Rule of Law in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Rule of Law was 0.1282 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.1282 standard error
Change on year
down 4.9%
World rank
46th
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.3093 standard error
in 1996
All-time low
0.1282 standard error
in 2011
Years of data
13
1996–2011

Rule of Law in Burkina Faso, 1996–2011

00.10.20.31996200320111996: 0.309 standard error1998: 0.265 standard error2000: 0.225 standard error2002: 0.222 standard error2003: 0.22 standard error2004: 0.205 standard error2005: 0.202 standard error2006: 0.146 standard error2007: 0.149 standard error2008: 0.141 standard error2009: 0.138 standard error2010: 0.135 standard error2011: 0.128 standard error

Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.

Analysis

The most recent figure for rule of law in Burkina Faso is 0.1282 standard error, measured in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.

That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and down 43.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.3093 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1282 standard error, in 2011.

That places Burkina Faso 46th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2873 standard error 0.2653 standard error 0.3093 standard error 2
2000s 0.1833 standard error 0.1378 standard error 0.2249 standard error 9
2010s 0.1315 standard error 0.1282 standard error 0.1348 standard error 2

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 46 Ghana 0.1282 standard error compare
  2. 46 Kenya 0.1282 standard error compare
  3. 46 Nigeria 0.1282 standard error compare
  4. 46 Tanzania 0.1282 standard error compare
  5. 46 Uganda 0.1282 standard error compare
  6. 46 Zimbabwe 0.1282 standard error compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law in Burkina Faso?
Rule of law in Burkina Faso was 0.1282 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
What is the highest rule of law recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 0.3093 standard error in 1996.
What is the lowest rule of law recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1282 standard error in 2011.
How does Burkina Faso rank for rule of law?
Burkina Faso ranks 46th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is rule of law rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is down 43.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
The figures come from World Bank Institute, published as part of Rule of Law (standard error). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Rule of Law (standard error)
Unit
standard error
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 689 data points, 1996–2011
Last refreshed

See definition GV.RULE.LW.ES. Inherent to all Governance Indicators is a margin of error, which might vary from country to country, normally attributable to two factors: (i) cross-country differences in the number of sources in which a country appears, and (ii) differences in the precision of the sources in which each country appears.