Congo vs Zimbabwe: Rule of Law Index

Congo
0.182
in 2025
Zimbabwe
0.177
in 2025
Congo rank
139th
Zimbabwe rank
140th

Rule of Law Index over time

  • Congo
  • Zimbabwe
00.20.40.6190019622025

How they compare

Congo currently reports 0.182 against 0.177 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Congo ranks 139th and Zimbabwe ranks 140th of 173 countries.

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About this data

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

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.