Rule of Law - Governance score in Malaysia

Malaysia: Rule of Law - Governance score was 62.9 0-100 in 2024. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2024)
62.9 0-100
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
78th
of 206 countries
All-time high
65.64 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
56.51 0-100
in 2000
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 65.6 0-1001998: 60.4 0-1002000: 56.5 0-1002002: 60.8 0-1002003: 62.8 0-1002004: 63.4 0-1002005: 61.7 0-1002006: 63.6 0-1002007: 62.1 0-1002008: 60.7 0-1002009: 60.6 0-1002010: 60.8 0-1002011: 59.4 0-1002012: 61.1 0-1002013: 60.3 0-1002014: 61.1 0-1002015: 58.9 0-1002016: 58.7 0-1002017: 59.2 0-1002018: 61.9 0-1002019: 62.8 0-1002020: 63 0-1002021: 62.2 0-1002022: 62 0-1002023: 62.2 0-1002024: 62.9 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 Malaysia stood at 62.9 0-100.

That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Malaysia peaked at 65.64 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 56.51 0-100, in 2000.

Malaysia ranks 78th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 63.04 0-100 60.44 0-100 65.64 0-100 2
2000s 61.36 0-100 56.51 0-100 63.57 0-100 9
2010s 60.42 0-100 58.66 0-100 62.8 0-100 10
2020s 62.45 0-100 62.05 0-100 62.99 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 75 Dominica 63.81 0-100 compare
  2. 76 Croatia 63.46 0-100 compare
  3. 77 Romania 63.35 0-100 compare
  4. 79 Namibia 62.61 0-100 compare
  5. 80 Botswana 62.34 0-100 compare
  6. 81 Fiji 62.23 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Malaysia?
Rule of law - governance score in Malaysia was 62.9 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 Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 65.64 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 56.51 0-100 in 2000.
How does Malaysia rank for rule of law - governance score?
Malaysia ranks 78th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Malaysia 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
206 places, 5,270 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).