Rule of Law - Governance score in Italy

Italy: Rule of Law - Governance score was 67.62 0-100 in 2024. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2024)
67.62 0-100
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
56th
of 206 countries
All-time high
72.91 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
63.45 0-100
in 2009
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 72.9 0-1001998: 70.4 0-1002000: 72.1 0-1002002: 70.3 0-1002003: 69.7 0-1002004: 68.7 0-1002005: 67.2 0-1002006: 65.1 0-1002007: 65.6 0-1002008: 64 0-1002009: 63.5 0-1002010: 64.8 0-1002011: 65.9 0-1002012: 66.4 0-1002013: 66.1 0-1002014: 66.5 0-1002015: 64.9 0-1002016: 64.9 0-1002017: 64.5 0-1002018: 64.2 0-1002019: 66.1 0-1002020: 66.5 0-1002021: 67.1 0-1002022: 66.8 0-1002023: 68.2 0-1002024: 67.6 0-100

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

Analysis

Italy recorded 67.62 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Italy peaked at 72.91 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 63.45 0-100, in 2009.

Italy ranks 56th of 206 countries on this measure, 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 71.64 0-100 70.37 0-100 72.91 0-100 2
2000s 67.35 0-100 63.45 0-100 72.07 0-100 9
2010s 65.43 0-100 64.17 0-100 66.51 0-100 10
2020s 67.25 0-100 66.51 0-100 68.16 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Italy

  1. 53 Chile 68.86 0-100 compare
  2. 54 Cyprus 68.83 0-100 compare
  3. 55 Mauritius 67.96 0-100 compare
  4. 57 Costa Rica 67.58 0-100 compare
  5. 58 Antigua and Barbuda 67.32 0-100 compare
  6. 59 Israel 67.29 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places β†’

More reference data data for Italy

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Italy?
Rule of law - governance score in Italy was 67.62 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 Italy?
The highest recorded value was 72.91 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Italy?
The lowest recorded value was 63.45 0-100 in 2009.
How does Italy rank for rule of law - governance score?
Italy ranks 56th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Italy?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Italy 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).