Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Congo
Congo: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 38.09 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Rule of Law - Governance score in Congo, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Congo recorded 38.09 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2025.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Congo peaked at 42.04 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 29.13 0-100, in 1998.
That places Congo 185th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Congo, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 42.04 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 29.13 0-100 | -30.7% |
| 2000 | 35.53 0-100 | +21.9% |
| 2002 | 39.01 0-100 | +9.8% |
| 2003 | 38.99 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 41.07 0-100 | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 35.11 0-100 | -14.5% |
| 2006 | 38.42 0-100 | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 39.41 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 39.68 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 38.93 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 38.87 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 38.89 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 39.23 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 39.42 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 40.5 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 41.36 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 40.18 0-100 | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 39.5 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 39.17 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 39.02 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 38.2 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 38.46 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 39.06 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 39.79 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 39.23 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2025 | 38.09 0-100 | -2.9% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 38.09 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 47.29 0-100, 81% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Congo's 38.09 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 44.06 0-100, 86% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | -30.7% | 42.04 0-100 | 29.13 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.59 0-100 | 29.13 0-100 | 42.04 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 38.46 0-100 | 35.11 0-100 | 41.07 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 39.61 0-100 | 38.87 0-100 | 41.36 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.8 0-100 | 38.09 0-100 | 39.79 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More reference data data for Congo
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0199 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1866 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2108 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0031 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2108 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0668 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0724 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.9126 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.08 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.017 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Congo?
- Rule of law - governance score in Congo was 38.09 0-100 in 2025, 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 Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 42.04 0-100 in 1996.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.13 0-100 in 1998.
- How does Congo rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Congo ranks 185th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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
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).