Rule of Law - Governance score in Eritrea

Eritrea: Rule of Law - Governance score was 25.94 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
25.94 0-100
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
200th
of 207 countries
All-time high
43.91 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
25.94 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0102030401996201020241996: 43.9 0-1001998: 43.5 0-1002000: 40.3 0-1002002: 39.5 0-1002003: 39.3 0-1002004: 36.8 0-1002005: 36.8 0-1002006: 35.2 0-1002007: 33.7 0-1002008: 32.6 0-1002009: 32.2 0-1002010: 30.8 0-1002011: 30.9 0-1002012: 30.9 0-1002013: 29.9 0-1002014: 28.1 0-1002015: 28.5 0-1002016: 28.5 0-1002017: 28.8 0-1002018: 28 0-1002019: 27.9 0-1002020: 29 0-1002021: 28.5 0-1002022: 26.5 0-1002023: 26 0-1002024: 25.9 0-100

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for rule of law - governance score in Eritrea is 25.94 0-100, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Eritrea peaked at 43.91 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 25.94 0-100, in 2024.

That places Eritrea 200th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Rule of Law - Governance score in Eritrea, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Eritrea, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 43.91 0-100 —
1998 43.53 0-100 -0.9%
2000 40.33 0-100 -7.3%
2002 39.52 0-100 -2.0%
2003 39.34 0-100 -0.5%
2004 36.76 0-100 -6.6%
2005 36.82 0-100 +0.2%
2006 35.25 0-100 -4.3%
2007 33.67 0-100 -4.5%
2008 32.57 0-100 -3.3%
2009 32.23 0-100 -1.0%
2010 30.83 0-100 -4.3%
2011 30.86 0-100 +0.1%
2012 30.89 0-100 +0.1%
2013 29.94 0-100 -3.1%
2014 28.11 0-100 -6.1%
2015 28.51 0-100 +1.4%
2016 28.51 0-100 -0.0%
2017 28.85 0-100 +1.2%
2018 28.02 0-100 -2.9%
2019 27.9 0-100 -0.4%
2020 29.02 0-100 +4.0%
2021 28.54 0-100 -1.6%
2022 26.51 0-100 -7.1%
2023 26.03 0-100 -1.8%
2024 25.94 0-100 -0.4%

Eritrea compared with similar countries

  • Eritrea's 25.94 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 35.71 0-100, 73% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Eritrea's 25.94 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41.9 0-100, 62% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 43.72 0-100 43.53 0-100 43.91 0-100 2
2000s 36.28 0-100 32.23 0-100 40.33 0-100 9
2010s 29.24 0-100 27.9 0-100 30.89 0-100 10
2020s 27.21 0-100 25.94 0-100 29.02 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Eritrea

  1. 197 Libya 27.74 0-100 compare
  2. 198 Central African Republic 27.45 0-100 compare
  3. 199 Sudan 26.44 0-100 compare
  4. 201 Myanmar 25.79 0-100 compare
  5. 202 Syria 25.75 0-100 compare
  6. 203 Yemen 24.24 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 207 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Eritrea?
Rule of law - governance score in Eritrea was 25.94 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 Eritrea?
The highest recorded value was 43.91 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Eritrea?
The lowest recorded value was 25.94 0-100 in 2024.
How does Eritrea rank for rule of law - governance score?
Eritrea ranks 200th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Eritrea?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Eritrea 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
207 places, 5,294 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).