Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Uruguay
Uruguay: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 74.11 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Rule of Law - Governance score in Uruguay, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, rule of law - governance score in Uruguay stood at 74.11 0-100.
The figure is up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Uruguay peaked at 74.68 0-100 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 65.65 0-100, in 2000.
That places Uruguay 41st out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 65.95 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 65.7 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 65.65 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 69.59 0-100 | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 68.95 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 67.63 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 68.99 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 70.56 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 71.35 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 71.63 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 71.67 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 72.47 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 71.3 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 70.26 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 69.89 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 71.54 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 72.36 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 73.58 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 73.07 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 73.05 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 73.15 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 73.24 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 74.22 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 74.68 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 74.33 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 74.12 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 74.11 0-100 | -0.0% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 74.11 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 73.39 0-100, 1.0× the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 74.11 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 55.05 0-100, 1.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.82 0-100 | 65.7 0-100 | 65.95 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 69.56 0-100 | 65.65 0-100 | 71.67 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 72.07 0-100 | 69.89 0-100 | 73.58 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.12 0-100 | 73.24 0-100 | 74.68 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More reference data data for Uruguay
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2999 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.87 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3685 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 6.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2195 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 24.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 33.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.01 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Uruguay?
- Rule of law - governance score in Uruguay was 74.11 0-100 in 2025, 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 74.68 0-100 in 2022.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.65 0-100 in 2000.
- How does Uruguay rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Uruguay ranks 41st out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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
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).