Rule of Law - Governance score in Madagascar

Madagascar: Rule of Law - Governance score was 41.77 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
41.77 0-100
Change on year
up 3.1%
World rank
157th
of 207 countries
All-time high
52.02 0-100
in 2000
All-time low
39.42 0-100
in 2013
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 51.7 0-1001998: 50.6 0-1002000: 52 0-1002002: 51.3 0-1002003: 48.2 0-1002004: 51.1 0-1002005: 52 0-1002006: 51.7 0-1002007: 51.7 0-1002008: 50.9 0-1002009: 44.7 0-1002010: 42.3 0-1002011: 42.2 0-1002012: 42.7 0-1002013: 39.4 0-1002014: 41.2 0-1002015: 43.4 0-1002016: 44.2 0-1002017: 43.4 0-1002018: 43.3 0-1002019: 42.5 0-1002020: 42.2 0-1002021: 41.6 0-1002022: 40.3 0-1002023: 40.5 0-1002024: 41.8 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, rule of law - governance score in Madagascar stood at 41.77 0-100.

That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Madagascar peaked at 52.02 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 39.42 0-100, in 2013.

That places Madagascar 157th 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 Madagascar, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Madagascar, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 51.68 0-100 —
1998 50.59 0-100 -2.1%
2000 52.02 0-100 +2.8%
2002 51.29 0-100 -1.4%
2003 48.25 0-100 -5.9%
2004 51.08 0-100 +5.9%
2005 52 0-100 +1.8%
2006 51.67 0-100 -0.6%
2007 51.68 0-100 +0.0%
2008 50.9 0-100 -1.5%
2009 44.73 0-100 -12.1%
2010 42.32 0-100 -5.4%
2011 42.15 0-100 -0.4%
2012 42.72 0-100 +1.4%
2013 39.42 0-100 -7.7%
2014 41.22 0-100 +4.6%
2015 43.41 0-100 +5.3%
2016 44.16 0-100 +1.7%
2017 43.37 0-100 -1.8%
2018 43.33 0-100 -0.1%
2019 42.52 0-100 -1.9%
2020 42.19 0-100 -0.8%
2021 41.59 0-100 -1.4%
2022 40.32 0-100 -3.1%
2023 40.52 0-100 +0.5%
2024 41.77 0-100 +3.1%

Madagascar compared with similar countries

  • Madagascar's 41.77 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 35.71 0-100, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Madagascar's 41.77 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41.9 0-100, 100% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 51.13 0-100 50.59 0-100 51.68 0-100 2
2000s 50.4 0-100 44.73 0-100 52.02 0-100 9
2010s 42.46 0-100 39.42 0-100 44.16 0-100 10
2020s 41.28 0-100 40.32 0-100 42.19 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Madagascar

  1. 154 Eswatini 42.17 0-100 compare
  2. 155 Mauritania 42.1 0-100 compare
  3. 156 Liberia 42.03 0-100 compare
  4. 158 Burkina Faso 41.75 0-100 compare
  5. 159 Kyrgyzstan 40.85 0-100 compare
  6. 160 Niger 40.69 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Madagascar?
Rule of law - governance score in Madagascar was 41.77 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 Madagascar?
The highest recorded value was 52.02 0-100 in 2000.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Madagascar?
The lowest recorded value was 39.42 0-100 in 2013.
How does Madagascar rank for rule of law - governance score?
Madagascar ranks 157th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Madagascar?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Madagascar 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
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).