Rule of Law - Governance score in Rwanda

Rwanda: Rule of Law - Governance score was 58.69 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
58.69 0-100
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
93rd
of 206 countries
All-time high
58.69 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
30.75 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 30.7 0-1001998: 30.8 0-1002000: 33.3 0-1002002: 38.1 0-1002003: 39.5 0-1002004: 42 0-1002005: 42.5 0-1002006: 43.9 0-1002007: 45.2 0-1002008: 47.3 0-1002009: 46.2 0-1002010: 49 0-1002011: 49.8 0-1002012: 51.4 0-1002013: 52 0-1002014: 53.2 0-1002015: 54.2 0-1002016: 54.8 0-1002017: 54.6 0-1002018: 54.5 0-1002019: 54.5 0-1002020: 56.4 0-1002021: 57.3 0-1002022: 57.1 0-1002023: 58.2 0-1002024: 58.7 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, rule of law - governance score in Rwanda stood at 58.69 0-100. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Rwanda peaked at 58.69 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.75 0-100, in 1996.

Rwanda ranks 93rd of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 30.79 0-100 30.75 0-100 30.83 0-100 2
2000s 42 0-100 33.28 0-100 47.3 0-100 9
2010s 52.81 0-100 49.04 0-100 54.84 0-100 10
2020s 57.54 0-100 56.42 0-100 58.69 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 90 Bahrain 59.85 0-100 compare
  2. 91 Solomon Islands 59.6 0-100 compare
  3. 92 Georgia 59.53 0-100 compare
  4. 94 Ghana 57.89 0-100 compare
  5. 96 Maldives 57.73 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Rwanda?
Rule of law - governance score in Rwanda was 58.69 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 Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 58.69 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 30.75 0-100 in 1996.
How does Rwanda rank for rule of law - governance score?
Rwanda ranks 93rd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Rwanda?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. 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

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
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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).