Rule of Law - Governance score in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: Rule of Law - Governance score was 60.59 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
60.59 0-100
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
86th
of 206 countries
All-time high
60.59 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
49.48 0-100
in 2014
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in Saudi Arabia, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 60.6 0-1001998: 57.5 0-1002000: 52.9 0-1002002: 54.4 0-1002003: 55.1 0-1002004: 55.5 0-1002005: 52.9 0-1002006: 54.7 0-1002007: 54.3 0-1002008: 53.7 0-1002009: 51.7 0-1002010: 53.9 0-1002011: 54.3 0-1002012: 53.8 0-1002013: 53.5 0-1002014: 49.5 0-1002015: 52.4 0-1002016: 53.5 0-1002017: 51.2 0-1002018: 53 0-1002019: 54 0-1002020: 53.9 0-1002021: 54.1 0-1002022: 57.6 0-1002023: 59 0-1002024: 60.6 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 Saudi Arabia stood at 60.59 0-100. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 22.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Saudi Arabia peaked at 60.59 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49.48 0-100, in 2014.

Saudi Arabia ranks 86th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 59.01 0-100 57.46 0-100 60.55 0-100 2
2000s 53.92 0-100 51.73 0-100 55.54 0-100 9
2010s 52.9 0-100 49.48 0-100 54.25 0-100 10
2020s 57.04 0-100 53.88 0-100 60.59 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 83 Naoero 61.3 0-100 compare
  2. 84 Bahamas 61.28 0-100 compare
  3. 85 Kuwait 60.94 0-100 compare
  4. 87 Hungary 60.27 0-100 compare
  5. 88 Montenegro 60.09 0-100 compare
  6. 89 Jordan 59.87 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Saudi Arabia?
Rule of law - governance score in Saudi Arabia was 60.59 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 Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 60.59 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 49.48 0-100 in 2014.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for rule of law - governance score?
Saudi Arabia ranks 86th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Saudi Arabia 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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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).