El Salvador vs Yemen: Rule of law index

El Salvador
0.082
in 2025
Yemen
0.065
in 2025
El Salvador rank
163rd
Yemen rank
166th

Rule of law index over time

  • El Salvador
  • Yemen
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.082 against 0.065 in Yemen, a difference of 0.017.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.3 times Yemen's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 115 shared years of data; in 1838 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 163rd and Yemen ranks 166th of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 8 and Yemen in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Yemen Difference Ahead
1830s 0.152 0.091 0.061 El Salvador
1840s 0.171 0.091 0.08 El Salvador
1850s 0.1754 0.1993 0.0239 Yemen
1860s 0.182 0.216 0.034 Yemen
1870s 0.182 0.2227 0.0407 Yemen
1880s 0.182 0.166 0.016 El Salvador
1890s 0.182 0.166 0.016 El Salvador
1900s 0.182 0.2089 0.0269 Yemen
1910s 0.182 0.3026 0.1206 Yemen
1990s 0.3241 0.18 0.1441 El Salvador
2000s 0.3768 0.1211 0.2557 El Salvador
2010s 0.4373 0.0925 0.3448 El Salvador
2020s 0.1452 0.0585 0.0867 El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rule of law index, El Salvador or Yemen?
El Salvador, at 0.082 against 0.065 in Yemen as of 2025.
What is the difference in rule of law index between El Salvador and Yemen?
0.017, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Yemen?
115 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Yemen rank globally for rule of law index?
El Salvador ranks 163rd and Yemen ranks 166th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
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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About this data

Indicator
Rule of law index
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,303 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed