Rule of Law - Governance score in Panama

Panama: Rule of Law - Governance score was 52.43 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
52.43 0-100
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
115th
of 206 countries
All-time high
56.75 0-100
in 2004
All-time low
51.83 0-100
in 2013
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 53.3 0-1001998: 53.3 0-1002000: 51.9 0-1002002: 55.4 0-1002003: 55.5 0-1002004: 56.7 0-1002005: 55.6 0-1002006: 55.9 0-1002007: 56.6 0-1002008: 55.6 0-1002009: 55 0-1002010: 54.8 0-1002011: 56.4 0-1002012: 52.2 0-1002013: 51.8 0-1002014: 54.5 0-1002015: 54 0-1002016: 54.6 0-1002017: 54.2 0-1002018: 52.6 0-1002019: 52.2 0-1002020: 52.8 0-1002021: 53 0-1002022: 53.3 0-1002023: 53 0-1002024: 52.4 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 Panama is 52.43 0-100, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Panama peaked at 56.75 0-100 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 51.83 0-100, in 2013.

Panama ranks 115th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 53.27 0-100 53.27 0-100 53.27 0-100 2
2000s 55.35 0-100 51.86 0-100 56.75 0-100 9
2010s 53.74 0-100 51.83 0-100 56.39 0-100 10
2020s 52.92 0-100 52.43 0-100 53.27 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Panama

  1. 112 North Macedonia 53.09 0-100 compare
  2. 113 Argentina 52.64 0-100 compare
  3. 114 Sri Lanka 52.53 0-100 compare
  4. 116 Nepal 51.74 0-100 compare
  5. 117 Vietnam 51.56 0-100 compare
  6. 118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.47 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Panama?
Rule of law - governance score in Panama was 52.43 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 Panama?
The highest recorded value was 56.75 0-100 in 2004.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 51.83 0-100 in 2013.
How does Panama rank for rule of law - governance score?
Panama ranks 115th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Panama 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).