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Voice and accountability in Asia

50 countries in Asia, 2024. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking

76.4 /100

Japan

Median country

42.7 /100

half above, half below

Range

19.2 to 76.4

Afghanistan - Japan

How to read it

Across 50 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Japan (76.4 /100) and the lowest in Afghanistan (19.2 /100).

The median country is at 42.7 /100: half are above, half below.

Voice and Accountability (VA) captures perceptions of the extent to which citizens can participate in selecting their government including electoral integrity, and of accountability mechanisms for citizens—reflected in the ability to access information, governmental oversight bodies, and a robust traditional/digital media landscape. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using…

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Source: World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators · licence

Voice and accountability over time

/100

Ranking of countries

2024

In chart
Japan in chart	1	Japan	76.4
Cyprus in chart	2	Cyprus	72.4
South Korea in chart	3	South Korea	71.0
Bhutan in chart	4	Bhutan	63.9
Timor-Leste in chart	5	Timor-Leste	62.9
Israel in chart	6	Israel	62.0
Mongolia in chart	7	Mongolia	59.1
Armenia in chart	8	Armenia	59.0
Macao in chart	9	Macao	58.0
Singapore in chart	10	Singapore	57.5
Nepal in chart	11	Nepal	55.8
India in chart	12	India	55.5
Sri Lanka in chart	13	Sri Lanka	54.6
Malaysia in chart	14	Malaysia	54.6
Indonesia in chart	15	Indonesia	53.8
Georgia in chart	16	Georgia	52.4
Hong Kong in chart	17	Hong Kong	51.2
Philippines in chart	18	Philippines	50.6
Maldives in chart	19	Maldives	49.6
Thailand in chart	20	Thailand	47.1
Jordan in chart	21	Jordan	44.4
Kuwait in chart	22	Kuwait	44.3
Lebanon in chart	23	Lebanon	43.3
Brunei in chart	24	Brunei	42.8
Kyrgyzstan in chart	25	Kyrgyzstan	42.8
Kazakhstan in chart	26	Kazakhstan	42.6
United Arab Emirates in chart	27	United Arab Emirates	41.9
Oman in chart	28	Oman	41.3
Qatar in chart	29	Qatar	40.1
Iraq in chart	30	Iraq	39.0
Uzbekistan in chart	31	Uzbekistan	38.6
Türkiye in chart	32	Türkiye	37.7
Vietnam in chart	33	Vietnam	37.6
Bangladesh in chart	34	Bangladesh	36.5
Pakistan in chart	35	Pakistan	36.4
Bahrain in chart	36	Bahrain	33.7
Palestine in chart	37	Palestine	33.3
Laos in chart	38	Laos	31.1
Azerbaijan in chart	39	Azerbaijan	30.5
Saudi Arabia in chart	40	Saudi Arabia	29.8
Iran in chart	41	Iran	29.7
Tajikistan in chart	42	Tajikistan	28.1
China in chart	43	China	27.9
Cambodia in chart	44	Cambodia	27.6
Yemen in chart	45	Yemen	27.1
Syria in chart	46	Syria	24.5
North Korea in chart	47	North Korea	22.1
Turkmenistan in chart	48	Turkmenistan	21.1
Myanmar in chart	49	Myanmar	19.7
Afghanistan in chart	50	Afghanistan	19.2

World Bank, WGI · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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