Canada - Voice and Accountability 2021
1.45
−0.03 from 2020
Canada's voice and accountability was 1.45 in 2021, decreased +0.03 from 1.47 in 2020. This was the 9th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.74 | 1.0% |
| 2nd | Finland | 1.61 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 1.59 | -0.2% |
| 4th | Denmark | 1.54 | 2.0% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.54 | 0.4% |
| 6th | Luxembourg | 1.50 | -0.1% |
| 7th | Sweden | 1.49 | -0.4% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 1.49 | -2.0% |
| 9th | Canada | 1.45 | -1.8% |
| 10th | Germany | 1.42 | 3.3% |
| 11th | Ireland | 1.42 | 2.0% |
| 12th | Austria | 1.39 | -0.6% |
| 13th | Iceland | 1.36 | -1.4% |
| 14th | Australia | 1.36 | 4.6% |
| 15th | Liechtenstein | 1.33 | 5.5% |
| 16th | Uruguay | 1.29 | -1.6% |
| 17th | Greenland | 1.28 | -0.4% |
| 18th | Belgium | 1.27 | -0.6% |
| 19th | United Kingdom | 1.26 | 2.7% |
| 20th | Portugal | 1.25 | -0.7% |
| 21st | Tuvalu | 1.19 | 1.0% |
| 22nd | Estonia | 1.18 | 1.0% |
| 23rd | Guam | 1.14 | 1.9% |
| 24th | Kiribati | 1.12 | 0.5% |
| 25th | Barbados | 1.12 | -0.3% |
| 26th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.11 | -1.6% |
| 27th | France | 1.10 | 3.6% |
| 28th | Marshall Islands | 1.10 | -3.1% |
| 29th | San Marino | 1.09 | -2.9% |
| 30th | Italy | 1.08 | 2.8% |
| 31st | Costa Rica | 1.08 | -3.6% |
| 32nd | Malta | 1.07 | -4.3% |
| 33rd | Japan | 1.07 | 8.4% |
| 34th | Palau | 1.05 | -2.8% |
| 35th | Andorra | 1.03 | -4.9% |
| 36th | Lithuania | 1.03 | 2.6% |
| 37th | Aruba | 1.02 | -20.6% |
| 38th | Czechia | 1.01 | 3.0% |
| 39th | Spain | 1.00 | -0.4% |
| 40th | American Samoa | 0.98 | 1.0% |
| 41st | Chile | 0.96 | -3.5% |
| 42nd | Greece | 0.95 | -1.8% |
| 43rd | Korea | 0.93 | 13.3% |
| 44th | Cabo Verde | 0.93 | 2.0% |
| 45th | Slovenia | 0.90 | -2.9% |
| 46th | Slovak Republic | 0.90 | 2.8% |
| 47th | Bahamas, The | 0.90 | -1.2% |
| 48th | Latvia | 0.90 | 3.2% |
| 49th | United States | 0.88 | 2.4% |
| 50th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.87 | -4.3% |
| 51st | Cyprus | 0.86 | -5.2% |
| 52nd | St. Lucia | 0.85 | -2.1% |
| 53rd | Dominica | 0.81 | -6.8% |
| 54th | Tonga | 0.79 | 14.3% |
| 55th | South Africa | 0.78 | 13.5% |
| 56th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.77 | -4.8% |
| 57th | Cayman Islands | 0.76 | 53.2% |
| 58th | Samoa | 0.75 | -3.8% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.73 | -1.6% |
| 60th | Grenada | 0.72 | 5.7% |
| 61st | Vanuatu | 0.72 | 11.0% |
| 62nd | Monaco | 0.70 | 4.7% |
| 63rd | Israel | 0.67 | 3.4% |
| 64th | Mauritius | 0.67 | -4.9% |
| 65th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.66 | 3.4% |
| 66th | Seychelles | 0.63 | 31.0% |
| 67th | Jamaica | 0.62 | -0.8% |
| 68th | Argentina | 0.61 | 4.5% |
| 69th | Croatia | 0.60 | 3.8% |
| 70th | Romania | 0.59 | 1.5% |
| 71st | Poland | 0.58 | -5.9% |
| 72nd | Namibia | 0.57 | 2.4% |
| 73rd | Belize | 0.54 | 3.9% |
| 74th | Panama | 0.54 | -5.7% |
