Germany vs Japan: Rule of Law - Governance score
Rule of Law - Governance score over time
- Germany
- Japan
How they compare
Germany currently reports 84.95 0-100 against 82.98 0-100 in Japan, a difference of 1.97 0-100.
Across all 26 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 12th and Japan ranks 15th of 206 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.03 0-100 | 80.13 0-100 | 5.91 0-100 | Germany |
| 2000s | 85.77 0-100 | 78.08 0-100 | 7.69 0-100 | Germany |
| 2010s | 85.78 0-100 | 81.51 0-100 | 4.26 0-100 | Germany |
| 2020s | 84.69 0-100 | 83.04 0-100 | 1.65 0-100 | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rule of law - governance score, Germany or Japan?
- Germany, at 84.95 0-100 against 82.98 0-100 in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rule of law - governance score between Germany and Japan?
- 1.97 0-100, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Japan?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Japan rank globally for rule of law - governance score?
- Germany ranks 12th and Japan ranks 15th 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
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).