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Voice and Accountability, 2020

Figures for 2020, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2020 covers 208 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.8432; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.2199. The middle country reads 0.1365. Against 2019, 208 values changed (86 up, 122 down), the same countries are covered.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2020

HighestNorway

1.8432

LowestEritrea

-2.2199

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.843291.548
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.733689.537
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.700088.920
4New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.685088.645
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.651188.023
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.610687.279
7CanadaCANNorthern America1.543786.052
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.534085.874
9LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.517385.568
10GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.491385.090
=11ArubaABWCaribbean1.432684.013
=11GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.432684.013
13AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.420683.793
14AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.393383.292
15IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.382683.095
16IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.377382.997
17BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.370682.875
18LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.331382.154
19EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.326582.065
20United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.301781.610
21PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.274281.105
22UruguayURYSouth America1.251080.679
23NiueNIUPolynesia1.242980.531
24New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia1.213079.982
25Costa RicaCRICentral America1.184579.459

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Norway1.8432
  2. 2Finland1.7336
  3. 3Denmark1.7000
  4. 4New Zealand1.6850
  5. 5Sweden1.6511

Lowest

  1. 208Eritrea-2.2199
  2. 207North Korea-2.0602
  3. 206Turkmenistan-1.9981
  4. 205Syria-1.9427
  5. 204South Sudan-1.8365

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.1365. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNorway91.548

    LowestEritrea16.984

    Middle country: 60.227

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 208values changed, of 208 in both
  • 86 · 122rose · 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

  • 207 distinct values among 208

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 2 countries share 1.4326. 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 (2020). Voice and Accountability, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2020

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2020?

Norway, at 1.8432, of the 208 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2020 cover?

208.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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