Rule of Law - Governance score in Belize

Belize: Rule of Law - Governance score was 50.13 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
50.13 0-100
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
126th
of 206 countries
All-time high
63.58 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
45.98 0-100
in 2014
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

02040601996201020241996: 63.6 0-1001998: 56.5 0-1002000: 63.4 0-1002002: 60.1 0-1002003: 61.9 0-1002004: 58.2 0-1002005: 62.6 0-1002006: 59.1 0-1002007: 58.6 0-1002008: 57.5 0-1002009: 55.1 0-1002010: 55.4 0-1002011: 51.7 0-1002012: 51.3 0-1002013: 51.2 0-1002014: 46 0-1002015: 46.4 0-1002016: 46.9 0-1002017: 47.6 0-1002018: 46.8 0-1002019: 47.3 0-1002020: 48 0-1002021: 47.9 0-1002022: 49.4 0-1002023: 50.1 0-1002024: 50.1 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 Belize stood at 50.13 0-100.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Belize peaked at 63.58 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 45.98 0-100, in 2014.

That places Belize 126th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 60.03 0-100 56.47 0-100 63.58 0-100 2
2000s 59.61 0-100 55.06 0-100 63.44 0-100 9
2010s 49.06 0-100 45.98 0-100 55.41 0-100 10
2020s 49.1 0-100 47.88 0-100 50.13 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Belize

  1. 123 Trinidad and Tobago 50.57 0-100 compare
  2. 124 Kazakhstan 50.4 0-100 compare
  3. 125 Gambia 50.18 0-100 compare
  4. 127 Lesotho 49.97 0-100 compare
  5. 128 Benin 49.87 0-100 compare
  6. 129 Brazil 49.28 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Belize?
Rule of law - governance score in Belize was 50.13 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 Belize?
The highest recorded value was 63.58 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Belize?
The lowest recorded value was 45.98 0-100 in 2014.
How does Belize rank for rule of law - governance score?
Belize ranks 126th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Belize?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Belize 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).