Rule of Law - Governance score in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Rule of Law - Governance score was 29.09 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in Nicaragua, 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 Nicaragua stood at 29.09 0-100. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Nicaragua peaked at 48.64 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 29.09 0-100, in 2024.
Nicaragua ranks 194th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 46.54 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 44.99 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 41.64 0-100 | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 46.19 0-100 | +10.9% |
| 2003 | 48.64 0-100 | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 47.38 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 47.64 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 46.32 0-100 | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 45.56 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 44.32 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 43.26 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 42.53 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 43.59 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 42.64 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 42.63 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 41.38 0-100 | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 39.67 0-100 | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 40.23 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 41.24 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 34.5 0-100 | -16.4% |
| 2019 | 34.02 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 33.95 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 31.59 0-100 | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 31.24 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 29.5 0-100 | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 29.09 0-100 | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.77 0-100 | 44.99 0-100 | 46.54 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 45.66 0-100 | 41.64 0-100 | 48.64 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 40.24 0-100 | 34.02 0-100 | 43.59 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.07 0-100 | 29.09 0-100 | 33.95 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 191 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 30.71 0-100 compare
- 192 Equatorial Guinea 30.45 0-100 compare
- 193 Haiti 29.37 0-100 compare
- 195 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 28.97 0-100 compare
- 196 Libya 27.74 0-100 compare
- 197 Central African Republic 27.45 0-100 compare
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0819 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4557 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4457 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Nicaragua?
- Rule of law - governance score in Nicaragua was 29.09 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 Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 48.64 0-100 in 2003.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.09 0-100 in 2024.
- How does Nicaragua rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Nicaragua ranks 194th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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).