Ireland - Voice and Accountability 2015
1.33
+0.02 from 2014
Ireland's voice and accountability was 1.33 in 2015, increased +0.02 from 1.32 in 2014. This was the 16th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.69 | 0.2% |
| 2nd | Sweden | 1.57 | -2.8% |
| 3rd | Netherlands | 1.56 | 0.9% |
| 4th | Switzerland | 1.56 | 0.0% |
| 5th | New Zealand | 1.56 | 2.0% |
| 6th | Denmark | 1.55 | 1.9% |
| 7th | Luxembourg | 1.55 | -0.5% |
| 8th | Finland | 1.54 | 0.1% |
| 9th | Canada | 1.47 | 3.9% |
| 10th | Germany | 1.42 | -1.0% |
| 11th | Liechtenstein | 1.39 | -0.6% |
| 12th | Belgium | 1.39 | 1.6% |
| 13th | Austria | 1.38 | -0.5% |
| 14th | Iceland | 1.38 | 1.4% |
| 15th | Australia | 1.36 | -0.4% |
| 16th | Ireland | 1.33 | 1.3% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 1.30 | 1.7% |
| 18th | Aruba | 1.27 | -0.2% |
| 19th | Greenland | 1.27 | -0.2% |
| 20th | France | 1.21 | -0.9% |
| 21st | Malta | 1.20 | 1.6% |
| 22nd | Palau | 1.20 | 2.0% |
| 23rd | Andorra | 1.19 | 2.4% |
| 24th | San Marino | 1.19 | 2.1% |
| 25th | Estonia | 1.19 | 1.4% |
| 26th | Marshall Islands | 1.18 | 2.1% |
| 27th | Costa Rica | 1.15 | 1.2% |
| 28th | Uruguay | 1.14 | 3.2% |
| 29th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.13 | 2.1% |
| 30th | Portugal | 1.13 | 1.9% |
| 31st | United States | 1.11 | 3.6% |
| 32nd | Barbados | 1.10 | -4.2% |
| 33rd | Tuvalu | 1.07 | 2.2% |
| 34th | Spain | 1.04 | 5.1% |
| 35th | Czechia | 1.04 | 1.6% |
| 36th | Poland | 1.04 | -5.9% |
| 37th | Italy | 1.03 | 3.6% |
| 38th | Cyprus | 1.03 | 1.1% |
| 39th | St. Lucia | 1.02 | -9.3% |
| 40th | Monaco | 1.02 | 2.3% |
| 41st | Chile | 1.00 | -4.9% |
| 42nd | Japan | 0.99 | -4.6% |
| 43rd | Slovenia | 0.99 | 3.2% |
| 44th | Kiribati | 0.98 | 4.2% |
| 45th | Lithuania | 0.97 | 1.3% |
| 46th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.97 | -16.1% |
| 47th | Slovak Republic | 0.97 | 0.6% |
| 48th | Bahamas, The | 0.95 | -9.2% |
| 49th | Cabo Verde | 0.94 | -1.4% |
| 50th | Dominica | 0.88 | -17.7% |
| 51st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.85 | -24.5% |
| 52nd | Latvia | 0.85 | -0.3% |
| 53rd | Mauritius | 0.83 | -12.1% |
| 54th | Grenada | 0.81 | -11.1% |
| 55th | Israel | 0.74 | 2.4% |
| 56th | Samoa | 0.74 | 10.7% |
| 57th | Tonga | 0.66 | -0.3% |
| 58th | Greece | 0.65 | 5.3% |
| 59th | South Africa | 0.65 | 1.3% |
| 60th | Korea | 0.63 | -7.2% |
| 61st | Jamaica | 0.61 | 8.2% |
| 62nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.59 | 6.5% |
| 63rd | Vanuatu | 0.59 | 0.3% |
| 64th | Namibia | 0.58 | 4.7% |
| 65th | Belize | 0.58 | 11.1% |
| 66th | Hungary | 0.56 | 1.2% |
| 67th | Panama | 0.56 | 10.5% |
| 68th | Croatia | 0.56 | 7.9% |
| 69th | Nauru | 0.55 | -32.3% |
| 70th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.52 | -3.8% |
| 71st | Ghana | 0.49 | 5.8% |
| 72nd | Romania | 0.49 | 13.6% |
| 73rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.48 | 1.6% |
| 74th | Cayman Islands | 0.47 | -0.8% |
| 75th | Brazil | 0.46 | -2.8% |
