Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Cyprus
Cyprus: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 70.8 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in Cyprus, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 70.8 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Cyprus peaked at 80.16 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 69.75 0-100, in 2024.
Cyprus ranks 49th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 73.32 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 74.54 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 76.59 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 76.16 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 74.59 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 73.87 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 75.79 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 78.96 0-100 | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 79.27 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 80.16 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 77.74 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 77.9 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 74.28 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 74.3 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 72.87 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 72.06 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 72.43 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 72.58 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 73.82 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 72.5 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 72.51 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 71.33 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 71.05 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 71.01 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 70.39 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 69.75 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2025 | 70.8 0-100 | +1.5% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 70.8 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.39 0-100, 96% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 70.8 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 69.54 0-100, 1.0× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 73.93 0-100 | 73.32 0-100 | 74.54 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 77.01 0-100 | 73.87 0-100 | 80.16 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 73.52 0-100 | 72.06 0-100 | 77.9 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.72 0-100 | 69.75 0-100 | 71.33 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More reference data data for Cyprus
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.043 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0752 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1565 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0045 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1565 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1441 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1715 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3058 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7841 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0245 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Cyprus?
- Rule of law - governance score in Cyprus was 70.8 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 Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 80.16 0-100 in 2008.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.75 0-100 in 2024.
- How does Cyprus rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Cyprus ranks 49th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. 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
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).