Rule of Law - Governance score in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Rule of Law - Governance score was 56.39 0-100 in 2024. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2024)
56.39 0-100
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
98th
of 206 countries
All-time high
56.71 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
51.17 0-100
in 2011
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 53.6 0-1001998: 54.4 0-1002000: 55.4 0-1002002: 56.7 0-1002003: 53.5 0-1002004: 55.3 0-1002005: 55 0-1002006: 55.8 0-1002007: 56.4 0-1002008: 54.4 0-1002009: 54.6 0-1002010: 51.8 0-1002011: 51.2 0-1002012: 53.2 0-1002013: 53 0-1002014: 53.3 0-1002015: 53.4 0-1002016: 53.6 0-1002017: 52.9 0-1002018: 54.5 0-1002019: 54.5 0-1002020: 54.4 0-1002021: 56.3 0-1002022: 55.2 0-1002023: 56.5 0-1002024: 56.4 0-100

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 98th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

  1. 95 Kosovo 57.86 0-100 compare
  2. 96 Maldives 57.73 0-100 compare
  3. 97 South Africa 57.27 0-100 compare
  4. 99 India 56.29 0-100 compare
  5. 100 Jamaica 55.63 0-100 compare
  6. 101 Mongolia 55.25 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 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 98th out of 206 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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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).