Rule of Law - Governance score in South Sudan

South Sudan: Rule of Law - Governance score was 23.02 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
23.02 0-100
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
204th
of 206 countries
All-time high
37.09 0-100
in 2012
All-time low
22.54 0-100
in 2023
Years of data
14
2011–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in South Sudan, 2011–2024

0102030402011201720242011: 33.8 0-1002012: 37.1 0-1002013: 33.7 0-1002014: 28.1 0-1002015: 27.8 0-1002016: 26.7 0-1002017: 26.8 0-1002018: 24.8 0-1002019: 24.7 0-1002020: 24.1 0-1002021: 22.9 0-1002022: 23.8 0-1002023: 22.5 0-1002024: 23 0-100

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

Analysis

South Sudan recorded 23.02 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and down 18.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in South Sudan peaked at 37.09 0-100 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 22.54 0-100, in 2023.

That places South Sudan 204th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.

Rule of Law - Governance score in South Sudan, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in South Sudan, 2011 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
2011 33.81 0-100
2012 37.09 0-100 +9.7%
2013 33.7 0-100 -9.1%
2014 28.07 0-100 -16.7%
2015 27.83 0-100 -0.9%
2016 26.73 0-100 -3.9%
2017 26.79 0-100 +0.2%
2018 24.77 0-100 -7.5%
2019 24.74 0-100 -0.1%
2020 24.13 0-100 -2.5%
2021 22.93 0-100 -5.0%
2022 23.75 0-100 +3.6%
2023 22.54 0-100 -5.1%
2024 23.02 0-100 +2.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 29.28 0-100 24.74 0-100 37.09 0-100 9
2020s 23.27 0-100 22.54 0-100 24.13 0-100 5

Countries ranked near South Sudan

  1. 201 Syrian Arab Republic 25.75 0-100 compare
  2. 202 Yemen 24.24 0-100 compare
  3. 203 Afghanistan 23.65 0-100 compare
  4. 205 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 19.03 0-100 compare
  5. 206 Somalia 19.01 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in South Sudan?
Rule of law - governance score in South Sudan was 23.02 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 Sudan?
The highest recorded value was 37.09 0-100 in 2012.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in South Sudan?
The lowest recorded value was 22.54 0-100 in 2023.
How does South Sudan rank for rule of law - governance score?
South Sudan ranks 204th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in South Sudan?
Over the last ten years it is down 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this South Sudan 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).