Rule of Law - Governance score in Belgium

Belgium: Rule of Law - Governance score was 79.04 0-100 in 2024. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2024)
79.04 0-100
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
22nd
of 206 countries
All-time high
81.98 0-100
in 2020
All-time low
77.59 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 81 0-1001998: 77.6 0-1002000: 79.9 0-1002002: 79.4 0-1002003: 79.5 0-1002004: 78.3 0-1002005: 79.1 0-1002006: 77.9 0-1002007: 80.3 0-1002008: 79.6 0-1002009: 78.1 0-1002010: 78.2 0-1002011: 78.8 0-1002012: 79.6 0-1002013: 79.9 0-1002014: 80.4 0-1002015: 81.5 0-1002016: 81.7 0-1002017: 80.7 0-1002018: 81.4 0-1002019: 81.9 0-1002020: 82 0-1002021: 81.1 0-1002022: 80 0-1002023: 78.9 0-1002024: 79 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 Belgium stood at 79.04 0-100.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Belgium peaked at 81.98 0-100 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 77.59 0-100, in 1998.

That places Belgium 22nd out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 79.32 0-100 77.59 0-100 81.04 0-100 2
2000s 79.14 0-100 77.9 0-100 80.34 0-100 9
2010s 80.4 0-100 78.16 0-100 81.91 0-100 10
2020s 80.21 0-100 78.86 0-100 81.98 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Belgium

  1. 19 Singapore 81.6 0-100 compare
  2. 20 Lithuania 80.62 0-100 compare
  3. 21 Monaco 80.12 0-100 compare
  4. 23 United Kingdom 78.82 0-100 compare
  5. 24 Tuvalu 77.99 0-100 compare
  6. 25 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 77.96 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 Belgium?
Rule of law - governance score in Belgium was 79.04 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 Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 81.98 0-100 in 2020.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 77.59 0-100 in 1998.
How does Belgium rank for rule of law - governance score?
Belgium ranks 22nd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Belgium?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Belgium 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).