Rule of Law - Governance score in Niger

Niger: Rule of Law - Governance score was 40.69 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
40.69 0-100
Change on year
down 5.7%
World rank
159th
of 206 countries
All-time high
48.05 0-100
in 2011
All-time low
40.69 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

010203040501996201020241996: 45.1 0-1001998: 45 0-1002000: 41.6 0-1002002: 43.2 0-1002003: 43.1 0-1002004: 45.3 0-1002005: 45.8 0-1002006: 46.2 0-1002007: 46.1 0-1002008: 45.3 0-1002009: 45.9 0-1002010: 46.3 0-1002011: 48 0-1002012: 45.1 0-1002013: 44.6 0-1002014: 45.1 0-1002015: 47 0-1002016: 47.1 0-1002017: 47.3 0-1002018: 47.1 0-1002019: 47.7 0-1002020: 48 0-1002021: 46.7 0-1002022: 45.5 0-1002023: 43.1 0-1002024: 40.7 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for rule of law - governance score in Niger is 40.69 0-100, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.7% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Niger peaked at 48.05 0-100 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 40.69 0-100, in 2024.

Niger ranks 159th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 45.06 0-100 45.03 0-100 45.08 0-100 2
2000s 44.72 0-100 41.56 0-100 46.22 0-100 9
2010s 46.54 0-100 44.64 0-100 48.05 0-100 10
2020s 44.8 0-100 40.69 0-100 48.03 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Niger

  1. 156 Madagascar 41.77 0-100 compare
  2. 157 Burkina Faso 41.75 0-100 compare
  3. 158 Kyrgyzstan 40.85 0-100 compare
  4. 160 Bangladesh 40.44 0-100 compare
  5. 161 Guatemala 40.4 0-100 compare
  6. 162 Ecuador 40.36 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Niger?
Rule of law - governance score in Niger was 40.69 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 Niger?
The highest recorded value was 48.05 0-100 in 2011.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Niger?
The lowest recorded value was 40.69 0-100 in 2024.
How does Niger rank for rule of law - governance score?
Niger ranks 159th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Niger?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Niger 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).