Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Spain
Spain: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 72.96 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in Spain, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Spain recorded 72.96 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Spain peaked at 80.88 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 72.96 0-100, in 2025.
Spain ranks 44th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Spain, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 80.88 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 76.65 0-100 | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 78.63 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 78.55 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 78.55 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 76.23 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 76.3 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 77.49 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 78.33 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 77.7 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 75.25 0-100 | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 74.66 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 75.59 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 76.47 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 74.84 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 73.84 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 74.63 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 75.58 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 75.93 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 75.05 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 76.69 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 74.64 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 73.81 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 74.6 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 73.47 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 73.59 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 72.96 0-100 | -0.9% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 72.96 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.39 0-100, 99% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Spain's 72.96 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 69.54 0-100, 1.0× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.77 0-100 | 76.65 0-100 | 80.88 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 77.45 0-100 | 75.25 0-100 | 78.63 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 75.33 0-100 | 73.84 0-100 | 76.69 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.85 0-100 | 72.96 0-100 | 74.64 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Spain
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Spain?
- Rule of law - governance score in Spain was 72.96 0-100 in 2025, 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 80.88 0-100 in 1996.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.96 0-100 in 2025.
- How does Spain rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Spain ranks 44th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. 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
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).