Rule of Law - Governance score in Lesotho
Lesotho: Rule of Law - Governance score was 49.97 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in Lesotho, 1996–2024
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 Lesotho is 49.97 0-100, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Lesotho peaked at 60.35 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 48.96 0-100, in 2022.
Lesotho ranks 127th 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.59 0-100 | 58.5 0-100 | 58.67 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 56.19 0-100 | 52.84 0-100 | 60.35 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 53 0-100 | 51.09 0-100 | 54.73 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.79 0-100 | 48.96 0-100 | 50.61 0-100 | 5 |
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More reference data data for Lesotho
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure applied to Soils 29.42 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural Soil 700.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 14.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Enteric Fermentat 1,385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 10.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure left on Pasture 656.77 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 29.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied to 29.42 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 2.55 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Lesotho?
- Rule of law - governance score in Lesotho was 49.97 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 60.35 0-100 in 2003.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.96 0-100 in 2022.
- How does Lesotho rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Lesotho ranks 127th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho 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).