Rule of Law - Governance score in Türkiye

Türkiye: Rule of Law - Governance score was 42.45 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
42.45 0-100
Change on year
down 1.8%
World rank
152nd
of 206 countries
All-time high
59.77 0-100
in 2005
All-time low
42.45 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 54.8 0-1001998: 53.7 0-1002000: 56.2 0-1002002: 54.8 0-1002003: 56.7 0-1002004: 59.3 0-1002005: 59.8 0-1002006: 59.5 0-1002007: 59.1 0-1002008: 58.7 0-1002009: 58.1 0-1002010: 57.8 0-1002011: 55.5 0-1002012: 55.1 0-1002013: 55 0-1002014: 50.7 0-1002015: 48.7 0-1002016: 47.6 0-1002017: 46.4 0-1002018: 44.8 0-1002019: 46.7 0-1002020: 44.7 0-1002021: 43.6 0-1002022: 43.5 0-1002023: 43.2 0-1002024: 42.4 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, rule of law - governance score in Türkiye stood at 42.45 0-100. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 16.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Türkiye peaked at 59.77 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 42.45 0-100, in 2024.

Türkiye ranks 152nd 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.

Rule of Law - Governance score in Türkiye, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Türkiye, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 54.76 0-100
1998 53.73 0-100 -1.9%
2000 56.21 0-100 +4.6%
2002 54.82 0-100 -2.5%
2003 56.75 0-100 +3.5%
2004 59.33 0-100 +4.6%
2005 59.77 0-100 +0.7%
2006 59.51 0-100 -0.5%
2007 59.12 0-100 -0.7%
2008 58.75 0-100 -0.6%
2009 58.14 0-100 -1.0%
2010 57.82 0-100 -0.6%
2011 55.45 0-100 -4.1%
2012 55.14 0-100 -0.6%
2013 54.99 0-100 -0.3%
2014 50.75 0-100 -7.7%
2015 48.75 0-100 -3.9%
2016 47.57 0-100 -2.4%
2017 46.37 0-100 -2.5%
2018 44.76 0-100 -3.5%
2019 46.69 0-100 +4.3%
2020 44.75 0-100 -4.2%
2021 43.62 0-100 -2.5%
2022 43.54 0-100 -0.2%
2023 43.21 0-100 -0.8%
2024 42.45 0-100 -1.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 54.25 0-100 53.73 0-100 54.76 0-100 2
2000s 58.04 0-100 54.82 0-100 59.77 0-100 9
2010s 50.83 0-100 44.76 0-100 57.82 0-100 10
2020s 43.51 0-100 42.45 0-100 44.75 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Türkiye

  1. 149 Lao People's Democratic Republic 44.19 0-100 compare
  2. 150 Egypt 44.03 0-100 compare
  3. 151 Sierra Leone 42.53 0-100 compare
  4. 153 Eswatini 42.17 0-100 compare
  5. 154 Mauritania 42.1 0-100 compare
  6. 155 Liberia 42.03 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Türkiye?
Rule of law - governance score in Türkiye was 42.45 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 Türkiye?
The highest recorded value was 59.77 0-100 in 2005.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Türkiye?
The lowest recorded value was 42.45 0-100 in 2024.
How does Türkiye rank for rule of law - governance score?
Türkiye ranks 152nd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Türkiye?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Türkiye 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).