Puerto Rico (US) - Voice and Accountability 2025
0.44
−0.01 from 2024
Puerto Rico (US)'s voice and accountability was 0.44 in 2025. This was the 79th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2025▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.86 | 4.5% |
| 2nd | New Zealand | 1.76 | 4.0% |
| 3rd | Switzerland | 1.74 | 4.6% |
| 4th | Denmark | 1.70 | 2.1% |
| 5th | Luxembourg | 1.66 | 1.8% |
| 6th | Finland | 1.66 | 1.6% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.59 | 2.1% |
| 8th | Ireland | 1.58 | 6.5% |
| 9th | Sweden | 1.55 | -1.3% |
| 10th | Australia | 1.55 | 2.9% |
| 11th | Iceland | 1.52 | 4.9% |
| 12th | Liechtenstein | 1.51 | 7.3% |
| 13th | Germany | 1.51 | 3.1% |
| 14th | Canada | 1.48 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Austria | 1.46 | 3.1% |
| 16th | Belgium | 1.32 | -0.6% |
| 17th | Uruguay | 1.32 | 2.5% |
| 18th | San Marino | 1.28 | 2.8% |
| 19th | Greenland | 1.28 | 0.3% |
| 20th | United Kingdom | 1.27 | 0.3% |
| 21st | Portugal | 1.25 | 3.0% |
| 22nd | Tuvalu | 1.24 | 1.1% |
| 23rd | Estonia | 1.24 | 1.3% |
| 24th | Italy | 1.22 | 9.6% |
| 25th | Czechia | 1.21 | 12.1% |
| 26th | Spain | 1.18 | -1.0% |
| 27th | Barbados | 1.18 | 1.6% |
| 28th | Japan | 1.18 | 6.5% |
| 29th | France | 1.16 | 0.4% |
| 30th | Samoa | 1.14 | 12.1% |
| 31st | Marshall Islands | 1.13 | 0.8% |
| 32nd | Lithuania | 1.12 | 4.6% |
| 33rd | Kiribati | 1.10 | 0.7% |
| 34th | Greece | 1.10 | 8.3% |
| 35th | Palau | 1.08 | -0.3% |
| 36th | Slovenia | 1.07 | -0.6% |
| 37th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.07 | -1.6% |
| 38th | Costa Rica | 1.05 | -1.9% |
| 39th | Guam | 1.05 | -4.7% |
| 40th | Latvia | 1.05 | 5.5% |
| 41st | Tonga | 1.02 | 17.2% |
| 42nd | American Samoa | 1.02 | 6.8% |
| 43rd | Chile | 1.01 | -1.0% |
| 44th | Cayman Islands | 0.99 | 29.4% |
| 45th | Andorra | 0.99 | -1.1% |
| 46th | Cabo Verde | 0.96 | 0.2% |
| 47th | Korea | 0.96 | 11.4% |
| 48th | Slovak Republic | 0.93 | 2.4% |
| 49th | Malta | 0.90 | -1.0% |
| 50th | United States | 0.85 | -2.6% |
| 51st | Cyprus | 0.85 | -13.0% |
| 52nd | Bahamas, The | 0.84 | -2.5% |
| 53rd | St. Lucia | 0.83 | -3.9% |
| 54th | Aruba | 0.82 | -19.9% |
| 55th | South Africa | 0.81 | 8.9% |
| 56th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.79 | -4.4% |
| 57th | Grenada | 0.78 | 3.2% |
| 58th | Seychelles | 0.76 | 36.0% |
| 59th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.74 | -4.7% |
| 60th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.74 | -0.9% |
| 61st | Dominica | 0.73 | -6.8% |
| 62nd | Nauru | 0.72 | 12.9% |
| 63rd | Monaco | 0.70 | 6.4% |
| 64th | Croatia | 0.67 | 17.8% |
| 65th | Israel | 0.66 | 2.5% |
| 66th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.66 | 5.8% |
| 67th | Namibia | 0.62 | 6.4% |
| 68th | Vanuatu | 0.61 | -3.1% |
| 69th | Poland | 0.58 | -7.7% |
| 70th | Belize | 0.56 | 4.3% |
| 71st | Jamaica | 0.55 | -2.5% |
| 72nd | Romania | 0.54 | 6.4% |
| 73rd | Timor-Leste | 0.53 | 22.3% |