| 75th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.50 | 1.0% |
| 76th | Nauru | 0.48 | -9.7% |
| 77th | Ghana | 0.47 | -15.1% |
| 78th | Botswana | 0.46 | -6.9% |
| 79th | Timor-Leste | 0.45 | 21.9% |
| 80th | Solomon Islands | 0.41 | -8.4% |
| 81st | Hungary | 0.40 | 1.8% |
| 82nd | Suriname | 0.37 | -10.9% |
| 83rd | São Tomé and Principe | 0.34 | -7.4% |
| 84th | Mongolia | 0.31 | -17.0% |
| 85th | Dominican Republic | 0.29 | 24.3% |
| 86th | Bulgaria | 0.28 | 9.5% |
| 87th | Brazil | 0.25 | -11.4% |
| 88th | Guyana | 0.24 | 12.7% |
| 89th | Bhutan | 0.22 | 45.1% |
| 90th | Senegal | 0.20 | -18.3% |
| 91st | Peru | 0.17 | -29.0% |
| 92nd | Montenegro | 0.17 | 306.3% |
| 93rd | Indonesia | 0.15 | 50.4% |
| 94th | North Macedonia | 0.14 | 144.3% |
| 95th | Tunisia | 0.11 | -61.3% |
| 96th | Ecuador | 0.10 | 778.0% |
| 97th | Colombia | 0.09 | -34.2% |
| 98th | India | 0.09 | -28.9% |
| 99th | Albania | 0.09 | -0.9% |
| 100th | Ukraine | 0.07 | -20.6% |
| 101st | Malawi | 0.07 | 2,543.4% |
| 102nd | Armenia | 0.05 | 14.4% |
| 103rd | Moldova | 0.04 | 174.7% |
| 104th | Papua New Guinea | 0.03 | -8.7% |
| 105th | Georgia | 0.01 | -81.7% |
| 106th | Paraguay | 0.00 | -92.2% |
| 107th | Lesotho | -0.01 | -753.4% |
| 108th | Liberia | -0.02 | 70.1% |
| 109th | El Salvador | -0.06 | -186.8% |
| 110th | Sierra Leone | -0.07 | 29.9% |
| 111th | Sri Lanka | -0.07 | -42.8% |
| 112th | Mexico | -0.08 | -182.7% |
| 113th | Kosovo | -0.08 | 47.4% |
| 114th | Nepal | -0.09 | -0.1% |
| 115th | Gambia, The | -0.10 | 47.8% |
| 116th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.12 | -33.5% |
| 117th | Burkina Faso | -0.12 | 38.3% |
| 118th | Serbia | -0.13 | -6.1% |
| 119th | Singapore | -0.14 | 31.6% |
| 120th | Philippines | -0.15 | -45.7% |
| 121st | Malaysia | -0.16 | -6.8% |
| 122nd | Fiji | -0.17 | -406.9% |
| 123rd | Maldives | -0.21 | 30.0% |
| 124th | Benin | -0.23 | -208.1% |
| 125th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.25 | 45.0% |
| 126th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -0.25 | -1,121.6% |
| 127th | Madagascar | -0.28 | -6.1% |
| 128th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.32 | 1.9% |
| 129th | Kenya | -0.35 | -3.0% |
| 130th | Zambia | -0.37 | 13.1% |
| 131st | Niger | -0.39 | 20.7% |
| 132nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.46 | 13.5% |
| 133rd | Guatemala | -0.47 | -22.9% |
| 134th | Macao SAR, China | -0.53 | -84.0% |
| 135th | Honduras | -0.59 | 4.8% |
| 136th | Morocco | -0.59 | 0.5% |
| 137th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.59 | -2.3% |
| 138th | Mozambique | -0.61 | -2.3% |
| 139th | Lebanon | -0.63 | -12.9% |
| 140th | Nigeria | -0.64 | -9.5% |
| 141st | Kuwait | -0.70 | -3.9% |
| 142nd | Tanzania | -0.71 | 2.8% |
| 143rd | Comoros | -0.73 | 4.9% |
| 144th | Mauritania | -0.77 | 6.6% |
| 145th | Bangladesh | -0.77 | -0.7% |
| 146th | Thailand | -0.79 | 2.5% |
| 147th | Jordan | -0.79 | -5.8% |
| 148th | Togo | -0.79 | -5.7% |
