Rule of Law - Governance score in Spain

Spain: Rule of Law - Governance score was 73 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
73 0-100
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
42nd
of 206 countries
All-time high
79.54 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
72.51 0-100
in 2014
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 79.5 0-1001998: 75.9 0-1002000: 78 0-1002002: 77.3 0-1002003: 77.2 0-1002004: 75 0-1002005: 75 0-1002006: 76.2 0-1002007: 77.2 0-1002008: 76.5 0-1002009: 73.8 0-1002010: 73.4 0-1002011: 74.6 0-1002012: 75.6 0-1002013: 73.4 0-1002014: 72.5 0-1002015: 73.4 0-1002016: 74.3 0-1002017: 74.6 0-1002018: 74 0-1002019: 75.8 0-1002020: 73.8 0-1002021: 72.8 0-1002022: 73.5 0-1002023: 73 0-1002024: 73 0-100

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

Analysis

Spain recorded 73 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Spain peaked at 79.54 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 72.51 0-100, in 2014.

Spain ranks 42nd of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 77.72 0-100 75.91 0-100 79.54 0-100 2
2000s 76.25 0-100 73.85 0-100 78.05 0-100 9
2010s 74.17 0-100 72.51 0-100 75.82 0-100 10
2020s 73.22 0-100 72.81 0-100 73.83 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 39 Micronesia (country) 73.78 0-100 compare
  2. 40 United States 73.52 0-100 compare
  3. 41 Uruguay 73.32 0-100 compare
  4. 43 Hong Kong 72.82 0-100 compare
  5. 44 Macao 71.63 0-100 compare
  6. 45 Marshall Islands 71.35 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Spain?
Rule of law - governance score in Spain was 73 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 Spain?
The highest recorded value was 79.54 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 72.51 0-100 in 2014.
How does Spain rank for rule of law - governance score?
Spain ranks 42nd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Spain 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
206 places, 5,270 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

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).