Which has higher rule of law, Central African Republic or Congo?

Central African Republic, at 0.1387 standard error against 0.1366 standard error in Congo as of 2011.

What is the difference in rule of law between Central African Republic and Congo?

0.0021 standard error, with Central African Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Congo?

13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.

Where does this data come from?

World Bank Institute, published as Rule of Law (standard error). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central African Republic vs Congo: Rule of Law

Central African Republic

0.1387 standard error

in 2011

Congo

0.1366 standard error

in 2011

Central African Republic rank

20th

Congo rank

22nd

Rule of Law over time

Central African Republic
Congo

How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports 0.1387 standard error against 0.1366 standard error in Congo, a difference of 0.0021 standard error.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 20th and Congo ranks 22nd of 53 countries.

Central African Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Congo	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.3345 standard error	0.2873 standard error	0.0472 standard error	Central African Republic
2000s	0.2128 standard error	0.1924 standard error	0.0204 standard error	Central African Republic
2010s	0.1421 standard error	0.1398 standard error	0.0023 standard error	Central African Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rule of law, Central African Republic or Congo?: Central African Republic, at 0.1387 standard error against 0.1366 standard error in Congo as of 2011.
What is the difference in rule of law between Central African Republic and Congo?: 0.0021 standard error, with Central African Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Congo?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2011.
How do Central African Republic and Congo rank globally for rule of law?: Central African Republic ranks 20th and Congo ranks 22nd of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Bank Institute, published as Rule of Law (standard error). 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 (standard error)
Unit: standard error
Source: World Bank Institute
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 53 places, 689 data points, 1996–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

See definition GV.RULE.LW.ES. Inherent to all Governance Indicators is a margin of error, which might vary from country to country, normally attributable to two factors: (i) cross-country differences in the number of sources in which a country appears, and (ii) differences in the precision of the sources in which each country appears.