Rule of Law - Governance score in Guyana

Guyana: Rule of Law - Governance score was 51.21 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
51.21 0-100
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
120th
of 207 countries
All-time high
56.47 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
46.52 0-100
in 2014
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 56.5 0-1001998: 53.7 0-1002000: 53.6 0-1002002: 50 0-1002003: 49.4 0-1002004: 49.2 0-1002005: 48 0-1002006: 48.3 0-1002007: 50.1 0-1002008: 49.3 0-1002009: 49 0-1002010: 49.8 0-1002011: 46.7 0-1002012: 47.1 0-1002013: 46.7 0-1002014: 46.5 0-1002015: 47.6 0-1002016: 48.5 0-1002017: 49.8 0-1002018: 49.9 0-1002019: 49.4 0-1002020: 50.3 0-1002021: 50.4 0-1002022: 50.8 0-1002023: 50.6 0-1002024: 51.2 0-100

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for rule of law - governance score in Guyana is 51.21 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Guyana peaked at 56.47 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 46.52 0-100, in 2014.

Guyana ranks 120th of 207 countries on this measure, 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 Guyana, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Guyana, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 56.47 0-100 —
1998 53.66 0-100 -5.0%
2000 53.55 0-100 -0.2%
2002 50 0-100 -6.6%
2003 49.41 0-100 -1.2%
2004 49.23 0-100 -0.4%
2005 47.96 0-100 -2.6%
2006 48.34 0-100 +0.8%
2007 50.09 0-100 +3.6%
2008 49.33 0-100 -1.5%
2009 48.99 0-100 -0.7%
2010 49.76 0-100 +1.6%
2011 46.75 0-100 -6.1%
2012 47.07 0-100 +0.7%
2013 46.72 0-100 -0.8%
2014 46.52 0-100 -0.4%
2015 47.56 0-100 +2.2%
2016 48.48 0-100 +1.9%
2017 49.83 0-100 +2.8%
2018 49.9 0-100 +0.2%
2019 49.39 0-100 -1.0%
2020 50.3 0-100 +1.8%
2021 50.44 0-100 +0.3%
2022 50.76 0-100 +0.6%
2023 50.56 0-100 -0.4%
2024 51.21 0-100 +1.3%

Guyana compared with similar countries

  • Guyana's 51.21 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.32 0-100, 70% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
  • Guyana's 51.21 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 52.64 0-100, 97% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 55.07 0-100 53.66 0-100 56.47 0-100 2
2000s 49.66 0-100 47.96 0-100 53.55 0-100 9
2010s 48.2 0-100 46.52 0-100 49.9 0-100 10
2020s 50.66 0-100 50.3 0-100 51.21 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Guyana

  1. 117 Nepal 51.74 0-100 compare
  2. 118 Vietnam 51.56 0-100 compare
  3. 119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.47 0-100 compare
  4. 121 Sao Tome and Principe 50.89 0-100 compare
  5. 122 Tunisia 50.69 0-100 compare
  6. 123 Morocco 50.63 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Guyana?
Rule of law - governance score in Guyana was 51.21 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 Guyana?
The highest recorded value was 56.47 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Guyana?
The lowest recorded value was 46.52 0-100 in 2014.
How does Guyana rank for rule of law - governance score?
Guyana ranks 120th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Guyana?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Guyana 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).