Sweden - Voice and Accountability 2019
1.56
−0.02 from 2018
Sweden's voice and accountability was 1.56 in 2019, decreased +0.02 from 1.58 in 2018. This was the 3rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.65 | -3.3% |
| 2nd | Finland | 1.56 | -1.7% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 1.56 | -1.4% |
| 4th | Denmark | 1.54 | -1.9% |
| 5th | New Zealand | 1.54 | -4.2% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 1.50 | -6.1% |
| 7th | Luxembourg | 1.49 | -3.3% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 1.48 | -1.1% |
| 9th | Canada | 1.43 | -4.8% |
| 10th | Germany | 1.35 | -6.2% |
| 11th | Austria | 1.34 | -4.5% |
| 12th | American Samoa | 1.32 | 31.2% |
| 13th | Belgium | 1.31 | -1.7% |
| 14th | Ireland | 1.30 | 0.6% |
| 15th | Iceland | 1.30 | -6.3% |
| 16th | Australia | 1.27 | -8.9% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 1.26 | -8.5% |
| 18th | Aruba | 1.26 | -1.6% |
| 19th | Greenland | 1.26 | -1.6% |
| 20th | Liechtenstein | 1.23 | -5.3% |
| 21st | Uruguay | 1.23 | 2.9% |
| 22nd | Portugal | 1.19 | 1.4% |
| 23rd | Tuvalu | 1.19 | 5.8% |
| 24th | Estonia | 1.18 | -0.9% |
| 25th | Guam | 1.17 | 0.0% |
| 26th | San Marino | 1.16 | 3.4% |
| 27th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.15 | 2.2% |
| 28th | France | 1.12 | -3.7% |
| 29th | Andorra | 1.11 | 5.8% |
| 30th | Barbados | 1.10 | -0.1% |
| 31st | Costa Rica | 1.09 | -2.2% |
| 32nd | Kiribati | 1.08 | -3.8% |
| 33rd | Malta | 1.08 | -1.9% |
| 34th | Marshall Islands | 1.08 | -3.9% |
| 35th | Palau | 1.06 | -5.3% |
| 36th | Cyprus | 1.05 | 3.0% |
| 37th | Spain | 1.04 | 0.6% |
| 38th | Lithuania | 0.99 | 10.3% |
| 39th | Chile | 0.98 | -4.3% |
| 40th | Slovenia | 0.98 | 0.7% |
| 41st | Cabo Verde | 0.95 | -2.6% |
| 42nd | Japan | 0.93 | -6.5% |
| 43rd | United States | 0.91 | -9.1% |
| 44th | Italy | 0.91 | -6.1% |
| 45th | Bahamas, The | 0.90 | 16.9% |
| 46th | St. Lucia | 0.90 | 5.6% |
| 47th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.90 | 5.1% |
| 48th | Dominica | 0.87 | 8.8% |
| 49th | Slovak Republic | 0.86 | 1.7% |
| 50th | Latvia | 0.86 | 8.0% |
| 51st | Czechia | 0.83 | 1.4% |
| 52nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.81 | -5.6% |
| 53rd | Greece | 0.81 | 9.3% |
| 54th | Samoa | 0.79 | 0.4% |
| 55th | Mauritius | 0.76 | 2.4% |
| 56th | Korea | 0.75 | -6.0% |
| 57th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.73 | 26.4% |
| 58th | Grenada | 0.68 | 35.3% |
| 59th | Poland | 0.67 | -5.4% |
| 60th | Israel | 0.66 | 4.4% |
| 61st | Monaco | 0.66 | 2.6% |
| 62nd | South Africa | 0.64 | 1.1% |
| 63rd | Vanuatu | 0.64 | 24.2% |
| 64th | Tonga | 0.63 | -3.3% |
| 65th | Jamaica | 0.61 | 3.3% |
| 66th | Panama | 0.60 | 7.3% |
| 67th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.60 | 9.3% |
| 68th | Argentina | 0.57 | 5.9% |
| 69th | Ghana | 0.55 | -1.3% |
| 70th | Romania | 0.52 | -3.4% |
| 71st | Namibia | 0.51 | 9.3% |
| 72nd | Belize | 0.50 | 17.0% |
| 73rd | Botswana | 0.50 | 7.7% |
