All🗳️ Voice and Accountability
World Bank governance score for citizen participation, freedom of expression and a free media; higher is better.
1
🇳🇴Norway
91.2
2
🇩🇰Denmark
90.5
3
🇫🇮Finland
88.8
4
🇸🇪Sweden
87.6
5
🇳🇿New Zealand
87.3
6
🇮🇪Ireland
87.1
7
🇱🇺Luxembourg
87.1
8
🇳🇱Netherlands
86.8
9
🇩🇪Germany
86.0
10
🇨🇭Switzerland
85.9
11
🇨🇦Canada
85.2
12
🇧🇪Belgium
83.9
13
🇬🇱Greenland
83.8
14
🇦🇹Austria
83.8
15
🇦🇺Australia
83.7
16
🇮🇸Iceland
82.7
17
🇪🇪Estonia
82.4
18
🇱🇮Liechtenstein
82.3
19
🇬🇧United Kingdom
81.3
20
🇵🇹Portugal
81.1
21
🇹🇻Tuvalu
80.8
22
🇸🇲San Marino
80.5
23
🇺🇾Uruguay
80.0
24
🇨🇿Czechia
79.3
25
🇱🇹Lithuania
79.3
26
🇫🇷France
79.0
27
🇱🇻Latvia
78.3
28
🇪🇸Spain
78.2
29
🇦🇼Aruba
78.2
30
🇰🇾Cayman Islands
78.2
31
🇯🇵Japan
78.0
32
🇸🇮Slovenia
77.8
33
🇧🇧Barbados
77.6
34
🇮🇹Italy
77.6
35
🇨🇷Costa Rica
76.8
36
🇨🇱Chile
76.7
37
🇰🇮Kiribati
76.7
38
🇵🇼Palau
76.3
39
🇲🇹Malta
75.7
40
🇲🇨Monaco
74.9
41
🇲🇭Marshall Islands
74.7
42
🇼🇸Samoa
74.5
43
🇫🇲Micronesia
74.3
44
🇨🇾Cyprus
74.2
45
🇨🇻Cape Verde
73.9
46
🇵🇫French Polynesia
73.8
47
🇰🇷South Korea
73.8
48
🇬🇷Greece
73.5
49
🇸🇰Slovakia
73.3
50
🇵🇱Poland
72.7
Highlights
As of 2025, Norway ranks first with 91.2, followed by Denmark (90.5) and Finland (88.8).
The top two are virtually level: Norway and Denmark differ by less than 1%.
Across 202 countries and territories, values run from 91.2 (Norway) to 14.6 (Eritrea), with a median of 56.9.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Europe and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100), 2025. Unit: score.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026