Rule of Law - Governance score in France

France: Rule of Law - Governance score was 73.81 0-100 in 2024. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2024)
73.81 0-100
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
38th
of 206 countries
All-time high
81.91 0-100
in 2005
All-time low
73.81 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 81.4 0-1001998: 78.5 0-1002000: 80.3 0-1002002: 77 0-1002003: 79.2 0-1002004: 79.4 0-1002005: 81.9 0-1002006: 78.6 0-1002007: 79.4 0-1002008: 79.5 0-1002009: 78.3 0-1002010: 79.3 0-1002011: 77.3 0-1002012: 79.1 0-1002013: 78.3 0-1002014: 78.7 0-1002015: 78.3 0-1002016: 78.6 0-1002017: 78.4 0-1002018: 78.1 0-1002019: 77.4 0-1002020: 76.4 0-1002021: 75.6 0-1002022: 74.5 0-1002023: 74.1 0-1002024: 73.8 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, rule of law - governance score in France stood at 73.81 0-100. 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 6.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in France peaked at 81.91 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 73.81 0-100, in 2024.

France ranks 38th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 79.92 0-100 78.47 0-100 81.37 0-100 2
2000s 79.29 0-100 76.97 0-100 81.91 0-100 9
2010s 78.35 0-100 77.29 0-100 79.29 0-100 10
2020s 74.87 0-100 73.81 0-100 76.36 0-100 5

Countries ranked near France

  1. 35 Guam 74.77 0-100 compare
  2. 36 French Polynesia 74.47 0-100 compare
  3. 37 Slovenia, Republic of 73.81 0-100 compare
  4. 39 Micronesia, Federated States of 73.78 0-100 compare
  5. 40 United States 73.52 0-100 compare
  6. 41 Uruguay 73.32 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in France?
Rule of law - governance score in France was 73.81 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 France?
The highest recorded value was 81.91 0-100 in 2005.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in France?
The lowest recorded value was 73.81 0-100 in 2024.
How does France rank for rule of law - governance score?
France ranks 38th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in France?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this France 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).