| 74th | Argentina | 0.52 | -1.8% |
| 75th | Mauritius | 0.52 | -14.9% |
| 76th | Montenegro | 0.52 | 51.5% |
| 77th | Panama | 0.51 | -7.5% |
| 78th | Botswana | 0.47 | -7.1% |
| 79th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.44 | -2.8% |
| 80th | Dominican Republic | 0.42 | 28.2% |
| 81st | Hungary | 0.41 | 14.0% |
| 82nd | Moldova | 0.38 | 59.5% |
| 83rd | Bulgaria | 0.35 | -9.1% |
| 84th | Suriname | 0.35 | -1.5% |
| 85th | Brazil | 0.33 | -13.6% |
| 86th | Ghana | 0.30 | -26.0% |
| 87th | North Macedonia | 0.29 | 76.7% |
| 88th | Bhutan | 0.26 | 31.9% |
| 89th | Solomon Islands | 0.24 | -29.7% |
| 90th | Mongolia | 0.20 | -18.8% |
| 91st | Malawi | 0.19 | 154.3% |
| 92nd | São Tomé and Principe | 0.19 | -24.1% |
| 93rd | Colombia | 0.17 | -15.3% |
| 94th | Albania | 0.17 | -0.2% |
| 95th | Indonesia | 0.16 | 12.6% |
| 96th | Guyana | 0.12 | -20.6% |
| 97th | Malaysia | 0.11 | 30.6% |
| 98th | Liberia | 0.11 | 101.5% |
| 99th | Gambia, The | 0.10 | 351.9% |
| 100th | Zambia | 0.10 | 311.5% |
| 101st | Armenia | 0.10 | 29.6% |
| 102nd | Senegal | 0.09 | -32.5% |
| 103rd | Lesotho | 0.06 | 112.8% |
| 104th | Fiji | 0.04 | -78.1% |
| 105th | Nepal | 0.04 | 275.2% |
| 106th | Singapore | 0.04 | 153.5% |
| 107th | Maldives | 0.03 | 121.0% |
| 108th | Paraguay | 0.00 | -90.5% |
| 109th | Kenya | -0.03 | 74.4% |
| 110th | Kosovo | -0.04 | 57.2% |
| 111th | Ecuador | -0.04 | 32.8% |
| 112th | India | -0.05 | -149.0% |
| 113th | Philippines | -0.06 | -273.6% |
| 114th | Papua New Guinea | -0.06 | -1,391.1% |
| 115th | Georgia | -0.07 | -289.6% |
| 116th | Peru | -0.08 | -233.9% |
| 117th | Serbia | -0.09 | -58.7% |
| 118th | Ukraine | -0.13 | -31.3% |
| 119th | Mexico | -0.20 | -75.6% |
| 120th | Sierra Leone | -0.30 | -1.3% |
| 121st | Sri Lanka | -0.31 | -34.5% |
| 122nd | Thailand | -0.31 | 30.9% |
| 123rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.32 | -20.3% |
| 124th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.36 | 18.3% |
| 125th | Madagascar | -0.36 | -12.0% |
| 126th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.37 | -14.8% |
| 127th | Honduras | -0.40 | 12.0% |
| 128th | Morocco | -0.44 | 9.8% |
| 129th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.45 | -19.2% |
| 130th | Benin | -0.49 | -123.1% |
| 131st | Niger | -0.55 | 20.8% |
| 132nd | Tunisia | -0.56 | -161.3% |
| 133rd | Mauritania | -0.60 | 8.1% |
| 134th | Brunei Darussalam | -0.61 | 15.0% |
| 135th | Tanzania | -0.61 | -14.1% |
| 136th | Kuwait | -0.62 | -3.9% |
| 137th | Mozambique | -0.62 | -4.6% |
| 138th | Nigeria | -0.66 | -20.0% |
| 139th | Guatemala | -0.66 | -24.5% |
| 140th | Macao SAR, China | -0.68 | -33.8% |
| 141st | Hong Kong SAR, China | -0.69 | -116.6% |
| 142nd | Lebanon | -0.74 | -12.7% |
| 143rd | Angola | -0.75 | -2.3% |
| 144th | Bangladesh | -0.76 | -1.0% |
| 145th | Rwanda | -0.78 | 13.7% |
| 146th | Qatar | -0.79 | 18.3% |
| 147th | El Salvador | -0.79 | -67.4% |
| 148th | Gabon | -0.81 | 12.4% |
| 149th | Togo | -0.81 | -3.0% |
