Rule of Law - Governance score in Benin

Benin: Rule of Law - Governance score was 49.87 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
49.87 0-100
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
128th
of 206 countries
All-time high
58.47 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
48.54 0-100
in 2013
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 58.5 0-1001998: 58.3 0-1002000: 52.1 0-1002002: 50.2 0-1002003: 48.8 0-1002004: 50.3 0-1002005: 50 0-1002006: 51.9 0-1002007: 52.5 0-1002008: 51 0-1002009: 50 0-1002010: 50.2 0-1002011: 49.2 0-1002012: 49.6 0-1002013: 48.5 0-1002014: 48.7 0-1002015: 49.8 0-1002016: 50.3 0-1002017: 50.3 0-1002018: 49.5 0-1002019: 50.2 0-1002020: 50.2 0-1002021: 50.3 0-1002022: 48.9 0-1002023: 50.2 0-1002024: 49.9 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, rule of law - governance score in Benin stood at 49.87 0-100.

That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Benin peaked at 58.47 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 48.54 0-100, in 2013.

Benin ranks 128th 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 58.39 0-100 58.31 0-100 58.47 0-100 2
2000s 50.76 0-100 48.85 0-100 52.5 0-100 9
2010s 49.63 0-100 48.54 0-100 50.32 0-100 10
2020s 49.91 0-100 48.9 0-100 50.33 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Benin

  1. 125 Gambia 50.18 0-100 compare
  2. 126 Belize 50.13 0-100 compare
  3. 127 Lesotho 49.97 0-100 compare
  4. 129 Brazil 49.28 0-100 compare
  5. 130 Kenya 48.97 0-100 compare
  6. 131 Azerbaijan 48.61 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Benin?
Rule of law - governance score in Benin was 49.87 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 Benin?
The highest recorded value was 58.47 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Benin?
The lowest recorded value was 48.54 0-100 in 2013.
How does Benin rank for rule of law - governance score?
Benin ranks 128th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Benin?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Benin 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

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
Last refreshed

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).