Voice and Accountability - Ranking 2000
Year
In 2000, New Zealand (1.68), Finland (1.59), and Cayman Islands (1.59) ranked highest in voice and accountability among all countries. Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of ranked lowest at -2.12.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | New Zealand | 1.68 | +7.8% |
| 2nd | Finland | 1.59 | +8.6% |
| 3rd | Cayman Islands | 1.59 | -0.6% |
| 4th | Sweden | 1.57 | +2.4% |
| 5th | Netherlands | 1.54 | -1.2% |
| 6th | Denmark | 1.54 | +4.7% |
| 7th | Andorra | 1.54 | +0.5% |
| 8th | Liechtenstein | 1.54 | +0.5% |
| 9th | Canada | 1.53 | -1.3% |
| 10th | Norway | 1.53 | +2.2% |
| 11th | Luxembourg | 1.51 | -1.0% |
| 12th | Iceland | 1.49 | +4.5% |
| 13th | Australia | 1.47 | +4.5% |
| 14th | Switzerland | 1.41 | +0.0% |
| 15th | Ireland | 1.41 | +3.9% |
| 16th | Belgium | 1.37 | +1.8% |
| 17th | Portugal | 1.36 | -5.3% |
| 18th | United Kingdom | 1.32 | +10.7% |
| 19th | San Marino | 1.32 | +1.3% |
| 20th | Tuvalu | 1.32 | +1.3% |
| 21st | Austria | 1.32 | -2.7% |
| 22nd | Germany | 1.31 | +1.8% |
| 23rd | United States | 1.31 | -2.0% |
| 24th | Spain | 1.28 | -1.7% |
| 25th | Barbados | 1.26 | -0.7% |
| 26th | Marshall Islands | 1.26 | +1.0% |
| 27th | Bahamas, The | 1.20 | +3.9% |
| 28th | Malta | 1.19 | +4.8% |
| 29th | France | 1.18 | +1.0% |
| 30th | Kiribati | 1.14 | -2.8% |
| 31st | Hungary | 1.14 | +6.1% |
| 32nd | Monaco | 1.12 | +0.3% |
| 33rd | Palau | 1.12 | +0.3% |
| 34th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.11 | -1.4% |
| 35th | Slovenia | 1.11 | -8.1% |
| 36th | Costa Rica | 1.09 | -4.2% |
| 37th | Dominica | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 38th | St. Lucia | 1.08 | +0.1% |
| 39th | Poland | 1.08 | -1.1% |
| 40th | Cyprus | 1.06 | +7.5% |
| 41st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.06 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Italy | 1.04 | -2.2% |
| 43rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.04 | -0.1% |
| 44th | Greece | 1.01 | -8.2% |
| 45th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.01 | +2.7% |
| 46th | Uruguay | 0.99 | +1.6% |
| 47th | Estonia | 0.99 | -4.5% |
| 48th | Mauritius | 0.98 | -2.4% |
| 49th | Belize | 0.98 | +10.7% |
| 50th | Japan | 0.96 | +1.2% |
| 51st | Nauru | 0.94 | -6.0% |
| 52nd | Bermuda | 0.94 | -19.5% |
| 53rd | Chile | 0.89 | +43.6% |
| 54th | Lithuania | 0.86 | -8.6% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 0.85 | +19.4% |
| 56th | Cabo Verde | 0.80 | -14.0% |
| 57th | Samoa | 0.80 | +18.1% |
| 58th | Czechia | 0.76 | -21.2% |
| 59th | South Africa | 0.75 | -11.9% |
| 60th | Latvia | 0.74 | -10.4% |
| 61st | Grenada | 0.72 | -1.3% |
| 62nd | Israel | 0.69 | +12.1% |
| 63rd | Jamaica | 0.68 | -6.9% |
| 64th | Botswana | 0.67 | -10.0% |
| 65th | Vanuatu | 0.64 | 0.0% |
| 66th | Korea | 0.64 | -0.2% |
| 67th | Panama | 0.63 | +23.4% |
| 68th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.57 | -32.5% |
| 69th | Croatia | 0.51 | +274.6% |
