Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) by country
Countries reporting
208
Highest
91.78 0-100
Finland
Lowest
22.4 0-100
Venezuela
Median
56.67 0-100
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,527
What the numbers show
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 91.78 0-100 in Finland; the lowest is 22.4 0-100 in Venezuela.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.67 0-100, and the mean is 57.89 0-100.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 118 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 20.0%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 24.6%).
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 91.78 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 2 | Denmark | 91.75 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 3 | Norway | 90.61 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 4 | Sweden | 87.29 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 5 | Switzerland | 87.27 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 86.82 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 86.77 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 8 | Netherlands | 86.2 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 9 | New Zealand | 85.92 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 10 | Austria | 85.83 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 11 | Monaco | 85.8 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 12 | Iceland | 85.18 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 13 | Germany | 85.07 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 14 | Greenland | 84.78 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 15 | Andorra | 84.61 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 16 | Ireland | 84.15 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 17 | Japan | 84.05 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 18 | Singapore | 83.17 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 19 | Canada | 82.97 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 20 | Australia | 82.67 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 21 | San Marino | 82.44 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 22 | Estonia | 82.25 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 23 | Lithuania | 81.23 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 24 | Tuvalu | 80.93 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 25 | American Samoa | 80.85 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 79.53 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 27 | Belgium | 79.49 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 28 | Aruba | 78.83 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 29 | South Korea | 78.33 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 30 | Palau | 77.93 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 31 | Czechia | 77.91 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 32 | Latvia | 76.31 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 33 | Samoa | 76.11 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 34 | Portugal | 75.88 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 35 | Guam | 74.72 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 36 | Micronesia (country) | 74.63 0-100 | 2025 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 37 | France | 74.61 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 38 | Cayman Islands | 74.52 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 39 | Marshall Islands | 74.33 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 40 | Hong Kong | 74.14 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 41 | Uruguay | 74.11 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 42 | Slovenia | 73.82 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 43 | Kiribati | 72.98 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 44 | Spain | 72.96 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 45 | Macao | 72.73 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 46 | Bermuda | 71.94 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 47 | United States | 71.67 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 48 | Tonga | 71.39 0-100 | 2025 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 49 | Cyprus | 70.8 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 50 | Bhutan | 70.52 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 51 | Barbados | 70.49 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 52 | Chile | 69.84 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 53 | Israel | 69.78 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 54 | Mauritius | 69.77 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 55 | Brunei | 69.73 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 56 | Malta | 69.61 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 57 | French Polynesia | 69.33 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 68.56 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 59 | Italy | 68.28 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 60 | Grenada | 68.21 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 61 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.19 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 62 | Seychelles | 68.15 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 63 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.15 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 64 | United States Virgin Islands | 68.02 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 65 | Antigua and Barbuda | 68.01 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 66 | Poland | 68.01 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 67 | Saint Lucia | 67.99 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 68 | Puerto Rico | 67.96 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 69 | Qatar | 67.91 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 67.59 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 71 | Vanuatu | 67.34 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 72 | Oman | 66.9 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 73 | Cape Verde | 66.13 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 74 | Slovakia | 66.05 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 75 | Dominica | 65.63 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 76 | Croatia | 65.56 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 77 | Fiji | 65.54 0-100 | 2025 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 78 | Malaysia | 65.36 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 79 | Namibia | 64.83 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 80 | Romania | 63.53 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 81 | Greece | 63.33 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 82 | Botswana | 63.26 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 83 | Saudi Arabia | 63.14 0-100 | 2025 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 84 | Nauru | 63.1 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 85 | New Caledonia | 62.87 0-100 | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 86 | Bahamas | 62.41 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 87 | Hungary | 62.18 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 88 | Montenegro | 62.06 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 89 | Kuwait | 61.87 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 90 | Jordan | 61.79 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 91 | Bahrain | 61.59 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 92 | Solomon Islands | 61.59 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 93 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 60.44 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 94 | Rwanda | 60.25 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 95 | Georgia | 60.2 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 96 | South Africa | 59.3 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 97 | Ghana | 58.61 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 98 | Maldives | 58.45 0-100 | 2025 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 99 | Jamaica | 58.14 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 100 | Albania | 57.99 