Rule of Law - Governance score in Korea

Korea: Rule of Law - Governance score was 76.2 0-100 in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
76.2 0-100
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
29th
of 206 countries
All-time high
77.35 0-100
in 2023
All-time low
68.79 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 70.5 0-1001998: 68.8 0-1002000: 70.9 0-1002002: 70.6 0-1002003: 70.5 0-1002004: 72 0-1002005: 72.7 0-1002006: 71.5 0-1002007: 74.7 0-1002008: 72.4 0-1002009: 72.9 0-1002010: 72.5 0-1002011: 72.6 0-1002012: 74.5 0-1002013: 74.1 0-1002014: 75.4 0-1002015: 74.4 0-1002016: 74.7 0-1002017: 74.4 0-1002018: 76.1 0-1002019: 76.1 0-1002020: 76.7 0-1002021: 77.1 0-1002022: 77 0-1002023: 77.3 0-1002024: 76.2 0-100

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

Analysis

Korea recorded 76.2 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Korea peaked at 77.35 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 68.79 0-100, in 1998.

Korea ranks 29th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 69.64 0-100 68.79 0-100 70.48 0-100 2
2000s 72.02 0-100 70.47 0-100 74.66 0-100 9
2010s 74.46 0-100 72.46 0-100 76.08 0-100 10
2020s 76.87 0-100 76.2 0-100 77.35 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Korea

  1. 26 Czechia 77.41 0-100 compare
  2. 27 Palau 77.12 0-100 compare
  3. 28 San Marino 76.89 0-100 compare
  4. 30 Latvia 75.75 0-100 compare
  5. 31 American Samoa 75.67 0-100 compare
  6. 32 New Caledonia 75.64 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 Korea?
Rule of law - governance score in Korea was 76.2 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 Korea?
The highest recorded value was 77.35 0-100 in 2023.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 68.79 0-100 in 1998.
How does Korea rank for rule of law - governance score?
Korea ranks 29th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Korea?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this 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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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).