Rule of Law - Governance score in Myanmar

Myanmar: Rule of Law - Governance score was 25.79 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
25.79 0-100
Change on year
down 5.5%
World rank
200th
of 206 countries
All-time high
38.98 0-100
in 2016
All-time low
25.22 0-100
in 2005
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0102030401996201020241996: 31.1 0-1001998: 31 0-1002000: 32.5 0-1002002: 25.5 0-1002003: 25.5 0-1002004: 25.7 0-1002005: 25.2 0-1002006: 28.4 0-1002007: 28.5 0-1002008: 27.8 0-1002009: 27.7 0-1002010: 31.7 0-1002011: 33.2 0-1002012: 32.3 0-1002013: 35.2 0-1002014: 35.4 0-1002015: 35.5 0-1002016: 39 0-1002017: 38.2 0-1002018: 36.8 0-1002019: 36.5 0-1002020: 36.9 0-1002021: 30 0-1002022: 28.4 0-1002023: 27.3 0-1002024: 25.8 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 Myanmar stood at 25.79 0-100.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.5% on the previous year and down 27.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Myanmar peaked at 38.98 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 25.22 0-100, in 2005.

That places Myanmar 200th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 31.05 0-100 31.04 0-100 31.07 0-100 2
2000s 27.43 0-100 25.22 0-100 32.5 0-100 9
2010s 35.37 0-100 31.65 0-100 38.98 0-100 10
2020s 29.69 0-100 25.79 0-100 36.95 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Myanmar

  1. 198 Sudan 26.44 0-100 compare
  2. 199 Eritrea 25.94 0-100 compare
  3. 201 Syria 25.75 0-100 compare
  4. 202 Yemen 24.24 0-100 compare
  5. 203 Afghanistan 23.65 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Myanmar?
Rule of law - governance score in Myanmar was 25.79 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 Myanmar?
The highest recorded value was 38.98 0-100 in 2016.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Myanmar?
The lowest recorded value was 25.22 0-100 in 2005.
How does Myanmar rank for rule of law - governance score?
Myanmar ranks 200th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Myanmar?
Over the last ten years it is down 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Myanmar 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
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).