Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 55.22 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in Sri Lanka, 1996–2025
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 55.22 0-100, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Sri Lanka peaked at 62.57 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 53.23 0-100, in 2023.
Sri Lanka ranks 113th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 60.07 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 56.37 0-100 | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 58.38 0-100 | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 62.57 0-100 | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 61.9 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 61.59 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 60.8 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 60.4 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 59.4 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 56.33 0-100 | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 56.7 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 55.25 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 54.24 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 56.58 0-100 | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 53.25 0-100 | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 53.63 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 57.24 0-100 | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 57.45 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 57.34 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 58.14 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 57.84 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 55.69 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 55.03 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 53.33 0-100 | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 53.23 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 53.94 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 55.22 0-100 | +2.4% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 55.22 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.26 0-100, 1.0× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 55.22 0-100 is above the median for South Asia, which is 54.41 0-100, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.22 0-100 | 56.37 0-100 | 60.07 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 59.79 0-100 | 56.33 0-100 | 62.57 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 56.1 0-100 | 53.25 0-100 | 58.14 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.41 0-100 | 53.23 0-100 | 55.69 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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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 55.22 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 62.57 0-100 in 2002.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.23 0-100 in 2023.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Sri Lanka ranks 113th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 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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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).