Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Lithuania
Lithuania: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 81.23 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Rule of Law - Governance score in Lithuania, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, rule of law - governance score in Lithuania stood at 81.23 0-100. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Lithuania peaked at 81.23 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 61.71 0-100, in 2000.
That places Lithuania 23rd out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 65.01 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 65.06 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 61.71 0-100 | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 63.12 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 65.29 0-100 | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 65.24 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 67.87 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 69.17 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 69.26 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 67.83 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 67.99 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 68.9 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 68.07 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 68.67 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 68.76 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 71.34 0-100 | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 72.92 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 73.85 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 73.1 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 70.93 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 76.13 0-100 | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 75.6 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 78.64 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 78.79 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 80.33 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 80.41 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 81.23 0-100 | +1.0% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 81.23 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 73.39 0-100, 1.1× the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 81.23 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 69.54 0-100, 1.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.04 0-100 | 65.01 0-100 | 65.06 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 66.39 0-100 | 61.71 0-100 | 69.26 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 71.27 0-100 | 68.07 0-100 | 76.13 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.16 0-100 | 75.6 0-100 | 81.23 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
- 20 Australia 82.67 0-100 compare
- 21 San Marino 82.44 0-100 compare
- 22 Estonia 82.25 0-100 compare
- 24 Tuvalu 80.93 0-100 compare
- 25 American Samoa 80.85 0-100 compare
- 26 United Kingdom 79.53 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Lithuania
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2893 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1106 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1208 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9699 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.6729 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.5859 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.41 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6578 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Lithuania?
- Rule of law - governance score in Lithuania was 81.23 0-100 in 2025, 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 81.23 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.71 0-100 in 2000.
- How does Lithuania rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Lithuania ranks 23rd out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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).