Rule of Law - Governance score in Iceland

Iceland: Rule of Law - Governance score was 84.98 0-100 in 2024. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2024)
84.98 0-100
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
11th
of 206 countries
All-time high
89.96 0-100
in 2003
All-time low
84.12 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 84.1 0-1001998: 85.3 0-1002000: 89.3 0-1002002: 89.4 0-1002003: 90 0-1002004: 88.4 0-1002005: 89.2 0-1002006: 88.9 0-1002007: 88.2 0-1002008: 86.5 0-1002009: 85.9 0-1002010: 85 0-1002011: 85.9 0-1002012: 86.1 0-1002013: 85.2 0-1002014: 84.9 0-1002015: 85.2 0-1002016: 84.9 0-1002017: 85.6 0-1002018: 86.9 0-1002019: 87 0-1002020: 86 0-1002021: 86.4 0-1002022: 84.4 0-1002023: 84.3 0-1002024: 85 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 Iceland stood at 84.98 0-100.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Iceland peaked at 89.96 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 84.12 0-100, in 1996.

Iceland ranks 11th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 84.71 0-100 84.12 0-100 85.3 0-100 2
2000s 88.42 0-100 85.92 0-100 89.96 0-100 9
2010s 85.68 0-100 84.85 0-100 87.03 0-100 10
2020s 85.22 0-100 84.33 0-100 86.35 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Iceland

  1. 8 Netherlands 86.34 0-100 compare
  2. 9 Austria 85.84 0-100 compare
  3. 10 New Zealand 85.66 0-100 compare
  4. 12 Germany 84.95 0-100 compare
  5. 13 Ireland 84.35 0-100 compare
  6. 14 Greenland 84.06 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Iceland?
Rule of law - governance score in Iceland was 84.98 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 Iceland?
The highest recorded value was 89.96 0-100 in 2003.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Iceland?
The lowest recorded value was 84.12 0-100 in 1996.
How does Iceland rank for rule of law - governance score?
Iceland ranks 11th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Iceland?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Iceland 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).