Botswana vs Namibia: Rule of Law

Botswana
0.6553
in 2011
Namibia
0.1943
in 2011
Botswana rank
2nd
Namibia rank
4th

Rule of Law over time

  • Botswana
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.6553 against 0.1943 in Namibia, a difference of 0.461.

That makes Botswana's figure about 3.4 times Namibia's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 2nd and Namibia ranks 4th of 53 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Rule of Law (estimate)
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 689 data points, 1996–2011
Last refreshed

Rule of law measures the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, in particular the quality of contract enforcement, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is available at www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance.