Rule of Law - Governance score in Central African Republic

Central African Republic: Rule of Law - Governance score was 27.45 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
27.45 0-100
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
197th
of 206 countries
All-time high
41.17 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
24.85 0-100
in 2013
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in Central African Republic, 1996–2024

0102030401996201020241996: 36 0-1001998: 35.9 0-1002000: 35.9 0-1002002: 41.2 0-1002003: 31.7 0-1002004: 34.2 0-1002005: 32.9 0-1002006: 31.2 0-1002007: 31.5 0-1002008: 32 0-1002009: 33.7 0-1002010: 34.3 0-1002011: 34 0-1002012: 32.4 0-1002013: 24.9 0-1002014: 25.8 0-1002015: 27.6 0-1002016: 27.9 0-1002017: 29.3 0-1002018: 30.2 0-1002019: 29.7 0-1002020: 30.1 0-1002021: 30.3 0-1002022: 28.3 0-1002023: 27.3 0-1002024: 27.5 0-100

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

Analysis

Central African Republic recorded 27.45 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Central African Republic peaked at 41.17 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 24.85 0-100, in 2013.

That places Central African Republic 197th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Rule of Law - Governance score in Central African Republic, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Central African Republic, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 36.02 0-100
1998 35.9 0-100 -0.4%
2000 35.86 0-100 -0.1%
2002 41.17 0-100 +14.8%
2003 31.71 0-100 -23.0%
2004 34.21 0-100 +7.9%
2005 32.85 0-100 -4.0%
2006 31.24 0-100 -4.9%
2007 31.5 0-100 +0.8%
2008 32.05 0-100 +1.7%
2009 33.72 0-100 +5.2%
2010 34.28 0-100 +1.6%
2011 34.01 0-100 -0.8%
2012 32.38 0-100 -4.8%
2013 24.85 0-100 -23.3%
2014 25.82 0-100 +3.9%
2015 27.58 0-100 +6.8%
2016 27.9 0-100 +1.2%
2017 29.34 0-100 +5.2%
2018 30.23 0-100 +3.0%
2019 29.7 0-100 -1.7%
2020 30.07 0-100 +1.3%
2021 30.33 0-100 +0.8%
2022 28.27 0-100 -6.8%
2023 27.28 0-100 -3.5%
2024 27.45 0-100 +0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 35.96 0-100 35.9 0-100 36.02 0-100 2
2000s 33.81 0-100 31.24 0-100 41.17 0-100 9
2010s 29.61 0-100 24.85 0-100 34.28 0-100 10
2020s 28.68 0-100 27.28 0-100 30.33 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Central African Republic

  1. 194 Nicaragua 29.09 0-100 compare
  2. 195 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 28.97 0-100 compare
  3. 196 Libya 27.74 0-100 compare
  4. 198 Sudan 26.44 0-100 compare
  5. 199 Eritrea 25.94 0-100 compare
  6. 200 Myanmar 25.79 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Central African Republic?
Rule of law - governance score in Central African Republic was 27.45 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 Central African Republic?
The highest recorded value was 41.17 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Central African Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 24.85 0-100 in 2013.
How does Central African Republic rank for rule of law - governance score?
Central African Republic ranks 197th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Central African Republic?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Central African Republic 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).