Hong Kong SAR, China - Voice and Accountability 2008
0.45
−0.03 from 2007
Hong Kong SAR, China's voice and accountability was 0.45 in 2008, decreased +0.03 from 0.48 in 2007. This was the 81st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.55 | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Luxembourg | 1.55 | 0.5% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 1.54 | 4.1% |
| 4th | Sweden | 1.52 | 0.7% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.52 | 0.9% |
| 6th | Netherlands | 1.48 | -2.6% |
| 7th | New Zealand | 1.48 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Finland | 1.46 | 0.2% |
| 9th | Iceland | 1.43 | -0.4% |
| 10th | Ireland | 1.42 | 1.8% |
| 11th | Canada | 1.41 | 1.7% |
| 12th | Australia | 1.37 | -0.1% |
| 13th | Austria | 1.36 | -0.8% |
| 14th | Germany | 1.34 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Andorra | 1.33 | 1.5% |
| 16th | Belgium | 1.32 | -2.6% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 1.32 | -1.1% |
| 18th | Liechtenstein | 1.32 | 1.5% |
| 19th | France | 1.30 | 3.6% |
| 20th | Malta | 1.25 | 0.6% |
| 21st | St. Lucia | 1.22 | 3.6% |
| 22nd | Palau | 1.22 | 2.6% |
| 23rd | Portugal | 1.20 | -2.4% |
| 24th | Marshall Islands | 1.19 | 2.5% |
| 25th | San Marino | 1.19 | 2.5% |
| 26th | Spain | 1.19 | 5.5% |
| 27th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.15 | 2.5% |
| 28th | United States | 1.14 | 3.1% |
| 29th | Bahamas, The | 1.12 | 2.1% |
| 30th | Estonia | 1.09 | 1.7% |
| 31st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.09 | 2.6% |
| 32nd | Cyprus | 1.08 | 1.6% |
| 33rd | Nauru | 1.08 | 2.4% |
| 34th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.08 | -6.9% |
| 35th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.07 | 2.5% |
| 36th | Uruguay | 1.06 | 1.6% |
| 37th | Dominica | 1.03 | 3.7% |
| 38th | Czechia | 1.03 | 3.8% |
| 39th | Italy | 1.03 | -7.2% |
| 40th | Slovenia | 1.02 | -4.3% |
| 41st | Chile | 1.01 | -8.3% |
| 42nd | Monaco | 0.97 | 4.0% |
| 43rd | Aruba | 0.97 | -0.5% |
| 44th | American Samoa | 0.97 | -0.5% |
| 45th | Bermuda | 0.97 | -0.5% |
| 46th | Guam | 0.97 | -0.5% |
| 47th | Costa Rica | 0.97 | 3.4% |
| 48th | Hungary | 0.97 | -7.2% |
| 49th | Poland | 0.95 | 8.4% |
| 50th | Japan | 0.95 | -2.2% |
| 51st | Barbados | 0.95 | -8.1% |
| 52nd | Cabo Verde | 0.94 | 8.6% |
| 53rd | Slovak Republic | 0.94 | -1.3% |
| 54th | Greece | 0.93 | -5.7% |
| 55th | Mauritius | 0.86 | -2.5% |
| 56th | Lithuania | 0.85 | -4.2% |
| 57th | Grenada | 0.82 | 3.2% |
| 58th | Tuvalu | 0.80 | 7.4% |
| 59th | Latvia | 0.78 | -5.8% |
| 60th | Kiribati | 0.75 | 16.5% |
| 61st | Cayman Islands | 0.75 | 0.2% |
| 62nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.75 | 0.2% |
| 63rd | Israel | 0.72 | -2.3% |
| 64th | Korea | 0.66 | -6.1% |
| 65th | Belize | 0.65 | 22.9% |
| 66th | Suriname | 0.61 | 8.9% |
| 67th | Panama | 0.60 | -3.3% |
| 68th | Jamaica | 0.58 | -9.0% |
| 69th | Bulgaria | 0.58 | -16.3% |
| 70th | Samoa | 0.58 | -5.3% |
| 71st | South Africa | 0.58 | -0.5% |
| 72nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.57 | 5.6% |
| 73rd | Brazil | 0.57 | 5.9% |
| 74th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.53 | -2.2% |
