Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Germany
Germany: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 85.07 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Rule of Law - Governance score in Germany, 1996–2025
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 Germany is 85.07 0-100, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Germany peaked at 86.96 0-100 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 84.57 0-100, in 2011.
That places Germany 13th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Germany, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 85.92 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 85.83 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 85.57 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 85.87 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 85.89 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 85.36 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 85.41 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 85.42 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 86.55 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 84.87 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 84.64 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 84.67 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 84.57 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 84.98 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 85.14 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 86.96 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 86.96 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 86.07 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 86.26 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 86.59 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 86.55 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 85.16 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 85.5 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 84.61 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 84.77 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 85.14 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 85.07 0-100 | -0.1% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 85.07 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 73.39 0-100, 1.2× the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Germany's 85.07 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 69.54 0-100, 1.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 85.88 0-100 | 85.83 0-100 | 85.92 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 85.51 0-100 | 84.64 0-100 | 86.55 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 85.87 0-100 | 84.57 0-100 | 86.96 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.04 0-100 | 84.61 0-100 | 85.5 0-100 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Germany?
- Rule of law - governance score in Germany was 85.07 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 86.96 0-100 in 2014.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.57 0-100 in 2011.
- How does Germany rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Germany ranks 13th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Germany 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).