| 74th | Solomon Islands | 0.49 | 31.2% |
| 75th | Cayman Islands | 0.47 | -0.7% |
| 76th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.47 | -0.7% |
| 77th | Nauru | 0.47 | -0.7% |
| 78th | Croatia | 0.45 | 1.8% |
| 79th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.37 | 165.3% |
| 80th | Suriname | 0.36 | 22.5% |
| 81st | Timor-Leste | 0.36 | 10.8% |
| 82nd | Bulgaria | 0.35 | -2.9% |
| 83rd | Hungary | 0.34 | -29.6% |
| 84th | Mongolia | 0.32 | 32.0% |
| 85th | Seychelles | 0.31 | 62.3% |
| 86th | Brazil | 0.30 | -20.0% |
| 87th | India | 0.27 | -25.6% |
| 88th | Tunisia | 0.27 | 39.2% |
| 89th | Peru | 0.26 | 23.2% |
| 90th | Guyana | 0.25 | 13.6% |
| 91st | Senegal | 0.23 | 6.5% |
| 92nd | Colombia | 0.20 | 18.8% |
| 93rd | Dominican Republic | 0.18 | 43.4% |
| 94th | Georgia | 0.17 | -26.6% |
| 95th | Albania | 0.14 | -24.8% |
| 96th | Indonesia | 0.13 | -19.0% |
| 97th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.13 | -71.3% |
| 98th | El Salvador | 0.12 | 306.7% |
| 99th | Papua New Guinea | 0.09 | 46.0% |
| 100th | Bhutan | 0.07 | 74.7% |
| 101st | Benin | 0.06 | -75.4% |
| 102nd | Armenia | 0.05 | 141.8% |
| 103rd | Paraguay | 0.05 | 65.2% |
| 104th | Ecuador | 0.03 | 3,709.5% |
| 105th | Montenegro | 0.02 | -61.1% |
| 106th | Ukraine | 0.02 | 175.3% |
| 107th | Fiji | 0.02 | -84.6% |
| 108th | Mexico | 0.01 | 198.7% |
| 109th | Philippines | 0.01 | -72.8% |
| 110th | Lesotho | -0.01 | -180.4% |
| 111th | North Macedonia | -0.02 | 26.0% |
| 112th | Serbia | -0.05 | -218.0% |
| 113th | Malaysia | -0.05 | 52.1% |
| 114th | Liberia | -0.08 | -171.6% |
| 115th | Sri Lanka | -0.09 | -1,034.3% |
| 116th | Moldova | -0.11 | 9.9% |
| 117th | Malawi | -0.11 | -44.4% |
| 118th | Kosovo | -0.12 | 15.8% |
| 119th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.12 | -96.8% |
| 120th | Sierra Leone | -0.13 | 28.6% |
| 121st | Nepal | -0.15 | -15.7% |
| 122nd | Singapore | -0.21 | -171.5% |
| 123rd | Burkina Faso | -0.21 | -237.8% |
| 124th | Madagascar | -0.24 | 26.9% |
| 125th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.24 | 6.1% |
| 126th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.25 | 0.2% |
| 127th | Gambia, The | -0.25 | -15.6% |
| 128th | Kenya | -0.31 | 17.8% |
| 129th | Zambia | -0.31 | 7.9% |
| 130th | Macao SAR, China | -0.33 | -375.4% |
| 131st | Guatemala | -0.33 | 5.7% |
| 132nd | Nigeria | -0.43 | -2.1% |
| 133rd | Mali | -0.44 | -34.7% |
| 134th | Maldives | -0.45 | 30.9% |
| 135th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.45 | -28.1% |
| 136th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.48 | 29.5% |
| 137th | Lebanon | -0.52 | -0.4% |
| 138th | Tanzania | -0.52 | -37.0% |
| 139th | Mozambique | -0.54 | -12.4% |
| 140th | Honduras | -0.57 | -9.3% |
| 141st | Niger | -0.58 | 2.9% |
| 142nd | Morocco | -0.62 | 7.6% |
| 143rd | Uganda | -0.65 | 5.2% |
| 144th | Kuwait | -0.66 | -8.3% |
| 145th | Jordan | -0.69 | 3.2% |
| 146th | Comoros | -0.71 | -43.0% |
| 147th | Togo | -0.73 | 3.8% |
| 148th | Bangladesh | -0.74 | 0.0% |
| 149th | Haiti | -0.75 | 0.8% |
| 150th | Guinea | -0.77 | 0.1% |
| 151st | Angola | -0.79 | 12.2% |
| 152nd | Mauritania | -0.80 | 7.9% |
| 153rd | Türkiye | -0.83 | 1.4% |
| 154th | Thailand | -0.85 | 16.8% |
| 155th | Myanmar | -0.86 | 4.8% |
| 156th | Pakistan | -0.86 | -6.0% |
| 157th | Iraq | -0.96 | 3.5% |
| 158th | Brunei Darussalam | -0.97 | -12.9% |
| 159th | Afghanistan | -1.01 | 0.1% |
| 160th | West Bank and Gaza | -1.03 | -12.1% |
| 161st | Gabon | -1.04 | -8.3% |
| 162nd | Algeria | -1.05 | -5.8% |
| 163rd | Rwanda | -1.10 | 3.8% |
| 164th | Nicaragua | -1.10 | 0.2% |
| 165th | Russian Federation | -1.12 | -4.4% |
| 166th | United Arab Emirates | -1.14 | -1.5% |
| 167th | Oman | -1.15 | -11.0% |
| 168th | Zimbabwe | -1.16 | -2.4% |
| 169th | Cameroon | -1.21 | -7.3% |
| 170th | Cambodia | -1.22 | 1.0% |
| 171st | Central African Republic | -1.22 | -1.5% |
| 172nd | Kazakhstan | -1.23 | -2.4% |
| 173rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.28 | -7.1% |
| 174th | Qatar | -1.31 | -8.4% |
| 175th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.31 | 12.3% |
| 176th | Eswatini | -1.34 | 1.8% |
| 177th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.39 | -4.2% |
| 178th | Viet Nam | -1.40 | 4.5% |
| 179th | Belarus | -1.41 | -3.2% |
| 180th | Djibouti | -1.42 | -4.3% |
| 181st | Bahrain | -1.43 | -0.7% |
| 182nd | Chad | -1.43 | 2.1% |
| 183rd | Cuba | -1.44 | 1.1% |
| 184th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.44 | -9.0% |
| 185th | Libya | -1.48 | 3.7% |
| 186th | Azerbaijan | -1.53 | -1.4% |
| 187th | China | -1.63 | -11.5% |
| 188th | Sudan | -1.65 | 10.7% |
| 189th | Uzbekistan | -1.65 | -1.5% |
| 190th | Saudi Arabia | -1.66 | 1.9% |
| 191st | Burundi | -1.72 | -3.3% |
| 192nd | Yemen, Republic of | -1.78 | -1.1% |
| 193rd | Tajikistan | -1.80 | -5.7% |
| 194th | Lao PDR | -1.82 | -3.7% |
| 195th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.85 | -0.3% |
| 196th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.88 | -0.3% |
| 197th | South Sudan | -1.99 | 0.1% |
| 198th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.99 | -1.2% |
| 199th | Turkmenistan | -2.18 | -1.4% |
| 200th | Eritrea | -2.21 | -1.0% |
| 201st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.21 | 0.2% |
FAQ
What was Sweden's voice and accountability in 2019?▾
Sweden's voice and accountability in 2019 was 1.56. This ranked 3rd globally.
How did Sweden's voice and accountability change in 2019?▾
Sweden's voice and accountability decreased by 1.4% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2019?▾
Norway had the highest voice and accountability in 2019 at 1.65.
What is the voice and accountability of Sweden in 2019?▾
The voice and accountability of Sweden in 2019 was 1.56. This ranked 3rd globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Sweden's voice and accountability?▾
Sweden's voice and accountability went from 1.58 in 2018 to 1.56 in 2019, a 1.4% decrease.
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