Panama vs Suriname: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100)
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) over time
- Panama
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 55.05 0-100 against 53.64 0-100 in Panama, a difference of 1.41 0-100.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Suriname ahead.
Panama ranks 117th and Suriname ranks 114th of 208 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 1 and Suriname in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 53.94 0-100 | 55.07 0-100 | 1.13 0-100 | Suriname |
| 2000s | 57.81 0-100 | 55.58 0-100 | 2.23 0-100 | Panama |
| 2010s | 56.28 0-100 | 56.43 0-100 | 0.1547 0-100 | Suriname |
| 2020s | 54.35 0-100 | 55.33 0-100 | 0.9733 0-100 | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rule of law - governance score, Panama or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 55.05 0-100 against 53.64 0-100 in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rule of law - governance score between Panama and Suriname?
- 1.41 0-100, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Suriname?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Panama and Suriname rank globally for rule of law - governance score?
- Panama ranks 117th and Suriname ranks 114th of 208 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).