| 70th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.48 | -7.0% |
| 71st | Romania | 0.47 | +20.3% |
| 72nd | Thailand | 0.47 | +22.3% |
| 73rd | Guyana | 0.46 | +18.8% |
| 74th | Bulgaria | 0.46 | +5.4% |
| 75th | Suriname | 0.44 | +158.8% |
| 76th | Argentina | 0.42 | +35.5% |
| 77th | Benin | 0.41 | -3.1% |
| 78th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.39 | +15.2% |
| 79th | Mongolia | 0.38 | -31.5% |
| 80th | India | 0.35 | -10.0% |
| 81st | Namibia | 0.33 | +0.8% |
| 82nd | Brazil | 0.30 | -9.4% |
| 83rd | Macao SAR, China | 0.29 | -3.7% |
| 84th | Mexico | 0.26 | +311.6% |
| 85th | Philippines | 0.23 | -44.6% |
| 86th | Dominican Republic | 0.23 | +142.5% |
| 87th | Solomon Islands | 0.22 | -71.5% |
| 88th | Tonga | 0.22 | -12.8% |
| 89th | Senegal | 0.20 | +586.0% |
| 90th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.19 | -46.3% |
| 91st | Singapore | 0.13 | +16.0% |
| 92nd | Madagascar | 0.11 | -27.5% |
| 93rd | Ghana | 0.07 | +137.7% |
| 94th | Seychelles | 0.04 | -65.9% |
| 95th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -0.01 | +88.7% |
| 96th | El Salvador | -0.04 | -199.9% |
| 97th | Mali | -0.05 | +32.4% |
| 98th | Papua New Guinea | -0.06 | -185.1% |
| 99th | Honduras | -0.10 | -339.5% |
| 100th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.11 | -1,219.6% |
| 101st | Niger | -0.12 | +90.7% |
| 102nd | Nicaragua | -0.13 | -221.4% |
| 103rd | Timor-Leste | -0.13 | +92.3% |
| 104th | Malawi | -0.13 | -307.0% |
| 105th | Moldova | -0.14 | -260.1% |
| 106th | Sri Lanka | -0.19 | -26.3% |
| 107th | Mozambique | -0.22 | -35.5% |
| 108th | Bangladesh | -0.23 | -166.4% |
| 109th | Burkina Faso | -0.23 | +41.9% |
| 110th | Ecuador | -0.25 | -315.6% |
| 111th | Indonesia | -0.27 | +73.6% |
| 112th | Nepal | -0.28 | -45.2% |
| 113th | Georgia | -0.28 | +26.3% |
| 114th | Jordan | -0.28 | +32.2% |
| 115th | Albania | -0.29 | +26.4% |
| 116th | Guatemala | -0.29 | -46.6% |
| 117th | Türkiye | -0.29 | +53.0% |
| 118th | Kuwait | -0.30 | +0.6% |
| 119th | Lebanon | -0.31 | +21.4% |
| 120th | North Macedonia | -0.34 | -114.3% |
| 121st | Fiji | -0.35 | -253.1% |
| 122nd | Russian Federation | -0.35 | +14.8% |
| 123rd | Lesotho | -0.37 | +14.9% |
| 124th | Peru | -0.37 | +42.0% |
| 125th | Armenia | -0.37 | -11.6% |
| 126th | Zambia | -0.41 | +14.6% |
| 127th | Malaysia | -0.42 | +0.2% |
| 128th | Colombia | -0.44 | -27.3% |
| 129th | Morocco | -0.45 | -84.5% |
| 130th | Gabon | -0.47 | -20.3% |
| 131st | Tanzania | -0.47 | +8.5% |
| 132nd | Nigeria | -0.48 | +55.5% |
| 133rd | Montenegro | -0.50 | +15.5% |
| 134th | Paraguay | -0.51 | -101.7% |
| 135th | United Arab Emirates | -0.52 | +0.4% |
| 136th | Ukraine | -0.61 | -153.8% |
| 137th | Serbia | -0.64 | +34.5% |
| 138th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.64 | +32.4% |
| 139th | Qatar | -0.65 | +16.1% |
| 140th | Central African Republic | -0.67 | +1.6% |
| 141st | Brunei Darussalam | -0.71 | +1.4% |
| 142nd | Haiti | -0.73 | -19.5% |
