Rule of Law - Governance score in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Rule of Law - Governance score was 23.65 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rule of Law - Governance score in Afghanistan, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2024, rule of law - governance score in Afghanistan stood at 23.65 0-100.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Afghanistan peaked at 29.77 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 22.81 0-100, in 2003.
Afghanistan ranks 203rd of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 23.97 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 24.09 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 24.01 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 22.82 0-100 | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 22.81 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 26.91 0-100 | +18.0% |
| 2005 | 26.63 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 25.3 0-100 | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 25.31 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 23.4 0-100 | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 25.16 0-100 | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 25.14 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 23.83 0-100 | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 24.55 0-100 | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 27.67 0-100 | +12.7% |
| 2014 | 28.78 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 28.69 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 29.77 0-100 | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 29.51 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 28.28 0-100 | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 28.44 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 28.47 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 27.36 0-100 | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 24.98 0-100 | -8.7% |
| 2023 | 24.32 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 23.65 0-100 | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.03 0-100 | 23.97 0-100 | 24.09 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 24.71 0-100 | 22.81 0-100 | 26.91 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 27.47 0-100 | 23.83 0-100 | 29.77 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.76 0-100 | 23.65 0-100 | 28.47 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 200 Myanmar 25.79 0-100 compare
- 201 Syrian Arab Republic 25.75 0-100 compare
- 202 Yemen 24.24 0-100 compare
- 204 South Sudan 23.02 0-100 compare
- 205 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 19.03 0-100 compare
- 206 Somalia 19.01 0-100 compare
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4362 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 6.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.847 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 18.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 26.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.38 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Afghanistan?
- Rule of law - governance score in Afghanistan was 23.65 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest rule of law - governance score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 29.77 0-100 in 2016.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.81 0-100 in 2003.
- How does Afghanistan rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Afghanistan ranks 203rd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).