Rule of Law - Governance score in Iran

Iran: Rule of Law - Governance score was 35.71 0-100 in 2024. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2024)
35.71 0-100
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
183rd
of 206 countries
All-time high
45.07 0-100
in 2000
All-time low
35.37 0-100
in 2014
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

010203040501996201020241996: 40.3 0-1001998: 42.8 0-1002000: 45.1 0-1002002: 39 0-1002003: 38.3 0-1002004: 40.5 0-1002005: 38.7 0-1002006: 38.6 0-1002007: 38 0-1002008: 37.9 0-1002009: 37.3 0-1002010: 38 0-1002011: 39.5 0-1002012: 40 0-1002013: 36.2 0-1002014: 35.4 0-1002015: 40.2 0-1002016: 40.2 0-1002017: 41 0-1002018: 40.3 0-1002019: 38.8 0-1002020: 39.3 0-1002021: 38.6 0-1002022: 37.6 0-1002023: 36.3 0-1002024: 35.7 0-100

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

Analysis

Iran recorded 35.71 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Iran peaked at 45.07 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 35.37 0-100, in 2014.

That places Iran 183rd out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 41.55 0-100 40.28 0-100 42.82 0-100 2
2000s 39.26 0-100 37.28 0-100 45.07 0-100 9
2010s 38.96 0-100 35.37 0-100 40.99 0-100 10
2020s 37.49 0-100 35.71 0-100 39.29 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Iran

  1. 180 Mozambique 36.4 0-100 compare
  2. 181 Zimbabwe 36.12 0-100 compare
  3. 182 Belarus 35.79 0-100 compare
  4. 184 Guinea-Bissau 35.71 0-100 compare
  5. 185 Cameroon 35.39 0-100 compare
  6. 186 Bolivia 35.15 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 Iran?
Rule of law - governance score in Iran was 35.71 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 Iran?
The highest recorded value was 45.07 0-100 in 2000.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Iran?
The lowest recorded value was 35.37 0-100 in 2014.
How does Iran rank for rule of law - governance score?
Iran ranks 183rd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Iran?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Iran 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).