Rule of Law - Governance score in Australia

Australia: Rule of Law - Governance score was 82.27 0-100 in 2024. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2024)
82.27 0-100
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
17th
of 206 countries
All-time high
88.21 0-100
in 2003
All-time low
82.27 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in Australia, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 86.1 0-1001998: 86.7 0-1002000: 87.9 0-1002002: 87.2 0-1002003: 88.2 0-1002004: 86.7 0-1002005: 86.5 0-1002006: 86.9 0-1002007: 86.7 0-1002008: 86.5 0-1002009: 86.2 0-1002010: 84.5 0-1002011: 84.1 0-1002012: 85.1 0-1002013: 85.1 0-1002014: 86.8 0-1002015: 86.5 0-1002016: 86.7 0-1002017: 84.9 0-1002018: 85.1 0-1002019: 85.1 0-1002020: 83.7 0-1002021: 84 0-1002022: 82.3 0-1002023: 82.8 0-1002024: 82.3 0-100

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 Australia stood at 82.27 0-100. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Australia peaked at 88.21 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 82.27 0-100, in 2024.

That places Australia 17th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 86.38 0-100 86.05 0-100 86.7 0-100 2
2000s 86.98 0-100 86.18 0-100 88.21 0-100 9
2010s 85.39 0-100 84.08 0-100 86.78 0-100 10
2020s 83.01 0-100 82.27 0-100 83.99 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 14 Greenland 84.06 0-100 compare
  2. 15 Japan 82.98 0-100 compare
  3. 16 Estonia 82.55 0-100 compare
  4. 18 Canada 82.11 0-100 compare
  5. 19 Singapore 81.6 0-100 compare
  6. 20 Lithuania 80.62 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places β†’

More reference data data for Australia

All data for Australia β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Australia?
Rule of law - governance score in Australia was 82.27 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 Australia?
The highest recorded value was 88.21 0-100 in 2003.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 82.27 0-100 in 2024.
How does Australia rank for rule of law - governance score?
Australia ranks 17th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Australia 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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Indicator
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,270 data points, 1996–2024
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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).