| 76th | Botswana | 0.45 | 0.7% |
| 77th | Bulgaria | 0.43 | 18.1% |
| 78th | India | 0.43 | 3.5% |
| 79th | Argentina | 0.41 | 19.3% |
| 80th | Suriname | 0.41 | -20.4% |
| 81st | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.40 | -48.0% |
| 82nd | Benin | 0.29 | 11.3% |
| 83rd | Solomon Islands | 0.28 | 25.5% |
| 84th | Senegal | 0.28 | -3.0% |
| 85th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.28 | -13.0% |
| 86th | Georgia | 0.27 | -3.5% |
| 87th | Mongolia | 0.27 | 11.9% |
| 88th | Tunisia | 0.24 | 25.1% |
| 89th | Serbia | 0.23 | 8.7% |
| 90th | Peru | 0.23 | 18.1% |
| 91st | Timor-Leste | 0.19 | 25.1% |
| 92nd | Indonesia | 0.18 | 20.2% |
| 93rd | Guyana | 0.18 | 17.8% |
| 94th | Albania | 0.16 | 9.4% |
| 95th | Dominican Republic | 0.15 | -18.4% |
| 96th | El Salvador | 0.15 | -0.2% |
| 97th | Philippines | 0.15 | -7.6% |
| 98th | Montenegro | 0.14 | -10.1% |
| 99th | Lesotho | 0.11 | -29.2% |
| 100th | Seychelles | 0.08 | 257.4% |
| 101st | Papua New Guinea | 0.04 | 258.5% |
| 102nd | Fiji | 0.03 | 115.7% |
| 103rd | Moldova | 0.02 | 108.9% |
| 104th | Colombia | 0.00 | 109.3% |
| 105th | Malawi | 0.00 | 93.4% |
| 106th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.00 | 81.9% |
| 107th | Bhutan | -0.03 | 66.1% |
| 108th | Zambia | -0.07 | 39.2% |
| 109th | Macao SAR, China | -0.07 | 79.6% |
| 110th | Paraguay | -0.07 | 32.0% |
| 111th | Mexico | -0.08 | -27,464.5% |
| 112th | Ukraine | -0.09 | 39.0% |
| 113th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.10 | -38.2% |
| 114th | Burkina Faso | -0.11 | 67.6% |
| 115th | Kenya | -0.15 | -0.5% |
| 116th | Kosovo | -0.15 | 25.1% |
| 117th | Singapore | -0.16 | -63.6% |
| 118th | North Macedonia | -0.18 | -28.5% |
| 119th | Mali | -0.20 | -22.7% |
| 120th | Niger | -0.20 | -5.0% |
| 121st | Ecuador | -0.21 | -4.6% |
| 122nd | Tanzania | -0.22 | -14.8% |
| 123rd | Liberia | -0.23 | 16.6% |
| 124th | Mozambique | -0.27 | -9.7% |
| 125th | Sierra Leone | -0.27 | 5.6% |
| 126th | Comoros | -0.29 | 0.1% |
| 127th | Sri Lanka | -0.30 | 55.6% |
| 128th | Guatemala | -0.35 | -2.6% |
| 129th | Türkiye | -0.37 | -8.7% |
| 130th | Nigeria | -0.37 | 36.5% |
| 131st | Madagascar | -0.38 | 23.9% |
| 132nd | Malaysia | -0.39 | -8.6% |
| 133rd | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.40 | 12.6% |
| 134th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.41 | 19.8% |
| 135th | Nicaragua | -0.41 | -4.8% |
| 136th | Nepal | -0.42 | 3.5% |
| 137th | Honduras | -0.42 | -3.1% |
| 138th | Lebanon | -0.46 | -10.0% |
| 139th | Maldives | -0.50 | -41.0% |
| 140th | Bangladesh | -0.51 | -8.0% |
| 141st | Armenia | -0.54 | 4.6% |
| 142nd | Uganda | -0.57 | 3.1% |
| 143rd | Morocco | -0.63 | 8.4% |
| 144th | Kuwait | -0.66 | -0.9% |
| 145th | Togo | -0.70 | 8.6% |
| 146th | Pakistan | -0.72 | -0.8% |
| 147th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.75 | 11.8% |
| 148th | Brunei Darussalam | -0.75 | -20.6% |
| 149th | Jordan | -0.77 | -2.1% |
| 150th | Haiti | -0.80 | -1.0% |
| 151st | Algeria | -0.85 | -4.2% |
