Nicaragua - Voice and Accountability 2017
-0.72
−0.04 from 2016
Nicaragua's voice and accountability was -0.72 in 2017, decreased +0.04 from -0.68 in 2016. This was the 147th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.69 | 1.8% |
| 2nd | Sweden | 1.57 | 0.3% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 1.56 | 1.7% |
| 4th | Finland | 1.56 | 1.8% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.56 | 1.6% |
| 6th | Luxembourg | 1.52 | 1.4% |
| 7th | Denmark | 1.52 | -1.6% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 1.50 | -2.9% |
| 9th | Canada | 1.48 | 2.2% |
| 10th | Germany | 1.43 | 5.0% |
| 11th | Austria | 1.39 | 3.6% |
| 12th | Iceland | 1.38 | 1.7% |
| 13th | Australia | 1.38 | 1.8% |
| 14th | United Kingdom | 1.36 | 5.3% |
| 15th | Belgium | 1.34 | -2.8% |
| 16th | Aruba | 1.30 | 1.3% |
| 17th | Greenland | 1.30 | 1.3% |
| 18th | Ireland | 1.29 | 0.3% |
| 19th | Liechtenstein | 1.28 | 2.3% |
| 20th | Estonia | 1.21 | 0.5% |
| 21st | Palau | 1.21 | -0.1% |
| 22nd | Portugal | 1.20 | 3.5% |
| 23rd | Marshall Islands | 1.19 | -0.1% |
| 24th | San Marino | 1.19 | -0.1% |
| 25th | Malta | 1.17 | -2.1% |
| 26th | Uruguay | 1.17 | 0.4% |
| 27th | Andorra | 1.16 | -1.3% |
| 28th | France | 1.15 | 1.4% |
| 29th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.15 | -0.1% |
| 30th | Costa Rica | 1.12 | 0.3% |
| 31st | Barbados | 1.11 | 2.6% |
| 32nd | Tuvalu | 1.08 | -0.1% |
| 33rd | Cyprus | 1.06 | 0.9% |
| 34th | Kiribati | 1.05 | 4.3% |
| 35th | Spain | 1.02 | -1.9% |
| 36th | United States | 1.01 | -9.3% |
| 37th | Slovenia | 1.01 | -0.4% |
| 38th | Japan | 1.00 | 2.0% |
| 39th | Chile | 1.00 | 0.5% |
| 40th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.00 | -1.1% |
| 41st | Italy | 0.99 | -4.3% |
| 42nd | Lithuania | 0.99 | -1.4% |
| 43rd | St. Lucia | 0.99 | -2.7% |
| 44th | Cabo Verde | 0.96 | -1.0% |
| 45th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.94 | -1.1% |
| 46th | Slovak Republic | 0.91 | -5.1% |
| 47th | Dominica | 0.88 | -1.6% |
| 48th | Czechia | 0.88 | -14.2% |
| 49th | Bahamas, The | 0.85 | -0.3% |
| 50th | Monaco | 0.84 | -0.1% |
| 51st | Latvia | 0.80 | -5.3% |
| 52nd | Mauritius | 0.79 | -3.6% |
| 53rd | Samoa | 0.78 | 0.3% |
| 54th | Poland | 0.78 | -8.1% |
| 55th | Korea | 0.76 | 18.2% |
| 56th | Grenada | 0.74 | -8.9% |
| 57th | Israel | 0.70 | -11.3% |
| 58th | Vanuatu | 0.69 | 4.6% |
| 59th | Jamaica | 0.69 | 1.4% |
| 60th | Greece | 0.66 | -1.5% |
| 61st | South Africa | 0.63 | -2.8% |
| 62nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.61 | -4.0% |
| 63rd | Tonga | 0.60 | -6.2% |
| 64th | Romania | 0.60 | 10.7% |
| 65th | Ghana | 0.60 | 2.2% |
| 66th | Belize | 0.57 | 0.0% |
| 67th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.55 | -0.6% |
| 68th | Namibia | 0.55 | -5.5% |
| 69th | Hungary | 0.54 | 33.6% |
| 70th | Argentina | 0.53 | 7.2% |
| 71st | Panama | 0.52 | -0.9% |
| 72nd | Nauru | 0.51 | 0.1% |
| 73rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.49 | 19.6% |
