Variable: Institutional Accountability Sub-index

QoG Code: (bgi_ias)


Dataset: The Berggruen Governance Index (BGI)

Description:

Institutional (horizontal) accountability concerns the ability of state institutions to control the government by requesting information, questioning public officials and punishing wrong behavior. The relevant state institutions are the legislature, the judiciary, and more specific oversight agencies such as ombudsmen, prosecutor and comptroller generals

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-12-06
Last updated by source: 2025-12-08


Categories:

Quality of Government


Find this variable in:

OECD Cross-section - 2026 OECD Time-series - 2026 Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 143
Standard time-series: 144
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32


This variable has information for these countries:

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This variable has information from the year 2000 to the year 2021