Rule of Law - Governance score in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Rule of Law - Governance score was 66.36 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in Puerto Rico, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 66.36 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Puerto Rico peaked at 71.14 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 64.29 0-100, in 2022.
Puerto Rico ranks 67th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 70.86 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 70.65 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 70.52 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 70.69 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 66.23 0-100 | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 65.64 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 71.14 0-100 | +8.4% |
| 2006 | 70.52 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 70.59 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 69.75 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 70.65 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 70.04 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 68.67 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 70.3 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 68.06 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 68.69 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 69.42 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 68.52 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 67.05 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 66.15 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 65.82 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 65.83 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 65.8 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 64.29 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 66.2 0-100 | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 66.36 0-100 | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 70.76 0-100 | 70.65 0-100 | 70.86 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 69.53 0-100 | 65.64 0-100 | 71.14 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 68.27 0-100 | 65.82 0-100 | 70.3 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.7 0-100 | 64.29 0-100 | 66.36 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 64 United States Virgin Islands 66.94 0-100 compare
- 65 Poland 66.89 0-100 compare
- 66 Slovakia 66.62 0-100 compare
- 68 Grenada 66.27 0-100 compare
- 69 Saint Lucia 65.63 0-100 compare
- 70 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 65.6 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Puerto Rico
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.983 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0002 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.983 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1862 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 326.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.0793 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1,357 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Enteric Fermentation 974.66 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2653 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0392 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Puerto Rico?
- Rule of law - governance score in Puerto Rico was 66.36 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 71.14 0-100 in 2005.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.29 0-100 in 2022.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Puerto Rico ranks 67th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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).