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Voice and Accountability, 2018

Figures for 2018, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2018 covers 206 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.8458; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.2186. The middle country reads 0.1299. Against 2017, 203 values changed (94 up, 109 down), 3 countries joined, 4 left.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2018

HighestNorway

1.8458

LowestEritrea

-2.2186

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, 2018, 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 206 countries · select a heading to sort

Voice and Accountability, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.845891.596
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.755289.932
3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.689488.725
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.684488.633
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.661188.205
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.638687.793
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.561886.383
8CanadaCANNorthern America1.557186.297
9LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.533985.872
10GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.514185.508
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.482384.925
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.436684.086
=13ArubaABWCaribbean1.434084.039
=13GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.434084.039
15IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.414883.686
16BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.410883.612
17NiueNIUPolynesia1.395683.334
18IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.387783.189
19United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.365282.776
20LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.325782.052
21PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.242580.524
22UruguayURYSouth America1.232880.345
23San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.182379.419
24Costa RicaCRICentral America1.174279.271
25EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.172379.236

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Norway1.8458
  2. 2Finland1.7552
  3. 3New Zealand1.6894
  4. 4Denmark1.6844
  5. 5Sweden1.6611

Lowest

  1. 206Eritrea-2.2186
  2. 205North Korea-2.0497
  3. 204Syria-2.0071
  4. 203South Sudan-1.9442
  5. 202Sudan-1.8833

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.1299. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNorway91.596

    LowestEritrea17.008

    Middle country: 60.106

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −4countries joined / left
  • 203values changed, of 203 in both
  • 94 · 109rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Armenia-0.3313 → 0.2745+0.6058
  • Gambia-0.6729 → -0.3056+0.3673
  • Tuvalu0.6231 → 0.9832+0.3601
  • Samoa0.5036 → 0.8585+0.3549
  • Tonga0.3478 → 0.6841+0.3364

Fell most

+ Cook Islands+ New Caledonia+ Niue− Anguilla− American Samoa− Bermuda− United States Virgin Islands

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 206

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 2 countries share 1.4340. 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 206 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 (2018). Voice and Accountability, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2018

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2018?

Norway, at 1.8458, of the 206 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2018 cover?

206.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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