Japan - Voice and Accountability 2012
1.10
+0.03 from 2011
Japan's voice and accountability was 1.10 in 2012, increased +0.03 from 1.07 in 2011. This was the 31st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.73 | 6.3% |
| 2nd | Sweden | 1.69 | 4.8% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 1.67 | 7.9% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 1.65 | 2.8% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.64 | 3.5% |
| 6th | New Zealand | 1.62 | 2.4% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.61 | 4.5% |
| 8th | Finland | 1.60 | 6.2% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 1.51 | -3.7% |
| 10th | Australia | 1.50 | 3.1% |
| 11th | Austria | 1.45 | 3.3% |
| 12th | Iceland | 1.44 | 2.3% |
| 13th | Canada | 1.44 | 4.2% |
| 14th | Andorra | 1.43 | 5.4% |
| 15th | Germany | 1.39 | 3.3% |
| 16th | Belgium | 1.35 | 1.8% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 1.34 | 3.2% |
| 18th | Ireland | 1.32 | 1.3% |
| 19th | Greenland | 1.29 | 1.1% |
| 20th | Aruba | 1.28 | 0.9% |
| 21st | France | 1.24 | 5.8% |
| 22nd | Palau | 1.21 | -0.1% |
| 23rd | San Marino | 1.21 | 0.7% |
| 24th | Malta | 1.17 | 1.9% |
| 25th | United States | 1.16 | 3.1% |
| 26th | Barbados | 1.13 | 1.7% |
| 27th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.12 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Estonia | 1.11 | -1.9% |
| 29th | St. Lucia | 1.11 | -4.2% |
| 30th | Marshall Islands | 1.10 | -2.3% |
| 31st | Japan | 1.10 | 2.8% |
| 32nd | Nauru | 1.10 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Costa Rica | 1.09 | 3.3% |
| 34th | Chile | 1.08 | 0.3% |
| 35th | Poland | 1.06 | 3.6% |
| 36th | Spain | 1.06 | -2.0% |
| 37th | Uruguay | 1.06 | -5.4% |
| 38th | Portugal | 1.03 | -7.2% |
| 39th | American Samoa | 1.03 | 1.6% |
| 40th | Bermuda | 1.03 | 1.6% |
| 41st | Cyprus | 1.02 | -3.0% |
| 42nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.02 | -0.5% |
| 43rd | Slovenia | 1.00 | -5.4% |
| 44th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.98 | -2.0% |
| 45th | Slovak Republic | 0.97 | 0.7% |
| 46th | Czechia | 0.97 | -5.1% |
| 47th | Dominica | 0.95 | -4.2% |
| 48th | Cabo Verde | 0.94 | -3.2% |
| 49th | Bahamas, The | 0.93 | -2.7% |
| 50th | Lithuania | 0.93 | 8.0% |
| 51st | Italy | 0.92 | 0.5% |
| 52nd | Mauritius | 0.88 | 10.7% |
| 53rd | Guam | 0.80 | 2.0% |
| 54th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.80 | 2.0% |
| 55th | Monaco | 0.80 | -0.6% |
| 56th | Latvia | 0.78 | 5.3% |
| 57th | Kiribati | 0.77 | -7.5% |
| 58th | Hungary | 0.75 | -10.5% |
| 59th | Grenada | 0.75 | -4.8% |
| 60th | Korea | 0.73 | -0.2% |
| 61st | Greece | 0.70 | -14.6% |
| 62nd | Belize | 0.70 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.69 | -4.8% |
| 64th | Tuvalu | 0.66 | -7.5% |
| 65th | Israel | 0.64 | -1.4% |
| 66th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.64 | 25.2% |
| 67th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.64 | 11.3% |
| 68th | South Africa | 0.58 | -1.5% |
| 69th | Cayman Islands | 0.57 | -1.0% |
| 70th | Croatia | 0.54 | 3.8% |
