Rule of Law - Governance score in United States
United States: Rule of Law - Governance score was 73.52 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in United States, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
United States recorded 73.52 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.
The figure is down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in United States peaked at 85.98 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 73.5 0-100, in 2023.
United States ranks 40th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score in United States, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 83.39 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 84.45 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 85.98 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 85.41 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 84.4 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 82.84 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 84.11 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 84.18 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 83.82 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 84.18 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 82.51 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 82.94 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 80.43 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 80.79 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 79.37 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 80.05 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 80.66 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 81.01 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 79.68 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 77.14 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 76.3 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 74.25 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 74.66 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 75.07 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 73.5 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 73.52 0-100 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 83.92 0-100 | 83.39 0-100 | 84.45 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 84.16 0-100 | 82.51 0-100 | 85.98 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 79.84 0-100 | 76.3 0-100 | 82.94 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.2 0-100 | 73.5 0-100 | 75.07 0-100 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in United States?
- Rule of law - governance score in United States was 73.52 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 United States?
- The highest recorded value was 85.98 0-100 in 2000.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.5 0-100 in 2023.
- How does United States rank for rule of law - governance score?
- United States ranks 40th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States 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).