Voice and accountability in Asia

50 countries in Asia, 2025. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
78.0 /100
Japan
Median country
41.5 /100
half above, half below
Range
17.7 to 78.0
Afghanistan - Japan

How to read it

Across 50 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Japan (78.0 /100) and the lowest in Afghanistan (17.7 /100).

The median country is at 41.5 /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

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Japan78.0
2Cyprus74.2
3South Korea73.8
4Timor-Leste65.7
5Israel64.9
6Mongolia62.0
7Bhutan61.6
8Armenia59.9
9Sri Lanka57.9
10Malaysia55.8
11India54.9
12Indonesia54.7
13Nepal54.6
14Singapore54.6
15Philippines53.0
16Georgia51.1
17Macao50.0
18Maldives49.3
19Thailand48.2
20Hong Kong48.1
21Lebanon46.8
22Bangladesh44.5
23Jordan44.0
24Iraq42.6
25Kyrgyzstan42.2
26Kuwait40.9
27Brunei40.2
28Kazakhstan40.1
29United Arab Emirates38.1
30Oman37.4
31Türkiye37.3
32Pakistan37.0
33Palestine35.9
34Uzbekistan34.8
35Vietnam34.5
36Qatar33.9
37Bahrain30.7
38Azerbaijan29.7
39Syria28.0
40Iran27.9
41Laos27.5
42Cambodia27.5
43China26.1
44Saudi Arabia26.0
45Yemen25.7
46Tajikistan25.6
47Turkmenistan20.8
48Myanmar19.4
49North Korea18.7
50Afghanistan17.7
World Bank, WGI · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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