Rule of Law Index by country
Indicates the extent to which political power is separated, the judiciary is independent, office abuse is prosecuted, and civil rights are enforced.
Countries reporting
128
Highest
10
Estonia
Lowest
1
Somalia
Median
4.25
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
1,394
What the numbers show
Rule of Law Index is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 10 in Estonia; the lowest is 1 in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.25, and the mean is 4.5.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 84.6%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 66.7%).
Rule of Law Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonia | 10 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Taiwan | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Chile | 9.75 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 5 | Lithuania | 9.5 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 5 | Slovenia | 9.5 | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 9.25 | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 8 | Czechia | 9 | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 8 | Latvia | 9 | 2025 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 10 | South Korea | 8 | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 11 | Botswana | 7.75 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Poland | 7.75 | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 13 | Brazil | 7.5 | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 13 | Bhutan | 7.5 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 15 | Croatia | 7.25 | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 15 | Mauritius | 7.25 | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 15 | Slovakia | 7.25 | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 15 | South Africa | 7.25 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Jamaica | 7 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 19 | North Macedonia | 7 | 2025 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 19 | Montenegro | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Albania | 6.75 | 2025 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 22 | Romania | 6.75 | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 6.5 | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.5 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Ghana | 6.5 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 27 | Argentina | 6.25 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 27 | Colombia | 6.25 | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 6.25 | 2025 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 27 | Mongolia | 6.25 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Armenia | 6 | 2025 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 2025 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 31 | Moldova | 6 | 2025 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 31 | Malawi | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Namibia | 6 | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 31 | Papua New Guinea | 6 | 2025 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 31 | Singapore | 6 | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 38 | India | 5.75 | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 38 | Nepal | 5.75 | 2025 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 38 | Peru | 5.75 | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 41 | Benin | 5.5 | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 41 | Indonesia | 5.5 | 2025 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 41 | Paraguay | 5.5 | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 41 | Ukraine | 5.5 | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 45 | Ecuador | 5.25 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 45 | Kenya | 5.25 | 2025 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 45 | Lesotho | 5.25 | 2025 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 45 | Malaysia | 5.25 | 2025 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 45 | Senegal | 5.25 | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 50 | Hungary | 5 | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 50 | Iraq | 5 | 2025 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 50 | Liberia | 5 | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 53 | Bolivia | 4.75 | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 53 | Panama | 4.75 | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 53 | Serbia | 4.75 | 2025 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 4.5 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 56 | Nigeria | 4.5 | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 56 | Zambia | 4.5 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 59 | Georgia | 4.25 | 2025 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 59 | Jordan | 4.25 | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 59 | Kuwait | 4.25 | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 59 | Lebanon | 4.25 | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 59 | Madagascar | 4.25 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 59 | Mexico | 4.25 | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 59 | Mauritania | 4.25 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 59 | Philippines | 4.25 | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 67 | Bangladesh | 4 | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 67 | Sierra Leone | 4 | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 67 | Tanzania | 4 | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 67 | Uganda | 4 | 2025 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 71 | Algeria | 3.75 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 71 | Qatar | 3.75 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | 3.75 | 2025 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 74 | Angola | 3.5 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 74 | Central African Republic | 3.5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 74 | Honduras | 3.5 | 2025 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 74 | Kazakhstan | 3.5 | 2025 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 74 | Togo | 3.5 | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 74 | Tunisia | 3.5 | 2025 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 81 | Cameroon | 3.25 | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 81 | Ethiopia | 3.25 | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.25 | 2025 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 81 | Rwanda | 3.25 | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 81 | El Salvador | 3.25 | 2025 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 86 | Guinea | 3 | 2025 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 86 | Morocco | 3 | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 86 | Turkey | 3 | 2025 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 89 | Bahrain | 2.75 | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 89 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.75 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 89 | Egypt | 2.75 | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 89 | Guatemala | 2.75 | 2025 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 89 | Pakistan | 2.75 | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 89 | Thailand | 2.75 | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 89 | Vietnam | 2.75 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 89 | Zimbabwe | 2.75 | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 97 | Belarus | 2.5 | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 97 | Congo | 2.5 | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 97 | Cuba | 2.5 | 2025 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 97 | Laos | 2.5 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 97 | Mozambique | 2.5 | 2025 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 97 | Russia | 2.5 | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 2.25 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 103 | Burundi | 2.25 | 2025 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 103 | China | 2.25 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 103 | Mali | 2.25 | 2025 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 2.25 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 103 | South Sudan | 2.25 | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 109 | Libya | 2 | 2025 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 109 | Niger | 2 | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 2 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 109 | Syria | 2 | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 2 | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 114 | Burkina Faso | 1.75 | 2025 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 114 | Iran | 1.75 | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 114 | Oman | 1.75 | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 114 | Turkmenistan | 1.75 | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 114 | Venezuela | 1.75 | 2025 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 119 | Afghanistan | 1.5 | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 119 | Haiti | 1.5 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 119 | Cambodia | 1.5 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 119 | Chad | 1.5 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 123 | North Korea | 1.25 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 123 | Yemen | 1.25 | 2025 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 125 | Eritrea | 1 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 125 | Myanmar | 1 | 2025 | down 63.6% | rising |
| 125 | Sudan | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 125 | Somalia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
About this data
Indicates the extent to which political power is separated, the judiciary is independent, office abuse is prosecuted, and civil rights are enforced.