Rule of Law - Governance score in Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo: Rule of Law - Governance score was 28.97 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
28.97 0-100
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
195th
of 206 countries
All-time high
30.68 0-100
in 2016
All-time low
21.13 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1996–2024

01020301996201020241996: 26.8 0-1001998: 21.1 0-1002000: 21.5 0-1002002: 23 0-1002003: 21.7 0-1002004: 28.2 0-1002005: 29.3 0-1002006: 29.1 0-1002007: 29.5 0-1002008: 29.7 0-1002009: 29.2 0-1002010: 29.1 0-1002011: 28.8 0-1002012: 28.2 0-1002013: 29.1 0-1002014: 30.3 0-1002015: 29.9 0-1002016: 30.7 0-1002017: 29.4 0-1002018: 28.4 0-1002019: 28.6 0-1002020: 29.2 0-1002021: 30.6 0-1002022: 29.8 0-1002023: 29.3 0-1002024: 29 0-100

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

Analysis

Democratic Republic of Congo recorded 28.97 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 30.68 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 21.13 0-100, in 1998.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 195th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 23.96 0-100 21.13 0-100 26.78 0-100 2
2000s 26.8 0-100 21.54 0-100 29.69 0-100 9
2010s 29.26 0-100 28.18 0-100 30.68 0-100 10
2020s 29.57 0-100 28.97 0-100 30.61 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of Congo

  1. 192 Equatorial Guinea 30.45 0-100 compare
  2. 193 Haiti 29.37 0-100 compare
  3. 194 Nicaragua 29.09 0-100 compare
  4. 196 Libya 27.74 0-100 compare
  5. 198 Sudan 26.44 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Democratic Republic of Congo?
Rule of law - governance score in Democratic Republic of Congo was 28.97 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 Democratic Republic of Congo?
The highest recorded value was 30.68 0-100 in 2016.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 21.13 0-100 in 1998.
How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for rule of law - governance score?
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 195th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo 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

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
Last refreshed

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).