Rule of Law - Governance score in Somalia

Somalia: Rule of Law - Governance score was 19.01 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
19.01 0-100
Change on year
down 6.4%
World rank
206th
of 206 countries
All-time high
20.3 0-100
in 2023
All-time low
13.8 0-100
in 2003
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

051015201996201020241996: 17.2 0-1001998: 17.1 0-1002000: 17 0-1002002: 13.8 0-1002003: 13.8 0-1002004: 14.2 0-1002005: 16.6 0-1002006: 14.1 0-1002007: 14.2 0-1002008: 14.5 0-1002009: 16.1 0-1002010: 15.9 0-1002011: 16 0-1002012: 16.4 0-1002013: 16.4 0-1002014: 18.6 0-1002015: 19.2 0-1002016: 18.4 0-1002017: 17.1 0-1002018: 17.3 0-1002019: 17.8 0-1002020: 19.4 0-1002021: 19.6 0-1002022: 19 0-1002023: 20.3 0-1002024: 19 0-100

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

Analysis

Somalia recorded 19.01 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Somalia peaked at 20.3 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13.8 0-100, in 2003.

Somalia ranks 206th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 17.18 0-100 17.12 0-100 17.23 0-100 2
2000s 14.92 0-100 13.8 0-100 17.04 0-100 9
2010s 17.31 0-100 15.92 0-100 19.18 0-100 10
2020s 19.47 0-100 19.01 0-100 20.3 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 203 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 23.65 0-100 compare
  2. 204 South Sudan, Republic of 23.02 0-100 compare
  3. 205 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 19.03 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Somalia?
Rule of law - governance score in Somalia was 19.01 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 Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 20.3 0-100 in 2023.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 13.8 0-100 in 2003.
How does Somalia rank for rule of law - governance score?
Somalia ranks 206th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Somalia?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Somalia 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).