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Voice and Accountability, 2019

Figures for 2019, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2019 covers 208 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.8398; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.2245. The middle country reads 0.1359. Against 2018, 206 values changed (93 up, 113 down), 2 countries joined.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2019

HighestNorway

1.8398

LowestEritrea

-2.2245

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, 2019, 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 208 countries · select a heading to sort

Voice and Accountability, 2019: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.839891.485
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.743589.718
3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.695588.837
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.689888.733
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.644587.902
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.626687.572
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.541986.018
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.535285.896
9CanadaCANNorthern America1.531485.826
10GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.503285.308
=11ArubaABWCaribbean1.433784.032
=11GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.433784.032
13AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.429883.962
14AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.420083.781
15IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.407483.551
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.392383.274
17BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.379683.040
18NiueNIUPolynesia1.346982.441
19EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.337982.275
20LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.331782.161
21American SamoaASMPolynesia1.328982.110
22United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.303581.643
23UruguayURYSouth America1.238580.450
24PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.216780.050
25TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.199479.733

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Norway1.8398
  2. 2Finland1.7435
  3. 3New Zealand1.6955
  4. 4Denmark1.6898
  5. 5Sweden1.6445

Lowest

  1. 208Eritrea-2.2245
  2. 207Turkmenistan-2.1094
  3. 206North Korea-2.0620
  4. 205Syria-1.9723
  5. 204South Sudan-1.9234

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.1359. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNorway91.485

    LowestEritrea16.900

    Middle country: 60.216

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 206values changed, of 206 in both
  • 93 · 113rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ American Samoa+ French Polynesia

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

  • 207 distinct values among 208

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 2 countries share 1.4337. 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 208 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 (2019). Voice and Accountability, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2019

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2019?

Norway, at 1.8398, of the 208 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2019 cover?

208.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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