Rule of law - Country rankings
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Rule of law index (-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong), 2023:
The average for 2023 based on 193 countries was -0.04 points. The highest value was in Finland: 1.97 points and the lowest value was in Somalia: -2.21 points. The indicator is available from 1996 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: points; Source: The World Bank
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| Countries | Rule of law, 2023 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1.97 | 1 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Denmark | 1.91 | 2 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Norway | 1.83 | 3 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Switzerland | 1.76 | 4 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Austria | 1.75 | 5 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Luxembourg | 1.75 | 6 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Singapore | 1.75 | 7 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Iceland | 1.72 | 8 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Liechtenstein | 1.71 | 9 | 1996 - 2023 |
| New Zealand | 1.71 | 10 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Netherlands | 1.64 | 11 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Ireland | 1.63 | 12 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Sweden | 1.6 | 13 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Germany | 1.55 | 14 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Japan | 1.54 | 15 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Australia | 1.52 | 16 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Andorra | 1.48 | 17 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Monaco | 1.48 | 18 | 1996 - 2023 |
| San Marino | 1.48 | 19 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Canada | 1.47 | 20 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Estonia | 1.43 | 21 | 1996 - 2023 |
| UK | 1.4 | 22 | 1996 - 2023 |
| USA | 1.33 | 23 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Belgium | 1.3 | 24 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Hong Kong | 1.29 | 25 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Aruba | 1.27 | 26 | 2004 - 2023 |
| Lithuania | 1.27 | 27 | 1996 - 2023 |
| South Korea | 1.25 | 28 | 1996 - 2023 |
| France | 1.18 | 29 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Czechia | 1.14 | 30 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Portugal | 1.07 | 31 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Latvia | 1.04 | 32 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Slovenia | 1.04 | 33 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Tuvalu | 1.01 | 34 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Palau | 0.94 | 35 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Qatar | 0.93 | 36 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Samoa | 0.9 | 37 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Brunei | 0.89 | 38 | 1996 - 2023 |
| UA Emirates | 0.88 | 39 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Spain | 0.82 | 40 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Mauritius | 0.81 | 41 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Israel | 0.78 | 42 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Macao | 0.78 | 43 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Uruguay | 0.72 | 44 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Malta | 0.7 | 45 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Bermuda | 0.68 | 46 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Bhutan | 0.67 | 47 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Micronesia | 0.64 | 48 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Chile | 0.63 | 49 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Cyprus | 0.63 | 50 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Dominica | 0.62 | 51 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Oman | 0.61 | 52 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Saint Lucia | 0.61 | 53 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Grenada | 0.6 | 54 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Slovakia | 0.6 | 55 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Kiribati | 0.59 | 56 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Malaysia | 0.57 | 57 | 1996 - 2023 |
| St. Vincent & ... | 0.57 | 58 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Tonga | 0.55 | 59 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Puerto Rico | 0.49 | 60 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Bahrain | 0.47 | 61 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Poland | 0.46 | 62 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Namibia | 0.45 | 63 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Romania | 0.44 | 64 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Hungary | 0.43 | 65 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Seychelles | 0.43 | 66 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Barbados | 0.41 | 67 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.41 | 68 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Cape Verde | 0.4 | 69 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Botswana | 0.39 | 70 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Costa Rica | 0.39 | 71 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Italy | 0.39 | 72 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Ant.& Barb. | 0.38 | 73 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Croatia | 0.36 | 74 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Kuwait | 0.34 | 75 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Fiji | 0.3 | 76 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Jordan | 0.26 | 77 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Thailand | 0.24 | 78 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Greece | 0.21 | 79 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Rwanda | 0.21 | 80 | 1996 - 2023 |
| India | 0.19 | 81 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Bahamas | 0.18 | 82 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Georgia | 0.18 | 83 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Vanuatu | 0.14 | 84 | 1996 - 2023 |
| South Africa | 0.09 | 85 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Bulgaria | -0.01 | 86 | 1996 - 2023 |
| China | -0.04 | 87 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Montenegro | -0.04 | 88 | 1998 - 2023 |
| Suriname | -0.06 | 89 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Serbia | -0.07 | 90 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Maldives | -0.08 | 91 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Sri Lanka | -0.09 | 92 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Vietnam | -0.09 | 93 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Ghana | -0.1 | 94 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Armenia | -0.12 | 95 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Domin. Rep. | -0.13 | 96 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Morocco | -0.13 | 97 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Tunisia | -0.14 | 98 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Indonesia | -0.15 | 99 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Moldova | -0.15 | 100 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Albania | -0.16 | 101 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Malawi | -0.16 | 102 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Jamaica | -0.17 | 103 | 1996 - 2023 |
