United States - Voice and Accountability 2020
0.86
−0.05 from 2019
United States's voice and accountability was 0.86 in 2020, decreased +0.05 from 0.91 in 2019. This was the 52nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.72 | 4.0% |
| 2nd | Finland | 1.61 | 3.0% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 1.60 | 3.9% |
| 4th | Switzerland | 1.54 | 2.7% |
| 5th | Netherlands | 1.52 | 2.5% |
| 6th | Denmark | 1.51 | -1.9% |
| 7th | Sweden | 1.50 | -3.9% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 1.50 | 0.4% |
| 9th | Canada | 1.47 | 2.9% |
| 10th | Austria | 1.39 | 4.3% |
| 11th | Ireland | 1.39 | 6.6% |
| 12th | Iceland | 1.38 | 6.1% |
| 13th | Germany | 1.37 | 1.5% |
| 14th | Uruguay | 1.31 | 6.7% |
| 15th | Australia | 1.30 | 2.3% |
| 16th | Aruba | 1.28 | 1.5% |
| 17th | Greenland | 1.28 | 1.5% |
| 18th | Belgium | 1.28 | -2.3% |
| 19th | Liechtenstein | 1.26 | 2.6% |
| 20th | Portugal | 1.26 | 5.1% |
| 21st | United Kingdom | 1.23 | -2.6% |
| 22nd | Tuvalu | 1.17 | -1.2% |
| 23rd | Estonia | 1.17 | -1.0% |
| 24th | Marshall Islands | 1.13 | 4.8% |
| 25th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.13 | -1.8% |
| 26th | Barbados | 1.13 | 2.2% |
| 27th | Costa Rica | 1.12 | 2.4% |
| 28th | San Marino | 1.12 | -3.6% |
| 29th | Malta | 1.12 | 3.6% |
| 30th | Kiribati | 1.12 | 3.4% |
| 31st | Guam | 1.11 | -4.9% |
| 32nd | Andorra | 1.09 | -2.1% |
| 33rd | Palau | 1.08 | 1.3% |
| 34th | France | 1.07 | -4.4% |
| 35th | Italy | 1.05 | 16.5% |
| 36th | Lithuania | 1.00 | 0.9% |
| 37th | Spain | 1.00 | -3.1% |
| 38th | Chile | 0.99 | 1.1% |
| 39th | Japan | 0.98 | 5.7% |
| 40th | Czechia | 0.98 | 17.3% |
| 41st | American Samoa | 0.97 | -26.4% |
| 42nd | Greece | 0.96 | 18.8% |
| 43rd | Slovenia | 0.93 | -4.6% |
| 44th | Bahamas, The | 0.91 | 1.1% |
| 45th | Cabo Verde | 0.91 | -3.9% |
| 46th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.91 | 1.0% |
| 47th | Cyprus | 0.90 | -13.8% |
| 48th | Slovak Republic | 0.88 | 2.1% |
| 49th | St. Lucia | 0.87 | -2.9% |
| 50th | Dominica | 0.87 | 0.5% |
| 51st | Latvia | 0.87 | 1.5% |
| 52nd | United States | 0.86 | -5.4% |
| 53rd | Korea | 0.82 | 9.5% |
| 54th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.81 | -0.4% |
| 55th | Samoa | 0.78 | -1.0% |
| 56th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.74 | 1.4% |
| 57th | Mauritius | 0.71 | -6.6% |
| 58th | South Africa | 0.69 | 7.2% |
| 59th | Tonga | 0.69 | 9.0% |
| 60th | Grenada | 0.68 | 1.0% |
| 61st | Monaco | 0.67 | 2.5% |
| 62nd | Israel | 0.65 | -1.1% |
| 63rd | Vanuatu | 0.65 | 1.1% |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.64 | 7.5% |
| 65th | Jamaica | 0.62 | 1.9% |
| 66th | Poland | 0.62 | -8.4% |
| 67th | Romania | 0.59 | 13.6% |
| 68th | Argentina | 0.58 | 2.4% |
| 69th | Croatia | 0.58 | 27.6% |
| 70th | Panama | 0.57 | -4.1% |
| 71st | Namibia | 0.55 | 8.6% |
| 72nd | Ghana | 0.55 | 0.5% |
| 73rd | Nauru | 0.53 | 14.0% |
| 74th | Belize | 0.52 | 3.5% |
| 75th | Cayman Islands | 0.50 | 5.8% |