| 152nd | Guinea | -0.86 | -0.1% |
| 153rd | Mauritania | -0.89 | 0.8% |
| 154th | Gabon | -0.89 | -3.3% |
| 155th | Cameroon | -0.95 | -1.0% |
| 156th | Thailand | -0.97 | -10.8% |
| 157th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.99 | -11.8% |
| 158th | Congo, Republic of | -1.02 | 8.2% |
| 159th | Oman | -1.06 | 2.7% |
| 160th | Russian Federation | -1.09 | -4.1% |
| 161st | United Arab Emirates | -1.11 | -4.8% |
| 162nd | Afghanistan | -1.12 | 1.6% |
| 163rd | Cambodia | -1.12 | -1.3% |
| 164th | Iraq | -1.13 | 1.4% |
| 165th | Rwanda | -1.14 | -2.1% |
| 166th | Qatar | -1.14 | -1.0% |
| 167th | Kazakhstan | -1.16 | 1.7% |
| 168th | Zimbabwe | -1.17 | 7.2% |
| 169th | Angola | -1.18 | -2.8% |
| 170th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.19 | -0.8% |
| 171st | Myanmar | -1.22 | 9.3% |
| 172nd | Central African Republic | -1.22 | 12.0% |
| 173rd | Burundi | -1.27 | -22.0% |
| 174th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.30 | -1.3% |
| 175th | Bahrain | -1.31 | -0.1% |
| 176th | Chad | -1.34 | -0.3% |
| 177th | Libya | -1.34 | -20.5% |
| 178th | Viet Nam | -1.36 | 1.2% |
| 179th | Eswatini | -1.39 | -4.3% |
| 180th | Djibouti | -1.41 | 1.3% |
| 181st | Gambia, The | -1.46 | -15.1% |
| 182nd | Belarus | -1.47 | -1.5% |
| 183rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.51 | 4.3% |
| 184th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.52 | -17.1% |
| 185th | Azerbaijan | -1.55 | -4.9% |
| 186th | Cuba | -1.56 | -0.8% |
| 187th | Tajikistan | -1.57 | -4.9% |
| 188th | South Sudan | -1.60 | 1.4% |
| 189th | China | -1.66 | -2.7% |
| 190th | Lao PDR | -1.75 | -1.2% |
| 191st | Sudan | -1.78 | -2.7% |
| 192nd | Saudi Arabia | -1.84 | 2.1% |
| 193rd | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.92 | -2.4% |
| 194th | Uzbekistan | -1.96 | -2.2% |
| 195th | Equatorial Guinea | -2.00 | -1.2% |
| 196th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.00 | 5.3% |
| 197th | Eritrea | -2.11 | 0.3% |
| 198th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.20 | -0.4% |
| 199th | Turkmenistan | -2.24 | 1.0% |
FAQ
What was Ireland's voice and accountability in 2015?▾
Ireland's voice and accountability in 2015 was 1.33. This ranked 16th globally.
How did Ireland's voice and accountability change in 2015?▾
Ireland's voice and accountability increased by 1.3% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2015?▾
Norway had the highest voice and accountability in 2015 at 1.69.
What is the voice and accountability of Ireland in 2015?▾
The voice and accountability of Ireland in 2015 was 1.33. This ranked 16th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Ireland's voice and accountability?▾
Ireland's voice and accountability went from 1.32 in 2014 to 1.33 in 2015, a 1.3% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Ireland matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2015. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →
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