| 71st | Botswana | 0.53 | 25.1% |
| 72nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.50 | -3.8% |
| 73rd | Jamaica | 0.49 | 1.4% |
| 74th | Brazil | 0.48 | -7.0% |
| 75th | Panama | 0.47 | -12.2% |
| 76th | Ghana | 0.43 | -11.0% |
| 77th | Bulgaria | 0.40 | -10.9% |
| 78th | India | 0.40 | -8.3% |
| 79th | Vanuatu | 0.40 | -7.4% |
| 80th | Namibia | 0.38 | 11.1% |
| 81st | Samoa | 0.35 | -13.0% |
| 82nd | Suriname | 0.34 | -10.4% |
| 83rd | Tonga | 0.34 | 4.7% |
| 84th | Romania | 0.32 | -15.3% |
| 85th | Argentina | 0.30 | -14.4% |
| 86th | Montenegro | 0.22 | 4.8% |
| 87th | Serbia | 0.20 | -28.6% |
| 88th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.18 | -27.4% |
| 89th | Dominican Republic | 0.12 | 37.8% |
| 90th | Benin | 0.12 | -25.2% |
| 91st | Peru | 0.11 | -12.9% |
| 92nd | Mexico | 0.11 | -7.4% |
| 93rd | Timor-Leste | 0.10 | -27.5% |
| 94th | Lesotho | 0.07 | 181.0% |
| 95th | Indonesia | 0.07 | 892.6% |
| 96th | Mongolia | 0.07 | 25.8% |
| 97th | Singapore | 0.05 | 152.0% |
| 98th | Seychelles | 0.05 | 184.0% |
| 99th | Albania | 0.02 | -64.6% |
| 100th | Georgia | 0.02 | 112.5% |
| 101st | Guyana | 0.00 | -107.8% |
| 102nd | Senegal | 0.00 | 98.1% |
| 103rd | North Macedonia | -0.03 | 27.8% |
| 104th | Solomon Islands | -0.03 | -569.1% |
| 105th | Philippines | -0.03 | -49.2% |
| 106th | Moldova | -0.03 | -169.5% |
| 107th | El Salvador | -0.04 | -191.5% |
| 108th | Papua New Guinea | -0.06 | -52.2% |
| 109th | Colombia | -0.06 | -7.2% |
| 110th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.08 | -19.6% |
| 111th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.10 | 37.2% |
| 112th | Paraguay | -0.11 | -36.6% |
| 113th | Zambia | -0.13 | 22.1% |
| 114th | Tunisia | -0.17 | 53.7% |
| 115th | Tanzania | -0.18 | -24.4% |
| 116th | Mozambique | -0.20 | 0.9% |
| 117th | Malawi | -0.21 | 16.0% |
| 118th | Türkiye | -0.21 | -51.2% |
| 119th | Kosovo | -0.22 | 5.2% |
| 120th | Macao SAR, China | -0.24 | -140.1% |
| 121st | Ukraine | -0.28 | -111.1% |
| 122nd | Bhutan | -0.28 | 30.5% |
| 123rd | Niger | -0.28 | -15.4% |
| 124th | Kenya | -0.29 | -6.8% |
| 125th | Ecuador | -0.30 | -0.9% |
| 126th | Burkina Faso | -0.30 | -8.8% |
| 127th | Liberia | -0.31 | -19.6% |
| 128th | Sierra Leone | -0.32 | -57.3% |
| 129th | Thailand | -0.32 | 20.7% |
| 130th | Malaysia | -0.35 | 27.0% |
| 131st | Guatemala | -0.36 | -14.2% |
| 132nd | Lebanon | -0.39 | 1.1% |
| 133rd | Bangladesh | -0.40 | -27.6% |
| 134th | Comoros | -0.47 | -24.7% |
| 135th | Maldives | -0.47 | -199.2% |
| 136th | Honduras | -0.47 | -0.2% |
| 137th | Uganda | -0.49 | 6.1% |
| 138th | Mali | -0.50 | -395.1% |
| 139th | Brunei Darussalam | -0.51 | 17.0% |
| 140th | Nicaragua | -0.54 | 7.0% |
| 141st | Armenia | -0.57 | 17.4% |
| 142nd | Sri Lanka | -0.58 | -5.5% |
| 143rd | Morocco | -0.61 | 14.7% |
| 144th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.61 | 10.5% |
| 145th | Nepal | -0.64 | -44.3% |
| 146th | Kuwait | -0.64 | -15.1% |
| 147th | Nigeria | -0.70 | 1.8% |
| 148th | Jordan | -0.73 | 7.8% |
| 149th | Haiti | -0.76 | -1.8% |