| 75th | Romania | 0.51 | 3.0% |
| 76th | Botswana | 0.51 | 1.1% |
| 77th | Vanuatu | 0.48 | 21.9% |
| 78th | Croatia | 0.47 | -9.7% |
| 79th | India | 0.46 | 1.8% |
| 80th | Namibia | 0.45 | 0.3% |
| 81st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.45 | -6.0% |
| 82nd | Ghana | 0.43 | -13.2% |
| 83rd | Argentina | 0.36 | -20.0% |
| 84th | Benin | 0.34 | -6.4% |
| 85th | Serbia | 0.28 | -7.7% |
| 86th | Mongolia | 0.27 | -14.5% |
| 87th | Montenegro | 0.24 | -8.9% |
| 88th | Timor-Leste | 0.22 | 46.2% |
| 89th | Mali | 0.20 | -10.2% |
| 90th | North Macedonia | 0.20 | -29.3% |
| 91st | São Tomé and Principe | 0.18 | -3.3% |
| 92nd | Albania | 0.17 | 54.8% |
| 93rd | Dominican Republic | 0.16 | -16.4% |
| 94th | Peru | 0.15 | 40.4% |
| 95th | Mexico | 0.13 | 10.7% |
| 96th | Guyana | 0.11 | 11.1% |
| 97th | El Salvador | 0.11 | 18.6% |
| 98th | Ukraine | 0.09 | 41.4% |
| 99th | Macao SAR, China | 0.08 | 33.0% |
| 100th | Solomon Islands | 0.02 | -67.8% |
| 101st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.02 | -88.4% |
| 102nd | Papua New Guinea | 0.01 | -84.4% |
| 103rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.00 | -93.0% |
| 104th | Seychelles | -0.01 | -108.0% |
| 105th | Indonesia | -0.01 | 43.1% |
| 106th | Tonga | -0.03 | 82.3% |
| 107th | Türkiye | -0.04 | 22.6% |
| 108th | Lesotho | -0.07 | -591.3% |
| 109th | Mozambique | -0.07 | 11.1% |
| 110th | Paraguay | -0.12 | 29.8% |
| 111th | Philippines | -0.14 | -25.5% |
| 112th | Sierra Leone | -0.14 | 35.2% |
| 113th | Zambia | -0.16 | 22.2% |
| 114th | Colombia | -0.17 | -0.4% |
| 115th | Tanzania | -0.17 | -16.7% |
| 116th | Liberia | -0.18 | -29.6% |
| 117th | Guatemala | -0.20 | -17.8% |
| 118th | Senegal | -0.21 | -17.5% |
| 119th | Ecuador | -0.22 | -38.0% |
| 120th | Malawi | -0.25 | 5.8% |
| 121st | Georgia | -0.26 | -11.5% |
| 122nd | Kenya | -0.28 | -13.5% |
| 123rd | Burkina Faso | -0.28 | 7.7% |
| 124th | Comoros | -0.29 | 26.0% |
| 125th | Honduras | -0.29 | -52.8% |
| 126th | Maldives | -0.30 | 67.5% |
| 127th | Moldova | -0.31 | -5.1% |
| 128th | Kosovo | -0.31 | -0.4% |
| 129th | Madagascar | -0.33 | -134.5% |
| 130th | Singapore | -0.33 | 7.8% |
| 131st | Nicaragua | -0.37 | -69.3% |
| 132nd | Lebanon | -0.42 | 9.7% |
| 133rd | Niger | -0.44 | -20.1% |
| 134th | Bangladesh | -0.44 | 22.9% |
| 135th | Sri Lanka | -0.46 | -6.8% |
| 136th | Nepal | -0.50 | 15.3% |
| 137th | Bhutan | -0.51 | 42.1% |
| 138th | Uganda | -0.51 | -4.9% |
| 139th | Thailand | -0.53 | 5.8% |
| 140th | Kuwait | -0.54 | 0.3% |
| 141st | Malaysia | -0.56 | -7.6% |
| 142nd | Haiti | -0.59 | 4.2% |
| 143rd | Burundi | -0.69 | 4.0% |
| 144th | Fiji | -0.70 | -8.4% |
| 145th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.72 | -0.4% |
| 146th | Nigeria | -0.74 | 3.3% |
| 147th | Jordan | -0.74 | -9.0% |
| 148th | Morocco | -0.76 | -7.2% |
| 149th | Pakistan | -0.84 | 11.7% |
| 150th | Gabon | -0.85 | 2.5% |
| 151st | Armenia | -0.86 | -12.9% |
| 152nd | West Bank and Gaza | -0.86 | -27.2% |
| 153rd | Gambia, The | -0.87 | 2.9% |
| 154th | Bahrain | -0.87 | -1.4% |
| 155th | Russian Federation | -0.87 | 5.0% |
| 156th | United Arab Emirates | -0.91 | -0.6% |
