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Voice and Accountability, 2010

Figures for 2010, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2010 covers 208 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.6958; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.3402. The middle country reads 0.0743. Against 2009, 208 values changed (67 up, 141 down), the same countries are covered.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2010

HighestNorway

1.6958

LowestEritrea

-2.3402

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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.695888.843
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.672188.409
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.669088.351
4New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.653288.062
5LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.652288.043
6FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.583086.773
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.577486.670
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.570286.537
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.568686.508
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.536585.920
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.536185.913
12IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.474584.781
13BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.460884.529
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.447084.277
15GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.435584.066
16ArubaABWCaribbean1.413883.668
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.385983.156
18AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.382783.097
19CanadaCANNorthern America1.368082.828
20United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.359982.679
21PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.350582.506
22FranceFRAWestern Europe1.309781.757
23Saint LuciaLCACaribbean1.298181.545
24San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.254280.739
25United StatesUSANorthern America1.238180.442

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Norway1.6958
  2. 2Denmark1.6721
  3. 3Sweden1.6690
  4. 4New Zealand1.6532
  5. 5Liechtenstein1.6522

Lowest

  1. 208Eritrea-2.3402
  2. 207Libya-1.9396
  3. 206Somalia-1.8679
  4. 205Equatorial Guinea-1.8380
  5. 204Saudi Arabia-1.7793

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.0743. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNorway88.843

    LowestEritrea14.776

    Middle country: 59.086

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 208values changed, of 208 in both
  • 67 · 141rose · 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

  • 205 distinct values among 208

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 1.0296. 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 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. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2010). Voice and Accountability, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2010

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2010?

Norway, at 1.6958, of the 208 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2010 cover?

208.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2010?

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, 2010 the newest?

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

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