| 149th | Mali | -0.80 | -5.4% |
| 150th | Uganda | -0.82 | -15.2% |
| 151st | Pakistan | -0.84 | 4.1% |
| 152nd | Brunei Darussalam | -0.85 | 8.8% |
| 153rd | Angola | -0.86 | -5.3% |
| 154th | Türkiye | -0.86 | 0.1% |
| 155th | Gabon | -0.89 | 8.8% |
| 156th | Haiti | -0.95 | -13.3% |
| 157th | Rwanda | -0.96 | 12.3% |
| 158th | Iraq | -0.96 | 4.4% |
| 159th | Guinea | -0.99 | -7.6% |
| 160th | Algeria | -1.01 | 6.9% |
| 161st | Russian Federation | -1.10 | -2.8% |
| 162nd | West Bank and Gaza | -1.11 | 1.7% |
| 163rd | Kazakhstan | -1.13 | 4.2% |
| 164th | Zimbabwe | -1.14 | -2.4% |
| 165th | Cameroon | -1.16 | 3.8% |
| 166th | Qatar | -1.17 | 8.8% |
| 167th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.19 | 5.1% |
| 168th | United Arab Emirates | -1.19 | -1.1% |
| 169th | Oman | -1.19 | -4.2% |
| 170th | Central African Republic | -1.19 | 8.4% |
| 171st | Congo, Republic of | -1.24 | 3.4% |
| 172nd | Nicaragua | -1.29 | -17.1% |
| 173rd | Eswatini | -1.29 | 3.0% |
| 174th | Djibouti | -1.30 | 7.9% |
| 175th | Viet Nam | -1.31 | 4.9% |
| 176th | Uzbekistan | -1.40 | 8.7% |
| 177th | Burundi | -1.41 | 7.8% |
| 178th | Chad | -1.41 | -0.6% |
| 179th | Cuba | -1.42 | -0.3% |
| 180th | Cambodia | -1.43 | -5.6% |
| 181st | Sudan | -1.45 | -1.7% |
| 182nd | Libya | -1.45 | -6.8% |
| 183rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.47 | 0.5% |
| 184th | Bahrain | -1.50 | -3.1% |
| 185th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.51 | -1.6% |
| 186th | Azerbaijan | -1.53 | 0.9% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | -1.57 | -45.5% |
| 188th | Belarus | -1.58 | -8.8% |
| 189th | Saudi Arabia | -1.60 | 0.5% |
| 190th | China | -1.64 | 0.9% |
| 191st | Myanmar | -1.66 | -76.5% |
| 192nd | Lao PDR | -1.68 | 6.4% |
| 193rd | Yemen, Republic of | -1.68 | 4.7% |
| 194th | Tajikistan | -1.70 | 4.3% |
| 195th | South Sudan | -1.72 | 5.1% |
| 196th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.72 | 4.7% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.74 | 5.0% |
| 198th | Turkmenistan | -1.91 | 5.8% |
| 199th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.91 | 1.0% |
| 200th | Eritrea | -1.93 | 6.4% |
| 201st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.06 | 4.3% |
FAQ
What was Canada's voice and accountability in 2021?▾
Canada's voice and accountability in 2021 was 1.45. This ranked 9th globally.
How did Canada's voice and accountability change in 2021?▾
Canada's voice and accountability decreased by 1.8% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2021?▾
Norway had the highest voice and accountability in 2021 at 1.74.
What is the voice and accountability of Canada in 2021?▾
The voice and accountability of Canada in 2021 was 1.45. This ranked 9th globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Canada's voice and accountability?▾
Canada's voice and accountability went from 1.47 in 2020 to 1.45 in 2021, a 1.8% decrease.
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