| North Macedonia | -0.17 | 104 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Egypt | -0.18 | 105 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Mongolia | -0.18 | 106 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Solomon Isl. | -0.26 | 107 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Senegal | -0.27 | 108 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Tr.&Tobago | -0.28 | 109 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Brazil | -0.31 | 110 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Kenya | -0.33 | 111 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Guyana | -0.34 | 112 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Bosnia & Herz. | -0.35 | 113 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Panama | -0.35 | 114 | 1996 - 2023 |
| El Salvador | -0.37 | 115 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Gambia | -0.37 | 116 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Tanzania | -0.37 | 117 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Argentina | -0.41 | 118 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Philippines | -0.42 | 119 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Kazakhstan | -0.45 | 120 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Colombia | -0.46 | 121 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Ivory Coast | -0.46 | 122 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Nepal | -0.46 | 123 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Uganda | -0.47 | 124 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Lesotho | -0.48 | 125 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Bangladesh | -0.5 | 126 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Benin | -0.51 | 127 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Turkey | -0.51 | 128 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Togo | -0.53 | 129 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Zambia | -0.53 | 130 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Papua N.G. | -0.54 | 131 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Peru | -0.54 | 132 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Azerbaijan | -0.57 | 133 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Paraguay | -0.58 | 134 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Swaziland | -0.6 | 135 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Belize | -0.64 | 136 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Mauritania | -0.64 | 137 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Ethiopia | -0.67 | 138 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Algeria | -0.68 | 139 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Palestine | -0.68 | 140 | 1996 - 2023 |
| S.T.&Principe | -0.69 | 141 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Niger | -0.71 | 142 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Burkina Faso | -0.74 | 143 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Mexico | -0.81 | 144 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Cambodia | -0.82 | 145 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Laos | -0.83 | 146 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Sierra Leone | -0.83 | 147 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Uzbekistan | -0.83 | 148 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Pakistan | -0.86 | 149 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Gabon | -0.87 | 150 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Nigeria | -0.89 | 151 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Ukraine | -0.89 | 152 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Ecuador | -0.96 | 153 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Madagascar | -0.97 | 154 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Mali | -0.98 | 155 | 1996 - 2023 |
| R. of Congo | -1.02 | 156 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Liberia | -1.03 | 157 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Mozambique | -1.03 | 158 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Cameroon | -1.04 | 159 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Iran | -1.06 | 160 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Guatemala | -1.08 | 161 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Angola | -1.1 | 162 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Honduras | -1.1 | 163 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Guinea | -1.11 | 164 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Djibouti | -1.13 | 165 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Kyrgyzstan | -1.17 | 166 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Lebanon | -1.17 | 167 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Russia | -1.19 | 168 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Bolivia | -1.22 | 169 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Belarus | -1.25 | 170 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Burundi | -1.25 | 171 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Nicaragua | -1.28 | 172 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Tajikistan | -1.28 | 173 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Zimbabwe | -1.28 | 174 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Comoros | -1.34 | 175 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Eq. Guinea | -1.34 | 176 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Chad | -1.35 | 177 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Haiti | -1.36 | 178 | 1996 - 2023 |
| G.-Bissau | -1.44 | 179 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Turkmenistan | -1.49 | 180 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Burma | -1.62 | 181 | 1996 - 2023 |
| North Korea | -1.64 | 182 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Afghanistan | -1.65 | 183 | 1996 - 2023 |
| DR Congo | -1.67 | 184 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Sudan | -1.67 | 185 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Iraq | -1.69 | 186 | 1996 - 2023 |
| C.A. Republic | -1.76 | 187 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Eritrea | -1.76 | 188 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Libya | -1.77 | 189 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Yemen | -1.84 | 190 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Syria | -2.04 | 191 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Venezuela | -2.15 | 192 | 1996 - 2023 |
| Somalia | -2.21 | 193 | 1996 - 2023 |
Definition: The index for Rule of Law captures perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence.
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