 200values changed, of 200 in both
  • 119 · 81rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

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.

The site’s method

  • 197 distinct values among 200

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 2 countries share 1.4847. 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 200 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. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2000). Voice and Accountability, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2000

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2000?

New Zealand, at 1.4914, of the 200 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2000 cover?

200.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2000?

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, 2000 the newest?

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

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