Voice and accountability in North America

27 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
83.2 /100
Canada
Median country
64.6 /100
half above, half below
Range
26.8 to 83.2
Nicaragua - Canada

How to read it

Across 27 countries in North America, the highest value is in Canada (83.2 /100) and the lowest in Nicaragua (26.8 /100).

The median country is at 64.6 /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

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Canada83.2
2Greenland81.4
3Costa Rica74.6
4Barbados74.2
5Aruba73.6
6Cayman Islands73.6
7United States72.4
8Saint Lucia67.5
9Bahamas66.5
10Antigua and Barbuda65.8
11Saint Vincent and the Grenadines65.7
12Jamaica65.3
13Saint Kitts and Nevis64.9
14Panama64.6
15Trinidad and Tobago64.0
16Dominica63.5
17Grenada63.5
18Puerto Rico63.5
19Dominican Republic60.4
20Belize58.7
21Mexico50.9
22Guatemala48.6
23Honduras45.4
24El Salvador43.0
25Haiti34.7
26Cuba34.6
27Nicaragua26.8
World Bank, WGI · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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