Rule of Law - Governance score in Uganda

Uganda: Rule of Law - Governance score was 44.25 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
44.25 0-100
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
148th
of 206 countries
All-time high
52.5 0-100
in 2008
All-time low
43.97 0-100
in 2002
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 50.1 0-1001998: 47.1 0-1002000: 44 0-1002002: 44 0-1002003: 44.8 0-1002004: 44.7 0-1002005: 47.8 0-1002006: 52.4 0-1002007: 51.7 0-1002008: 52.5 0-1002009: 51.2 0-1002010: 50.9 0-1002011: 49 0-1002012: 48.4 0-1002013: 47.4 0-1002014: 46.9 0-1002015: 46.5 0-1002016: 46 0-1002017: 45.7 0-1002018: 45 0-1002019: 44.4 0-1002020: 45.1 0-1002021: 44.4 0-1002022: 44.4 0-1002023: 44 0-1002024: 44.3 0-100

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

Analysis

Uganda recorded 44.25 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Uganda peaked at 52.5 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 43.97 0-100, in 2002.

That places Uganda 148th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 48.59 0-100 47.08 0-100 50.1 0-100 2
2000s 48.12 0-100 43.97 0-100 52.5 0-100 9
2010s 47.01 0-100 44.43 0-100 50.94 0-100 10
2020s 44.44 0-100 44.01 0-100 45.09 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 145 Algeria 44.97 0-100 compare
  2. 146 El Salvador 44.69 0-100 compare
  3. 147 Ukraine 44.57 0-100 compare
  4. 149 Laos 44.19 0-100 compare
  5. 150 Egypt 44.03 0-100 compare
  6. 151 Sierra Leone 42.53 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 Uganda?
Rule of law - governance score in Uganda was 44.25 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 Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 52.5 0-100 in 2008.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 43.97 0-100 in 2002.
How does Uganda rank for rule of law - governance score?
Uganda ranks 148th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uganda 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

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
Last refreshed

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).