Rule of Law - Governance score in India

India: Rule of Law - Governance score was 56.29 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
56.29 0-100
Change on year
up 1.5%
World rank
99th
of 206 countries
All-time high
61.45 0-100
in 2000
All-time low
53.8 0-100
in 2021
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 60.7 0-1001998: 60.3 0-1002000: 61.4 0-1002002: 56.2 0-1002003: 57.4 0-1002004: 58 0-1002005: 59.9 0-1002006: 60.9 0-1002007: 60.3 0-1002008: 59.8 0-1002009: 59.6 0-1002010: 58.1 0-1002011: 56.7 0-1002012: 54.7 0-1002013: 55 0-1002014: 54.1 0-1002015: 54.6 0-1002016: 55.5 0-1002017: 56.3 0-1002018: 57.3 0-1002019: 56.6 0-1002020: 55.2 0-1002021: 53.8 0-1002022: 55.1 0-1002023: 55.5 0-1002024: 56.3 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 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 99th out of 206 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 96 Maldives 57.73 0-100 compare
  2. 98 Bulgaria 56.39 0-100 compare
  3. 100 Jamaica 55.63 0-100 compare
  4. 101 Mongolia 55.25 0-100 compare
  5. 102 Albania 54.93 0-100 compare

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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 99th out of 206 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

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).