Rule of Law - Governance score in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Rule of Law - Governance score was 41.75 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat
Rule of Law - Governance score in Burkina Faso, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 41.75 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.5% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Burkina Faso peaked at 53.09 0-100 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 41.75 0-100, in 2024.
Burkina Faso ranks 157th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Rule of Law - Governance score in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 47.18 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 47.12 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 45.56 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 43.16 0-100 | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 44.3 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 47.93 0-100 | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 48.06 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 50.05 0-100 | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 50.73 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 50.94 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 52.67 0-100 | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 53.09 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 49.81 0-100 | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 50.74 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 48.15 0-100 | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 47.5 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 47.93 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 48.59 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 49.4 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 49.97 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 49.93 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 49.75 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 50.06 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 46.18 0-100 | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 44.67 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 41.75 0-100 | -6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.15 0-100 | 47.12 0-100 | 47.18 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 48.16 0-100 | 43.16 0-100 | 52.67 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 49.51 0-100 | 47.5 0-100 | 53.09 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.48 0-100 | 41.75 0-100 | 50.06 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 154 Mauritania 42.1 0-100 compare
- 155 Liberia 42.03 0-100 compare
- 156 Madagascar 41.77 0-100 compare
- 158 Kyrgyzstan 40.85 0-100 compare
- 159 Niger 40.69 0-100 compare
- 160 Bangladesh 40.44 0-100 compare
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 9.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4137 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 9.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 3.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 33.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 45.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.25 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Burkina Faso?
- Rule of law - governance score in Burkina Faso was 41.75 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 Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 53.09 0-100 in 2010.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.75 0-100 in 2024.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Burkina Faso ranks 157th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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).