Voice and Accountability - Ranking 1998
Year
In 1998, Cayman Islands (1.60), Netherlands (1.56), and New Zealand (1.56) ranked highest in voice and accountability among all countries. Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of ranked lowest at -2.07.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cayman Islands | 1.60 | -1.2% |
| 2nd | Netherlands | 1.56 | +0.3% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 1.56 | -4.4% |
| 4th | Canada | 1.55 | -1.0% |
| 5th | Sweden | 1.54 | +1.2% |
| 6th | Andorra | 1.53 | -2.2% |
| 7th | Liechtenstein | 1.53 | -2.2% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 1.52 | -1.6% |
| 9th | Norway | 1.49 | -4.4% |
| 10th | Denmark | 1.47 | -4.7% |
| 11th | Finland | 1.47 | -3.3% |
| 12th | Portugal | 1.43 | -4.2% |
| 13th | Iceland | 1.43 | -2.3% |
| 14th | Switzerland | 1.41 | -0.8% |
| 15th | Australia | 1.41 | -2.3% |
| 16th | Ireland | 1.36 | -1.9% |
| 17th | Austria | 1.35 | -6.5% |
| 18th | Belgium | 1.34 | -6.3% |
| 19th | United States | 1.34 | -0.9% |
| 20th | San Marino | 1.30 | +1.4% |
| 21st | Tuvalu | 1.30 | +1.4% |
| 22nd | Spain | 1.30 | -1.5% |
| 23rd | Germany | 1.29 | -2.8% |
| 24th | Barbados | 1.27 | -5.1% |
| 25th | Marshall Islands | 1.24 | +1.4% |
| 26th | Slovenia | 1.20 | -5.5% |
| 27th | United Kingdom | 1.20 | -6.1% |
| 28th | Kiribati | 1.18 | +2.1% |
| 29th | France | 1.17 | -10.6% |
| 30th | Bermuda | 1.17 | -1.2% |
| 31st | Bahamas, The | 1.16 | +5.0% |
| 32nd | Costa Rica | 1.14 | +6.1% |
| 33rd | Malta | 1.14 | -2.5% |
| 34th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.13 | +2.5% |
| 35th | Monaco | 1.11 | +1.5% |
| 36th | Palau | 1.11 | +1.5% |
| 37th | Greece | 1.10 | +10.0% |
| 38th | Dominica | 1.09 | +5.0% |
| 39th | Poland | 1.09 | +4.3% |
| 40th | St. Lucia | 1.08 | +1.5% |
| 41st | Hungary | 1.07 | +5.4% |
| 42nd | Italy | 1.06 | -5.8% |
| 43rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.06 | +1.5% |
| 44th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.04 | +1.5% |
| 45th | Estonia | 1.03 | +11.7% |
| 46th | Mauritius | 1.01 | +18.1% |
| 47th | Nauru | 1.01 | +1.5% |
| 48th | Cyprus | 0.98 | -5.1% |
| 49th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.98 | -11.9% |
| 50th | Uruguay | 0.97 | +17.5% |
| 51st | Czechia | 0.97 | -6.5% |
| 52nd | Japan | 0.95 | -11.8% |
| 53rd | Lithuania | 0.94 | -4.2% |
| 54th | Cabo Verde | 0.93 | -0.3% |
| 55th | Belize | 0.88 | +7.0% |
| 56th | South Africa | 0.85 | +0.7% |
| 57th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.84 | +22.1% |
| 58th | Latvia | 0.83 | +14.5% |
| 59th | Solomon Islands | 0.78 | -3.7% |
| 60th | Botswana | 0.75 | -13.1% |
| 61st | Jamaica | 0.73 | +24.0% |
| 62nd | Grenada | 0.72 | +17.9% |
| 63rd | Slovak Republic | 0.71 | +10.3% |
| 64th | Samoa | 0.67 | -8.4% |
| 65th | Vanuatu | 0.64 | +1.7% |
| 66th | Korea | 0.64 | -4.4% |
| 67th | Israel | 0.62 | -12.0% |
| 68th | Chile | 0.62 | -14.4% |
| 69th | Mongolia | 0.56 | +32.0% |
