What is rule of law index in Chile?

Rule of law index in Chile was 0.951 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest rule of law index recorded in Chile?

The highest recorded value was 0.96 in 2008.

What is the lowest rule of law index recorded in Chile?

The lowest recorded value was 0.268 in 1806.

How does Chile rank for rule of law index?

Chile ranks 22nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is rule of law index rising or falling in Chile?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Chile data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Rule of Law Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Rule of Law Index in Chile

Name: Rule of Law Index in Chile
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Chile: Rule of Law Index was 0.951 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.951

Change on year

up 0.3%

World rank

22nd

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.96

in 2008

All-time low

0.268

in 1806

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Rule of Law Index in Chile, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for rule of law index in Chile is 0.951, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law index in Chile peaked at 0.96 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.268, in 1806.

That places Chile 22nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Rule of Law Index in Chile, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law Index in Chile, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.293	—
1790	0.293	+0.0%
1791	0.293	+0.0%
1792	0.293	+0.0%
1793	0.293	+0.0%
1794	0.293	+0.0%
1795	0.293	+0.0%
1796	0.293	+0.0%
1797	0.293	+0.0%
1798	0.293	+0.0%
1799	0.293	+0.0%
1800	0.293	+0.0%
1801	0.293	+0.0%
1802	0.293	+0.0%
1803	0.293	+0.0%
1804	0.293	+0.0%
1805	0.293	+0.0%
1806	0.268	-8.5%
1807	0.268	+0.0%
1808	0.268	+0.0%
1809	0.268	+0.0%
1810	0.427	+59.3%
1811	0.375	-12.2%
1812	0.375	+0.0%
1813	0.375	+0.0%
1814	0.337	-10.1%
1815	0.337	+0.0%
1816	0.337	+0.0%
1817	0.286	-15.1%
1818	0.268	-6.3%
1819	0.3	+11.9%
1820	0.319	+6.3%
1821	0.298	-6.6%
1822	0.312	+4.7%
1823	0.365	+17.0%
1824	0.499	+36.7%
1825	0.499	+0.0%
1826	0.471	-5.6%
1827	0.487	+3.4%
1828	0.479	-1.6%
1829	0.479	+0.0%
1830	0.528	+10.2%
1831	0.54	+2.3%
1832	0.54	+0.0%
1833	0.523	-3.1%
1834	0.523	+0.0%
1835	0.523	+0.0%
1836	0.523	+0.0%
1837	0.523	+0.0%
1838	0.523	+0.0%
1839	0.523	+0.0%
1840	0.575	+9.9%
1841	0.575	+0.0%
1842	0.575	+0.0%
1843	0.575	+0.0%
1844	0.575	+0.0%
1845	0.575	+0.0%
1846	0.575	+0.0%
1847	0.575	+0.0%
1848	0.575	+0.0%
1849	0.575	+0.0%
1850	0.552	-4.0%
1851	0.552	+0.0%
1852	0.564	+2.2%
1853	0.589	+4.4%
1854	0.589	+0.0%
1855	0.589	+0.0%
1856	0.589	+0.0%
1857	0.605	+2.7%
1858	0.605	+0.0%
1859	0.59	-2.5%
1860	0.687	+16.4%
1861	0.734	+6.8%
1862	0.734	+0.0%
1863	0.734	+0.0%
1864	0.734	+0.0%
1865	0.734	+0.0%
1866	0.734	+0.0%
1867	0.734	+0.0%
1868	0.734	+0.0%
1869	0.734	+0.0%
1870	0.734	+0.0%
1871	0.697	-5.0%
1872	0.697	+0.0%
1873	0.697	+0.0%
1874	0.711	+2.0%
1875	0.711	+0.0%
1876	0.711	+0.0%
1877	0.711	+0.0%
1878	0.711	+0.0%
1879	0.711	+0.0%
1880	0.69	-3.0%
1881	0.69	+0.0%
1882	0.69	+0.0%
1883	0.69	+0.0%
1884	0.708	+2.6%
1885	0.708	+0.0%
1886	0.708	+0.0%
1887	0.708	+0.0%
1888	0.708	+0.0%
1889	0.708	+0.0%
1890	0.584	-17.5%
1891	0.584	+0.0%
1892	0.68	+16.4%
1893	0.68	+0.0%
1894	0.68	+0.0%
1895	0.68	+0.0%
1896	0.68	+0.0%
1897	0.68	+0.0%
1898	0.68	+0.0%
1899	0.68	+0.0%
1900	0.673	-1.0%
1901	0.673	+0.0%
1902	0.68	+1.0%
1903	0.689	+1.3%
1904	0.689	+0.0%
1905	0.689	+0.0%
1906	0.689	+0.0%
1907	0.689	+0.0%
1908	0.689	+0.0%
1909	0.689	+0.0%
1910	0.689	+0.0%
1911	0.689	+0.0%
1912	0.689	+0.0%
1913	0.689	+0.0%
1914	0.689	+0.0%
1915	0.689	+0.0%
1916	0.689	+0.0%
1917	0.689	+0.0%
1918	0.689	+0.0%
1919	0.689	+0.0%
1920	0.689	+0.0%
1921	0.689	+0.0%
1922	0.689	+0.0%
1923	0.689	+0.0%
1924	0.669	-2.9%
1925	0.655	-2.1%
1926	0.689	+5.2%
1927	0.66	-4.2%
1928	0.66	+0.0%
1929	0.66	+0.0%
1930	0.66	+0.0%
1931	0.66	+0.0%
1932	0.719	+8.9%
1933	0.797	+10.8%
1934	0.797	+0.0%
1935	0.797	+0.0%
1936	0.797	+0.0%
1937	0.797	+0.0%
1938	0.801	+0.5%
1939	0.802	+0.1%
1940	0.802	+0.0%
1941	0.802	+0.0%
1942	0.804	+0.2%
1943	0.785	-2.4%
1944	0.785	+0.0%
1945	0.785	+0.0%
1946	0.754	-3.9%
1947	0.741	-1.7%
1948	0.741	+0.0%
1949	0.74	-0.1%
1950	0.744	+0.5%
1951	0.744	+0.0%
1952	0.747	+0.4%
1953	0.747	+0.0%
1954	0.747	+0.0%
1955	0.747	+0.0%
1956	0.747	+0.0%
1957	0.752	+0.7%
1958	0.769	+2.3%
1959	0.816	+6.1%
1960	0.853	+4.5%
1961	0.853	+0.0%
1962	0.853	+0.0%
1963	0.864	+1.3%
1964	0.869	+0.6%
1965	0.869	+0.0%
1966	0.869	+0.0%
1967	0.869	+0.0%
1968	0.869	+0.0%
1969	0.869	+0.0%
1970	0.842	-3.1%
1971	0.842	+0.0%
1972	0.842	+0.0%
1973	0.607	-27.9%
1974	0.296	-51.2%
1975	0.305	+3.0%
1976	0.305	+0.0%
1977	0.305	+0.0%
1978	0.305	+0.0%
1979	0.305	+0.0%
1980	0.375	+23.0%
1981	0.375	+0.0%
1982	0.384	+2.4%
1983	0.384	+0.0%
1984	0.384	+0.0%
1985	0.389	+1.3%
1986	0.389	+0.0%
1987	0.389	+0.0%
1988	0.389	+0.0%
1989	0.442	+13.6%
1990	0.94	+112.7%
1991	0.957	+1.8%
1992	0.957	+0.0%
1993	0.957	+0.0%
1994	0.957	+0.0%
1995	0.957	+0.0%
1996	0.957	+0.0%
1997	0.957	+0.0%
1998	0.957	+0.0%
1999	0.957	+0.0%
2000	0.958	+0.1%
2001	0.958	+0.0%
2002	0.958	+0.0%
2003	0.958	+0.0%
2004	0.958	+0.0%
2005	0.958	+0.0%
2006	0.958	+0.0%
2007	0.958	+0.0%
2008	0.96	+0.2%
2009	0.96	+0.0%
2010	0.96	+0.0%
2011	0.96	+0.0%
2012	0.96	+0.0%
2013	0.958	-0.2%
2014	0.957	-0.1%
2015	0.95	-0.7%
2016	0.95	+0.0%
2017	0.95	+0.0%
2018	0.946	-0.4%
2019	0.942	-0.4%
2020	0.944	+0.2%
2021	0.95	+0.6%
2022	0.953	+0.3%
2023	0.953	+0.0%
2024	0.948	-0.5%
2025	0.951	+0.3%

