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Voice and Accountability, 2015

Figures for 2015, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2015 covers 209 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.8171; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.3579. The middle country reads 0.0899. Against 2014, 209 values changed (112 up, 97 down), the same countries are covered.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2015

HighestNorway

1.8171

LowestEritrea

-2.3579

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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.817191.068
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.742189.692
3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.721689.316
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.708089.067
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.705889.025
6SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.697288.868
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.538785.960
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.535985.908
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.527585.755
10CanadaCANNorthern America1.525585.717
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.506885.375
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.477984.844
13BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.467884.658
14GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.436684.086
15IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.436484.083
16United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.428583.938
17LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.425783.885
18ArubaABWCaribbean1.414783.683
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.388583.202
20AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.311481.789
21PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.308181.728
22San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.260780.859
23FranceFRAWestern Europe1.230080.294
24United StatesUSANorthern America1.230080.294
25UruguayURYSouth America1.209779.923

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Norway1.8171
  2. 2Finland1.7421
  3. 3New Zealand1.7216
  4. 4Denmark1.7080
  5. 5Netherlands1.7058

Lowest

  1. 209Eritrea-2.3579
  2. 208North Korea-2.1087
  3. 207Syria-1.9756
  4. 206Equatorial Guinea-1.8414
  5. 205Turkmenistan-1.8216

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.0899. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNorway91.068

    LowestEritrea14.452

    Middle country: 59.372

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 209values changed, of 209 in both
  • 112 · 97rose · 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 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 1.0319. 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 (2015). Voice and Accountability, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2015

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2015?

Norway, at 1.8171, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2015 cover?

209.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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