Rule of Law - Governance score in South Africa
South Africa: Rule of Law - Governance score was 57.27 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat
Rule of Law - Governance score in South Africa, 1996–2024
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 South Africa stood at 57.27 0-100.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in South Africa peaked at 62.24 0-100 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 55.68 0-100, in 2019.
South Africa ranks 97th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Rule of Law - Governance score in South Africa, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 56.76 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 56.82 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 56.75 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 58.22 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 58.58 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 59.25 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 60.03 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 62.24 0-100 | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 59.7 0-100 | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 58.29 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 57.54 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 58.08 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 57.15 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 57.14 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 57.39 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 58.18 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 57.72 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 58.17 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 57.21 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 55.79 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 55.68 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 55.91 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 59.05 0-100 | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 57.55 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 57.65 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 57.27 0-100 | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 56.79 0-100 | 56.76 0-100 | 56.82 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 58.96 0-100 | 56.75 0-100 | 62.24 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 57.25 0-100 | 55.68 0-100 | 58.18 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.48 0-100 | 55.91 0-100 | 59.05 0-100 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in South Africa?
- Rule of law - governance score in South Africa was 57.27 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 62.24 0-100 in 2006.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.68 0-100 in 2019.
- How does South Africa rank for rule of law - governance score?
- South Africa ranks 97th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Africa 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
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).