Countries With the Highest Voice and Accountability
Every country with a figure for voice and accountability, ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Norway (1.93), Denmark (1.89) and Finland (1.85). The middle country of the 208 has -0.0124.
What this measures
Voice and Accountability (estimate), in index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5). Source: World Bank. For this measure, higher is better.
The full ranking
Each country’s latest figure, from 2017–2024. The year beside each value says when it was measured.
| Rank | Country | Voice and accountability | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 1.93 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 2 | Denmark | 1.89 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 3 | Finland | 1.85 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 4 | Sweden | 1.73 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 5 | New Zealand | 1.69 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 1.67 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 7 | Netherlands | 1.65 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 8 | Switzerland | 1.64 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 9 | Ireland | 1.64 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 10 | Germany | 1.6 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 11 | Australia | 1.51 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 12 | Canada | 1.5 | 2024 | North America |
| 13 | Belgium | 1.5 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 14 | Iceland | 1.42 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 15 | Estonia | 1.41 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 16 | Austria | 1.41 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 17 | Greenland | 1.4 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 18 | Liechtenstein | 1.33 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 1.3 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 20 | Portugal | 1.27 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 21 | Czechia | 1.25 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 22 | San Marino | 1.25 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 23 | Uruguay | 1.23 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 24 | Lithuania | 1.22 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 25 | Tuvalu | 1.19 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 26 | Guam | 1.18 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 27 | France | 1.15 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 28 | Spain | 1.15 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 29 | Latvia | 1.13 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 30 | Japan | 1.12 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 31 | Italy | 1.07 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 32 | Slovenia | 1.06 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 33 | Bermuda | 1.06 | 2017 | North America |
| 34 | Palau | 1.04 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 35 | Taiwan | 1.02 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 1.01 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 37 | Chile | 0.994 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 38 | Barbados | 0.994 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 39 | Kiribati | 0.973 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 40 | Aruba | 0.958 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 41 | Cayman Islands | 0.958 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 42 | Marshall Islands | 0.954 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 43 | American Samoa | 0.931 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 44 | Slovak Republic | 0.93 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 45 | Malta | 0.922 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 46 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 0.903 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 47 | Samoa | 0.888 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 48 | Cyprus | 0.887 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 49 | United States | 0.887 | 2024 | North America |
| 50 | French Polynesia | 0.877 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 51 | Monaco | 0.837 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 52 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 0.833 | 2017 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 53 | Tonga | 0.821 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 54 | Korea, Rep. | 0.808 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 55 | Cabo Verde | 0.791 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 56 | Andorra | 0.789 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 57 | Greece | 0.782 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 58 | Poland | 0.752 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 0.731 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 60 | Croatia | 0.649 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 61 | Seychelles | 0.634 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 62 | St. Lucia | 0.611 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 63 | South Africa | 0.607 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 64 | Naoero | 0.599 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 65 | Bahamas, The | 0.553 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 66 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.512 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 67 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.503 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 68 | Vanuatu | 0.486 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 69 | Jamaica | 0.485 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 70 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.46 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 71 | Panama | 0.441 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.406 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 73 | Bhutan | 0.401 | 2024 | South Asia |
| 74 | Montenegro | 0.391 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 75 | Romania | 0.387 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 76 | Argentina | 0.386 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 77 | Dominica | 0.38 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 78 | Grenada | 0.379 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 79 | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.378 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 80 | Mauritius | 0.369 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 81 | Timor-Leste | 0.346 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 82 | Namibia | 0.337 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 83 | Fiji | 0.332 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 84 | Solomon Islands | 0.327 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 85 | Brazil | 0.316 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 86 | Botswana | 0.295 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 87 | Israel | 0.295 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 88 | Moldova | 0.284 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 0.213 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 90 | Ghana | 0.204 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 0.201 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 92 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.165 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 93 | Kosovo | 0.16 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 94 | Mongolia | 0.127 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 95 | Armenia | 0.12 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 96 | Belize | 0.104 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 0.0737 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 98 | Macao SAR, China | 0.0636 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 99 | Suriname | 0.0554 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 100 | Peru | 0.0456 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 101 | Singapore | 0.0383 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 102 | Colombia | 0.0346 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 103 | Senegal | 0.0161 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 104 | Albania | -0.0124 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 105 | Hungary | -0.0277 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 106 | Nepal | -0.0598 | 2024 | South Asia |
