Rule of Law - Governance score in Hungary

Hungary: Rule of Law - Governance score was 60.27 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
60.27 0-100
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
87th
of 207 countries
All-time high
73.53 0-100
in 2006
All-time low
60.22 0-100
in 2023
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 71.9 0-1001998: 71.7 0-1002000: 71.8 0-1002002: 71.6 0-1002003: 71.7 0-1002004: 71.4 0-1002005: 72.7 0-1002006: 73.5 0-1002007: 72.3 0-1002008: 70.3 0-1002009: 67.5 0-1002010: 67 0-1002011: 67.8 0-1002012: 66.7 0-1002013: 65.5 0-1002014: 63 0-1002015: 63.1 0-1002016: 64 0-1002017: 63.9 0-1002018: 62.8 0-1002019: 62.3 0-1002020: 62.6 0-1002021: 62.1 0-1002022: 61.1 0-1002023: 60.2 0-1002024: 60.3 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 Hungary stood at 60.27 0-100.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Hungary peaked at 73.53 0-100 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 60.22 0-100, in 2023.

Hungary ranks 87th 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 Hungary, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Hungary, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 71.87 0-100 —
1998 71.66 0-100 -0.3%
2000 71.79 0-100 +0.2%
2002 71.6 0-100 -0.3%
2003 71.72 0-100 +0.2%
2004 71.41 0-100 -0.4%
2005 72.73 0-100 +1.9%
2006 73.53 0-100 +1.1%
2007 72.34 0-100 -1.6%
2008 70.33 0-100 -2.8%
2009 67.5 0-100 -4.0%
2010 66.98 0-100 -0.8%
2011 67.83 0-100 +1.3%
2012 66.71 0-100 -1.7%
2013 65.55 0-100 -1.7%
2014 63.01 0-100 -3.9%
2015 63.08 0-100 +0.1%
2016 64.02 0-100 +1.5%
2017 63.87 0-100 -0.2%
2018 62.81 0-100 -1.7%
2019 62.27 0-100 -0.9%
2020 62.63 0-100 +0.6%
2021 62.08 0-100 -0.9%
2022 61.14 0-100 -1.5%
2023 60.22 0-100 -1.5%
2024 60.27 0-100 +0.1%

Hungary compared with similar countries

  • Hungary's 60.27 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.32 0-100, 82% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
  • Hungary's 60.27 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 67.62 0-100, 89% of the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 71.76 0-100 71.66 0-100 71.87 0-100 2
2000s 71.44 0-100 67.5 0-100 73.53 0-100 9
2010s 64.61 0-100 62.27 0-100 67.83 0-100 10
2020s 61.27 0-100 60.22 0-100 62.63 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Hungary

  1. 84 Bahamas 61.28 0-100 compare
  2. 85 Kuwait 60.94 0-100 compare
  3. 86 Saudi Arabia 60.59 0-100 compare
  4. 88 Montenegro 60.09 0-100 compare
  5. 89 Jordan 59.87 0-100 compare
  6. 90 Bahrain 59.85 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Hungary?
Rule of law - governance score in Hungary was 60.27 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 Hungary?
The highest recorded value was 73.53 0-100 in 2006.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Hungary?
The lowest recorded value was 60.22 0-100 in 2023.
How does Hungary rank for rule of law - governance score?
Hungary ranks 87th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Hungary?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Hungary 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
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).