Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Rwanda
Rwanda: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 60.25 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Rule of Law - Governance score in Rwanda, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, rule of law - governance score in Rwanda stood at 60.25 0-100. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Rwanda peaked at 60.25 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 33.53 0-100, in 1996.
Rwanda ranks 94th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 33.53 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 33.64 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 36.26 0-100 | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 39.71 0-100 | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 41.28 0-100 | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 44.53 0-100 | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 44.85 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 46.59 0-100 | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 47.87 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 49.99 0-100 | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 48.78 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 50.99 0-100 | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 51.68 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 53.03 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 53.69 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 54.97 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 55.93 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 56.58 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 56.43 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 56.42 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 56.47 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 57.93 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 58.76 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 58.39 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 59.48 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 60.12 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 60.25 0-100 | +0.2% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 60.25 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 37.73 0-100, 1.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 60.25 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 44.06 0-100, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.58 0-100 | 33.53 0-100 | 33.64 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 44.43 0-100 | 36.26 0-100 | 49.99 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 54.62 0-100 | 50.99 0-100 | 56.58 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.16 0-100 | 57.93 0-100 | 60.25 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 91 Bahrain 61.59 0-100 compare
- 92 Solomon Islands 61.59 0-100 compare
- 93 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 60.44 0-100 compare
- 95 Georgia 60.2 0-100 compare
- 96 South Africa 59.3 0-100 compare
- 97 Ghana 58.61 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Rwanda
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2282 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.9517 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1223 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7651 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9517 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.666 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Rwanda?
- Rule of law - governance score in Rwanda was 60.25 0-100 in 2025, 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 60.25 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.53 0-100 in 1996.
- How does Rwanda rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Rwanda ranks 94th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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).