| 70th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.51 | +58.1% |
| 71st | Panama | 0.51 | +291.6% |
| 72nd | Bulgaria | 0.44 | +1.9% |
| 73rd | Benin | 0.43 | +64.3% |
| 74th | Philippines | 0.42 | +62.9% |
| 75th | India | 0.39 | -17.9% |
| 76th | Guyana | 0.39 | +53.8% |
| 77th | Romania | 0.39 | +36.3% |
| 78th | Thailand | 0.38 | +23.1% |
| 79th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.35 | +127.5% |
| 80th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.34 | +1.7% |
| 81st | Brazil | 0.33 | +37.5% |
| 82nd | Namibia | 0.33 | -33.4% |
| 83rd | Argentina | 0.31 | -21.2% |
| 84th | Macao SAR, China | 0.30 | -0.4% |
| 85th | Tonga | 0.25 | +9.9% |
| 86th | Fiji | 0.23 | +48.2% |
| 87th | Suriname | 0.17 | +286.8% |
| 88th | Madagascar | 0.15 | +229.6% |
| 89th | Seychelles | 0.13 | +5.9% |
| 90th | Ecuador | 0.11 | +763.1% |
| 91st | Singapore | 0.11 | -19.5% |
| 92nd | Nicaragua | 0.10 | +93.7% |
| 93rd | Dominican Republic | 0.09 | +64.7% |
| 94th | Moldova | 0.09 | +388.8% |
| 95th | Papua New Guinea | 0.08 | -3.9% |
| 96th | Malawi | 0.06 | +173.0% |
| 97th | Mexico | 0.06 | +248.4% |
| 98th | El Salvador | 0.04 | +142.0% |
| 99th | Senegal | 0.03 | -73.2% |
| 100th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.01 | +92.1% |
| 101st | Honduras | -0.02 | +89.9% |
| 102nd | Mali | -0.07 | -657.4% |
| 103rd | Bangladesh | -0.09 | -46.5% |
| 104th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -0.11 | -131.9% |
| 105th | Sri Lanka | -0.15 | +43.9% |
| 106th | North Macedonia | -0.16 | +58.7% |
| 107th | Mozambique | -0.16 | +42.6% |
| 108th | Ghana | -0.19 | +9.7% |
| 109th | Nepal | -0.19 | -201.3% |
| 110th | Guatemala | -0.20 | +17.1% |
| 111th | Ukraine | -0.24 | +25.9% |
| 112th | Morocco | -0.24 | +41.6% |
| 113th | Paraguay | -0.25 | -105.2% |
| 114th | Croatia | -0.29 | -81.2% |
| 115th | Kuwait | -0.30 | -22.7% |
| 116th | Armenia | -0.34 | +41.1% |
| 117th | Colombia | -0.34 | +32.6% |
| 118th | Comoros | -0.38 | +11.5% |
| 119th | Georgia | -0.39 | -16.1% |
| 120th | Albania | -0.39 | +40.2% |
| 121st | Gabon | -0.39 | -21.8% |
| 122nd | Burkina Faso | -0.40 | +25.7% |
| 123rd | Lebanon | -0.40 | -21.5% |
| 124th | Russian Federation | -0.41 | -85.0% |
| 125th | Jordan | -0.42 | -76.2% |
| 126th | Malaysia | -0.42 | -133.0% |
| 127th | Lesotho | -0.43 | +9.4% |
| 128th | Zambia | -0.48 | -44.8% |
| 129th | Tanzania | -0.52 | +19.5% |
| 130th | United Arab Emirates | -0.52 | -26.8% |
| 131st | Pakistan | -0.54 | +8.7% |
| 132nd | Montenegro | -0.59 | - |
| 133rd | Haiti | -0.61 | +10.9% |
| 134th | Türkiye | -0.62 | -374.7% |
| 135th | Peru | -0.64 | -20.6% |
| 136th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.64 | -9.5% |
| 137th | Maldives | -0.67 | -2.1% |
| 138th | Central African Republic | -0.68 | +17.6% |
| 139th | Mauritania | -0.71 | -25.3% |
| 140th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.72 | +5.4% |
| 141st | Brunei Darussalam | -0.72 | -11.3% |
| 142nd | Kazakhstan | -0.76 | +20.8% |
