Rule of Law - Governance score in Ireland

Ireland: Rule of Law - Governance score was 84.35 0-100 in 2024. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2024)
84.35 0-100
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
13th
of 206 countries
All-time high
85.62 0-100
in 2000
All-time low
82.78 0-100
in 2013
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 83 0-1001998: 84.5 0-1002000: 85.6 0-1002002: 85.1 0-1002003: 83.7 0-1002004: 82.8 0-1002005: 84.8 0-1002006: 84.8 0-1002007: 85.4 0-1002008: 85.4 0-1002009: 83.5 0-1002010: 82.9 0-1002011: 83 0-1002012: 83.3 0-1002013: 82.8 0-1002014: 83.3 0-1002015: 84.6 0-1002016: 83.9 0-1002017: 83.3 0-1002018: 83.3 0-1002019: 83.5 0-1002020: 83.1 0-1002021: 83.6 0-1002022: 82.9 0-1002023: 84.5 0-1002024: 84.4 0-100

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for rule of law - governance score in Ireland is 84.35 0-100, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Ireland peaked at 85.62 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 82.78 0-100, in 2013.

Ireland ranks 13th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 83.76 0-100 83 0-100 84.53 0-100 2
2000s 84.57 0-100 82.83 0-100 85.62 0-100 9
2010s 83.39 0-100 82.78 0-100 84.56 0-100 10
2020s 83.68 0-100 82.85 0-100 84.47 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Ireland

  1. 10 New Zealand 85.66 0-100 compare
  2. 11 Iceland 84.98 0-100 compare
  3. 12 Germany 84.95 0-100 compare
  4. 14 Greenland 84.06 0-100 compare
  5. 15 Japan 82.98 0-100 compare
  6. 16 Estonia 82.55 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places β†’

More reference data data for Ireland

All data for Ireland β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Ireland?
Rule of law - governance score in Ireland was 84.35 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 Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 85.62 0-100 in 2000.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 82.78 0-100 in 2013.
How does Ireland rank for rule of law - governance score?
Ireland ranks 13th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Ireland 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).