São Tomé and Principe - Voice and Accountability 2021
0.34
−0.03 from 2020
São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability was 0.34 in 2021, decreased +0.03 from 0.37 in 2020. This was the 83rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.74 | 1.0% |
| 2nd | Finland | 1.61 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 1.59 | -0.2% |
| 4th | Denmark | 1.54 | 2.0% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.54 | 0.4% |
| 6th | Luxembourg | 1.50 | -0.1% |
| 7th | Sweden | 1.49 | -0.4% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 1.49 | -2.0% |
| 9th | Canada | 1.45 | -1.8% |
| 10th | Germany | 1.42 | 3.3% |
| 11th | Ireland | 1.42 | 2.0% |
| 12th | Austria | 1.39 | -0.6% |
| 13th | Iceland | 1.36 | -1.4% |
| 14th | Australia | 1.36 | 4.6% |
| 15th | Liechtenstein | 1.33 | 5.5% |
| 16th | Uruguay | 1.29 | -1.6% |
| 17th | Greenland | 1.28 | -0.4% |
| 18th | Belgium | 1.27 | -0.6% |
| 19th | United Kingdom | 1.26 | 2.7% |
| 20th | Portugal | 1.25 | -0.7% |
| 21st | Tuvalu | 1.19 | 1.0% |
| 22nd | Estonia | 1.18 | 1.0% |
| 23rd | Guam | 1.14 | 1.9% |
| 24th | Kiribati | 1.12 | 0.5% |
| 25th | Barbados | 1.12 | -0.3% |
| 26th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.11 | -1.6% |
| 27th | France | 1.10 | 3.6% |
| 28th | Marshall Islands | 1.10 | -3.1% |
| 29th | San Marino | 1.09 | -2.9% |
| 30th | Italy | 1.08 | 2.8% |
| 31st | Costa Rica | 1.08 | -3.6% |
| 32nd | Malta | 1.07 | -4.3% |
| 33rd | Japan | 1.07 | 8.4% |
| 34th | Palau | 1.05 | -2.8% |
| 35th | Andorra | 1.03 | -4.9% |
| 36th | Lithuania | 1.03 | 2.6% |
| 37th | Aruba | 1.02 | -20.6% |
| 38th | Czechia | 1.01 | 3.0% |
| 39th | Spain | 1.00 | -0.4% |
| 40th | American Samoa | 0.98 | 1.0% |
| 41st | Chile | 0.96 | -3.5% |
| 42nd | Greece | 0.95 | -1.8% |
| 43rd | Korea | 0.93 | 13.3% |
| 44th | Cabo Verde | 0.93 | 2.0% |
| 45th | Slovenia | 0.90 | -2.9% |
| 46th | Slovak Republic | 0.90 | 2.8% |
| 47th | Bahamas, The | 0.90 | -1.2% |
| 48th | Latvia | 0.90 | 3.2% |
| 49th | United States | 0.88 | 2.4% |
| 50th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.87 | -4.3% |
| 51st | Cyprus | 0.86 | -5.2% |
| 52nd | St. Lucia | 0.85 | -2.1% |
| 53rd | Dominica | 0.81 | -6.8% |
| 54th | Tonga | 0.79 | 14.3% |
| 55th | South Africa | 0.78 | 13.5% |
| 56th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.77 | -4.8% |
| 57th | Cayman Islands | 0.76 | 53.2% |
| 58th | Samoa | 0.75 | -3.8% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.73 | -1.6% |
| 60th | Grenada | 0.72 | 5.7% |
| 61st | Vanuatu | 0.72 | 11.0% |
| 62nd | Monaco | 0.70 | 4.7% |
| 63rd | Israel | 0.67 | 3.4% |
| 64th | Mauritius | 0.67 | -4.9% |
| 65th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.66 | 3.4% |
| 66th | Seychelles | 0.63 | 31.0% |
| 67th | Jamaica | 0.62 | -0.8% |
| 68th | Argentina | 0.61 | 4.5% |
| 69th | Croatia | 0.60 | 3.8% |
| 70th | Romania | 0.59 | 1.5% |
| 71st | Poland | 0.58 | -5.9% |
| 72nd | Namibia | 0.57 | 2.4% |
| 73rd | Belize | 0.54 | 3.9% |
| 74th | Panama | 0.54 | -5.7% |
| 75th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.50 | 1.0% |
| 76th | Nauru | 0.48 | -9.7% |
| 77th | Ghana | 0.47 | -15.1% |
| 78th | Botswana | 0.46 | -6.9% |
| 79th | Timor-Leste | 0.45 | 21.9% |
| 80th | Solomon Islands | 0.41 | -8.4% |
| 81st | Hungary | 0.40 | 1.8% |
| 82nd | Suriname | 0.37 | -10.9% |
| 83rd | São Tomé and Principe | 0.34 | -7.4% |
| 84th | Mongolia | 0.31 | -17.0% |
| 85th | Dominican Republic | 0.29 | 24.3% |
| 86th | Bulgaria | 0.28 | 9.5% |
| 87th | Brazil | 0.25 | -11.4% |
| 88th | Guyana | 0.24 | 12.7% |
| 89th | Bhutan | 0.22 | 45.1% |
| 90th | Senegal | 0.20 | -18.3% |
| 91st | Peru | 0.17 | -29.0% |
| 92nd | Montenegro | 0.17 | 306.3% |
| 93rd | Indonesia | 0.15 | 50.4% |
| 94th | North Macedonia | 0.14 | 144.3% |
| 95th | Tunisia | 0.11 | -61.3% |
| 96th | Ecuador | 0.10 | 778.0% |
| 97th | Colombia | 0.09 | -34.2% |
| 98th | India | 0.09 | -28.9% |
| 99th | Albania | 0.09 | -0.9% |
| 100th | Ukraine | 0.07 | -20.6% |
| 101st | Malawi | 0.07 | 2,543.4% |
| 102nd | Armenia | 0.05 | 14.4% |
| 103rd | Moldova | 0.04 | 174.7% |
| 104th | Papua New Guinea | 0.03 | -8.7% |
| 105th | Georgia | 0.01 | -81.7% |
| 106th | Paraguay | 0.00 | -92.2% |
| 107th | Lesotho | -0.01 | -753.4% |
| 108th | Liberia | -0.02 | 70.1% |
| 109th | El Salvador | -0.06 | -186.8% |
| 110th | Sierra Leone | -0.07 | 29.9% |
| 111th | Sri Lanka | -0.07 | -42.8% |
| 112th | Mexico | -0.08 | -182.7% |
| 113th | Kosovo | -0.08 | 47.4% |
| 114th | Nepal | -0.09 | -0.1% |
| 115th | Gambia, The | -0.10 | 47.8% |
| 116th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.12 | -33.5% |
| 117th | Burkina Faso | -0.12 | 38.3% |
| 118th | Serbia | -0.13 | -6.1% |
| 119th | Singapore | -0.14 | 31.6% |
| 120th | Philippines | -0.15 | -45.7% |
| 121st | Malaysia | -0.16 | -6.8% |
| 122nd | Fiji | -0.17 | -406.9% |
| 123rd | Maldives | -0.21 | 30.0% |
| 124th | Benin | -0.23 | -208.1% |
| 125th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.25 | 45.0% |
| 126th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -0.25 | -1,121.6% |
| 127th | Madagascar | -0.28 | -6.1% |
| 128th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.32 | 1.9% |
| 129th | Kenya | -0.35 | -3.0% |
| 130th | Zambia | -0.37 | 13.1% |
| 131st | Niger | -0.39 | 20.7% |
| 132nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.46 | 13.5% |
| 133rd | Guatemala | -0.47 | -22.9% |
| 134th | Macao SAR, China | -0.53 | -84.0% |
| 135th | Honduras | -0.59 | 4.8% |
| 136th | Morocco | -0.59 | 0.5% |
| 137th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.59 | -2.3% |
| 138th | Mozambique | -0.61 | -2.3% |
| 139th | Lebanon | -0.63 | -12.9% |
| 140th | Nigeria | -0.64 | -9.5% |
| 141st | Kuwait | -0.70 | -3.9% |
| 142nd | Tanzania | -0.71 | 2.8% |
| 143rd | Comoros | -0.73 | 4.9% |
| 144th | Mauritania | -0.77 | 6.6% |
| 145th | Bangladesh | -0.77 | -0.7% |
| 146th | Thailand | -0.79 | 2.5% |
| 147th | Jordan | -0.79 | -5.8% |
| 148th | Togo | -0.79 | -5.7% |
| 149th | Mali | -0.80 | -5.4% |
| 150th | Uganda | -0.82 | -15.2% |
| 151st | Pakistan | -0.84 | 4.1% |
| 152nd | Brunei Darussalam | -0.85 | 8.8% |
| 153rd | Angola | -0.86 | -5.3% |
| 154th | Türkiye | -0.86 | 0.1% |
| 155th | Gabon | -0.89 | 8.8% |
| 156th | Haiti | -0.95 | -13.3% |
| 157th | Rwanda | -0.96 | 12.3% |
| 158th | Iraq | -0.96 | 4.4% |
| 159th | Guinea | -0.99 | -7.6% |
| 160th | Algeria | -1.01 | 6.9% |
| 161st | Russian Federation | -1.10 | -2.8% |
| 162nd | West Bank and Gaza | -1.11 | 1.7% |
| 163rd | Kazakhstan | -1.13 | 4.2% |
| 164th | Zimbabwe | -1.14 | -2.4% |
| 165th | Cameroon | -1.16 | 3.8% |
| 166th | Qatar | -1.17 | 8.8% |
| 167th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.19 | 5.1% |
| 168th | United Arab Emirates | -1.19 | -1.1% |
| 169th | Oman | -1.19 | -4.2% |
| 170th | Central African Republic | -1.19 | 8.4% |
| 171st | Congo, Republic of | -1.24 | 3.4% |
| 172nd | Nicaragua | -1.29 | -17.1% |
| 173rd | Eswatini | -1.29 | 3.0% |
| 174th | Djibouti | -1.30 | 7.9% |
| 175th | Viet Nam | -1.31 | 4.9% |
| 176th | Uzbekistan | -1.40 | 8.7% |
| 177th | Burundi | -1.41 | 7.8% |
| 178th | Chad | -1.41 | -0.6% |
| 179th | Cuba | -1.42 | -0.3% |
| 180th | Cambodia | -1.43 | -5.6% |
| 181st | Sudan | -1.45 | -1.7% |
| 182nd | Libya | -1.45 | -6.8% |
| 183rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.47 | 0.5% |
| 184th | Bahrain | -1.50 | -3.1% |
| 185th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.51 | -1.6% |
| 186th | Azerbaijan | -1.53 | 0.9% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | -1.57 | -45.5% |
| 188th | Belarus | -1.58 | -8.8% |
| 189th | Saudi Arabia | -1.60 | 0.5% |
| 190th | China | -1.64 | 0.9% |
| 191st | Myanmar | -1.66 | -76.5% |
| 192nd | Lao PDR | -1.68 | 6.4% |
| 193rd | Yemen, Republic of | -1.68 | 4.7% |
| 194th | Tajikistan | -1.70 | 4.3% |
| 195th | South Sudan | -1.72 | 5.1% |
| 196th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.72 | 4.7% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.74 | 5.0% |
| 198th | Turkmenistan | -1.91 | 5.8% |
| 199th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.91 | 1.0% |
| 200th | Eritrea | -1.93 | 6.4% |
| 201st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.06 | 4.3% |
FAQ
What was São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability in 2021?▾
São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability in 2021 was 0.34. This ranked 83rd globally.
How did São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability change in 2021?▾
São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability decreased by 7.4% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2021?▾
Norway had the highest voice and accountability in 2021 at 1.74.
What is the voice and accountability of São Tomé and Principe in 2021?▾
The voice and accountability of São Tomé and Principe in 2021 was 0.34. This ranked 83rd globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability?▾
São Tomé and Principe's voice and accountability went from 0.37 in 2020 to 0.34 in 2021, a 7.4% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
São Tomé and Principe matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2021. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 21.3%. View full analysis →
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