| 150th | Uganda | -0.81 | -16.4% |
| 151st | Jordan | -0.85 | -9.4% |
| 152nd | Comoros | -0.89 | -9.8% |
| 153rd | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.89 | -23.3% |
| 154th | Kazakhstan | -0.90 | 10.7% |
| 155th | Türkiye | -0.92 | -6.4% |
| 156th | Algeria | -0.94 | 4.1% |
| 157th | Iraq | -0.94 | 1.9% |
| 158th | Pakistan | -0.95 | 0.8% |
| 159th | Oman | -1.01 | -0.6% |
| 160th | Cameroon | -1.02 | 4.5% |
| 161st | Zimbabwe | -1.06 | 2.6% |
| 162nd | Burkina Faso | -1.08 | -33.5% |
| 163rd | Eswatini | -1.08 | 7.0% |
| 164th | Uzbekistan | -1.09 | 16.8% |
| 165th | United Arab Emirates | -1.09 | 0.4% |
| 166th | Congo, Republic of | -1.10 | 4.9% |
| 167th | West Bank and Gaza | -1.12 | -0.2% |
| 168th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.13 | 7.2% |
| 169th | Burundi | -1.15 | 16.1% |
| 170th | Viet Nam | -1.16 | 6.8% |
| 171st | Djibouti | -1.17 | 8.0% |
| 172nd | Cuba | -1.19 | 4.8% |
| 173rd | Central African Republic | -1.24 | 2.1% |
| 174th | Mali | -1.31 | -29.2% |
| 175th | Saudi Arabia | -1.31 | 7.5% |
| 176th | Guinea | -1.35 | -17.7% |
| 177th | Libya | -1.35 | 2.8% |
| 178th | Azerbaijan | -1.36 | 3.9% |
| 179th | Cambodia | -1.36 | -5.4% |
| 180th | Russian Federation | -1.38 | -7.2% |
| 181st | Bahrain | -1.38 | -0.2% |
| 182nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.39 | -0.6% |
| 183rd | Yemen, Republic of | -1.44 | 7.3% |
| 184th | Chad | -1.46 | -1.7% |
| 185th | Haiti | -1.47 | -24.6% |
| 186th | China | -1.49 | 1.2% |
| 187th | South Sudan | -1.49 | 11.4% |
| 188th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.50 | -3.0% |
| 189th | Lao PDR | -1.51 | 7.2% |
| 190th | Sudan | -1.52 | 5.6% |
| 191st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.53 | 7.7% |
| 192nd | Tajikistan | -1.55 | 5.4% |
| 193rd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.55 | 7.3% |
| 194th | Nicaragua | -1.58 | -13.6% |
| 195th | Eritrea | -1.64 | 11.8% |
| 196th | Turkmenistan | -1.72 | 8.8% |
| 197th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.79 | 3.4% |
| 198th | Belarus | -1.83 | -9.5% |
| 199th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.85 | 6.5% |
| 200th | Afghanistan | -2.40 | -29.5% |
| 201st | Myanmar | -2.56 | -38.8% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s voice and accountability in 2025?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s voice and accountability in 2025 was 0.44. This ranked 79th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s voice and accountability change in 2025?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s voice and accountability decreased by 2.8% in 2025 compared to 2024.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2025?▾
Norway had the highest voice and accountability in 2025 at 1.86.
What is the voice and accountability of Puerto Rico (US) in 2025?▾
The voice and accountability of Puerto Rico (US) in 2025 was 0.44. This ranked 79th globally.
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