| 150th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.77 | 32.9% |
| 151st | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.78 | 28.1% |
| 152nd | Pakistan | -0.84 | -1.7% |
| 153rd | Gabon | -0.86 | 4.6% |
| 154th | Madagascar | -0.88 | -0.4% |
| 155th | Burundi | -0.89 | 3.6% |
| 156th | Libya | -0.90 | 43.5% |
| 157th | Algeria | -0.91 | 9.8% |
| 158th | Mauritania | -0.91 | 1.8% |
| 159th | Qatar | -0.92 | 15.0% |
| 160th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.94 | 7.0% |
| 161st | Cambodia | -0.96 | -5.2% |
| 162nd | Fiji | -0.98 | 10.5% |
| 163rd | Russian Federation | -0.98 | -10.8% |
| 164th | Togo | -1.00 | -10.2% |
| 165th | United Arab Emirates | -1.00 | -11.7% |
| 166th | Guinea | -1.01 | -14.2% |
| 167th | Cameroon | -1.02 | 1.1% |
| 168th | Oman | -1.02 | 3.7% |
| 169th | Iraq | -1.08 | -0.6% |
| 170th | Angola | -1.08 | 4.4% |
| 171st | Congo, Republic of | -1.16 | -4.3% |
| 172nd | Kazakhstan | -1.18 | -4.9% |
| 173rd | Central African Republic | -1.24 | -14.1% |
| 174th | Afghanistan | -1.27 | 5.1% |
| 175th | Rwanda | -1.28 | 3.8% |
| 176th | Eswatini | -1.28 | 2.6% |
| 177th | Gambia, The | -1.29 | -5.9% |
| 178th | Azerbaijan | -1.30 | 0.2% |
| 179th | Bahrain | -1.32 | -8.3% |
| 180th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.33 | -55.3% |
| 181st | South Sudan | -1.33 | -19.7% |
| 182nd | Chad | -1.34 | 0.5% |
| 183rd | Yemen, Republic of | -1.35 | 2.8% |
| 184th | Viet Nam | -1.42 | 2.7% |
| 185th | Tajikistan | -1.42 | -3.0% |
| 186th | Djibouti | -1.43 | -1.6% |
| 187th | Zimbabwe | -1.47 | -0.6% |
| 188th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.48 | 0.3% |
| 189th | Cuba | -1.51 | 5.9% |
| 190th | Belarus | -1.57 | 5.6% |
| 191st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.60 | -1.1% |
| 192nd | Myanmar | -1.62 | 12.4% |
| 193rd | China | -1.64 | 0.0% |
| 194th | Lao PDR | -1.64 | 2.1% |
| 195th | Sudan | -1.77 | -0.2% |
| 196th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.84 | -2.1% |
| 197th | Saudi Arabia | -1.87 | 2.2% |
| 198th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.91 | -0.3% |
| 199th | Uzbekistan | -2.03 | 4.3% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.20 | -9.0% |
| 201st | Eritrea | -2.21 | 0.8% |
| 202nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.24 | 0.1% |
| 203rd | Turkmenistan | -2.25 | -3.9% |
FAQ
What was Japan's voice and accountability in 2012?▾
Japan's voice and accountability in 2012 was 1.10. This ranked 31st globally.
How did Japan's voice and accountability change in 2012?▾
Japan's voice and accountability increased by 2.8% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2012?▾
Norway had the highest voice and accountability in 2012 at 1.73.
What is the voice and accountability of Japan in 2012?▾
The voice and accountability of Japan in 2012 was 1.10. This ranked 31st globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Japan's voice and accountability?▾
Japan's voice and accountability went from 1.07 in 2011 to 1.10 in 2012, a 2.8% increase.
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