Rule of Law - Governance score in Bahrain

Bahrain: Rule of Law - Governance score was 59.85 0-100 in 2024. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2024)
59.85 0-100
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
90th
of 206 countries
All-time high
64.6 0-100
in 2004
All-time low
54.6 0-100
in 2012
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 59.1 0-1001998: 62.2 0-1002000: 62.2 0-1002002: 63.2 0-1002003: 61.1 0-1002004: 64.6 0-1002005: 61.9 0-1002006: 60 0-1002007: 61.1 0-1002008: 61 0-1002009: 60.3 0-1002010: 58.7 0-1002011: 56.5 0-1002012: 54.6 0-1002013: 54.8 0-1002014: 54.7 0-1002015: 57.2 0-1002016: 56.6 0-1002017: 56.5 0-1002018: 56 0-1002019: 57.1 0-1002020: 55.1 0-1002021: 57.3 0-1002022: 57.5 0-1002023: 59.1 0-1002024: 59.9 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for rule of law - governance score in Bahrain is 59.85 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Bahrain peaked at 64.6 0-100 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 54.6 0-100, in 2012.

Bahrain ranks 90th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 60.67 0-100 59.12 0-100 62.22 0-100 2
2000s 61.73 0-100 59.99 0-100 64.6 0-100 9
2010s 56.27 0-100 54.6 0-100 58.7 0-100 10
2020s 57.78 0-100 55.07 0-100 59.85 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Bahrain

  1. 87 Hungary 60.27 0-100 compare
  2. 88 Montenegro 60.09 0-100 compare
  3. 89 Jordan 59.87 0-100 compare
  4. 91 Solomon Islands 59.6 0-100 compare
  5. 92 Georgia 59.53 0-100 compare
  6. 93 Rwanda 58.69 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Bahrain?
Rule of law - governance score in Bahrain was 59.85 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 Bahrain?
The highest recorded value was 64.6 0-100 in 2004.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Bahrain?
The lowest recorded value was 54.6 0-100 in 2012.
How does Bahrain rank for rule of law - governance score?
Bahrain ranks 90th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Bahrain?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bahrain 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).