Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 56.39 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat
Rule of Law - Governance score in Bulgaria, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 56.39 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Bulgaria peaked at 56.71 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 51.17 0-100, in 2011.
That places Bulgaria 99th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 53.61 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 54.37 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 55.4 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 56.71 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 53.49 0-100 | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 55.34 0-100 | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 54.97 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 55.76 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 56.39 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 54.44 0-100 | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 54.57 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 51.8 0-100 | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 51.17 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 53.22 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 52.98 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 53.27 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 53.38 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 53.55 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 52.95 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 54.54 0-100 | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 54.55 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 54.37 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 56.32 0-100 | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 55.25 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 56.51 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 56.39 0-100 | -0.2% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 56.39 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.32 0-100, 77% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 56.39 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 67.62 0-100, 83% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 53.99 0-100 | 53.61 0-100 | 54.37 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 55.23 0-100 | 53.49 0-100 | 56.71 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 53.14 0-100 | 51.17 0-100 | 54.55 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.77 0-100 | 54.37 0-100 | 56.51 0-100 | 5 |
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More reference data data for Bulgaria
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.73 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2506 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.73 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.608 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.36 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Bulgaria?
- Rule of law - governance score in Bulgaria was 56.39 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 Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 56.71 0-100 in 2002.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.17 0-100 in 2011.
- How does Bulgaria rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Bulgaria ranks 99th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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).