Rule of Law - Governance score in Germany

Germany: Rule of Law - Governance score was 84.95 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
84.95 0-100
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
12th
of 206 countries
All-time high
86.91 0-100
in 2015
All-time low
84.18 0-100
in 2022
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 86.2 0-1001998: 85.9 0-1002000: 86 0-1002002: 86.2 0-1002003: 86.2 0-1002004: 85.7 0-1002005: 85.6 0-1002006: 85.7 0-1002007: 86.9 0-1002008: 85.1 0-1002009: 84.6 0-1002010: 84.8 0-1002011: 84.4 0-1002012: 84.8 0-1002013: 85 0-1002014: 86.9 0-1002015: 86.9 0-1002016: 86 0-1002017: 86.3 0-1002018: 86.5 0-1002019: 86.4 0-1002020: 85 0-1002021: 85.1 0-1002022: 84.2 0-1002023: 84.3 0-1002024: 84.9 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 Germany is 84.95 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Germany peaked at 86.91 0-100 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 84.18 0-100, in 2022.

That places Germany 12th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 86.03 0-100 85.9 0-100 86.17 0-100 2
2000s 85.77 0-100 84.65 0-100 86.89 0-100 9
2010s 85.78 0-100 84.36 0-100 86.91 0-100 10
2020s 84.69 0-100 84.18 0-100 85.1 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 9 Austria 85.84 0-100 compare
  2. 10 New Zealand 85.66 0-100 compare
  3. 11 Iceland 84.98 0-100 compare
  4. 13 Ireland 84.35 0-100 compare
  5. 14 Greenland 84.06 0-100 compare
  6. 15 Japan 82.98 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Germany?
Rule of law - governance score in Germany was 84.95 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 Germany?
The highest recorded value was 86.91 0-100 in 2015.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 84.18 0-100 in 2022.
How does Germany rank for rule of law - governance score?
Germany ranks 12th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
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

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
Last refreshed

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).