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 57.88 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 102 | Kosovo | 57.86 0-100 | 2024 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 103 | Argentina | 56.94 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 104 | Mongolia | 56.72 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 105 | Thailand | 56.62 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 56.6 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 107 | India | 56.51 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 108 | Malawi | 56.39 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 109 | North Macedonia | 56.3 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 110 | Moldova | 56.12 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 111 | Vietnam | 55.75 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 112 | Senegal | 55.46 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 55.22 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 114 | Suriname | 55.05 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 115 | Indonesia | 54.44 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 116 | Armenia | 54.26 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 53.64 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 118 | Nepal | 53.58 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 119 | Guyana | 53.48 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 120 | Serbia | 53.34 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.03 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 122 | Morocco | 53.01 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.88 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 124 | Belize | 52.52 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 125 | Tunisia | 52.19 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 126 | Gambia | 52.12 0-100 | 2025 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 127 | Kazakhstan | 51.9 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 128 | China | 51.56 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 129 | Sao Tome and Principe | 51.16 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 130 | Benin | 51.12 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 131 | Azerbaijan | 51.1 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 132 | Lesotho | 50.97 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 133 | Philippines | 50.87 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 134 | Kenya | 50.82 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 135 | Brazil | 50.63 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 136 | Zambia | 50.52 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 137 | Cote d'Ivoire | 50.04 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 138 | Tanzania | 49.22 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 49.2 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 140 | Togo | 48.29 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 141 | Colombia | 48.28 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 142 | Paraguay | 48.23 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 143 | Laos | 48.08 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 144 | East Timor | 48.07 0-100 | 2025 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 145 | Uzbekistan | 48.06 0-100 | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 146 | Algeria | 47.88 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 147 | Peru | 47.78 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 148 | Uganda | 47.58 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 149 | Egypt | 47.29 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 150 | El Salvador | 47 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 151 | Eswatini | 45.79 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 152 | Ukraine | 45.64 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 153 | Mauritania | 45.31 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 154 | Turkey | 45.25 0-100 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 44.74 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 156 | Liberia | 44.64 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 157 | Bangladesh | 43.64 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 158 | Burkina Faso | 43.48 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 159 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.28 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 160 | Ethiopia | 43.18 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 161 | Madagascar | 43.05 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 162 | Nigeria | 42.95 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 163 | Comoros | 42.89 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 164 | Palestine | 42.79 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 165 | Djibouti | 41.79 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 166 | Gabon | 41.77 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 167 | Guatemala | 41.63 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 168 | Ecuador | 41.6 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 169 | Cambodia | 41.35 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 170 | Lebanon | 41.24 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 171 | Pakistan | 41.06 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 172 | Cuba | 40.83 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 173 | Angola | 40.1 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 174 | Niger | 40.06 0-100 | 2025 | down 18.6% | flat |
| 175 | Honduras | 39.62 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 176 | Mexico | 39.38 0-100 | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 177 | Mozambique | 39.23 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 178 | Mali | 39.08 0-100 | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 179 | Cameroon | 38.97 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 180 | Guinea | 38.73 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 181 | Iran | 38.57 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 182 | Zimbabwe | 38.57 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 183 | Tajikistan | 38.48 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 184 | Belarus | 38.41 0-100 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 185 | Congo | 38.09 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 186 | Guinea-Bissau | 37.73 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 187 | Russia | 37.66 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 188 | Bolivia | 36.42 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 189 | Iraq | 35.72 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 190 | Chad | 35.39 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 191 | Turkmenistan | 35.28 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 192 | Burundi | 35.02 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 193 | North Korea | 34.14 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 194 | Equatorial Guinea | 33.24 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 195 | Nicaragua | 32.49 0-100 | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 196 | Haiti | 31.98 0-100 | 2025 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 197 | Libya | 31.46 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 198 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 31.21 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 199 | Central African Republic | 30.67 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 200 | Myanmar | 29.49 0-100 | 2025 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 201 | Eritrea | 29.48 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 202 | Syria | 28.73 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 203 | Afghanistan | 28.13 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 204 | Sudan | 28.03 0-100 | 2025 | down 18.5% | flat |
| 205 | Yemen | 26.62 0-100 | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 206 | South Sudan | 25.26 0-100 | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 207 | Somalia | 22.92 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 208 | Venezuela | 22.4 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.4% | falling |