Chile compared with similar countries

Chile's 0.951 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.927, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Chile's 0.951 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.577, 1.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.293	0.293	0.293	1
1790s	0.293	0.293	0.293	10
1800s	0.283	0.268	0.293	10
1810s	0.3417	0.268	0.427	10
1820s	0.4208	0.298	0.499	10
1830s	0.5269	0.523	0.54	10
1840s	0.575	0.575	0.575	10
1850s	0.5824	0.552	0.605	10
1860s	0.7293	0.687	0.734	10
1870s	0.7091	0.697	0.734	10
1880s	0.7008	0.69	0.708	10
1890s	0.6608	0.584	0.68	10
1900s	0.6849	0.673	0.689	10
1910s	0.689	0.689	0.689	10
1920s	0.6749	0.655	0.689	10
1930s	0.7627	0.66	0.802	10
1940s	0.7739	0.74	0.804	10
1950s	0.756	0.744	0.816	10
1960s	0.8637	0.853	0.869	10
1970s	0.4954	0.296	0.842	10
1980s	0.39	0.375	0.442	10
1990s	0.9553	0.94	0.957	10
2000s	0.9584	0.958	0.96	10
2010s	0.9533	0.942	0.96	10
2020s	0.9498	0.944	0.953	6

Countries ranked near Chile

19 Canada 0.963 compare
20 Japan 0.956 compare
21 United Kingdom 0.955 compare
23 Spain 0.947 compare
24 Czechia 0.945 compare
24 Uruguay 0.945 compare

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Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2204 (2050)
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Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.46 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 11.45 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 25.25 (2050)
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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law index in Chile?: Rule of law index in Chile was 0.951 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest rule of law index recorded in Chile?: The highest recorded value was 0.96 in 2008.
What is the lowest rule of law index recorded in Chile?: The lowest recorded value was 0.268 in 1806.
How does Chile rank for rule of law index?: Chile ranks 22nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is rule of law index rising or falling in Chile?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Chile data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Rule of Law Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Rule of Law Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,303 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which the government complies with the law, courts are independent, laws transparent, justice accessible, corruption absent, and the bureaucracy is impartial.