Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Belize
Belize: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 52.52 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in Belize, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, rule of law - governance score in Belize stood at 52.52 0-100.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Belize peaked at 63.84 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 48.53 0-100, in 2014.
That places Belize 124th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Belize, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 62.29 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 57.14 0-100 | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 62.2 0-100 | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 61.04 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 63.17 0-100 | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 59.05 0-100 | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 63.84 0-100 | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 60.3 0-100 | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 59.8 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 58.6 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 56.64 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 57.06 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 54.21 0-100 | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 53.74 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 53.71 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 48.53 0-100 | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 48.85 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 49.25 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 49.73 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 48.93 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 49.52 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 50.32 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 50.09 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 51.51 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 52.05 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 52.13 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 52.52 0-100 | +0.7% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 52.52 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 55.22 0-100, 95% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Belize's 52.52 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 55.05 0-100, 95% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.72 0-100 | 57.14 0-100 | 62.29 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 60.52 0-100 | 56.64 0-100 | 63.84 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 51.35 0-100 | 48.53 0-100 | 57.06 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.44 0-100 | 50.09 0-100 | 52.52 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.03 0-100 compare
- 122 Morocco 53.01 0-100 compare
- 123 Trinidad and Tobago 52.88 0-100 compare
- 125 Tunisia 52.19 0-100 compare
- 126 Gambia 52.12 0-100 compare
- 127 Kazakhstan 51.9 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Belize
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0139 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0337 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0813 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0041 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0813 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0467 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0206 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1856 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.399 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0225 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Belize?
- Rule of law - governance score in Belize was 52.52 0-100 in 2025, 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 Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 63.84 0-100 in 2005.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.53 0-100 in 2014.
- How does Belize rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Belize ranks 124th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize 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).