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Rule of Law (estimate) by country

Rule of law measures the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, in particular the quality of contract enforcement, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is...

Countries reporting
53
Highest
0.8638
Mauritius
Lowest
-2.35
Somalia
Median
-0.7357
Years covered
16
1996–2011
Data points
689

What the numbers show

Rule of Law (estimate) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 0.8638 in Mauritius; the lowest is -2.35 in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.7357, and the mean is -0.7143.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 77.3%), and the largest decrease in Senegal (down 3,664.2%).

Rule of Law: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mauritius 0.8638 2011 down 9.0% falling
2 Botswana 0.6553 2011 up 23.6% rising
3 Cape Verde 0.4391 2011 down 30.4% falling
4 Namibia 0.1943 2011 up 0.2% volatile
5 South Africa 0.1003 2011 down 2.6% volatile
6 Seychelles -0.0149 2011 down 102.6% volatile
7 Ghana -0.0567 2011 down 160.2% volatile
8 Tunisia -0.099 2011 up 34.1% volatile
9 Malawi -0.1751 2011 up 65.3% volatile
10 Morocco -0.2092 2011 down 245.6% volatile
11 Lesotho -0.273 2011 down 820.8% volatile
12 Rwanda -0.3055 2011 up 77.3% volatile
13 Burkina Faso -0.3612 2011 up 46.1% rising
14 Uganda -0.414 2011 up 47.9% rising
15 Egypt -0.4189 2011 down 3,510.4% volatile
16 Eswatini -0.4197 2011 up 38.0% rising
17 Senegal -0.4526 2011 down 3,664.2% volatile
18 Zambia -0.4666 2011 up 13.2% rising
19 Gabon -0.4904 2011 down 210.0% falling
20 Niger -0.495 2011 up 46.7% rising
21 Gambia -0.4998 2011 down 279.9% volatile
22 Mali -0.5033 2011 down 9.3% rising
23 Tanzania -0.5159 2011 down 33.9% falling
24 Mozambique -0.5596 2011 up 27.0% rising
25 Ethiopia -0.7142 2011 up 17.8% rising
26 Sao Tome and Principe -0.7241 2011 down 719.7% falling
27 Benin -0.7357 2011 down 176.6% falling
28 Djibouti -0.7455 2011 up 16.3% rising
29 Algeria -0.8279 2011 up 29.1% rising
30 Madagascar -0.8366 2011 down 231.2% falling
31 Togo -0.8495 2011 down 19.6% falling
32 Sierra Leone -0.8682 2011 up 40.9% rising
33 Mauritania -0.8872 2011 down 154.8% falling
34 Liberia -0.9356 2011 up 55.8% rising
35 Kenya -1.01 2011 down 12.7% flat
36 Comoros -1.02 2011 up 26.1% rising
37 Cameroon -1.04 2011 up 15.5% rising
38 Burundi -1.15 2011 up 26.0% rising
39 Congo -1.16 2011 up 19.1% rising
40 Libya -1.16 2011 down 38.0% rising
41 Equatorial Guinea -1.21 2011 up 7.5% rising
42 Angola -1.23 2011 up 24.7% rising
43 Nigeria -1.25 2011 down 12.9% rising
44 Sudan -1.26 2011 up 16.3% rising
45 Cote d'Ivoire -1.26 2011 down 5.8% falling
46 Eritrea -1.27 2011 down 173.4% falling
47 Central African Republic -1.28 2011 up 14.4% rising
48 Guinea-Bissau -1.31 2011 up 5.9% rising
49 Chad -1.46 2011 down 41.7% falling
50 Guinea -1.47 2011 down 3.7% falling
51 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.6 2011 up 17.9% rising
52 Zimbabwe -1.75 2011 down 31.5% falling
53 Somalia -2.35 2011 down 1.9% falling

About this data

Indicator
Rule of Law (estimate)
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 689 data points, 1996–2011
Last refreshed

Rule of law measures the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, in particular the quality of contract enforcement, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is available at www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance.