South Africa - Voice and Accountability 2009
0.57
−0.01 from 2008
South Africa's voice and accountability was 0.57 in 2009, decreased +0.01 from 0.58 in 2008. This was the 69th 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 South Africa's voice and accountability in 2009?▾
South Africa's voice and accountability in 2009 was 0.57. This ranked 69th globally.
How did South Africa's voice and accountability change in 2009?▾
South Africa's voice and accountability decreased by 0.9% 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 South Africa in 2009?▾
The voice and accountability of South Africa in 2009 was 0.57. This ranked 69th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for South Africa's voice and accountability?▾
South Africa's voice and accountability went from 0.58 in 2008 to 0.57 in 2009, a 0.9% decrease.
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