Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) by country

Countries reporting
203
Highest
2.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Finland
Lowest
-2.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Somalia
Median
-0.1463 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,296

What the numbers show

Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 2.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Finland; the lowest is -2.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.1463 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, and the mean is -0.0438 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Bermuda (up 2,085.4%), and the largest decrease in Trinidad and Tobago (down 2,018.3%).

Rule of Law - Governance estimate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Finland 2.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.3% rising
2 Denmark 2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.9% rising
3 Norway 1.95 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.1% rising
4 Switzerland 1.76 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.2% falling
5 Luxembourg 1.76 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.6% flat
6 Liechtenstein 1.73 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.5% rising
7 Sweden 1.73 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.2% flat
8 Netherlands 1.71 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.5% flat
9 Austria 1.68 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.5% falling
10 New Zealand 1.67 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.0% falling
11 Iceland 1.63 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.4% falling
12 Germany 1.63 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.4% flat
13 Ireland 1.59 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 3.8% flat
14 Greenland 1.57 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.1% flat
15 Japan 1.51 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 3.8% rising
16 Estonia 1.49 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 10.6% rising
17 Australia 1.47 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 15.1% falling
18 Canada 1.46 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.1% falling
19 Singapore 1.43 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 7.0% flat
20 Andorra 1.41 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.9% rising
21 Lithuania 1.37 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 85.5% rising
22 Monaco 1.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 6.5% rising
23 Belgium 1.28 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.7% rising
24 United Kingdom 1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 20.3% falling
25 Tuvalu 1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 31.2% rising
26 Aruba 1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 20.8% rising
27 Czechia 1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 24.1% rising
28 Palau 1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.6% rising
29 San Marino 1.16 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 16.3% rising
30 South Korea 1.12 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.4% rising
31 Latvia 1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 61.8% rising
33 New Caledonia 1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 9.2% rising
34 Portugal 1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 5.3% falling
35 Samoa 1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 15.3% rising
36 Guam 1.03 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 21.6% rising
37 French Polynesia 1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 13.3% rising
38 Slovenia 0.9787 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 20.8% falling
39 France 0.9787 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 22.5% falling
40 Micronesia (country) 0.9769 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 549.4% volatile
41 United States 0.9618 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 28.3% falling
42 Uruguay 0.9506 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 18.6% rising
43 Spain 0.9318 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 3.2% falling
44 Hong Kong 0.921 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 40.7% falling
45 Macao 0.8521 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.5% rising
46 Marshall Islands 0.8357 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 26.3% rising
47 Cayman Islands 0.8301 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 66.1% falling
48 Bermuda 0.8001 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2,085.4% falling
49 Bhutan 0.7903 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 126.6% volatile
50 Kiribati 0.786 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 142.4% falling
51 Barbados 0.7278 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 31.2% falling
52 Malta 0.7272 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 29.4% falling
53 Tonga 0.6943 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1,335.0% volatile
54 Chile 0.6911 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 34.7% falling
55 Cyprus 0.6892 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 16.2% falling
56 Mauritius 0.6386 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 33.5% falling
57 Italy 0.6192 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.7% falling
58 Costa Rica 0.6167 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.9% rising
59 Antigua and Barbuda 0.6018 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 8.8% falling
60 Israel 0.5997 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 35.4% falling
61 Seychelles 0.5969 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 325.8% rising
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5904 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 265.3% falling
63 Qatar 0.5896 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.7% rising
64 Brunei 0.5876 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 29.4% falling
65 United States Virgin Islands 0.5793 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1,537.5% falling
66 Poland 0.5769 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 34.5% falling
67 Slovakia 0.5609 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 154.9% rising
68 Puerto Rico 0.546 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 19.9% falling
69 Grenada 0.5409 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 168.0% rising
70 Saint Lucia 0.5033 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 26.8% falling
71 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5018 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 28.5% falling
72 United Arab Emirates 0.4968 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 41.9% rising
73 Oman 0.4494 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 119.7% falling
74 Cape Verde 0.4242 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 36.4% falling
75 Vanuatu 0.4216 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.4% falling
76 Dominica 0.3975 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 42.9% falling
77 Croatia 0.3775 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 5.1% volatile
78 Romania 0.3711 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.6% volatile
79 Malaysia 0.3451 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 42.6% flat
80 Namibia 0.3279 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 59.7% falling
81 Botswana 0.3121 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 45.8% falling
82 Fiji 0.3058 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 170.9% volatile
83 Greece 0.2983 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.3% falling
84 Nauru 0.2518 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 70.8% volatile
85 Bahamas 0.251 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 47.6% volatile
86 Kuwait 0.2308 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1,364.2% volatile
87 Saudi Arabia 0.2104 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 148.4% volatile
88 Hungary 0.1923 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 45.2% falling
89 Montenegro 0.1814 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 482.9% volatile
90 Jordan 0.1685 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 50.6% volatile
91 Bahrain 0.1679 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 228.1% volatile
92 Solomon Islands 0.1534 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 166.0% volatile
93 Georgia 0.149 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 57.8% volatile
94 Rwanda 0.1003 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 145.8% volatile
95 Ghana 0.054 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 62.4% volatile
96 Maldives 0.0443 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 107.9% volatile
98 Bulgaria -0.0333 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 84.5% volatile
99 India -0.0392 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 76.3% volatile
100 Jamaica -0.0777 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 57.4% volatile
