Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Voice and Accountability 2018
-2.21
−0.01 from 2017
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's voice and accountability was -2.21 in 2018, decreased +0.01 from -2.20 in 2017. This was the 200th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.71 | 0.9% |
| 2nd | New Zealand | 1.61 | 2.9% |
| 3rd | Switzerland | 1.59 | 2.3% |
| 4th | Finland | 1.59 | 1.9% |
| 5th | Sweden | 1.58 | 0.7% |
| 6th | Denmark | 1.57 | 3.7% |
| 7th | Luxembourg | 1.54 | 1.4% |
| 8th | Canada | 1.50 | 1.6% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 1.50 | 0.2% |
| 10th | Germany | 1.44 | 0.7% |
| 11th | Austria | 1.40 | 1.0% |
| 12th | Australia | 1.39 | 1.1% |
| 13th | Iceland | 1.39 | 0.7% |
| 14th | United Kingdom | 1.38 | 1.3% |
| 15th | Belgium | 1.33 | -0.6% |
| 16th | Liechtenstein | 1.30 | 1.4% |
| 17th | Ireland | 1.30 | 0.1% |
| 18th | Aruba | 1.28 | -1.0% |
| 19th | Greenland | 1.28 | -1.0% |
| 20th | Uruguay | 1.19 | 2.0% |
| 21st | Estonia | 1.19 | -2.0% |
| 22nd | Portugal | 1.18 | -1.6% |
| 23rd | Guam | 1.17 | 49.6% |
| 24th | France | 1.16 | 0.4% |
| 25th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.12 | -2.0% |
| 26th | Kiribati | 1.12 | 7.2% |
| 27th | Marshall Islands | 1.12 | -5.6% |
| 28th | Palau | 1.12 | -7.3% |
| 29th | San Marino | 1.12 | -5.6% |
| 30th | Tuvalu | 1.12 | 4.0% |
| 31st | Costa Rica | 1.12 | -0.2% |
| 32nd | Barbados | 1.10 | -1.0% |
| 33rd | Malta | 1.10 | -6.0% |
| 34th | Andorra | 1.05 | -9.9% |
| 35th | Spain | 1.03 | 0.8% |
| 36th | Chile | 1.03 | 2.5% |
| 37th | Cyprus | 1.02 | -3.8% |
| 38th | United States | 1.00 | -1.2% |
| 39th | Japan | 0.99 | -0.9% |
| 40th | Cabo Verde | 0.97 | 1.1% |
| 41st | Slovenia | 0.97 | -3.6% |
| 42nd | Italy | 0.96 | -2.8% |
| 43rd | Lithuania | 0.90 | -8.6% |
| 44th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.86 | -13.3% |
| 45th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.85 | -9.5% |
| 46th | St. Lucia | 0.85 | -13.7% |
| 47th | Slovak Republic | 0.85 | -7.1% |
| 48th | Czechia | 0.82 | -6.6% |
| 49th | Korea | 0.80 | 5.5% |
| 50th | Dominica | 0.80 | -9.9% |
| 51st | Latvia | 0.79 | -0.7% |
| 52nd | Samoa | 0.78 | 0.9% |
| 53rd | Bahamas, The | 0.77 | -8.9% |
| 54th | Greece | 0.74 | 12.6% |
| 55th | Mauritius | 0.74 | -6.4% |
| 56th | Poland | 0.71 | -8.5% |
| 57th | Tonga | 0.65 | 8.6% |
| 58th | Monaco | 0.64 | -23.5% |
| 59th | South Africa | 0.64 | 1.1% |
| 60th | Israel | 0.63 | -9.5% |
| 61st | Jamaica | 0.59 | -14.2% |
| 62nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.58 | -4.9% |
| 63rd | Panama | 0.56 | 7.4% |
| 64th | Ghana | 0.56 | -6.4% |
| 65th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.55 | -1.5% |
| 66th | Argentina | 0.54 | 2.0% |
| 67th | Romania | 0.53 | -11.0% |
| 68th | Vanuatu | 0.52 | -25.7% |
| 69th | Grenada | 0.50 | -32.6% |
| 70th | Hungary | 0.49 | -9.2% |
| 71st | Cayman Islands | 0.47 | -2.8% |
| 72nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.47 | -4.1% |
| 73rd | Nauru | 0.47 | -7.6% |
| 74th | Namibia | 0.47 | -15.2% |
| 75th | Botswana | 0.46 | 17.5% |
