Rule of Law - Governance score in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Rule of Law - Governance score was 52.53 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
52.53 0-100
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
114th
of 206 countries
All-time high
61.07 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
50.76 0-100
in 2014
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in Sri Lanka, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 59 0-1001998: 55.6 0-1002000: 58.5 0-1002002: 61.1 0-1002003: 59.8 0-1002004: 59.6 0-1002005: 58.6 0-1002006: 58.1 0-1002007: 57.2 0-1002008: 53.8 0-1002009: 54.3 0-1002010: 53 0-1002011: 52 0-1002012: 54.5 0-1002013: 50.8 0-1002014: 50.8 0-1002015: 55.1 0-1002016: 55.1 0-1002017: 55 0-1002018: 56 0-1002019: 55.6 0-1002020: 53.7 0-1002021: 53 0-1002022: 51.3 0-1002023: 51.5 0-1002024: 52.5 0-100

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for rule of law - governance score in Sri Lanka is 52.53 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Sri Lanka peaked at 61.07 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 50.76 0-100, in 2014.

Sri Lanka ranks 114th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 57.33 0-100 55.62 0-100 59.04 0-100 2
2000s 57.9 0-100 53.77 0-100 61.07 0-100 9
2010s 53.79 0-100 50.76 0-100 55.97 0-100 10
2020s 52.4 0-100 51.29 0-100 53.68 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 111 Thailand 53.26 0-100 compare
  2. 112 North Macedonia 53.09 0-100 compare
  3. 113 Argentina 52.64 0-100 compare
  4. 115 Panama 52.43 0-100 compare
  5. 116 Nepal 51.74 0-100 compare
  6. 117 Viet Nam 51.56 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Sri Lanka?
Rule of law - governance score in Sri Lanka was 52.53 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 Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 61.07 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 50.76 0-100 in 2014.
How does Sri Lanka rank for rule of law - governance score?
Sri Lanka ranks 114th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sri Lanka 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).