Voice and accountability during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how the voice and accountability changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#	President	In office	Total	Per year
1	N Viktor Yushchenko	23 Jan 2005 – 25 Feb 2010	+14.0 points 2004 → 2009	+2.8 points/yr
2	N Petro Poroshenko	7 Jun 2014 – 20 May 2019	+5.5 points 2013 → 2018	+1.1 points/yr
3	Volodymyr Zelenskyy	20 May 2019 – now	−1.5 points 2018 → 2025	−0.2 points/yr
4	Viktor Yanukovych	25 Feb 2010 – 23 Feb 2014	−8.4 points 2009 → 2013	−2.1 points/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in points; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. points, 0 to 100, higher is better · World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_VA.SC): perceptions of how far citizens can take part in choosing their government, and of freedom of expression, association and the media, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval · Ukraine data · as of Sep 2026.