Capacitive accelerometer for measuring an acceleration value, the accelerometer comprising: - a first electrode; - a second electrode; - a third, mobile electrode arranged between the first and second electrodes (5, 7), and forming with the first electrode a first capacitor with a first capacitance value, and with the second electrode a second capacitor with a second capacitance value, the third electrode is arranged to be displaced when the capacitive accelerometer is subject to acceleration thereby arranged to generate a capacitance difference value between the first and second capacitances transformable to electrical charges; - a first voltage source and a second voltage source for selectively applying a first voltage value to the first electrode, a second voltage value to the second electrode and a third voltage value to the third electrode, and arranged to generate electrostatic forces acting on the third electrode, wherein the first, second and/or third voltage values are arranged to be applied during electrical charge transfers for collecting the electrical charges in order to measure the acceleration, and wherein the accelerometer comprises electrostatic force compensation means for compensating missing electrostatic forces owing to a modified charge transfer rate, the amount of compensation being dependent on the modified charge transfer rate, characterising in that the compensation means are arranged to generate compensating electrostatic forces to be applied to the third electrode, the value of the compensating electrostatic forces being dependent on the electrical charge transfer rate, and in that the compensation means are arranged to selectively turn on and off the first and second voltage sources (23, 25) to generate the compensating electrostatic forces. - a first electrode; - a second electrode; - a third, mobile electrode arranged between the first and second electrodes (5, 7), and forming with the first electrode a first capacitor with a first capacitance value, and with the second electrode a second capacitor with a second capacitance value, the third electrode is arranged to be displaced when the capacitive accelerometer is subject to acceleration thereby arranged to generate a capacitance difference value between the first and second capacitances transformable to electrical charges; - a first voltage source and a second voltage source for selectively applying a first voltage value to the first electrode, a second voltage value to the second electrode and a third voltage value to the third electrode, and arranged to generate electrostatic forces acting on the third electrode, wherein the first, second and/or third voltage values are arranged to be applied during electrical charge transfers for collecting the electrical charges in order to measure the acceleration, and wherein the accelerometer comprises electrostatic force compensation means for compensating missing electrostatic forces owing to a modified charge transfer rate, the amount of compensation being dependent on the modified charge transfer rate, characterising in that the compensation means are arranged to generate compensating electrostatic forces to be applied to the third electrode, the value of the compensating electrostatic forces being dependent on the electrical charge transfer rate, and in that the compensation means are arranged to selectively turn on and off the first and second voltage sources (23, 25) to generate the compensating electrostatic forces.