Governance
Voice & accountability
GOV_WGI_VA.EST · score
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Montenegro. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, Italy
- 1.07 score2024
- Period covered
- 1996 - 202426 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 1.65 scoreNetherlands, 2024
- Lowest of the compared countries
- -1.89 scoreSouth Sudan, 2024
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
Netherlands1.65 score2024
Spain1.15 score2024
Italy1.07 score2024
United States0.89 score2024
Montenegro0.39 score2024
Sierra Leone-0.51 score2024
China-1.65 score2024
South Sudan-1.89 score2024
Year by year values
Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.
| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Sierra Leone | Montenegro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.07 score | 1.15 score | 1.65 score | 0.89 score | -1.65 score | -1.89 score | -0.51 score | 0.39 score |
| 2023 | 1.09 score | 1.15 score | 1.7 score | 0.86 score | -1.65 score | -1.86 score | -0.47 score | 0.22 score |
| 2022 | 1.04 score | 1.15 score | 1.73 score | 0.92 score | -1.62 score | -1.95 score | -0.31 score | 0.18 score |
| 2021 | 1.02 score | 1.14 score | 1.72 score | 0.89 score | -1.61 score | -1.94 score | -0.28 score | 0.09 score |
| 2020 | 1.02 score | 1.16 score | 1.81 score | 0.96 score | -1.54 score | -1.94 score | -0.27 score | 0.1 score |
| 2019 | 0.89 score | 1.09 score | 1.73 score | 1.02 score | -1.5 score | -2.04 score | -0.32 score | 0.09 score |
| 2018 | 0.91 score | 1.06 score | 1.73 score | 1.05 score | -1.45 score | -2.04 score | -0.27 score | 0.11 score |
| 2017 | 0.99 score | 1.07 score | 1.73 score | 1.12 score | -1.38 score | -1.87 score | -0.37 score | 0.17 score |
| 2016 | 1.04 score | 1.1 score | 1.79 score | 1.24 score | -1.39 score | -1.88 score | -0.38 score | 0.1 score |
| 2015 | 1.02 score | 1.1 score | 1.79 score | 1.29 score | -1.39 score | -1.57 score | -0.37 score | 0.2 score |
| 2014 | 0.98 score | 1.06 score | 1.72 score | 1.2 score | -1.36 score | -1.52 score | -0.3 score | 0.19 score |
| 2013 | 0.91 score | 1.02 score | 1.72 score | 1.17 score | -1.47 score | -1.43 score | -0.32 score | 0.17 score |
| 2012 | 0.89 score | 1.19 score | 1.8 score | 1.26 score | -1.46 score | -1.27 score | -0.28 score | 0.2 score |
| 2011 | 0.85 score | 1.16 score | 1.73 score | 1.23 score | -1.37 score | -1.22 score | -0.2 score | -0.03 score |
| 2010 | 1.03 score | 1.27 score | 1.65 score | 1.29 score | -1.5 score | -0.16 score | -0.04 score | |
| 2009 | 1.14 score | 1.32 score | 1.7 score | 1.3 score | -1.48 score | -0.24 score | 0.21 score | |
| 2008 | 1.15 score | 1.37 score | 1.73 score | 1.33 score | -1.49 score | -0.21 score | 0.23 score | |
| 2007 | 1.22 score | 1.31 score | 1.76 score | 1.29 score | -1.47 score | -0.26 score | 0.25 score | |
| 2006 | 1.19 score | 1.25 score | 1.76 score | 1.29 score | -1.45 score | -0.27 score | 0.3 score | |
| 2005 | 1.01 score | 1.21 score | 1.7 score | 1.33 score | -1.48 score | -0.31 score | -0.25 score | |
| 2004 | 0.95 score | 1.23 score | 1.65 score | 1.24 score | -1.56 score | -0.21 score | -0.3 score | |
| 2003 | 0.94 score | 1.2 score | 1.67 score | 1.33 score | -1.59 score | -0.48 score | -0.29 score | |
| 2002 | 0.96 score | 1.29 score | 1.67 score | 1.4 score | -1.63 score | -0.58 score | -0.07 score | |
| 2000 | 0.94 score | 1.27 score | 1.69 score | 1.28 score | -1.59 score | -1.18 score | -0.64 score | |
| 1998 | 0.98 score | 1.25 score | 1.66 score | 1.38 score | -1.61 score | -1.06 score | -0.5 score | |
| 1996 | 1 score | 1.23 score | 1.64 score | 1.37 score | -1.6 score | -0.74 score |
World Bank definition
Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Text published by the World Bank for indicator GOV_WGI_VA.EST, reproduced unchanged.
The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia
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