101 Mongolia -0.0998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 59.5% volatile
102 Albania -0.1185 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 57.1% volatile
103 Armenia -0.1424 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 65.6% rising
104 Malawi -0.1463 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 52.7% rising
105 Moldova -0.1613 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 55.8% falling
106 Dominican Republic -0.1823 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 55.9% rising
107 Serbia -0.2001 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 183.3% volatile
108 Senegal -0.2047 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 50.6% volatile
109 Indonesia -0.2066 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 39.0% volatile
110 Suriname -0.2086 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 60.6% falling
111 Thailand -0.2155 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 45.8% volatile
112 North Macedonia -0.2249 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.1% rising
113 Argentina -0.2514 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 65.6% volatile
114 Sri Lanka -0.2577 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 28.5% volatile
115 Panama -0.2634 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 85.0% volatile
116 Nepal -0.3037 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 47.3% rising
117 Vietnam -0.3139 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 36.1% rising
118 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.3191 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 256.6% rising
119 Guyana -0.3342 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 44.9% falling
120 Sao Tome and Principe -0.3532 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 44.5% volatile
121 Tunisia -0.3645 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 139.4% volatile
122 Morocco -0.3678 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.3% volatile
123 Trinidad and Tobago -0.3715 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 2,018.3% volatile
124 Kazakhstan -0.3815 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 36.2% rising
125 Gambia -0.3942 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 55.9% volatile
126 Belize -0.3972 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 37.8% volatile
127 Lesotho -0.4066 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 171.1% volatile
128 Benin -0.4125 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 13.8% falling
129 Brazil -0.4462 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 214.3% falling
130 Kenya -0.4645 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 15.7% rising
131 Azerbaijan -0.4854 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 25.1% rising
132 Peru -0.5058 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 8.7% rising
133 Tanzania -0.5194 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.8% falling
134 Colombia -0.5597 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 36.0% rising
135 Zambia -0.5612 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 33.2% falling
136 Papua New Guinea -0.5713 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.1% falling
137 Philippines -0.574 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 59.0% falling
138 Cote d'Ivoire -0.5781 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.4% rising
139 China -0.5793 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 16.1% rising
140 Paraguay -0.5836 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.3% rising
141 Cuba -0.6236 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 26.2% rising
142 East Timor -0.6257 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 40.5% falling
143 Togo -0.6329 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 30.2% rising
144 Uzbekistan -0.6562 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 39.5% rising
145 Algeria -0.6968 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 16.7% rising
146 El Salvador -0.7134 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.0% falling
147 Ukraine -0.7202 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.7% rising
148 Uganda -0.7385 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 26.6% falling
149 Laos -0.7424 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.8% rising
150 Egypt -0.7515 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 10.5% volatile
151 Sierra Leone -0.8386 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 6.2% rising
152 Turkey -0.8434 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 133.6% volatile
153 Eswatini -0.8599 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 47.9% falling
154 Mauritania -0.8635 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.7% falling
155 Liberia -0.868 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 12.2% rising
156 Madagascar -0.8827 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 3.5% falling
157 Burkina Faso -0.8839 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 60.7% flat
158 Kyrgyzstan -0.9361 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 14.3% flat
159 Niger -0.9457 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 37.0% rising
160 Bangladesh -0.9601 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 12.7% rising
161 Guatemala -0.9623 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.2% rising
162 Ecuador -0.965 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.9% falling
163 Palestine -0.9894 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 30.4% falling
164 Nigeria -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.0% rising
165 Djibouti -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.4% falling
166 Pakistan -1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 4.8% falling
167 Ethiopia -1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 39.2% flat
168 Cambodia -1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.6% rising
169 Lebanon -1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 56.2% falling
170 Mali -1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 55.5% volatile
171 Comoros -1.13 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 39.6% rising
172 Guinea -1.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 23.9% rising
173 Mexico -1.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 97.9% falling
174 Gabon -1.16 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 87.6% falling
175 Russia -1.16 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 35.6% falling
176 Angola -1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 10.4% rising
177 Honduras -1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.2% falling
178 Congo -1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 4.6% flat
179 Tajikistan -1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.8% rising
180 Mozambique -1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 32.1% falling
181 Zimbabwe -1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 26.6% rising
182 Belarus -1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 64.7% falling
183 Iran -1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.6% falling
184 Guinea-Bissau -1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.4% rising
185 Cameroon -1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 18.7% flat
186 Bolivia -1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.3% falling
187 Burundi -1.3 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 18.0% falling
188 Iraq -1.36 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 6.7% rising
189 Turkmenistan -1.41 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.8% falling
190 Chad -1.44 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.2% falling
191 North Korea -1.53 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.9% falling
192 Equatorial Guinea -1.54 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.8% falling
193 Haiti -1.6 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 28.5% rising
194 Nicaragua -1.62 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 78.9% falling
195 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.63 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 4.9% rising
196 Libya -1.7 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.4% falling
198 Sudan -1.77 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 23.4% rising
199 Eritrea -1.8 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 7.5% falling
200 Myanmar -1.81 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 44.7% rising
201 Syria -1.81 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.9% falling
202 Yemen -1.9 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 36.5% falling
203 Afghanistan -1.94 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 18.2% rising
204 South Sudan -1.97 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.5% falling
205 Venezuela -2.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.4% falling
206 Somalia -2.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.0% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Unit
approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
207 places, 5,296 data points, 1996–2024
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