China vs Papua New Guinea: Rule of Law - Governance score

China
46.99 0-100
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
47.13 0-100
in 2024
China rank
139th
Papua New Guinea rank
136th

Rule of Law - Governance score over time

  • China
  • Papua New Guinea
01020304050199620102024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 47.13 0-100 against 46.99 0-100 in China, a difference of 0.14 0-100.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

China ranks 139th and Papua New Guinea ranks 136th of 206 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, China averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 48.09 0-100 48.33 0-100 0.2387 0-100 Papua New Guinea
2000s 44.45 0-100 46.01 0-100 1.55 0-100 Papua New Guinea
2010s 46.01 0-100 45.42 0-100 0.5938 0-100 China
2020s 47.52 0-100 46.85 0-100 0.6688 0-100 China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rule of law - governance score, China or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 47.13 0-100 against 46.99 0-100 in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in rule of law - governance score between China and Papua New Guinea?
0.14 0-100, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Papua New Guinea?
26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
How do China and Papua New Guinea rank globally for rule of law - governance score?
China ranks 139th and Papua New Guinea ranks 136th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,270 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

Rule of Law (RL) captures perceptions of the extent to which agents respect and follow the rules of society, including contract enforcement, property rights, the police, courts, and the likelihood of crime and violence. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).