Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Senegal

Senegal: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 53.44 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
53.44 0-100
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
109th
of 207 countries
All-time high
57.5 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
51.02 0-100
in 2011
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 55.5 0-1001998: 56.1 0-1002000: 56.2 0-1002002: 57.5 0-1002003: 53.8 0-1002004: 54.6 0-1002005: 56.5 0-1002006: 53.1 0-1002007: 53.9 0-1002008: 53.2 0-1002009: 52 0-1002010: 51.1 0-1002011: 51 0-1002012: 53.5 0-1002013: 53.4 0-1002014: 54.6 0-1002015: 54.6 0-1002016: 55.8 0-1002017: 54.7 0-1002018: 54.6 0-1002019: 55 0-1002020: 55.3 0-1002021: 54.4 0-1002022: 54.6 0-1002023: 54 0-1002024: 53.4 0-100

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

Analysis

Senegal recorded 53.44 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Senegal peaked at 57.5 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 51.02 0-100, in 2011.

Senegal ranks 109th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Senegal, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Senegal, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 55.5 0-100 —
1998 56.15 0-100 +1.2%
2000 56.18 0-100 +0.1%
2002 57.5 0-100 +2.3%
2003 53.83 0-100 -6.4%
2004 54.61 0-100 +1.4%
2005 56.49 0-100 +3.4%
2006 53.11 0-100 -6.0%
2007 53.91 0-100 +1.5%
2008 53.21 0-100 -1.3%
2009 51.97 0-100 -2.3%
2010 51.08 0-100 -1.7%
2011 51.02 0-100 -0.1%
2012 53.49 0-100 +4.8%
2013 53.38 0-100 -0.2%
2014 54.63 0-100 +2.3%
2015 54.6 0-100 -0.0%
2016 55.82 0-100 +2.2%
2017 54.73 0-100 -1.9%
2018 54.6 0-100 -0.3%
2019 55.04 0-100 +0.8%
2020 55.25 0-100 +0.4%
2021 54.41 0-100 -1.5%
2022 54.63 0-100 +0.4%
2023 54.03 0-100 -1.1%
2024 53.44 0-100 -1.1%

Senegal compared with similar countries

  • Senegal's 53.44 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.03 0-100, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Senegal's 53.44 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41.9 0-100, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 55.82 0-100 55.5 0-100 56.15 0-100 2
2000s 54.53 0-100 51.97 0-100 57.5 0-100 9
2010s 53.84 0-100 51.02 0-100 55.82 0-100 10
2020s 54.35 0-100 53.44 0-100 55.25 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Senegal

  1. 106 Moldova 54.19 0-100 compare
  2. 107 Dominican Republic 53.83 0-100 compare
  3. 108 Serbia 53.52 0-100 compare
  4. 110 Indonesia 53.41 0-100 compare
  5. 111 Suriname 53.38 0-100 compare
  6. 112 Thailand 53.26 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Senegal?
Rule of law - governance score in Senegal was 53.44 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 Senegal?
The highest recorded value was 57.5 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Senegal?
The lowest recorded value was 51.02 0-100 in 2011.
How does Senegal rank for rule of law - governance score?
Senegal ranks 109th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Senegal?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Senegal 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
207 places, 5,294 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).