| 107 | India | -0.0789 | 2024 | South Asia |
| 108 | Ecuador | -0.105 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 109 | Guyana | -0.107 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 110 | Malawi | -0.109 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 111 | Ukraine | -0.111 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 112 | Liberia | -0.112 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | -0.126 | 2024 | South Asia |
| 114 | Malaysia | -0.127 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 115 | Paraguay | -0.15 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 116 | Lesotho | -0.155 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 117 | Indonesia | -0.175 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 118 | Gambia, The | -0.182 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 119 | Georgia | -0.254 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 120 | Hong Kong SAR, China | -0.321 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 121 | Papua New Guinea | -0.326 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 122 | Mexico | -0.338 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 123 | Kenya | -0.354 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 124 | Philippines | -0.355 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 125 | Benin | -0.38 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.395 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 127 | Zambia | -0.408 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 128 | Maldives | -0.412 | 2024 | South Asia |
| 129 | Bolivia | -0.44 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 130 | Serbia | -0.466 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 131 | Guatemala | -0.471 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | -0.513 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 133 | Thailand | -0.56 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 134 | Rwanda | -0.589 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 135 | Cote d'Ivoire | -0.617 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 136 | Tanzania | -0.645 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 137 | Honduras | -0.654 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 138 | Tunisia | -0.684 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 139 | Jordan | -0.714 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 140 | Kuwait | -0.718 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 141 | Madagascar | -0.725 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 142 | Nigeria | -0.727 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 143 | Morocco | -0.727 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 144 | Lebanon | -0.773 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | -0.779 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 146 | El Salvador | -0.788 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 147 | Brunei Darussalam | -0.8 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 148 | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.801 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 149 | Kazakhstan | -0.816 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | -0.854 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 151 | Oman | -0.888 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 152 | Mauritania | -0.925 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 153 | Qatar | -0.954 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | -0.964 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 155 | Niger | -0.971 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 156 | Togo | -0.972 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 157 | Mozambique | -1.01 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 158 | Uganda | -1.01 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 159 | Gabon | -1.02 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 160 | Iraq | -1.02 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 161 | Uzbekistan | -1.04 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 162 | Algeria | -1.05 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 163 | Angola | -1.06 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 164 | Turkiye | -1.09 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 165 | Viet Nam | -1.1 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 166 | Bangladesh | -1.16 | 2024 | South Asia |
| 167 | Pakistan | -1.17 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 168 | Guinea | -1.21 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 169 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | -1.21 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 170 | Mali | -1.22 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 171 | Comoros | -1.24 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 172 | Cameroon | -1.24 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 173 | Ethiopia | -1.24 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 174 | Djibouti | -1.25 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 175 | Zimbabwe | -1.26 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 176 | Haiti | -1.26 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 177 | Cuba | -1.27 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 178 | Central African Republic | -1.31 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 179 | Congo, Rep. | -1.31 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 180 | Bahrain | -1.32 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 181 | Libya | -1.34 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 182 | West Bank and Gaza | -1.35 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 183 | Eswatini | -1.35 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 184 | Russian Federation | -1.42 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 185 | Lao PDR | -1.47 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 186 | Burundi | -1.49 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 187 | Azerbaijan | -1.5 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 188 | Chad | -1.52 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 189 | Saudi Arabia | -1.55 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 190 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | -1.55 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 191 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.58 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 192 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | -1.6 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 193 | Tajikistan | -1.64 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 194 | China | -1.65 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 195 | Cambodia | -1.67 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 196 | Belarus | -1.69 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 197 | Yemen, Rep. | -1.7 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 198 | Nicaragua | -1.72 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 199 | Equatorial Guinea | -1.73 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 200 | Venezuela, RB | -1.82 | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 201 | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.85 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 202 | Sudan | -1.88 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 203 | South Sudan | -1.89 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 204 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | -1.99 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 205 | Turkmenistan | -2.04 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 206 | Myanmar | -2.12 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 207 | Afghanistan | -2.15 | 2024 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 208 | Eritrea | -2.29 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
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