Rule of Law - Governance score in Libya

Libya: Rule of Law - Governance score was 27.74 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
27.74 0-100
Change on year
down 1.8%
World rank
197th
of 207 countries
All-time high
39.51 0-100
in 2008
All-time low
26.77 0-100
in 2015
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0102030401996201020241996: 35.2 0-1001998: 35.1 0-1002000: 36.6 0-1002002: 33.2 0-1002003: 35.9 0-1002004: 37.5 0-1002005: 36.8 0-1002006: 37.3 0-1002007: 38.6 0-1002008: 39.5 0-1002009: 36.7 0-1002010: 36.4 0-1002011: 36.5 0-1002012: 39.1 0-1002013: 33 0-1002014: 29.5 0-1002015: 26.8 0-1002016: 27.8 0-1002017: 29.3 0-1002018: 30 0-1002019: 29.1 0-1002020: 28.9 0-1002021: 30.1 0-1002022: 27 0-1002023: 28.2 0-1002024: 27.7 0-100

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

Analysis

Libya recorded 27.74 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Libya peaked at 39.51 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 26.77 0-100, in 2015.

That places Libya 197th out of 207 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 Libya, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Libya, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 35.18 0-100 —
1998 35.14 0-100 -0.1%
2000 36.61 0-100 +4.2%
2002 33.21 0-100 -9.3%
2003 35.88 0-100 +8.0%
2004 37.52 0-100 +4.6%
2005 36.84 0-100 -1.8%
2006 37.32 0-100 +1.3%
2007 38.55 0-100 +3.3%
2008 39.51 0-100 +2.5%
2009 36.67 0-100 -7.2%
2010 36.42 0-100 -0.7%
2011 36.48 0-100 +0.2%
2012 39.1 0-100 +7.2%
2013 32.96 0-100 -15.7%
2014 29.51 0-100 -10.5%
2015 26.77 0-100 -9.3%
2016 27.77 0-100 +3.8%
2017 29.26 0-100 +5.4%
2018 29.97 0-100 +2.4%
2019 29.06 0-100 -3.0%
2020 28.85 0-100 -0.7%
2021 30.07 0-100 +4.2%
2022 26.96 0-100 -10.3%
2023 28.25 0-100 +4.8%
2024 27.74 0-100 -1.8%

Libya compared with similar countries

  • Libya's 27.74 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.26 0-100, 52% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Libya's 27.74 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 44.97 0-100, 62% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 35.16 0-100 35.14 0-100 35.18 0-100 2
2000s 36.9 0-100 33.21 0-100 39.51 0-100 9
2010s 31.73 0-100 26.77 0-100 39.1 0-100 10
2020s 28.37 0-100 26.96 0-100 30.07 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Libya

  1. 194 Haiti 29.37 0-100 compare
  2. 195 Nicaragua 29.09 0-100 compare
  3. 196 Democratic Republic of Congo 28.97 0-100 compare
  4. 198 Central African Republic 27.45 0-100 compare
  5. 199 Sudan 26.44 0-100 compare
  6. 200 Eritrea 25.94 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 207 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Libya?
Rule of law - governance score in Libya was 27.74 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 Libya?
The highest recorded value was 39.51 0-100 in 2008.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Libya?
The lowest recorded value was 26.77 0-100 in 2015.
How does Libya rank for rule of law - governance score?
Libya ranks 197th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Libya?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Libya 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

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
207 places, 5,294 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).