Rule of Law - Governance score in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Rule of Law - Governance score was 67.58 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
67.58 0-100
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
57th
of 206 countries
All-time high
68.45 0-100
in 2022
All-time low
64.66 0-100
in 2012
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in Costa Rica, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 65.9 0-1001998: 64.8 0-1002000: 65.3 0-1002002: 67.3 0-1002003: 66.5 0-1002004: 66.5 0-1002005: 67.6 0-1002006: 66.2 0-1002007: 66 0-1002008: 66.4 0-1002009: 67.8 0-1002010: 68.2 0-1002011: 64.9 0-1002012: 64.7 0-1002013: 64.8 0-1002014: 66.4 0-1002015: 65.9 0-1002016: 65.8 0-1002017: 66.3 0-1002018: 65.9 0-1002019: 67 0-1002020: 67.8 0-1002021: 67.5 0-1002022: 68.5 0-1002023: 68 0-1002024: 67.6 0-100

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

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 67.58 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Costa Rica peaked at 68.45 0-100 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 64.66 0-100, in 2012.

Costa Rica ranks 57th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Rule of Law - Governance score in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Costa Rica, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 65.94 0-100
1998 64.77 0-100 -1.8%
2000 65.3 0-100 +0.8%
2002 67.3 0-100 +3.1%
2003 66.55 0-100 -1.1%
2004 66.48 0-100 -0.1%
2005 67.61 0-100 +1.7%
2006 66.21 0-100 -2.1%
2007 66.05 0-100 -0.2%
2008 66.44 0-100 +0.6%
2009 67.76 0-100 +2.0%
2010 68.15 0-100 +0.6%
2011 64.93 0-100 -4.7%
2012 64.66 0-100 -0.4%
2013 64.84 0-100 +0.3%
2014 66.37 0-100 +2.4%
2015 65.94 0-100 -0.7%
2016 65.82 0-100 -0.2%
2017 66.28 0-100 +0.7%
2018 65.89 0-100 -0.6%
2019 66.96 0-100 +1.6%
2020 67.84 0-100 +1.3%
2021 67.47 0-100 -0.5%
2022 68.45 0-100 +1.5%
2023 68.03 0-100 -0.6%
2024 67.58 0-100 -0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 65.35 0-100 64.77 0-100 65.94 0-100 2
2000s 66.63 0-100 65.3 0-100 67.76 0-100 9
2010s 65.98 0-100 64.66 0-100 68.15 0-100 10
2020s 67.87 0-100 67.47 0-100 68.45 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 54 Cyprus 68.83 0-100 compare
  2. 55 Mauritius 67.96 0-100 compare
  3. 56 Italy 67.62 0-100 compare
  4. 58 Antigua and Barbuda 67.32 0-100 compare
  5. 59 Israel 67.29 0-100 compare
  6. 60 Seychelles 67.24 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Costa Rica?
Rule of law - governance score in Costa Rica was 67.58 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 Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 68.45 0-100 in 2022.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 64.66 0-100 in 2012.
How does Costa Rica rank for rule of law - governance score?
Costa Rica ranks 57th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Costa Rica 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).