Rule of Law - Governance score in Switzerland

Switzerland: Rule of Law - Governance score was 87.32 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
87.32 0-100
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
4th
of 206 countries
All-time high
91.45 0-100
in 2000
All-time low
87.32 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801001996201020241996: 90.7 0-1001998: 90.3 0-1002000: 91.5 0-1002002: 89.8 0-1002003: 89.7 0-1002004: 88.6 0-1002005: 89.4 0-1002006: 87.8 0-1002007: 88.4 0-1002008: 88.5 0-1002009: 87.7 0-1002010: 87.9 0-1002011: 88.1 0-1002012: 89.1 0-1002013: 87.9 0-1002014: 89.3 0-1002015: 89.4 0-1002016: 89.6 0-1002017: 89.5 0-1002018: 89.9 0-1002019: 89.9 0-1002020: 88.1 0-1002021: 87.8 0-1002022: 87.6 0-1002023: 87.8 0-1002024: 87.3 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 Switzerland is 87.32 0-100, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Switzerland peaked at 91.45 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 87.32 0-100, in 2024.

That places Switzerland 4th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 90.53 0-100 90.34 0-100 90.73 0-100 2
2000s 89.03 0-100 87.68 0-100 91.45 0-100 9
2010s 89.07 0-100 87.89 0-100 89.91 0-100 10
2020s 87.71 0-100 87.32 0-100 88.08 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Switzerland

  1. 1 Finland 91.75 0-100 compare
  2. 2 Denmark 91.46 0-100 compare
  3. 3 Norway 90.52 0-100 compare
  4. 5 Luxembourg 87.29 0-100 compare
  5. 6 Liechtenstein 86.7 0-100 compare
  6. 7 Sweden 86.68 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Switzerland?
Rule of law - governance score in Switzerland was 87.32 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 Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 91.45 0-100 in 2000.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Switzerland?
The lowest recorded value was 87.32 0-100 in 2024.
How does Switzerland rank for rule of law - governance score?
Switzerland ranks 4th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Switzerland?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Switzerland 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).