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

Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) with 590 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.

Countries reporting
207
Highest
2.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Finland
Lowest
-2.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Somalia
Median
-0.1424 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,884

What the numbers show

Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5), gaps filled is currently reported for 207 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 -0.1424 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, and the mean is -0.0522 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 97 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 (approx. -2.5 to +2.5), gaps filled: 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 Lithuania 1.37 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 85.5% volatile
21 Monaco 1.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 6.5% rising
22 Belgium 1.28 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.7% rising
23 United Kingdom 1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 20.3% falling
24 Tuvalu 1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 31.2% rising
25 Aruba 1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 20.8% rising
26 Czechia 1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 24.1% rising
27 Palau 1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.6% rising
28 San Marino 1.16 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 16.3% rising
29 South Korea 1.12 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.4% rising
30 Latvia 1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 61.8% volatile
31 American Samoa 1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.7% rising
32 New Caledonia 1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 9.2% rising
33 Portugal 1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 5.3% falling
34 Samoa 1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 15.3% rising
35 Guam 1.03 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 21.6% rising
36 French Polynesia 1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 13.3% rising
37 Slovenia 0.9787 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 20.8% falling
38 France 0.9787 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 22.5% falling
39 Micronesia (country) 0.9769 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 549.4% volatile
40 United States 0.9618 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 28.3% falling
41 Uruguay 0.9506 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 18.6% rising
42 Spain 0.9318 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 3.2% falling
43 Hong Kong 0.921 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 40.7% flat
44 Macao 0.8521 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.5% volatile
45 Marshall Islands 0.8357 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 26.3% rising
46 Cayman Islands 0.8301 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 66.1% falling
47 Bermuda 0.8001 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2,085.4% falling
48 Bhutan 0.7903 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 126.6% volatile
49 Kiribati 0.786 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 142.4% falling
50 Barbados 0.7278 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 31.2% falling
51 Malta 0.7272 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 29.4% falling
52 Tonga 0.6943 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1,335.0% volatile
53 Chile 0.6911 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 34.7% falling
54 Cyprus 0.6892 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 16.2% falling
55 Mauritius 0.6386 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 33.5% falling
56 Italy 0.6192 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.7% falling
57 Costa Rica 0.6167 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.9% rising
58 Antigua and Barbuda 0.6018 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 8.8% falling
59 Israel 0.5997 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 35.4% falling
60 Seychelles 0.5969 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 325.8% flat
61 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5904 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 265.3% falling
62 Qatar 0.5896 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.7% rising
63 Brunei 0.5876 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 29.4% falling
64 United States Virgin Islands 0.5793 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1,537.5% falling
65 Poland 0.5769 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 34.5% falling
66 Slovakia 0.5609 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 154.9% rising
67 Puerto Rico 0.546 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 19.9% falling
68 Grenada 0.5409 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 168.0% rising
69 Saint Lucia 0.5033 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 26.8% falling
70 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5018 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 28.5% falling
71 United Arab Emirates 0.4968 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 41.9% falling
72 Oman 0.4494 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 119.7% falling
73 Cape Verde 0.4242 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 36.4% falling
74 Vanuatu 0.4216 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.4% falling
75 Dominica 0.3975 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 42.9% falling
76 Croatia 0.3775 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 5.1% volatile
77 Romania 0.3711 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.6% volatile
78 Malaysia 0.3451 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 42.6% rising
79 Namibia 0.3279 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 59.7% falling
80 Botswana 0.3121 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 45.8% falling
81 Fiji 0.3058 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 170.9% volatile
82 Greece 0.2983 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.3% falling
83 Nauru 0.2518 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 70.8% falling
84 Bahamas 0.251 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 47.6% volatile
85 Kuwait 0.2308 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1,364.2% volatile
86 Saudi Arabia 0.2104 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 148.4% volatile
87 Hungary 0.1923 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 45.2% falling
88 Montenegro 0.1814 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 482.9% volatile
89 Jordan 0.1685 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 50.6% volatile
90 Bahrain 0.1679 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 228.1% volatile
91 Solomon Islands 0.1534 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 166.0% volatile
92 Georgia 0.149 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 57.8% volatile
93 Rwanda 0.1003 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 145.8% volatile
94 Ghana 0.054 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 62.4% volatile
95 Kosovo 0.0521 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 115.9% volatile
95 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.0521 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 115.9% volatile
97 Maldives 0.0443 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 107.9% volatile
98 South Africa 0.0177 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 74.9% volatile
99 Bulgaria -0.0333 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 84.5% volatile
100 India -0.0392 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 76.3% volatile
101 Jamaica -0.0777 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 57.4% volatile
102 Mongolia -0.0998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 59.5% volatile
103 Albania -0.1185 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 57.1% volatile
104 Armenia -0.1424 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 65.6% rising
105 Malawi -0.1463 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 52.7% rising
106 Moldova -0.1613 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 55.8% falling
107 Dominican Republic -0.1823 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 55.9% rising
108 Serbia -0.2001 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 183.3% volatile
109 Senegal -0.2047 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 50.6% volatile
110 Indonesia -0.2066 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 39.0% volatile
