Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index by country
Central estimate of the extent to which extent to which citizens enjoy physical integrity rights, freedoms of religion, of movement, and from forced labor, as well as access to justice, laws are transparent, and public administration is impartial.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.991
Germany
Lowest
0.008
North Korea
Median
0.72
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,494
What the numbers show
Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.991 in Germany; the lowest is 0.008 in North Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.72, and the mean is 0.6359.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 124.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 777.8%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 95.3%).
Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 0.991 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 2 | Denmark | 0.986 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 3 | Switzerland | 0.982 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 4 | Sweden | 0.981 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 5 | Czechia | 0.98 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 7 | Estonia | 0.979 | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Finland | 0.976 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 0.974 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 10 | Iceland | 0.974 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 10 | Latvia | 0.974 | 2025 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Norway | 0.972 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 13 | New Zealand | 0.972 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 15 | Spain | 0.971 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Seychelles | 0.966 | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 0.962 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | Taiwan | 0.961 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Japan | 0.958 | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Australia | 0.957 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands | 0.95 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 0.945 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 23 | South Korea | 0.942 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 24 | Chile | 0.94 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 24 | Slovenia | 0.94 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 26 | France | 0.938 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 27 | Cyprus | 0.936 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 28 | Austria | 0.933 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 29 | Lithuania | 0.932 | 2025 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Uruguay | 0.932 | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 32 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.911 | 2025 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Barbados | 0.906 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 34 | Canada | 0.905 | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 34 | Greece | 0.905 | 2025 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Croatia | 0.905 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 37 | Albania | 0.903 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Singapore | 0.903 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 39 | Namibia | 0.902 | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Gambia | 0.901 | 2025 | up 171.4% | rising |
| 41 | Poland | 0.895 | 2025 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Vanuatu | 0.891 | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 43 | Ghana | 0.887 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.885 | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 45 | Montenegro | 0.883 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 46 | Suriname | 0.882 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 47 | Cape Verde | 0.879 | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Jamaica | 0.871 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 49 | Benin | 0.87 | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Slovakia | 0.867 | 2025 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Botswana | 0.866 | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 52 | Mauritius | 0.865 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 53 | Gabon | 0.863 | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Moldova | 0.862 | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 55 | South Africa | 0.861 | 2025 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Brazil | 0.86 | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Romania | 0.849 | 2025 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 0.848 | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 59 | Hungary | 0.845 | 2025 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Panama | 0.841 | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 61 | Armenia | 0.839 | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Israel | 0.832 | 2025 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Lesotho | 0.832 | 2025 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Solomon Islands | 0.832 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 65 | Malawi | 0.829 | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Senegal | 0.823 | 2025 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 67 | United States | 0.822 | 2025 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 0.821 | 2025 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 69 | East Timor | 0.82 | 2025 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Portugal | 0.807 | 2025 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Serbia | 0.807 | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.801 | 2025 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Argentina | 0.795 | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 74 | Jordan | 0.793 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 75 | Liberia | 0.783 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 76 | Honduras | 0.775 | 2025 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 0.774 | 2025 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Guyana | 0.773 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 79 | Bhutan | 0.77 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 0.77 | 2025 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 81 | Fiji | 0.768 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 0.763 | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Mongolia | 0.762 | 2025 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Peru | 0.759 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 85 | North Macedonia | 0.745 | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Tunisia | 0.745 | 2025 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Maldives | 0.728 | 2025 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 88 | Colombia | 0.721 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 89 | Nepal | 0.72 | 2025 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Tanzania | 0.72 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 91 | Niger | 0.715 | 2025 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Hong Kong | 0.71 | 2025 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 93 | Morocco | 0.708 | 2025 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Malaysia | 0.705 | 2025 | up 23.5% | flat |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 0.705 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 96 | Georgia | 0.703 | 2025 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Bolivia | 0.696 | 2025 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Kenya | 0.693 | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Nigeria | 0.684 | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 100 | Zambia | 0.68 | 2025 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Paraguay | 0.674 | 2025 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.659 | 2025 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Guatemala | 0.615 | 2025 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Angola | 0.606 | 2025 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Ecuador | 0.605 | 2025 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Bangladesh | 0.593 | 2025 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Lebanon | 0.583 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 108 | Indonesia | 0.58 | 2025 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.58 | 2025 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Kuwait | 0.579 | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 111 | India | 0.578 | 2025 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Oman | 0.578 | 2025 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Mali | 0.576 | 2025 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Philippines | 0.56 | 2025 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Burkina Faso | 0.551 | 2025 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 116 | Ukraine | 0.545 | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 0.54 | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Togo | 0.54 | 2025 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Mexico | 0.536 | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 120 | Cameroon | 0.489 | 2025 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 121 | Haiti | 0.486 | 2025 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Madagascar | 0.482 | 2025 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 123 | United Arab Emirates | 0.481 | 2025 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 124 | Algeria | 0.48 | 2025 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Palestine | 0.469 | 1948 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.46 | 2025 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Qatar | 0.452 | 2025 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 128 | Iraq | 0.451 | 2025 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 129 | Djibouti | 0.448 | 2025 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Vietnam | 0.435 | 2025 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 130 | Zimbabwe | 0.435 | 2025 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Mozambique | 0.413 | 2025 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Somalia | 0.393 | 2025 | up 142.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Uganda | 0.374 | 2025 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 135 | Uzbekistan | 0.368 | 2025 | up 145.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Comoros | 0.364 | 2025 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Thailand | 0.364 | 2025 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Pakistan | 0.343 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 139 | Ethiopia | 0.341 | 2025 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Bahrain | 0.34 | 2025 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 141 | El Salvador | 0.336 | 2025 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Congo | 0.32 | 2025 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Syria | 0.316 | 2025 | up 777.8% | falling |
| 144 | Turkey | 0.314 | 2025 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Russia | 0.302 | 2025 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | 0.301 | 2025 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Egypt | 0.299 | 2025 | up 22.5% | flat |
| 148 | Iran | 0.297 | 2025 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Mauritania | 0.279 | 2025 | down 41.5% | rising |
| 150 | Rwanda | 0.278 | 2025 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Eswatini | 0.252 | 2025 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 152 | Burundi | 0.24 | 2025 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.24 | 2025 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Central African Republic | 0.239 | 2025 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Guinea | 0.232 | 2025 | down 46.4% | rising |
| 156 | Cuba | 0.228 | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 157 | China | 0.227 | 2025 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Laos | 0.22 | 2025 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 159 | Belarus | 0.207 | 2025 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Cambodia | 0.203 | 2025 | down 45.4% | flat |
| 161 | Saudi Arabia | 0.199 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 162 | Venezuela | 0.191 | 2025 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Chad | 0.186 | 2025 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 164 | South Sudan | 0.171 | 2025 | up 58.3% | falling |
| 165 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.169 | 2025 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Vatican | 0.154 | 1870 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 167 | Tajikistan | 0.128 | 2025 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Libya | 0.121 | 2025 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Sudan | 0.108 | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 170 | Turkmenistan | 0.104 | 2025 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Myanmar | 0.09 | 2025 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Yemen | 0.088 | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Nicaragua | 0.03 | 2025 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Eritrea | 0.026 | 2025 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 0.02 | 2025 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 176 | North Korea | 0.008 | 2025 | up 33.3% | volatile |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which extent to which citizens enjoy physical integrity rights, freedoms of religion, of movement, and from forced labor, as well as access to justice, laws are transparent, and public administration is impartial.