| 76th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.50 | 5.8% |
| 77th | Botswana | 0.49 | -1.9% |
| 78th | Seychelles | 0.48 | 54.3% |
| 79th | Solomon Islands | 0.45 | -8.7% |
| 80th | Suriname | 0.41 | 14.2% |
| 81st | Hungary | 0.39 | 13.6% |
| 82nd | Mongolia | 0.37 | 16.4% |
| 83rd | Timor-Leste | 0.37 | 3.9% |
| 84th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.37 | -0.4% |
| 85th | Brazil | 0.29 | -4.7% |
| 86th | Tunisia | 0.28 | 6.5% |
| 87th | Bulgaria | 0.26 | -26.9% |
| 88th | Peru | 0.25 | -7.0% |
| 89th | Senegal | 0.24 | 2.0% |
| 90th | Dominican Republic | 0.24 | 32.3% |
| 91st | Guyana | 0.21 | -16.2% |
| 92nd | Bhutan | 0.15 | 104.5% |
| 93rd | Colombia | 0.14 | -30.1% |
| 94th | India | 0.13 | -52.5% |
| 95th | Indonesia | 0.10 | -24.4% |
| 96th | Ukraine | 0.09 | 285.3% |
| 97th | Albania | 0.09 | -39.2% |
| 98th | El Salvador | 0.07 | -40.9% |
| 99th | Fiji | 0.06 | 150.1% |
| 100th | Georgia | 0.06 | -66.9% |
| 101st | North Macedonia | 0.06 | 388.1% |
| 102nd | Armenia | 0.05 | -13.6% |
| 103rd | Paraguay | 0.05 | -12.4% |
| 104th | Montenegro | 0.04 | 71.9% |
| 105th | Papua New Guinea | 0.03 | -65.6% |
| 106th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.02 | -80.7% |
| 107th | Malawi | 0.00 | 102.4% |
| 108th | Lesotho | 0.00 | 83.3% |
| 109th | Ecuador | -0.01 | -146.3% |
| 110th | Mexico | -0.03 | -419.5% |
| 111th | Sri Lanka | -0.05 | 41.5% |
| 112th | Moldova | -0.06 | 46.7% |
| 113th | Liberia | -0.07 | 1.3% |
| 114th | Benin | -0.08 | -224.3% |
| 115th | Nepal | -0.09 | 43.1% |
| 116th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.09 | 26.4% |
| 117th | Sierra Leone | -0.09 | 27.6% |
| 118th | Philippines | -0.11 | -1,948.0% |
| 119th | Serbia | -0.12 | -158.3% |
| 120th | Malaysia | -0.15 | -223.8% |
| 121st | Kosovo | -0.16 | -38.1% |
| 122nd | Burkina Faso | -0.19 | 9.0% |
| 123rd | Gambia, The | -0.20 | 19.4% |
| 124th | Singapore | -0.20 | 1.0% |
| 125th | Madagascar | -0.26 | -12.0% |
| 126th | Macao SAR, China | -0.29 | 10.8% |
| 127th | Maldives | -0.30 | 33.0% |
| 128th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.32 | -32.7% |
| 129th | Kenya | -0.34 | -10.7% |
| 130th | Guatemala | -0.38 | -13.5% |
| 131st | Zambia | -0.43 | -38.6% |
| 132nd | Guinea-Bissau | -0.46 | 5.5% |
| 133rd | Niger | -0.49 | 15.0% |
| 134th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.53 | -112.9% |
| 135th | Lebanon | -0.56 | -7.8% |
| 136th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.58 | -27.1% |
| 137th | Nigeria | -0.58 | -33.9% |
| 138th | Morocco | -0.59 | 5.1% |
| 139th | Mozambique | -0.60 | -9.2% |
| 140th | Honduras | -0.62 | -8.2% |
| 141st | Kuwait | -0.68 | -3.5% |
| 142nd | Uganda | -0.71 | -10.4% |
| 143rd | Tanzania | -0.74 | -41.1% |
| 144th | Jordan | -0.75 | -7.6% |
| 145th | Togo | -0.75 | -2.8% |
| 146th | Mali | -0.76 | -72.2% |
| 147th | Comoros | -0.76 | -7.8% |
| 148th | Bangladesh | -0.77 | -3.7% |
| 149th | Thailand | -0.81 | 4.4% |
| 150th | Angola | -0.82 | -2.9% |
| 151st | Mauritania | -0.83 | -3.3% |
| 152nd | Haiti | -0.84 | -12.7% |
| 153rd | Türkiye | -0.86 | -3.2% |
| 154th | Pakistan | -0.88 | -1.7% |
| 155th | Guinea | -0.92 | -19.6% |
| 156th | Brunei Darussalam | -0.93 | 3.9% |
| 157th | Myanmar | -0.94 | -9.6% |
| 158th | Gabon | -0.98 | 6.2% |
| 159th | Iraq | -1.01 | -4.5% |
| 160th | Russian Federation | -1.07 | 4.1% |
| 161st | Afghanistan | -1.08 | -7.1% |
| 162nd | Algeria | -1.09 | -3.3% |
| 163rd | Rwanda | -1.09 | 0.5% |
| 164th | Nicaragua | -1.10 | 0.0% |
| 165th | Zimbabwe | -1.11 | 4.3% |
| 166th | West Bank and Gaza | -1.13 | -10.0% |
| 167th | Oman | -1.14 | 0.9% |
| 168th | United Arab Emirates | -1.18 | -3.4% |
| 169th | Kazakhstan | -1.18 | 4.1% |
| 170th | Cameroon | -1.21 | 0.5% |
| 171st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.25 | 4.6% |
| 172nd | Congo, Republic of | -1.28 | 0.0% |
| 173rd | Qatar | -1.29 | 1.5% |
| 174th | Central African Republic | -1.30 | -6.7% |
| 175th | Eswatini | -1.33 | 1.1% |
| 176th | Cambodia | -1.36 | -11.2% |
| 177th | Libya | -1.36 | 7.8% |
| 178th | Viet Nam | -1.38 | 2.0% |
| 179th | Chad | -1.40 | 2.2% |
| 180th | Djibouti | -1.41 | 1.1% |
| 181st | Cuba | -1.42 | 1.5% |
| 182nd | Sudan | -1.43 | 13.6% |
| 183rd | Belarus | -1.45 | -3.2% |
| 184th | Bahrain | -1.45 | -1.7% |
| 185th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.48 | -6.5% |
| 186th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.48 | -2.6% |
| 187th | Burundi | -1.53 | 11.4% |
| 188th | Uzbekistan | -1.53 | 7.3% |
| 189th | Azerbaijan | -1.54 | -0.8% |
| 190th | Saudi Arabia | -1.61 | 3.0% |
| 191st | China | -1.66 | -1.8% |
| 192nd | Yemen, Republic of | -1.76 | 0.9% |
| 193rd | Tajikistan | -1.78 | 1.0% |
| 194th | Lao PDR | -1.79 | 1.3% |
| 195th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.81 | 3.6% |
| 196th | South Sudan | -1.81 | 8.9% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.84 | 0.9% |
| 198th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.93 | 3.1% |
| 199th | Turkmenistan | -2.03 | 7.1% |
| 200th | Eritrea | -2.06 | 6.4% |
| 201st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.16 | 2.3% |
FAQ
What was United States's voice and accountability in 2020?▾
United States's voice and accountability in 2020 was 0.86. This ranked 52nd globally.
How did United States's voice and accountability change in 2020?▾
United States's voice and accountability decreased by 5.4% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2020?▾
Norway had the highest voice and accountability in 2020 at 1.72.
What is the voice and accountability of United States in 2020?▾
The voice and accountability of United States in 2020 was 0.86. This ranked 52nd globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for United States's voice and accountability?▾
United States's voice and accountability went from 0.91 in 2019 to 0.86 in 2020, a 5.4% decrease.
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