111 Suriname -0.2086 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 60.6% falling
112 Thailand -0.2155 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 45.8% volatile
113 North Macedonia -0.2249 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.1% rising
114 Argentina -0.2514 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 65.6% volatile
115 Sri Lanka -0.2577 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 28.5% volatile
116 Panama -0.2634 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 85.0% falling
117 Nepal -0.3037 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 47.3% volatile
118 Vietnam -0.3139 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 36.1% rising
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.3191 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 256.6% rising
120 Guyana -0.3342 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 44.9% falling
121 Sao Tome and Principe -0.3532 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 44.5% volatile
122 Tunisia -0.3645 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 139.4% volatile
123 Morocco -0.3678 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.3% volatile
124 Trinidad and Tobago -0.3715 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 2,018.3% volatile
125 Kazakhstan -0.3815 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 36.2% rising
126 Gambia -0.3942 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 55.9% volatile
127 Belize -0.3972 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 37.8% volatile
128 Lesotho -0.4066 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 171.1% volatile
129 Benin -0.4125 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 13.8% falling
130 Brazil -0.4462 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 214.3% falling
131 Kenya -0.4645 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 15.7% rising
132 Azerbaijan -0.4854 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 25.1% rising
133 Peru -0.5058 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 8.7% rising
134 Tanzania -0.5194 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.8% falling
135 Colombia -0.5597 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 36.0% rising
136 Zambia -0.5612 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 33.2% falling
137 Papua New Guinea -0.5713 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.1% falling
138 Philippines -0.574 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 59.0% falling
139 Cote d'Ivoire -0.5781 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.4% rising
140 China -0.5793 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 16.1% rising
141 Paraguay -0.5836 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.3% rising
142 Cuba -0.6236 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 26.2% rising
143 East Timor -0.6257 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 40.5% falling
144 Togo -0.6329 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 30.2% rising
145 Uzbekistan -0.6562 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 39.5% rising
146 Algeria -0.6968 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 16.7% rising
147 El Salvador -0.7134 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.0% falling
148 Ukraine -0.7202 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 0.7% rising
149 Uganda -0.7385 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 26.6% falling
150 Laos -0.7424 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.8% rising
151 Egypt -0.7515 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 10.5% volatile
152 Sierra Leone -0.8386 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 6.2% rising
153 Turkey -0.8434 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 133.6% volatile
154 Eswatini -0.8599 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 47.9% falling
155 Mauritania -0.8635 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.7% falling
156 Liberia -0.868 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 12.2% rising
157 Madagascar -0.8827 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 3.5% falling
158 Burkina Faso -0.8839 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 60.7% rising
159 Kyrgyzstan -0.9361 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 14.3% flat
160 Niger -0.9457 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 37.0% rising
161 Bangladesh -0.9601 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 12.7% rising
162 Guatemala -0.9623 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.2% rising
163 Ecuador -0.965 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 4.9% falling
164 Palestine -0.9894 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 30.4% falling
165 Nigeria -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.0% rising
166 Djibouti -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.4% falling
167 Pakistan -1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 4.8% falling
168 Ethiopia -1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 39.2% flat
169 Cambodia -1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 11.6% rising
170 Lebanon -1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 56.2% falling
171 Mali -1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 55.5% volatile
172 Comoros -1.13 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 39.6% rising
173 Guinea -1.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 23.9% rising
174 Mexico -1.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 97.9% falling
175 Gabon -1.16 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 87.6% falling
176 Russia -1.16 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 35.6% flat
177 Angola -1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 10.4% rising
178 Honduras -1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 0.2% falling
179 Congo -1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 4.6% rising
180 Tajikistan -1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.8% rising
181 Mozambique -1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 32.1% falling
182 Zimbabwe -1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 26.6% flat
183 Belarus -1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 64.7% falling
184 Iran -1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.6% falling
185 Guinea-Bissau -1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.4% rising
186 Cameroon -1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 18.7% rising
187 Bolivia -1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 11.3% falling
188 Burundi -1.3 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 18.0% falling
189 Iraq -1.36 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 6.7% rising
190 Turkmenistan -1.41 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 2.8% falling
191 Chad -1.44 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.2% falling
192 North Korea -1.53 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 12.9% falling
193 Equatorial Guinea -1.54 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 3.8% falling
194 Haiti -1.6 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 28.5% rising
195 Nicaragua -1.62 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 78.9% falling
196 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.63 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 4.9% rising
197 Libya -1.7 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.4% falling
198 Central African Republic -1.71 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 5.2% falling
199 Sudan -1.77 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 23.4% rising
200 Eritrea -1.8 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 7.5% falling
201 Myanmar -1.81 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 44.7% rising
202 Syria -1.81 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 8.9% falling
203 Yemen -1.9 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 36.5% falling
204 Afghanistan -1.94 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 18.2% rising
205 South Sudan -1.97 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 17.5% falling
206 Venezuela -2.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 5.4% falling
207 Somalia -2.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 up 1.0% rising

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Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5), gaps filled
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approx. -2.5 to +2.5
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Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) with 590 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.