Rule of Law - Governance score in India
India: Rule of Law - Governance score was 56.29 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in India, 1996–2024
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 India stood at 56.29 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in India peaked at 61.45 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 53.8 0-100, in 2021.
That places India 100th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 India, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 60.73 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 60.33 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 61.45 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 56.22 0-100 | -8.5% |
| 2003 | 57.44 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 57.95 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 59.88 0-100 | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 60.87 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 60.31 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 59.75 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 59.55 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 58.05 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 56.74 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 54.71 0-100 | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 54.97 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 54.11 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 54.6 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 55.55 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 56.28 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 57.31 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 56.62 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 55.19 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 53.8 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 55.06 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 55.45 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 56.29 0-100 | +1.5% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 56.29 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.03 0-100, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- India's 56.29 0-100 is above the median for South Asia, which is 54.41 0-100, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.53 0-100 | 60.33 0-100 | 60.73 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 59.27 0-100 | 56.22 0-100 | 61.45 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 55.89 0-100 | 54.11 0-100 | 58.05 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.16 0-100 | 53.8 0-100 | 56.29 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in India?
- Rule of law - governance score in India was 56.29 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 61.45 0-100 in 2000.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.8 0-100 in 2021.
- How does India rank for rule of law - governance score?
- India ranks 100th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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).