Rule of Law - Governance score in Cameroon

Cameroon: Rule of Law - Governance score was 35.39 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
35.39 0-100
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
185th
of 206 countries
All-time high
39.95 0-100
in 2004
All-time low
33.26 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

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

0102030401996201020241996: 33.3 0-1001998: 36.9 0-1002000: 35.1 0-1002002: 34.6 0-1002003: 35.8 0-1002004: 39.9 0-1002005: 36.2 0-1002006: 36.7 0-1002007: 38.3 0-1002008: 39.3 0-1002009: 38.9 0-1002010: 39.6 0-1002011: 38.8 0-1002012: 37.9 0-1002013: 36.8 0-1002014: 38.8 0-1002015: 38.2 0-1002016: 38.2 0-1002017: 37.7 0-1002018: 37.3 0-1002019: 36.5 0-1002020: 35.8 0-1002021: 36 0-1002022: 36.1 0-1002023: 35.6 0-1002024: 35.4 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Cameroon recorded 35.39 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024.

That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Cameroon peaked at 39.95 0-100 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 33.26 0-100, in 1996.

That places Cameroon 185th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 35.1 0-100 33.26 0-100 36.93 0-100 2
2000s 37.21 0-100 34.6 0-100 39.95 0-100 9
2010s 37.99 0-100 36.5 0-100 39.56 0-100 10
2020s 35.79 0-100 35.39 0-100 36.1 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 182 Belarus 35.79 0-100 compare
  2. 183 Iran 35.71 0-100 compare
  3. 184 Guinea-Bissau 35.71 0-100 compare
  4. 186 Bolivia 35.15 0-100 compare
  5. 187 Burundi 34.54 0-100 compare
  6. 188 Iraq 33.59 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Cameroon?
Rule of law - governance score in Cameroon was 35.39 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 Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 39.95 0-100 in 2004.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 33.26 0-100 in 1996.
How does Cameroon rank for rule of law - governance score?
Cameroon ranks 185th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Cameroon 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).