Rule of Law - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the in New Zealand

New Zealand: Rule of Law - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the was 89.9% in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
89.9%
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
16th
of 208 countries
All-time high
93.9%
in 2000
All-time low
89.9%
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the in New Zealand, 1996–2024

0204060801001996201020241996: 93.81998: 93.62000: 93.92002: 93.82003: 93.72004: 92.92005: 932006: 93.22007: 93.22008: 93.52009: 93.62010: 932011: 93.62012: 92.72013: 91.72014: 92.32015: 93.12016: 93.22017: 92.42018: 92.12019: 91.82020: 91.82021: 91.12022: 90.92023: 90.62024: 89.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2024, rule of law - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the in New Zealand stood at 89.9%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the in New Zealand peaked at 93.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 89.9%, in 2024.

New Zealand ranks 16th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Rule of Law - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score in New Zealand, 1996 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1996 93.8%
1998 93.6% -0.1%
2000 93.9% +0.3%
2002 93.8% -0.1%
2003 93.7% -0.0%
2004 92.9% -0.9%
2005 93.0% +0.1%
2006 93.2% +0.3%
2007 93.2% -0.0%
2008 93.5% +0.4%
2009 93.6% +0.0%
2010 93.0% -0.6%
2011 93.6% +0.7%
2012 92.7% -1.0%
2013 91.7% -1.1%
2014 92.3% +0.7%
2015 93.1% +0.8%
2016 93.2% +0.2%
2017 92.4% -0.9%
2018 92.1% -0.3%
2019 91.8% -0.3%
2020 91.8% -0.1%
2021 91.1% -0.7%
2022 90.9% -0.2%
2023 90.6% -0.3%
2024 89.9% -0.8%

New Zealand compared with similar countries

  • New Zealand's 89.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 78.6%, 1.1× the median. (76 countries reporting)
  • New Zealand's 89.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.7%, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 93.7% 93.6% 93.8% 2
2000s 93.4% 92.9% 93.9% 9
2010s 92.6% 91.7% 93.6% 10
2020s 90.9% 89.9% 91.8% 5

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 13 Monaco 90.3% compare
  2. 14 Iceland 90.2% compare
  3. 15 Austria 90.0% compare
  4. 17 American Samoa 89.4% compare
  5. 18 Germany 89.1% compare
  6. 19 Ireland 88.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the in New Zealand?
Rule of law - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the in New Zealand was 89.9% in 2024, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest rule of law - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 93.9% in 2000.
What is the lowest rule of law - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 89.9% in 2024.
How does New Zealand rank for rule of law - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the?
New Zealand ranks 16th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Rule of Law - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Rule of Law - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 5,320 data points, 1996–2024
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