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Voice and Accountability, 2016

Figures for 2016, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2016 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.8180; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.3008. The middle country reads 0.1051. Against 2015, 207 values changed (75 up, 132 down), 2 left.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2016

HighestNorway

1.8180

LowestEritrea

-2.3008

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, 2016, 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 207 countries · select a heading to sort

Voice and Accountability, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.818091.084
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.722189.326
3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.717189.234
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.708789.079
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.695788.840
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.693988.807
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.541386.007
8CanadaCANNorthern America1.536485.918
9LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.530185.802
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.509685.425
11GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.479184.866
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.472284.740
13IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.450484.339
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.449884.327
15GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.435284.061
16United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.435184.058
17ArubaABWCaribbean1.413783.665
18LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.380283.050
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.376682.984
20PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.317681.902
21AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.273081.083
22UruguayURYSouth America1.222780.161
23San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.192979.613
24FranceFRAWestern Europe1.186479.494
25EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.180679.389

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Norway1.8180
  2. 2Finland1.7221
  3. 3New Zealand1.7171
  4. 4Denmark1.7087
  5. 5Sweden1.6957

Lowest

  1. 207Eritrea-2.3008
  2. 206North Korea-2.1134
  3. 205Syria-2.0081
  4. 204Turkmenistan-1.8280
  5. 203Sudan-1.8263

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.1051. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNorway91.084

    LowestEritrea15.500

    Middle country: 59.652

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −2countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 75 · 132rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Cook Islands− Niue

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

  • 204 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 1.0291. 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 207 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 (2016). Voice and Accountability, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2016

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2016?

Norway, at 1.8180, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2016 cover?

207.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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