Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Malta
Malta: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 69.61 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in Malta, 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 Malta stood at 69.61 0-100. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Malta peaked at 84.58 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 69.61 0-100, in 2025.
That places Malta 56th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Malta, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 76.14 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 79.7 0-100 | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 79.44 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 81.49 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 82.64 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 78.81 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 83.55 0-100 | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 83.41 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 84.25 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 84.58 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 82.03 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 82.44 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 79.14 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 79.51 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 78.92 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 75.7 0-100 | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 76.82 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 76.12 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 77.32 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 76.23 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 75.45 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 73.26 0-100 | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 73.17 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 73.1 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 72.17 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 70.19 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2025 | 69.61 0-100 | -0.8% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 69.61 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.39 0-100, 95% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Malta's 69.61 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 47.88 0-100, 1.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.92 0-100 | 76.14 0-100 | 79.7 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 82.25 0-100 | 78.81 0-100 | 84.58 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 77.77 0-100 | 75.45 0-100 | 82.44 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.91 0-100 | 69.61 0-100 | 73.26 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More reference data data for Malta
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0121 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0404 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0227 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0043 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Malta?
- Rule of law - governance score in Malta was 69.61 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 84.58 0-100 in 2008.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.61 0-100 in 2025.
- How does Malta rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Malta ranks 56th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. 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
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).