Rule of Law in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Rule of Law was 0.152 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law in Equatorial Guinea, 1996–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
In 2011, rule of law in Equatorial Guinea stood at 0.152 standard error. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 0.2313 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.152 standard error, in 2011.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 6th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Rule of Law in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | standard error | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.2313 standard error | — |
| 1998 | 0.211 standard error | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 0.1761 standard error | -16.5% |
| 2002 | 0.1899 standard error | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 0.1919 standard error | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.1787 standard error | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 0.1806 standard error | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.182 standard error | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.1811 standard error | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.1738 standard error | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1645 standard error | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 0.1588 standard error | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 0.152 standard error | -4.3% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.152 standard error is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1366 standard error, 1.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.152 standard error is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1348 standard error, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2212 standard error | 0.211 standard error | 0.2313 standard error | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.1799 standard error | 0.1645 standard error | 0.1919 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.1554 standard error | 0.152 standard error | 0.1588 standard error | 2 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More reference data data for Equatorial Guinea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0083 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0275 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0358 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 10.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 1.11 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 1.17 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure Management 2.11 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 14.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 0.9434 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 9.48 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law in Equatorial Guinea?
- Rule of law in Equatorial Guinea was 0.152 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest rule of law recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2313 standard error in 1996.
- What is the lowest rule of law recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.152 standard error in 2011.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for rule of law?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 6th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is rule of law rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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
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.