Rule of Law - Governance score in Iraq

Iraq: Rule of Law - Governance score was 33.59 0-100 in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
33.59 0-100
Change on year
up 7.9%
World rank
188th
of 206 countries
All-time high
33.59 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
26.73 0-100
in 2004
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

01020301996201020241996: 29.1 0-1001998: 29.1 0-1002000: 30.5 0-1002002: 27 0-1002003: 28.2 0-1002004: 26.7 0-1002005: 27.3 0-1002006: 28.9 0-1002007: 27.5 0-1002008: 29.7 0-1002009: 30.4 0-1002010: 29.9 0-1002011: 32.5 0-1002012: 32 0-1002013: 31.6 0-1002014: 31.9 0-1002015: 31.3 0-1002016: 30.5 0-1002017: 30.3 0-1002018: 32.3 0-1002019: 33.3 0-1002020: 30.9 0-1002021: 32.2 0-1002022: 31.9 0-1002023: 31.1 0-1002024: 33.6 0-100

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

Analysis

Iraq recorded 33.59 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Iraq peaked at 33.59 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 26.73 0-100, in 2004.

Iraq ranks 188th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 29.11 0-100 29.09 0-100 29.12 0-100 2
2000s 28.48 0-100 26.73 0-100 30.55 0-100 9
2010s 31.56 0-100 29.93 0-100 33.32 0-100 10
2020s 31.96 0-100 30.93 0-100 33.59 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Iraq

  1. 185 Cameroon 35.39 0-100 compare
  2. 186 Bolivia 35.15 0-100 compare
  3. 187 Burundi 34.54 0-100 compare
  4. 189 Turkmenistan 32.64 0-100 compare
  5. 190 Chad 32.1 0-100 compare
  6. 191 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 30.71 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 Iraq?
Rule of law - governance score in Iraq was 33.59 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 Iraq?
The highest recorded value was 33.59 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Iraq?
The lowest recorded value was 26.73 0-100 in 2004.
How does Iraq rank for rule of law - governance score?
Iraq ranks 188th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Iraq?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iraq 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).