| 157th | Mauritania | -0.94 | -41.5% |
| 158th | Cambodia | -0.97 | -4.7% |
| 159th | Algeria | -0.98 | 0.4% |
| 160th | Central African Republic | -0.99 | 8.8% |
| 161st | Togo | -0.99 | 7.4% |
| 162nd | Brunei Darussalam | -1.02 | 4.1% |
| 163rd | Qatar | -1.02 | 1.9% |
| 164th | Cameroon | -1.07 | -1.7% |
| 165th | Oman | -1.07 | -0.8% |
| 166th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.09 | -13.4% |
| 167th | Kazakhstan | -1.09 | 6.1% |
| 168th | Iraq | -1.10 | 1.9% |
| 169th | Angola | -1.12 | 5.6% |
| 170th | Congo, Republic of | -1.16 | 6.4% |
| 171st | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.17 | 2.9% |
| 172nd | Afghanistan | -1.17 | -10.5% |
| 173rd | Djibouti | -1.20 | 0.0% |
| 174th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.21 | -3.8% |
| 175th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.22 | -9.8% |
| 176th | Rwanda | -1.31 | -5.3% |
| 177th | Eswatini | -1.32 | 2.4% |
| 178th | Azerbaijan | -1.33 | -7.4% |
| 179th | Tunisia | -1.35 | 2.1% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | -1.36 | -4.9% |
| 181st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.39 | -14.6% |
| 182nd | Guinea | -1.43 | -4.2% |
| 183rd | Chad | -1.45 | 0.4% |
| 184th | Viet Nam | -1.50 | 2.0% |
| 185th | Zimbabwe | -1.55 | 1.4% |
| 186th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.57 | -1.0% |
| 187th | Belarus | -1.59 | 6.5% |
| 188th | Sudan | -1.64 | 0.5% |
| 189th | China | -1.70 | 1.3% |
| 190th | Lao PDR | -1.71 | 0.5% |
| 191st | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.72 | 3.2% |
| 192nd | Saudi Arabia | -1.73 | -1.5% |
| 193rd | Cuba | -1.80 | 2.9% |
| 194th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.89 | -2.4% |
| 195th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.89 | -0.3% |
| 196th | Libya | -1.94 | 0.5% |
| 197th | Uzbekistan | -2.10 | 0.8% |
| 198th | Turkmenistan | -2.11 | 2.2% |
| 199th | Eritrea | -2.16 | -2.1% |
| 200th | Myanmar | -2.21 | 0.2% |
| 201st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.23 | 0.5% |
FAQ
What was Hong Kong SAR, China's voice and accountability in 2008?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China's voice and accountability in 2008 was 0.45. This ranked 81st globally.
How did Hong Kong SAR, China's voice and accountability change in 2008?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China's voice and accountability decreased by 6.0% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2008?▾
Norway had the highest voice and accountability in 2008 at 1.55.
What is the voice and accountability of Hong Kong SAR, China in 2008?▾
The voice and accountability of Hong Kong SAR, China in 2008 was 0.45. This ranked 81st globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Hong Kong SAR, China's voice and accountability?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China's voice and accountability went from 0.48 in 2007 to 0.45 in 2008, a 6.0% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Hong Kong SAR, China matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2008. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 6.8%. View full analysis →
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