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Voice and Accountability, 2022

Figures for 2022, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Voice and Accountability, 2022 covers 208 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.83527; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.21956. The middle country reads 0.05308. Against 2021, 208 values changed (78 up, 130 down), the same countries are covered.

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Voice and Accountability · Data for 2022

HighestNorway

1.83527

LowestEritrea

-2.21956

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.8352791.402
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.8019090.790
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.7845490.471
4New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.6822688.594
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.6801488.555
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.6560088.112
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.6358387.742
8IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.5806486.729
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.5789586.698
10GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.5355785.902
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.4706884.711
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.4698784.697
13CanadaCANNorthern America1.4357084.070
14GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.4255683.883
15AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.4067283.538
16IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.3602182.684
17EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.3535482.562
18LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.3527282.547
19PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.3157481.868
20United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.2973881.531
21San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.2471480.609
22NiueNIUPolynesia1.2117079.959
23UruguayURYSouth America1.1846279.462
24FranceFRAWestern Europe1.1844779.459
25LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe1.1609779.028

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Norway1.83527
  2. 2Denmark1.80190
  3. 3Finland1.78454
  4. 4New Zealand1.68226
  5. 5Sweden1.68014

Lowest

  1. 208Eritrea-2.21956
  2. 207Turkmenistan-2.11396
  3. 206North Korea-2.05165
  4. 205Syria-1.93919
  5. 204Myanmar-1.90398

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.05308. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNorway91.402

    LowestEritrea16.991

    Middle country: 58.697

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 208values changed, of 208 in both
  • 78 · 130rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Samoa0.81478 → 1.14446+0.32967
  • Zambia-0.51556 → -0.29454+0.22103
  • Kenya-0.41814 → -0.24136+0.17678
  • Lesotho-0.10758 → 0.04751+0.15508
  • Somalia-1.67617 → -1.53710+0.13907

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

  • 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 (2022). Voice and Accountability, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/voice-and-accountability/2022

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07Questions

Voice and Accountability, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest voice and accountability in Voice and Accountability, 2022?

Norway, at 1.83527, of the 208 countries in the file.

What year does Voice and Accountability, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Voice and Accountability, 2022 cover?

208.

Where can I download Voice and Accountability, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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