| 74th | Solomon Islands | 0.49 | 4.9% |
| 75th | Cayman Islands | 0.49 | 2.2% |
| 76th | Croatia | 0.48 | -8.8% |
| 77th | Brazil | 0.45 | -0.5% |
| 78th | Bulgaria | 0.43 | 6.9% |
| 79th | Suriname | 0.43 | 3.6% |
| 80th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.43 | 13.5% |
| 81st | Botswana | 0.39 | -2.4% |
| 82nd | India | 0.39 | -12.3% |
| 83rd | Benin | 0.38 | -6.7% |
| 84th | Timor-Leste | 0.34 | 55.4% |
| 85th | Senegal | 0.32 | -14.2% |
| 86th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.30 | -17.5% |
| 87th | Mongolia | 0.29 | -11.8% |
| 88th | Guyana | 0.28 | 9.6% |
| 89th | Peru | 0.27 | 2.0% |
| 90th | Georgia | 0.27 | -10.3% |
| 91st | Albania | 0.20 | 19.2% |
| 92nd | Seychelles | 0.19 | 18.8% |
| 93rd | Tunisia | 0.16 | -46.7% |
| 94th | Dominican Republic | 0.16 | -12.5% |
| 95th | El Salvador | 0.15 | -18.2% |
| 96th | Papua New Guinea | 0.13 | -16.1% |
| 97th | Indonesia | 0.13 | -21.7% |
| 98th | Montenegro | 0.12 | 63.2% |
| 99th | Fiji | 0.12 | 331.9% |
| 100th | Serbia | 0.12 | -41.4% |
| 101st | Colombia | 0.11 | -7.7% |
| 102nd | Philippines | 0.08 | -48.6% |
| 103rd | Burkina Faso | 0.06 | 380.8% |
| 104th | Liberia | 0.04 | 138.1% |
| 105th | Ukraine | 0.01 | 746.6% |
| 106th | Bhutan | 0.01 | 141.2% |
| 107th | Lesotho | -0.01 | 61.7% |
| 108th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.02 | 32.3% |
| 109th | Moldova | -0.03 | -31.3% |
| 110th | Malawi | -0.03 | -2.3% |
| 111th | Paraguay | -0.04 | 30.7% |
| 112th | Macao SAR, China | -0.05 | 11.0% |
| 113th | Sri Lanka | -0.06 | 23.6% |
| 114th | Mexico | -0.09 | -32.0% |
| 115th | Kosovo | -0.12 | 22.3% |
| 116th | North Macedonia | -0.14 | 40.9% |
| 117th | Singapore | -0.17 | -12.6% |
| 118th | Ecuador | -0.17 | 30.3% |
| 119th | Sierra Leone | -0.19 | 2.0% |
| 120th | Nepal | -0.20 | 20.2% |
| 121st | Kenya | -0.20 | -76.0% |
| 122nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.21 | -57.0% |
| 123rd | Mali | -0.21 | -16.3% |
| 124th | Tanzania | -0.28 | -24.7% |
| 125th | Guatemala | -0.28 | 3.7% |
| 126th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.28 | 8.2% |
| 127th | Zambia | -0.34 | -11.7% |
| 128th | Comoros | -0.34 | -15.5% |
| 129th | Nigeria | -0.34 | -6.5% |
| 130th | Madagascar | -0.35 | -9.1% |
| 131st | Malaysia | -0.40 | 4.3% |
| 132nd | Mozambique | -0.42 | -0.9% |
| 133rd | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.43 | -2.5% |
| 134th | Niger | -0.43 | -2.0% |
| 135th | Honduras | -0.44 | -0.5% |
| 136th | Armenia | -0.56 | 3.2% |
| 137th | Lebanon | -0.58 | -10.8% |
| 138th | Uganda | -0.59 | 9.1% |
| 139th | Kuwait | -0.61 | 3.5% |
| 140th | Bangladesh | -0.62 | -5.3% |
| 141st | Gambia, The | -0.62 | 50.7% |
| 142nd | Togo | -0.63 | -14.5% |
| 143rd | Morocco | -0.67 | -7.5% |
| 144th | Pakistan | -0.69 | 0.9% |
| 145th | Türkiye | -0.71 | -16.2% |
| 146th | Jordan | -0.71 | -0.3% |
| 147th | Nicaragua | -0.72 | -5.5% |
| 148th | Maldives | -0.72 | -1.2% |