| 76th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.45 | 4.8% |
| 77th | Croatia | 0.45 | -6.9% |
| 78th | Belize | 0.43 | -24.5% |
| 79th | Brazil | 0.38 | -16.2% |
| 80th | Solomon Islands | 0.38 | -23.3% |
| 81st | Bulgaria | 0.37 | -15.1% |
| 82nd | India | 0.36 | -6.9% |
| 83rd | Timor-Leste | 0.32 | -6.3% |
| 84th | Suriname | 0.30 | -31.1% |
| 85th | Benin | 0.25 | -35.0% |
| 86th | Mongolia | 0.24 | -16.7% |
| 87th | Georgia | 0.23 | -13.6% |
| 88th | Guyana | 0.22 | -19.6% |
| 89th | Senegal | 0.22 | -30.4% |
| 90th | Peru | 0.22 | -21.6% |
| 91st | Seychelles | 0.19 | 2.6% |
| 92nd | Tunisia | 0.19 | 18.2% |
| 93rd | Albania | 0.19 | -7.4% |
| 94th | Colombia | 0.17 | 52.8% |
| 95th | Indonesia | 0.16 | 23.4% |
| 96th | Fiji | 0.15 | 17.8% |
| 97th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.14 | -53.3% |
| 98th | Dominican Republic | 0.12 | -21.5% |
| 99th | Papua New Guinea | 0.06 | -51.3% |
| 100th | Montenegro | 0.06 | -50.1% |
| 101st | Bhutan | 0.04 | 293.8% |
| 102nd | Paraguay | 0.03 | 173.1% |
| 103rd | El Salvador | 0.03 | -81.2% |
| 104th | Philippines | 0.02 | -74.9% |
| 105th | Lesotho | 0.01 | 358.8% |
| 106th | Ecuador | 0.00 | 100.5% |
| 107th | Sri Lanka | -0.01 | 87.3% |
| 108th | Mexico | -0.01 | 90.2% |
| 109th | Serbia | -0.01 | -112.6% |
| 110th | North Macedonia | -0.03 | 81.3% |
| 111th | Liberia | -0.03 | -168.7% |
| 112th | Ukraine | -0.03 | -304.7% |
| 113th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.06 | -140.2% |
| 114th | Burkina Faso | -0.06 | -195.5% |
| 115th | Macao SAR, China | -0.07 | -25.3% |
| 116th | Singapore | -0.08 | 55.0% |
| 117th | Malawi | -0.08 | -144.6% |
| 118th | Malaysia | -0.10 | 75.0% |
| 119th | Moldova | -0.12 | -357.9% |
| 120th | Nepal | -0.13 | 35.2% |
| 121st | Armenia | -0.13 | 76.6% |
| 122nd | Kosovo | -0.14 | -19.3% |
| 123rd | Sierra Leone | -0.18 | 6.0% |
| 124th | Gambia, The | -0.22 | 65.3% |
| 125th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.25 | 12.3% |
| 126th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.26 | -26.2% |
| 127th | Madagascar | -0.32 | 6.9% |
| 128th | Mali | -0.33 | -54.5% |
| 129th | Zambia | -0.34 | -0.1% |
| 130th | Guatemala | -0.35 | -26.5% |
| 131st | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.35 | 17.4% |
| 132nd | Kenya | -0.38 | -86.6% |
| 133rd | Tanzania | -0.38 | -36.6% |
| 134th | Nigeria | -0.43 | -24.9% |
| 135th | Mozambique | -0.48 | -15.1% |
| 136th | Comoros | -0.49 | -47.1% |
| 137th | Lebanon | -0.51 | 10.8% |
| 138th | Honduras | -0.52 | -18.9% |
| 139th | Niger | -0.60 | -39.1% |
| 140th | Kuwait | -0.60 | 0.4% |
| 141st | Maldives | -0.65 | 9.1% |
| 142nd | Morocco | -0.68 | -0.7% |
| 143rd | Uganda | -0.68 | -15.6% |
| 144th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.68 | 14.4% |
| 145th | Jordan | -0.72 | -0.7% |
| 146th | Bangladesh | -0.74 | -20.6% |
| 147th | Haiti | -0.75 | -2.1% |
| 148th | Togo | -0.76 | -21.4% |
| 149th | Guinea | -0.77 | -4.0% |
| 150th | Pakistan | -0.81 | -17.4% |
| 151st | Türkiye | -0.85 | -19.9% |
| 152nd | Brunei Darussalam | -0.86 | 9.7% |
| 153rd | Mauritania | -0.87 | -8.4% |
| 154th | Myanmar | -0.90 | -4.1% |
| 155th | Angola | -0.90 | 17.5% |
| 156th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.92 | 11.2% |
| 157th | Gabon | -0.96 | 9.3% |
| 158th | Algeria | -1.00 | -10.2% |
| 159th | Iraq | -1.00 | 4.6% |
| 160th | Afghanistan | -1.01 | -1.7% |
| 161st | Thailand | -1.02 | 2.7% |
| 162nd | Oman | -1.04 | 2.1% |
| 163rd | Russian Federation | -1.07 | 1.8% |
| 164th | Nicaragua | -1.10 | -53.2% |
| 165th | United Arab Emirates | -1.12 | -2.4% |
| 166th | Cameroon | -1.13 | -7.3% |
| 167th | Zimbabwe | -1.14 | 4.9% |
| 168th | Rwanda | -1.14 | -1.8% |
| 169th | Congo, Republic of | -1.19 | -6.3% |
| 170th | Kazakhstan | -1.20 | 3.6% |
| 171st | Central African Republic | -1.20 | -8.8% |
| 172nd | Qatar | -1.21 | -2.5% |
| 173rd | Cambodia | -1.23 | -6.7% |
| 174th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.32 | -5.8% |
| 175th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.33 | -2.4% |
| 176th | Belarus | -1.36 | -0.5% |
| 177th | Djibouti | -1.36 | 3.0% |
| 178th | Eswatini | -1.37 | 5.7% |
| 179th | Bahrain | -1.42 | -2.2% |
| 180th | Cuba | -1.46 | 6.2% |
| 181st | China | -1.46 | 2.9% |
| 182nd | Chad | -1.47 | -6.8% |
| 183rd | Viet Nam | -1.47 | -4.1% |
| 184th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.50 | -2.4% |
| 185th | Azerbaijan | -1.51 | 3.5% |
| 186th | Libya | -1.53 | -6.4% |
| 187th | Uzbekistan | -1.63 | 9.5% |
| 188th | Burundi | -1.67 | -5.9% |
| 189th | Saudi Arabia | -1.69 | -0.2% |
| 190th | Tajikistan | -1.70 | 1.3% |
| 191st | Lao PDR | -1.75 | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Yemen, Republic of | -1.76 | -4.1% |
| 193rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.85 | -3.8% |
| 194th | Sudan | -1.85 | -0.5% |
| 195th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.87 | 5.0% |
| 196th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.97 | 0.1% |
| 197th | South Sudan | -1.99 | -9.0% |
| 198th | Turkmenistan | -2.15 | 0.3% |
| 199th | Eritrea | -2.18 | -0.8% |
| 200th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.21 | -0.3% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's voice and accountability in 2018?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's voice and accountability in 2018 was -2.21. This ranked 200th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's voice and accountability change in 2018?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's voice and accountability decreased by 0.3% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2018?▾
Norway had the highest voice and accountability in 2018 at 1.71.
What is the voice and accountability of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2018?▾
The voice and accountability of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2018 was -2.21. This ranked 200th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's voice and accountability?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's voice and accountability went from -2.20 in 2017 to -2.21 in 2018, a 0.3% decrease.
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