Rule of Law - Governance score in Uruguay

Uruguay: Rule of Law - Governance score was 73.32 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
73.32 0-100
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
41st
of 206 countries
All-time high
73.77 0-100
in 2022
All-time low
65.82 0-100
in 2000
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0204060801996201020241996: 66.3 0-1001998: 66 0-1002000: 65.8 0-1002002: 69.3 0-1002003: 68.5 0-1002004: 67.1 0-1002005: 68.6 0-1002006: 70 0-1002007: 70.8 0-1002008: 71.1 0-1002009: 71.3 0-1002010: 72 0-1002011: 70.7 0-1002012: 69.3 0-1002013: 69 0-1002014: 70.8 0-1002015: 71.8 0-1002016: 72.9 0-1002017: 72 0-1002018: 71.9 0-1002019: 72.1 0-1002020: 72.2 0-1002021: 73.3 0-1002022: 73.8 0-1002023: 73.4 0-1002024: 73.3 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, rule of law - governance score in Uruguay stood at 73.32 0-100.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Uruguay peaked at 73.77 0-100 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 65.82 0-100, in 2000.

That places Uruguay 41st out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 66.15 0-100 66.01 0-100 66.29 0-100 2
2000s 69.17 0-100 65.82 0-100 71.29 0-100 9
2010s 71.25 0-100 69.03 0-100 72.9 0-100 10
2020s 73.22 0-100 72.2 0-100 73.77 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 38 France 73.81 0-100 compare
  2. 39 Micronesia (country) 73.78 0-100 compare
  3. 40 United States 73.52 0-100 compare
  4. 42 Spain 73 0-100 compare
  5. 43 Hong Kong 72.82 0-100 compare
  6. 44 Macao 71.63 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Uruguay?
Rule of law - governance score in Uruguay was 73.32 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 Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 73.77 0-100 in 2022.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 65.82 0-100 in 2000.
How does Uruguay rank for rule of law - governance score?
Uruguay ranks 41st out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uruguay 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).