São Tomé and Principe - Voice and Accountability 2009
0.16
−0.03 from 2008
São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability was 0.16 in 2009, decreased +0.03 from 0.18 in 2008. This was the 91st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Luxembourg | 1.56 | 0.6% |
| 2nd | Switzerland | 1.55 | 2.4% |
| 3rd | Norway | 1.55 | 0.1% |
| 4th | Sweden | 1.55 | 1.7% |
| 5th | Liechtenstein | 1.55 | 17.3% |
| 6th | Denmark | 1.54 | 0.0% |
| 7th | New Zealand | 1.48 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Finland | 1.47 | 0.1% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 1.46 | -1.3% |
| 10th | Iceland | 1.42 | -0.7% |
| 11th | Canada | 1.40 | -0.4% |
| 12th | Austria | 1.39 | 2.5% |
| 13th | Australia | 1.38 | 1.1% |
| 14th | Ireland | 1.35 | -4.9% |
| 15th | Belgium | 1.35 | 1.6% |
| 16th | Germany | 1.33 | -0.1% |
| 17th | Andorra | 1.32 | -0.2% |
| 18th | United Kingdom | 1.30 | -1.3% |
| 19th | Aruba | 1.25 | 29.5% |
| 20th | Greenland | 1.25 | - |
| 21st | France | 1.24 | -4.6% |
| 22nd | St. Lucia | 1.21 | -0.7% |
| 23rd | Palau | 1.21 | -0.7% |
| 24th | San Marino | 1.18 | -0.5% |
| 25th | Spain | 1.18 | -0.7% |
| 26th | Malta | 1.15 | -7.8% |
| 27th | Marshall Islands | 1.13 | -4.7% |
| 28th | Portugal | 1.13 | -6.1% |
| 29th | Barbados | 1.13 | 19.1% |
| 30th | Uruguay | 1.11 | 4.1% |
| 31st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.10 | 2.2% |
| 32nd | United States | 1.10 | -4.1% |
| 33rd | Nauru | 1.09 | 0.4% |
| 34th | Estonia | 1.09 | -0.6% |
| 35th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.07 | -1.1% |
| 36th | Cyprus | 1.07 | -1.5% |
| 37th | Slovenia | 1.06 | 3.7% |
| 38th | Italy | 1.03 | 0.2% |
| 39th | Czechia | 1.03 | 0.0% |
| 40th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.03 | -3.6% |
| 41st | Poland | 1.03 | 7.7% |
| 42nd | Japan | 1.02 | 7.6% |
| 43rd | Chile | 1.02 | 0.3% |
| 44th | Dominica | 1.01 | -2.1% |
| 45th | Bahamas, The | 1.01 | -10.2% |
| 46th | Costa Rica | 1.01 | 4.0% |
| 47th | American Samoa | 0.96 | -0.4% |
| 48th | Bermuda | 0.96 | -0.4% |
| 49th | Guam | 0.96 | -0.4% |
| 50th | Monaco | 0.95 | -1.7% |
| 51st | Hungary | 0.91 | -5.8% |
| 52nd | Lithuania | 0.90 | 6.2% |
| 53rd | Greece | 0.89 | -4.0% |
| 54th | Cabo Verde | 0.89 | -5.0% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 0.88 | -6.3% |
| 56th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.86 | -25.5% |
| 57th | Latvia | 0.85 | 8.9% |
| 58th | Grenada | 0.82 | 0.3% |
| 59th | Mauritius | 0.82 | -4.7% |
| 60th | Belize | 0.74 | 15.2% |
| 61st | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.74 | -0.3% |
| 62nd | Tuvalu | 0.74 | -7.5% |
| 63rd | Korea | 0.71 | 7.7% |
| 64th | Kiribati | 0.63 | -15.1% |
| 65th | Macao SAR, China | 0.59 | 612.4% |
| 66th | Panama | 0.59 | -1.6% |
| 67th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.59 | 2.7% |
| 68th | Jamaica | 0.58 | -0.4% |
| 69th | South Africa | 0.57 | -0.9% |
| 70th | Israel | 0.57 | -21.1% |
| 71st | Bulgaria | 0.56 | -3.0% |
| 72nd | Cayman Islands | 0.56 | -25.1% |
| 73rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.55 | 3.9% |
| 74th | Samoa | 0.54 | -6.3% |
| 75th | Brazil | 0.52 | -8.3% |
| 76th | Vanuatu | 0.51 | 5.6% |
| 77th | Ghana | 0.50 | 15.3% |
| 78th | Croatia | 0.49 | 3.9% |
| 79th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.48 | 7.1% |
| 80th | Romania | 0.46 | -9.7% |
| 81st | India | 0.46 | -0.3% |
| 82nd | Suriname | 0.44 | -26.5% |
| 83rd | Botswana | 0.44 | -14.9% |
| 84th | Namibia | 0.38 | -16.7% |
| 85th | Benin | 0.34 | -0.6% |
| 86th | Serbia | 0.33 | 18.7% |
| 87th | Argentina | 0.28 | -22.0% |
| 88th | Montenegro | 0.24 | 2.5% |
| 89th | Mexico | 0.20 | 48.3% |
| 90th | North Macedonia | 0.17 | -14.1% |
| 91st | São Tomé and Principe | 0.16 | -15.5% |
| 92nd | Albania | 0.14 | -19.1% |
| 93rd | Solomon Islands | 0.14 | 574.8% |
| 94th | Mongolia | 0.13 | -53.2% |
| 95th | Timor-Leste | 0.10 | -55.0% |
| 96th | Guyana | 0.09 | -17.3% |
| 97th | Dominican Republic | 0.09 | -45.5% |
| 98th | Peru | 0.08 | -45.1% |
| 99th | Mali | 0.07 | -65.6% |
| 100th | Ukraine | 0.06 | -34.8% |
| 101st | El Salvador | 0.06 | -48.6% |
| 102nd | Seychelles | 0.04 | 877.5% |
| 103rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.01 | 134.5% |
| 104th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.00 | -79.1% |
| 105th | Indonesia | 0.00 | 91.1% |
| 106th | Papua New Guinea | -0.01 | -202.0% |
| 107th | Philippines | -0.03 | 80.0% |
| 108th | Tonga | -0.05 | -54.8% |
| 109th | Maldives | -0.05 | 83.9% |
| 110th | Türkiye | -0.06 | -34.5% |
| 111th | Lesotho | -0.08 | -26.0% |
| 112th | Mozambique | -0.11 | -57.1% |
| 113th | Kosovo | -0.12 | 62.8% |
| 114th | Paraguay | -0.13 | -16.3% |
| 115th | Malawi | -0.15 | 39.7% |
| 116th | Colombia | -0.15 | 9.9% |
| 117th | Tanzania | -0.16 | 3.6% |
| 118th | Liberia | -0.16 | 11.7% |
| 119th | Georgia | -0.19 | 26.5% |
| 120th | Singapore | -0.23 | 30.0% |
| 121st | Sierra Leone | -0.24 | -70.4% |
| 122nd | Guatemala | -0.25 | -23.9% |
| 123rd | Ecuador | -0.25 | -12.6% |
| 124th | Senegal | -0.27 | -26.0% |
| 125th | Bangladesh | -0.29 | 34.6% |
| 126th | Burkina Faso | -0.29 | -2.2% |
| 127th | Moldova | -0.30 | 3.5% |
| 128th | Zambia | -0.30 | -86.4% |
| 129th | Kenya | -0.33 | -17.5% |
| 130th | Comoros | -0.34 | -19.0% |
| 131st | Lebanon | -0.36 | 15.8% |
| 132nd | Nicaragua | -0.44 | -19.5% |
| 133rd | Nepal | -0.44 | 11.1% |
| 134th | Thailand | -0.46 | 13.9% |
| 135th | Bhutan | -0.46 | 8.6% |
| 136th | Sri Lanka | -0.48 | -3.3% |
| 137th | Kuwait | -0.48 | 10.8% |
| 138th | Malaysia | -0.50 | 10.5% |
| 139th | Uganda | -0.51 | 0.2% |
| 140th | Honduras | -0.53 | -80.9% |
| 141st | Haiti | -0.66 | -11.9% |
| 142nd | Burundi | -0.69 | -0.6% |
| 143rd | Brunei Darussalam | -0.73 | 28.2% |
| 144th | Niger | -0.74 | -67.0% |
| 145th | Morocco | -0.75 | 1.7% |
| 146th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.76 | -6.1% |
| 147th | Jordan | -0.78 | -6.4% |
| 148th | Bahrain | -0.79 | 9.0% |
| 149th | Madagascar | -0.83 | -155.0% |
| 150th | United Arab Emirates | -0.84 | 8.1% |
| 151st | Nigeria | -0.85 | -15.4% |
| 152nd | Pakistan | -0.86 | -2.1% |
| 153rd | Armenia | -0.88 | -2.2% |
| 154th | Russian Federation | -0.90 | -3.3% |
| 155th | Fiji | -0.91 | -29.2% |
| 156th | Cambodia | -0.91 | 5.9% |
