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Voice and Accountability, 2011

Figures for 2011, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2011 covers 209 countries on 2 measures. Sweden is highest, at 1.7960; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.3516. The middle country reads 0.0531. Against 2010, 208 values changed (95 up, 113 down), 1 country joined.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2011

HighestSweden

1.7960

LowestEritrea

-2.3516

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, 2011, 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 209 countries · select a heading to sort

Voice and Accountability, 2011: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.796090.682
2New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.752489.882
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.744289.731
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.665988.295
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.659188.170
6FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.610987.285
7LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.608187.234
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.588486.872
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.564686.434
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.563986.423
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.508885.411
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.458984.495
13GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.438084.111
14IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.427683.921
15ArubaABWCaribbean1.415783.702
16United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.415583.698
17BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.388883.208
18CanadaCANNorthern America1.384883.135
19AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.384583.131
20IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.360882.695
21PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.320581.956
22San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.256780.784
23JapanJPNEastern Asia1.242680.525
24Saint LuciaLCACaribbean1.242380.521
25FranceFRAWestern Europe1.229380.281

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Sweden1.7960
  2. 2New Zealand1.7524
  3. 3Norway1.7442
  4. 4Denmark1.6659
  5. 5Netherlands1.6591

Lowest

  1. 209Eritrea-2.3516
  2. 208Turkmenistan-1.8671
  3. 207Equatorial Guinea-1.8297
  4. 206Somalia-1.8147
  5. 205Saudi Arabia-1.8108

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.0531. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestSweden90.682

    LowestEritrea14.567

    Middle country: 58.696

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 208values changed, of 208 in both
  • 95 · 113rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Tunisia-1.3931 → -0.2220+1.1711
  • Libya-1.9396 → -1.5305+0.4091
  • Kiribati0.3562 → 0.7130+0.3568
  • Niger-0.5363 → -0.2828+0.2535
  • Armenia-0.7250 → -0.5481+0.1768

Fell most

+ South Sudan

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

  • 206 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 3 countries share 1.0348. 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 209 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 (2011). Voice and Accountability, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2011

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2011?

Sweden, at 1.7960, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2011 cover?

209.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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