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Denmark: Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate

1.78ordinal scale (-2.5 to +2.5) · 2025+4.5% since 2015

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 estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) standard error. The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance estimate is based. The standard error indicates the precision of the governance estimate. Larger values indicate less precise estimates. A 90% confidence interval for the governance estimate is given by the estimate +/- 1.64 times the standard error. Annual figures for Denmark from 1996 to 2025.

19962025

Every year

YearValue (ordinal scale (-2.5 to +2.5))Note
20251.785
20241.773
20231.812
20221.802
20211.797
20201.7
20191.69
20181.684
20171.623
20161.709
20151.708
20141.627
20131.726
20121.751
20111.666
20101.672
20091.714
20081.701
20071.662
20061.721
20051.639
20041.665
20031.515
20021.488
20001.335
19981.305
19961.401

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank Group. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-voice-and-accountability-governance-estimate (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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