Which has higher rule of law index, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea, at 0.511 against 0.462 in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2025.

What is the difference in rule of law index between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Papua New Guinea?

0.049, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Papua New Guinea?

107 years are reported by both, from 1919 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Rule of Law Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Papua New Guinea: Rule of Law Index

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.462

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

0.511

in 2025

Bosnia and Herzegovina rank

100th

Papua New Guinea rank

97th

Rule of Law Index over time

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.511 against 0.462 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a difference of 0.049.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Bosnia and Herzegovina's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 107 shared years of data; in 1919 it was Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 100th and Papua New Guinea ranks 97th of 176 countries.

Across the 12 decades both report, Bosnia and Herzegovina averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1910s	0.313	0.289	0.024	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1920s	0.3221	0.289	0.0331	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1930s	0.2714	0.289	0.0176	Papua New Guinea
1940s	0.2553	0.3946	0.1393	Papua New Guinea
1950s	0.3949	0.528	0.1331	Papua New Guinea
1960s	0.4444	0.528	0.0836	Papua New Guinea
1970s	0.4642	0.5425	0.0783	Papua New Guinea
1980s	0.4892	0.557	0.0678	Papua New Guinea
1990s	0.31	0.557	0.247	Papua New Guinea
2000s	0.4446	0.557	0.1124	Papua New Guinea
2010s	0.4398	0.4808	0.041	Papua New Guinea
2020s	0.4242	0.486	0.0618	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rule of law index, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 0.511 against 0.462 in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2025.
What is the difference in rule of law index between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Papua New Guinea?: 0.049, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Papua New Guinea?: 107 years are reported by both, from 1919 to 2025.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and Papua New Guinea rank globally for rule of law index?: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 100th and Papua New Guinea ranks 97th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Rule of Law Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Rule of Law Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,303 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which the government complies with the law, courts are independent, laws transparent, justice accessible, corruption absent, and the bureaucracy is impartial.