Rule of Law - Governance score in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Rule of Law - Governance score was 42.53 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
42.53 0-100
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
151st
of 206 countries
All-time high
45.35 0-100
in 2020
All-time low
31.37 0-100
in 2002
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in Sierra Leone, 1996–2024

010203040501996201020241996: 35.7 0-1001998: 38 0-1002000: 38.2 0-1002002: 31.4 0-1002003: 36.9 0-1002004: 39.3 0-1002005: 40.4 0-1002006: 42 0-1002007: 42.2 0-1002008: 42.1 0-1002009: 42.5 0-1002010: 42.6 0-1002011: 43.5 0-1002012: 44.2 0-1002013: 42.1 0-1002014: 41.6 0-1002015: 43.4 0-1002016: 43.2 0-1002017: 43.9 0-1002018: 44.3 0-1002019: 43.5 0-1002020: 45.4 0-1002021: 43.9 0-1002022: 43.5 0-1002023: 42.7 0-1002024: 42.5 0-100

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

Analysis

Sierra Leone recorded 42.53 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Sierra Leone peaked at 45.35 0-100 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 31.37 0-100, in 2002.

Sierra Leone ranks 151st 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 36.82 0-100 35.65 0-100 37.99 0-100 2
2000s 39.45 0-100 31.37 0-100 42.55 0-100 9
2010s 43.22 0-100 41.57 0-100 44.29 0-100 10
2020s 43.61 0-100 42.53 0-100 45.35 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

  1. 148 Uganda 44.25 0-100 compare
  2. 149 Lao People's Democratic Republic 44.19 0-100 compare
  3. 150 Egypt 44.03 0-100 compare
  4. 152 Türkiye 42.45 0-100 compare
  5. 153 Eswatini 42.17 0-100 compare
  6. 154 Mauritania 42.1 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Sierra Leone?
Rule of law - governance score in Sierra Leone was 42.53 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 Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 45.35 0-100 in 2020.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 31.37 0-100 in 2002.
How does Sierra Leone rank for rule of law - governance score?
Sierra Leone ranks 151st out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sierra Leone 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).