Rule of Law - Governance score in Macau, China

Macau, China: Rule of Law - Governance score was 71.63 0-100 in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
71.63 0-100
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
44th
of 206 countries
All-time high
75.01 0-100
in 2003
All-time low
57.35 0-100
in 2000
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in Macau, China, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 57.7 0-1001998: 57.5 0-1002000: 57.3 0-1002002: 66.3 0-1002003: 75 0-1002004: 73.8 0-1002005: 70.5 0-1002006: 66.1 0-1002007: 61.8 0-1002008: 64.8 0-1002009: 69.3 0-1002010: 69.2 0-1002011: 69.3 0-1002012: 67.4 0-1002013: 67.3 0-1002014: 71.6 0-1002015: 72.5 0-1002016: 72.5 0-1002017: 72.5 0-1002018: 73.5 0-1002019: 72.6 0-1002020: 71.7 0-1002021: 70.4 0-1002022: 70.4 0-1002023: 70.4 0-1002024: 71.6 0-100

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 Macau, China is 71.63 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Macau, China peaked at 75.01 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 57.35 0-100, in 2000.

That places Macau, China 44th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 57.58 0-100 57.48 0-100 57.68 0-100 2
2000s 67.22 0-100 57.35 0-100 75.01 0-100 9
2010s 70.85 0-100 67.34 0-100 73.48 0-100 10
2020s 70.9 0-100 70.38 0-100 71.71 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Macau, China

  1. 41 Uruguay 73.32 0-100 compare
  2. 42 Spain 73 0-100 compare
  3. 43 Hong Kong (China) 72.82 0-100 compare
  4. 45 Marshall Islands 71.35 0-100 compare
  5. 46 Cayman Islands 71.25 0-100 compare
  6. 47 Bermuda 70.74 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places β†’

More reference data data for Macau, China

All data for Macau, China β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Macau, China?
Rule of law - governance score in Macau, China was 71.63 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 Macau, China?
The highest recorded value was 75.01 0-100 in 2003.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Macau, China?
The lowest recorded value was 57.35 0-100 in 2000.
How does Macau, China rank for rule of law - governance score?
Macau, China ranks 44th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Macau, China?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Macau, China 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.

Download this data

CSV Β· JSON β€” 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Rule of Law - Governance score in Macau, China. Statizoid, drawing on The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/rule-of-law-governance-score-0-100/macao-sar-china/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/rule-of-law-governance-score-0-100/macao-sar-china/">Rule of Law - Governance score in Macau, China</a> β€” Statizoid

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
206 places, 5,270 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

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).