Rule of Law - Governance score in New Zealand
New Zealand: Rule of Law - Governance score was 85.66 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat
Rule of Law - Governance score in New Zealand, 1996–2024
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 New Zealand stood at 85.66 0-100. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in New Zealand peaked at 89.44 0-100 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 85.66 0-100, in 2024.
New Zealand ranks 10th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Rule of Law - Governance score in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 88.48 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 88.35 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 88.64 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 88.52 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 88.47 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 87.59 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 87.84 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 88.1 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 88.07 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 88.45 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 88.47 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 87.86 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 89.44 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 88.5 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 87.51 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 88.17 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 88.91 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 89.07 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 88.27 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 87.97 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 87.67 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 87.37 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 86.75 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 86.6 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 86.35 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 85.66 0-100 | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 88.42 0-100 | 88.35 0-100 | 88.48 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 88.24 0-100 | 87.59 0-100 | 88.64 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 88.34 0-100 | 87.51 0-100 | 89.44 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.55 0-100 | 85.66 0-100 | 87.37 0-100 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in New Zealand?
- Rule of law - governance score in New Zealand was 85.66 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 89.44 0-100 in 2011.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.66 0-100 in 2024.
- How does New Zealand rank for rule of law - governance score?
- New Zealand ranks 10th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this New Zealand 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).