Rule of Law - Governance score in El Salvador

El Salvador: Rule of Law - Governance score was 44.69 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
44.69 0-100
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
146th
of 206 countries
All-time high
48.91 0-100
in 2004
All-time low
40.36 0-100
in 2022
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in El Salvador, 1996–2024

010203040501996201020241996: 42.3 0-1001998: 44.9 0-1002000: 42 0-1002002: 44.8 0-1002003: 45.3 0-1002004: 48.9 0-1002005: 48.4 0-1002006: 45.7 0-1002007: 45.1 0-1002008: 45.4 0-1002009: 45 0-1002010: 43.2 0-1002011: 45.2 0-1002012: 43 0-1002013: 45.2 0-1002014: 46.5 0-1002015: 43.8 0-1002016: 44.1 0-1002017: 42.1 0-1002018: 42.7 0-1002019: 44.1 0-1002020: 45.1 0-1002021: 42.6 0-1002022: 40.4 0-1002023: 44.8 0-1002024: 44.7 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, rule of law - governance score in El Salvador stood at 44.69 0-100.

That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in El Salvador peaked at 48.91 0-100 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 40.36 0-100, in 2022.

El Salvador ranks 146th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Rule of Law - Governance score in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in El Salvador, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 42.29 0-100
1998 44.93 0-100 +6.2%
2000 42.05 0-100 -6.4%
2002 44.83 0-100 +6.6%
2003 45.29 0-100 +1.0%
2004 48.91 0-100 +8.0%
2005 48.39 0-100 -1.1%
2006 45.7 0-100 -5.6%
2007 45.1 0-100 -1.3%
2008 45.41 0-100 +0.7%
2009 45.05 0-100 -0.8%
2010 43.2 0-100 -4.1%
2011 45.23 0-100 +4.7%
2012 43.01 0-100 -4.9%
2013 45.24 0-100 +5.2%
2014 46.47 0-100 +2.7%
2015 43.75 0-100 -5.8%
2016 44.13 0-100 +0.9%
2017 42.15 0-100 -4.5%
2018 42.65 0-100 +1.2%
2019 44.07 0-100 +3.3%
2020 45.07 0-100 +2.3%
2021 42.59 0-100 -5.5%
2022 40.36 0-100 -5.2%
2023 44.8 0-100 +11.0%
2024 44.69 0-100 -0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 43.61 0-100 42.29 0-100 44.93 0-100 2
2000s 45.64 0-100 42.05 0-100 48.91 0-100 9
2010s 43.99 0-100 42.15 0-100 46.47 0-100 10
2020s 43.5 0-100 40.36 0-100 45.07 0-100 5

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 143 Togo 46.07 0-100 compare
  2. 144 Uzbekistan 45.67 0-100 compare
  3. 145 Algeria 44.97 0-100 compare
  4. 147 Ukraine 44.57 0-100 compare
  5. 148 Uganda 44.25 0-100 compare
  6. 149 Lao People's Democratic Republic 44.19 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in El Salvador?
Rule of law - governance score in El Salvador was 44.69 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 El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 48.91 0-100 in 2004.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 40.36 0-100 in 2022.
How does El Salvador rank for rule of law - governance score?
El Salvador ranks 146th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this El Salvador 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).