Rule of Law - Governance score in Cyprus

Cyprus: Rule of Law - Governance score was 68.83 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
68.83 0-100
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
54th
of 206 countries
All-time high
80.41 0-100
in 2008
All-time low
68.83 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 71.8 0-1001998: 74.1 0-1002000: 77.2 0-1002002: 76.7 0-1002003: 75.1 0-1002004: 74.1 0-1002005: 76.1 0-1002006: 79 0-1002007: 79.2 0-1002008: 80.4 0-1002009: 77.3 0-1002010: 77.4 0-1002011: 73.5 0-1002012: 73.5 0-1002013: 71.8 0-1002014: 71.1 0-1002015: 71.3 0-1002016: 71.3 0-1002017: 72.9 0-1002018: 71.6 0-1002019: 71.7 0-1002020: 69.8 0-1002021: 70.2 0-1002022: 70.1 0-1002023: 70 0-1002024: 68.8 0-100

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

Analysis

Cyprus recorded 68.83 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Cyprus peaked at 80.41 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 68.83 0-100, in 2024.

Cyprus ranks 54th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 72.91 0-100 71.76 0-100 74.07 0-100 2
2000s 77.23 0-100 74.11 0-100 80.41 0-100 9
2010s 72.63 0-100 71.13 0-100 77.44 0-100 10
2020s 69.81 0-100 68.83 0-100 70.24 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Cyprus

  1. 51 Malta 69.48 0-100 compare
  2. 52 Tonga 68.91 0-100 compare
  3. 53 Chile 68.86 0-100 compare
  4. 55 Mauritius 67.96 0-100 compare
  5. 56 Italy 67.62 0-100 compare
  6. 57 Costa Rica 67.58 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Cyprus?
Rule of law - governance score in Cyprus was 68.83 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 Cyprus?
The highest recorded value was 80.41 0-100 in 2008.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Cyprus?
The lowest recorded value was 68.83 0-100 in 2024.
How does Cyprus rank for rule of law - governance score?
Cyprus ranks 54th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Cyprus?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Cyprus 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
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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).