Maldives vs South Africa: Rule of Law - Governance score
Rule of Law - Governance score over time
- Maldives
- South Africa
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 57.73 0-100 against 57.27 0-100 in South Africa, a difference of 0.46 0-100.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was South Africa ahead.
Maldives ranks 97th and South Africa ranks 98th of 207 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 52.86 0-100 | 56.79 0-100 | 3.93 0-100 | South Africa |
| 2000s | 52.36 0-100 | 58.96 0-100 | 6.6 0-100 | South Africa |
| 2010s | 47.3 0-100 | 57.25 0-100 | 9.95 0-100 | South Africa |
| 2020s | 56.28 0-100 | 57.48 0-100 | 1.21 0-100 | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rule of law - governance score, Maldives or South Africa?
- Maldives, at 57.73 0-100 against 57.27 0-100 in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rule of law - governance score between Maldives and South Africa?
- 0.46 0-100, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and South Africa?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and South Africa rank globally for rule of law - governance score?
- Maldives ranks 97th and South Africa ranks 98th of 207 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).