Rule of Law - Governance score in Gambia

Gambia: Rule of Law - Governance score was 50.18 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
50.18 0-100
Change on year
down 1.8%
World rank
125th
of 206 countries
All-time high
62.73 0-100
in 1998
All-time low
40.36 0-100
in 2016
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 62.3 0-1001998: 62.7 0-1002000: 57.4 0-1002002: 54.7 0-1002003: 58 0-1002004: 44.8 0-1002005: 48.5 0-1002006: 49.7 0-1002007: 50.8 0-1002008: 48 0-1002009: 46.1 0-1002010: 45.5 0-1002011: 45 0-1002012: 44.3 0-1002013: 43.1 0-1002014: 41.6 0-1002015: 41.2 0-1002016: 40.4 0-1002017: 47.3 0-1002018: 49.1 0-1002019: 49.3 0-1002020: 51.2 0-1002021: 50.6 0-1002022: 50.7 0-1002023: 51.1 0-1002024: 50.2 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 Gambia stood at 50.18 0-100.

The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 20.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Gambia peaked at 62.73 0-100 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 40.36 0-100, in 2016.

That places Gambia 125th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Gambia, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 62.31 0-100
1998 62.73 0-100 +0.7%
2000 57.42 0-100 -8.5%
2002 54.68 0-100 -4.8%
2003 58.03 0-100 +6.1%
2004 44.82 0-100 -22.8%
2005 48.45 0-100 +8.1%
2006 49.74 0-100 +2.7%
2007 50.82 0-100 +2.2%
2008 48.04 0-100 -5.5%
2009 46.06 0-100 -4.1%
2010 45.46 0-100 -1.3%
2011 45.05 0-100 -0.9%
2012 44.35 0-100 -1.6%
2013 43.14 0-100 -2.7%
2014 41.57 0-100 -3.6%
2015 41.23 0-100 -0.8%
2016 40.36 0-100 -2.1%
2017 47.3 0-100 +17.2%
2018 49.06 0-100 +3.7%
2019 49.34 0-100 +0.6%
2020 51.17 0-100 +3.7%
2021 50.56 0-100 -1.2%
2022 50.7 0-100 +0.3%
2023 51.11 0-100 +0.8%
2024 50.18 0-100 -1.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 62.52 0-100 62.31 0-100 62.73 0-100 2
2000s 50.89 0-100 44.82 0-100 58.03 0-100 9
2010s 44.69 0-100 40.36 0-100 49.34 0-100 10
2020s 50.74 0-100 50.18 0-100 51.17 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Gambia

  1. 122 Morocco 50.63 0-100 compare
  2. 123 Trinidad and Tobago 50.57 0-100 compare
  3. 124 Kazakhstan 50.4 0-100 compare
  4. 126 Belize 50.13 0-100 compare
  5. 127 Lesotho 49.97 0-100 compare
  6. 128 Benin 49.87 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Gambia?
Rule of law - governance score in Gambia was 50.18 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 Gambia?
The highest recorded value was 62.73 0-100 in 1998.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Gambia?
The lowest recorded value was 40.36 0-100 in 2016.
How does Gambia rank for rule of law - governance score?
Gambia ranks 125th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Gambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Gambia 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).