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Voice and Accountability, 2012

Figures for 2012, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2012 covers 209 countries on 2 measures. Sweden is highest, at 1.819220; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.418807. The middle country reads 0.050947. Against 2011, 209 values changed (90 up, 119 down), the same countries are covered.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2012

HighestSweden

1.819220

LowestEritrea

-2.418807

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.81922091.108
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.79556290.673
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.75130489.861
4New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.73670289.593
5FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.72746489.424
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.71101789.122
7AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.60813187.234
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.58216486.757
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.56111286.371
10AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.51024585.438
11LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.50010685.251
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.46802884.663
13AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.44483784.237
14GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.43600984.075
15IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.43387884.036
16ArubaABWCaribbean1.41422783.675
17BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.39823983.382
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.39288183.284
19CanadaCANNorthern America1.39096883.249
20IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.35992082.679
21FranceFRAWestern Europe1.29945781.569
22San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.26014980.848
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.23285880.347
24JapanJPNEastern Asia1.22229780.153
25United StatesUSANorthern America1.22021080.115

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Sweden1.819220
  2. 2Norway1.795562
  3. 3Denmark1.751304
  4. 4New Zealand1.736702
  5. 5Finland1.727464

Lowest

  1. 209Eritrea-2.418807
  2. 208North Korea-2.117235
  3. 207Syria-1.960015
  4. 206Turkmenistan-1.859804
  5. 205Equatorial Guinea-1.842876

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.050947. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestSweden91.108

    LowestEritrea13.334

    Middle country: 58.657

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 209values changed, of 209 in both
  • 90 · 119rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Macau0.660672 → -0.014234−0.674906
  • Mali0.109588 → -0.521489−0.631077
  • North Korea-1.675250 → -2.117235−0.441985
  • Guinea-Bissau-0.748688 → -1.130272−0.381584
  • Maldives-0.029908 → -0.292364−0.262456

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 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 1.030708. 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 (2012). Voice and Accountability, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2012

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2012?

Sweden, at 1.819220, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2012 cover?

209.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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