| 143rd | Kosovo | -0.74 | +41.8% |
| 144th | Oman | -0.76 | +14.7% |
| 145th | Maldives | -0.76 | -12.5% |
| 146th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.77 | -6.9% |
| 147th | Cambodia | -0.78 | +4.3% |
| 148th | Mauritania | -0.79 | -11.0% |
| 149th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.80 | -3.1% |
| 150th | Kenya | -0.81 | +6.5% |
| 151st | Tunisia | -0.81 | +1.2% |
| 152nd | Djibouti | -0.88 | +11.7% |
| 153rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.89 | +1.9% |
| 154th | Azerbaijan | -0.91 | +11.4% |
| 155th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.93 | -8.7% |
| 156th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.93 | -46.0% |
| 157th | Kazakhstan | -0.97 | -26.4% |
| 158th | Chad | -0.98 | -0.6% |
| 159th | Uganda | -0.99 | -16.1% |
| 160th | Liberia | -1.03 | -15.6% |
| 161st | Comoros | -1.03 | -175.3% |
| 162nd | Bahrain | -1.06 | +0.8% |
| 163rd | Cameroon | -1.06 | +0.3% |
| 164th | Gambia, The | -1.06 | -16.3% |
| 165th | Zimbabwe | -1.09 | -37.4% |
| 166th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.09 | -35.3% |
| 167th | Guinea | -1.10 | +0.8% |
| 168th | Algeria | -1.11 | +10.8% |
| 169th | Bhutan | -1.11 | -1.3% |
| 170th | Togo | -1.13 | -0.1% |
| 171st | Pakistan | -1.22 | -124.0% |
| 172nd | Viet Nam | -1.24 | +8.1% |
| 173rd | Belarus | -1.31 | -69.8% |
| 174th | Sierra Leone | -1.34 | -17.9% |
| 175th | Lao PDR | -1.34 | -2.7% |
| 176th | Tajikistan | -1.38 | +8.1% |
| 177th | China | -1.38 | +3.7% |
| 178th | Congo, Republic of | -1.43 | +2.4% |
| 179th | Angola | -1.46 | -3.3% |
| 180th | Eswatini | -1.46 | -18.3% |
| 181st | Eritrea | -1.47 | -19.4% |
| 182nd | Burundi | -1.49 | -3.3% |
| 183rd | Rwanda | -1.57 | -11.0% |
| 184th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.60 | -2.4% |
| 185th | Saudi Arabia | -1.60 | +0.9% |
| 186th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.63 | -4.3% |
| 187th | Cuba | -1.64 | -3.2% |
| 188th | Libya | -1.69 | -0.6% |
| 189th | Turkmenistan | -1.69 | -2.2% |
| 190th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.71 | +5.8% |
| 191st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.73 | -0.3% |
| 192nd | Sudan | -1.75 | +3.3% |
| 193rd | Uzbekistan | -1.83 | -4.3% |
| 194th | Iraq | -2.01 | -3.6% |
| 195th | Afghanistan | -2.03 | +0.4% |
| 196th | Myanmar | -2.04 | -6.3% |
| 197th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.12 | -2.4% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest voice and accountability in 2000?▾
New Zealand has the highest voice and accountability in 2000 at 1.68.
Which country has the lowest voice and accountability in 2000?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of has the lowest voice and accountability in 2000 at -2.12.
How many countries are ranked by voice and accountability?▾
197 countries have voice and accountability data for 2000.
What are the top 3 countries by voice and accountability?▾
1. New Zealand (1.68), 2. Finland (1.59), 3. Cayman Islands (1.59).