Rule of Law - Governance score in Philippines

Philippines: Rule of Law - Governance score was 47.09 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
47.09 0-100
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
137th
of 206 countries
All-time high
57.06 0-100
in 1998
All-time low
45.37 0-100
in 2021
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 56.6 0-1001998: 57.1 0-1002000: 48.8 0-1002002: 50.2 0-1002003: 47.3 0-1002004: 48 0-1002005: 51 0-1002006: 49.8 0-1002007: 49.2 0-1002008: 47.5 0-1002009: 46.1 0-1002010: 45.8 0-1002011: 48 0-1002012: 48.6 0-1002013: 48.9 0-1002014: 50.8 0-1002015: 49.6 0-1002016: 48.8 0-1002017: 46.8 0-1002018: 46 0-1002019: 45.8 0-1002020: 46.1 0-1002021: 45.4 0-1002022: 46.1 0-1002023: 46.6 0-1002024: 47.1 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 Philippines stood at 47.09 0-100.

That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Philippines peaked at 57.06 0-100 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 45.37 0-100, in 2021.

That places Philippines 137th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 56.84 0-100 56.62 0-100 57.06 0-100 2
2000s 48.65 0-100 46.08 0-100 50.98 0-100 9
2010s 47.89 0-100 45.76 0-100 50.75 0-100 10
2020s 46.25 0-100 45.37 0-100 47.09 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Philippines

  1. 134 Colombia 47.33 0-100 compare
  2. 135 Zambia 47.31 0-100 compare
  3. 136 Papua New Guinea 47.13 0-100 compare
  4. 138 Cote d'Ivoire 47.01 0-100 compare
  5. 139 China 46.99 0-100 compare
  6. 140 Paraguay 46.92 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Philippines?
Rule of law - governance score in Philippines was 47.09 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 Philippines?
The highest recorded value was 57.06 0-100 in 1998.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Philippines?
The lowest recorded value was 45.37 0-100 in 2021.
How does Philippines rank for rule of law - governance score?
Philippines ranks 137th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Philippines?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Philippines 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).