Rule of Law - Governance score in Botswana
Botswana: Rule of Law - Governance score was 62.34 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rule of Law - Governance score in Botswana, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rule of law - governance score in Botswana is 62.34 0-100, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Botswana peaked at 70.37 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 62.34 0-100, in 2024.
That places Botswana 80th 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.15 0-100 | 67.13 0-100 | 67.16 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 69.1 0-100 | 67.13 0-100 | 70.37 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 66.31 0-100 | 63.7 0-100 | 69.82 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.8 0-100 | 62.34 0-100 | 63.37 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More reference data data for Botswana
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0809 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.73 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.73 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.73 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.731 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.3121 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 62.02 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.2953 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 83.53 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 1.03 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rule of law - governance score in Botswana?
- Rule of law - governance score in Botswana was 62.34 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 70.37 0-100 in 2003.
- What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.34 0-100 in 2024.
- How does Botswana rank for rule of law - governance score?
- Botswana ranks 80th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana 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).