Rule of Law - Governance score in Burundi

Burundi: Rule of Law - Governance score was 34.54 0-100 in 2024. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2024)
34.54 0-100
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
187th
of 206 countries
All-time high
39.59 0-100
in 2006
All-time low
30.2 0-100
in 2003
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0102030401996201020241996: 35.5 0-1001998: 35.6 0-1002000: 35.5 0-1002002: 34.8 0-1002003: 30.2 0-1002004: 35.3 0-1002005: 37 0-1002006: 39.6 0-1002007: 38.8 0-1002008: 38.5 0-1002009: 36.1 0-1002010: 35.3 0-1002011: 35.3 0-1002012: 37.1 0-1002013: 36.8 0-1002014: 38 0-1002015: 34.2 0-1002016: 32.8 0-1002017: 34.1 0-1002018: 33.1 0-1002019: 34.1 0-1002020: 34.2 0-1002021: 34.4 0-1002022: 34.2 0-1002023: 34.5 0-1002024: 34.5 0-100

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

Analysis

Burundi recorded 34.54 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Burundi peaked at 39.59 0-100 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 30.2 0-100, in 2003.

Burundi ranks 187th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 35.54 0-100 35.49 0-100 35.6 0-100 2
2000s 36.2 0-100 30.2 0-100 39.59 0-100 9
2010s 35.08 0-100 32.81 0-100 37.97 0-100 10
2020s 34.36 0-100 34.22 0-100 34.54 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Burundi

  1. 184 Guinea-Bissau 35.71 0-100 compare
  2. 185 Cameroon 35.39 0-100 compare
  3. 186 Bolivia 35.15 0-100 compare
  4. 188 Iraq 33.59 0-100 compare
  5. 189 Turkmenistan 32.64 0-100 compare
  6. 190 Chad 32.1 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 Burundi?
Rule of law - governance score in Burundi was 34.54 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 Burundi?
The highest recorded value was 39.59 0-100 in 2006.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Burundi?
The lowest recorded value was 30.2 0-100 in 2003.
How does Burundi rank for rule of law - governance score?
Burundi ranks 187th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Burundi?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Burundi 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).