| 143rd | Belarus | -0.77 | +5.7% |
| 144th | Qatar | -0.78 | -9.4% |
| 145th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.78 | -14.1% |
| 146th | Zimbabwe | -0.79 | -29.1% |
| 147th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.81 | -2.8% |
| 148th | Cambodia | -0.82 | -8.8% |
| 149th | Tunisia | -0.82 | -37.4% |
| 150th | Uganda | -0.86 | +4.0% |
| 151st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.86 | +9.9% |
| 152nd | Kenya | -0.87 | -32.9% |
| 153rd | Oman | -0.89 | -24.2% |
| 154th | Liberia | -0.89 | +37.8% |
| 155th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.91 | -8.0% |
| 156th | Gambia, The | -0.92 | +28.2% |
| 157th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.94 | +3.0% |
| 158th | Chad | -0.97 | +2.2% |
| 159th | Serbia | -0.97 | +19.9% |
| 160th | Djibouti | -0.99 | -12.6% |
| 161st | Azerbaijan | -1.02 | +8.8% |
| 162nd | Indonesia | -1.02 | -10.9% |
| 163rd | Cameroon | -1.06 | -13.3% |
| 164th | Bahrain | -1.07 | -48.2% |
| 165th | Nigeria | -1.08 | +30.5% |
| 166th | Bhutan | -1.10 | -15.3% |
| 167th | Guinea | -1.11 | +9.7% |
| 168th | Togo | -1.12 | -14.1% |
| 169th | Sierra Leone | -1.13 | -92.7% |
| 170th | Eritrea | -1.23 | +9.7% |
| 171st | Eswatini | -1.24 | +6.8% |
| 172nd | Algeria | -1.24 | -6.7% |
| 173rd | Kosovo | -1.27 | +25.4% |
| 174th | Niger | -1.29 | +14.1% |
| 175th | Lao PDR | -1.31 | -15.4% |
| 176th | Viet Nam | -1.35 | -23.9% |
| 177th | Rwanda | -1.41 | +10.6% |
| 178th | Angola | -1.41 | +10.5% |
| 179th | China | -1.44 | -5.6% |
| 180th | Burundi | -1.44 | +6.9% |
| 181st | Congo, Republic of | -1.47 | -77.1% |
| 182nd | Tajikistan | -1.51 | +8.5% |
| 183rd | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.56 | -11.1% |
| 184th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.56 | -2.4% |
| 185th | Cuba | -1.58 | -11.2% |
| 186th | Saudi Arabia | -1.62 | -7.9% |
| 187th | Turkmenistan | -1.66 | -5.0% |
| 188th | Libya | -1.68 | -12.1% |
| 189th | Timor-Leste | -1.70 | +1.3% |
| 190th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.73 | -8.0% |
| 191st | Uzbekistan | -1.76 | -9.9% |
| 192nd | Sudan | -1.81 | +2.5% |
| 193rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.82 | +3.9% |
| 194th | Myanmar | -1.92 | -1.5% |
| 195th | Iraq | -1.94 | +0.7% |
| 196th | Afghanistan | -2.04 | -6.9% |
| 197th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.07 | -7.5% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest voice and accountability in 1998?▾
Cayman Islands has the highest voice and accountability in 1998 at 1.60.
Which country has the lowest voice and accountability in 1998?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of has the lowest voice and accountability in 1998 at -2.07.
How many countries are ranked by voice and accountability?▾
197 countries have voice and accountability data for 1998.
What are the top 3 countries by voice and accountability?▾
1. Cayman Islands (1.60), 2. Netherlands (1.56), 3. New Zealand (1.56).