| 149th | Haiti | -0.74 | 2.9% |
| 150th | Guinea | -0.74 | 2.8% |
| 151st | Guinea-Bissau | -0.80 | -8.7% |
| 152nd | Mauritania | -0.80 | -3.5% |
| 153rd | Myanmar | -0.86 | -8.6% |
| 154th | Algeria | -0.90 | -4.8% |
| 155th | Brunei Darussalam | -0.95 | -5.3% |
| 156th | Afghanistan | -0.99 | 4.5% |
| 157th | West Bank and Gaza | -1.03 | 5.8% |
| 158th | Thailand | -1.05 | -2.2% |
| 159th | Iraq | -1.05 | -3.1% |
| 160th | Cameroon | -1.05 | -2.0% |
| 161st | Gabon | -1.06 | -9.5% |
| 162nd | Oman | -1.06 | -0.7% |
| 163rd | Russian Federation | -1.09 | 3.7% |
| 164th | Angola | -1.10 | 4.0% |
| 165th | United Arab Emirates | -1.10 | -4.4% |
| 166th | Central African Republic | -1.11 | -2.4% |
| 167th | Rwanda | -1.12 | 2.9% |
| 168th | Congo, Republic of | -1.12 | 3.3% |
| 169th | Cambodia | -1.16 | -4.5% |
| 170th | Qatar | -1.18 | -2.2% |
| 171st | Zimbabwe | -1.20 | -1.5% |
| 172nd | Kazakhstan | -1.25 | -3.3% |
| 173rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.25 | -3.9% |
| 174th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.30 | 3.2% |
| 175th | Belarus | -1.36 | -1.3% |
| 176th | Chad | -1.37 | -0.6% |
| 177th | Bahrain | -1.39 | -1.1% |
| 178th | Djibouti | -1.41 | -2.6% |
| 179th | Viet Nam | -1.41 | -2.9% |
| 180th | Libya | -1.44 | -1.0% |
| 181st | Eswatini | -1.45 | -1.3% |
| 182nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.46 | -3.7% |
| 183rd | China | -1.50 | 3.6% |
| 184th | Cuba | -1.55 | 0.5% |
| 185th | Azerbaijan | -1.56 | -0.2% |
| 186th | Burundi | -1.58 | -1.3% |
| 187th | Saudi Arabia | -1.69 | 2.4% |
| 188th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.69 | 0.0% |
| 189th | Tajikistan | -1.72 | -1.9% |
| 190th | Lao PDR | -1.75 | 0.4% |
| 191st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.78 | 6.9% |
| 192nd | Uzbekistan | -1.80 | 4.7% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | -1.82 | -1.4% |
| 194th | Sudan | -1.84 | -0.3% |
| 195th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.97 | 0.9% |
| 196th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.97 | -1.2% |
| 197th | Turkmenistan | -2.16 | 0.5% |
| 198th | Eritrea | -2.17 | 0.2% |
| 199th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.20 | -1.0% |
FAQ
What was Nicaragua's voice and accountability in 2017?▾
Nicaragua's voice and accountability in 2017 was -0.72. This ranked 147th globally.
How did Nicaragua's voice and accountability change in 2017?▾
Nicaragua's voice and accountability decreased by 5.5% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2017?▾
Norway had the highest voice and accountability in 2017 at 1.69.
What is the voice and accountability of Nicaragua in 2017?▾
The voice and accountability of Nicaragua in 2017 was -0.72. This ranked 147th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Nicaragua's voice and accountability?▾
Nicaragua's voice and accountability went from -0.68 in 2016 to -0.72 in 2017, a 5.5% decrease.
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