Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Botswana
Botswana: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 63.26 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in Botswana, 1996–2025
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 Botswana is 63.26 0-100, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Botswana peaked at 70.86 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 63.26 0-100, in 2025.
That places Botswana 82nd 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 Botswana, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 67.13 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 67.11 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 67.12 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 68.26 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 70.7 0-100 | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 69.2 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 70.62 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 69.4 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 70.36 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 70.86 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 70.08 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 70.3 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 70.52 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 69.98 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 68.4 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 68.2 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 65.96 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 65.5 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 65.6 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 65.41 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 66.18 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 64.59 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 65.07 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 64.39 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 64.23 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 63.4 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2025 | 63.26 0-100 | -0.2% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 63.26 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 55.22 0-100, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 63.26 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 44.06 0-100, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.12 0-100 | 67.11 0-100 | 67.13 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 69.62 0-100 | 67.12 0-100 | 70.86 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 67.6 0-100 | 65.41 0-100 | 70.52 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.16 0-100 | 63.26 0-100 | 65.07 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More reference data data for Botswana
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0472 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.42 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0078 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.42 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0825 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.97 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0424 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Botswana?
- Rule of law - governance score in Botswana was 63.26 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 70.86 0-100 in 2008.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.26 0-100 in 2025.
- How does Botswana rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Botswana ranks 82nd out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana 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).