Rule of Law - Governance score in North Korea
North Korea: Rule of Law - Governance score was 30.71 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in North Korea, 1996–2024
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 North Korea stood at 30.71 0-100.
That represents a change of up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in North Korea peaked at 39.67 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 26.45 0-100, in 2017.
That places North Korea 191st 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.
Rule of Law - Governance score in North Korea, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 39.67 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 39.61 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 39.56 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 32.36 0-100 | -18.2% |
| 2003 | 33.51 0-100 | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 33.03 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 33.32 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 31.92 0-100 | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 31.94 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 31.29 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 31.16 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 34.38 0-100 | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 34.38 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 30.78 0-100 | -10.5% |
| 2013 | 30.12 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 26.83 0-100 | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 26.85 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 26.85 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 26.45 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 27.46 0-100 | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 27.47 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 28.08 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 28.05 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 31.39 0-100 | +11.9% |
| 2023 | 30.71 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 30.71 0-100 | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.64 0-100 | 39.61 0-100 | 39.67 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 33.12 0-100 | 31.16 0-100 | 39.56 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 29.16 0-100 | 26.45 0-100 | 34.38 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.79 0-100 | 28.05 0-100 | 31.39 0-100 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in North Korea?
- Rule of law - governance score in North Korea was 30.71 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 North Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 39.67 0-100 in 1996.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in North Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.45 0-100 in 2017.
- How does North Korea rank for rule of law - governance score?
- North Korea ranks 191st out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in North Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North Korea 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
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).