| 157th | Mauritania | -0.92 | 1.9% |
| 158th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.95 | -10.6% |
| 159th | Gabon | -0.97 | -14.9% |
| 160th | Togo | -0.98 | 1.0% |
| 161st | Central African Republic | -1.00 | -1.6% |
| 162nd | Qatar | -1.00 | 1.7% |
| 163rd | Gambia, The | -1.01 | -17.0% |
| 164th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.02 | 6.6% |
| 165th | Iraq | -1.02 | 7.4% |
| 166th | Algeria | -1.04 | -6.0% |
| 167th | Cameroon | -1.04 | 2.6% |
| 168th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.06 | 8.8% |
| 169th | Oman | -1.07 | -0.3% |
| 170th | Kazakhstan | -1.08 | 1.5% |
| 171st | Congo, Republic of | -1.10 | 4.4% |
| 172nd | Angola | -1.13 | -0.6% |
| 173rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.16 | 4.5% |
| 174th | Djibouti | -1.21 | -1.1% |
| 175th | Azerbaijan | -1.26 | 4.9% |
| 176th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.27 | -4.1% |
| 177th | Eswatini | -1.27 | 3.6% |
| 178th | Rwanda | -1.29 | 1.5% |
| 179th | Guinea | -1.30 | 8.7% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | -1.33 | 1.7% |
| 181st | Tunisia | -1.36 | -0.6% |
| 182nd | Afghanistan | -1.38 | -17.7% |
| 183rd | Chad | -1.40 | 3.3% |
| 184th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.41 | -1.5% |
| 185th | Viet Nam | -1.48 | 0.9% |
| 186th | Zimbabwe | -1.54 | 0.6% |
| 187th | Belarus | -1.55 | 2.9% |
| 188th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.58 | -0.8% |
| 189th | Sudan | -1.69 | -2.8% |
| 190th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.69 | 1.8% |
| 191st | Lao PDR | -1.70 | 0.6% |
| 192nd | China | -1.70 | -0.1% |
| 193rd | Cuba | -1.70 | 5.4% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.81 | 4.6% |
| 195th | Saudi Arabia | -1.82 | -5.3% |
| 196th | Libya | -1.91 | 1.6% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.04 | -7.7% |
| 198th | Turkmenistan | -2.08 | 1.3% |
| 199th | Uzbekistan | -2.10 | -0.1% |
| 200th | Myanmar | -2.17 | 1.6% |
| 201st | Eritrea | -2.20 | -2.0% |
| 202nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.27 | -2.0% |
FAQ
What was São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability in 2009?▾
São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability in 2009 was 0.16. This ranked 91st globally.
How did São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability change in 2009?▾
São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability decreased by 15.5% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2009?▾
Luxembourg had the highest voice and accountability in 2009 at 1.56.
What is the voice and accountability of São Tomé and Principe in 2009?▾
The voice and accountability of São Tomé and Principe in 2009 was 0.16. This ranked 91st globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability?▾
São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability went from 0.18 in 2008 to 0.16 in 2009, a 15.5% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
São Tomé and Principe matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2009. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 14.3%. View full analysis →
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