Rule of Law - Governance score in Malta

Malta: Rule of Law - Governance score was 69.48 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
69.48 0-100
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
51st
of 206 countries
All-time high
84.17 0-100
in 2008
All-time low
69.48 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 73.6 0-1001998: 78.7 0-1002000: 80.6 0-1002002: 82.3 0-1002003: 82.5 0-1002004: 78.7 0-1002005: 83.2 0-1002006: 82.9 0-1002007: 83.9 0-1002008: 84.2 0-1002009: 81.1 0-1002010: 81.2 0-1002011: 78 0-1002012: 78.5 0-1002013: 77.8 0-1002014: 74.7 0-1002015: 75.8 0-1002016: 74.9 0-1002017: 76.1 0-1002018: 75.2 0-1002019: 74.5 0-1002020: 73.2 0-1002021: 71.9 0-1002022: 71.7 0-1002023: 70.6 0-1002024: 69.5 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 Malta stood at 69.48 0-100. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Malta peaked at 84.17 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 69.48 0-100, in 2024.

That places Malta 51st out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 76.15 0-100 73.6 0-100 78.71 0-100 2
2000s 82.14 0-100 78.69 0-100 84.17 0-100 9
2010s 76.66 0-100 74.5 0-100 81.22 0-100 10
2020s 71.37 0-100 69.48 0-100 73.21 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 48 Bhutan 70.57 0-100 compare
  2. 49 Kiribati 70.49 0-100 compare
  3. 50 Barbados 69.49 0-100 compare
  4. 52 Tonga 68.91 0-100 compare
  5. 53 Chile 68.86 0-100 compare
  6. 54 Cyprus 68.83 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Malta?
Rule of law - governance score in Malta was 69.48 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 Malta?
The highest recorded value was 84.17 0-100 in 2008.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 69.48 0-100 in 2024.
How does Malta rank for rule of law - governance score?
Malta ranks 51st out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Malta?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malta 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
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).