What is rule of law index in Colombia?

Rule of law index in Colombia was 0.749 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

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

The highest recorded value was 0.774 in 2012.

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

The lowest recorded value was 0.283 in 1953.

How does Colombia rank for rule of law index?

Colombia ranks 61st out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is rule of law index rising or falling in Colombia?

Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Colombia 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 Colombia

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

Colombia: Rule of Law Index was 0.749 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.749

Change on year

up 0.7%

World rank

61st

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.774

in 2012

All-time low

0.283

in 1953

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Rule of Law Index in Colombia, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

Colombia recorded 0.749 for rule of law index in 2025.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law index in Colombia peaked at 0.774 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.283, in 1953.

That places Colombia 61st out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Rule of Law Index in Colombia, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law Index in Colombia, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.378	—
1790	0.378	+0.0%
1791	0.378	+0.0%
1792	0.378	+0.0%
1793	0.378	+0.0%
1794	0.378	+0.0%
1795	0.378	+0.0%
1796	0.378	+0.0%
1797	0.378	+0.0%
1798	0.378	+0.0%
1799	0.378	+0.0%
1800	0.378	+0.0%
1801	0.378	+0.0%
1802	0.378	+0.0%
1803	0.378	+0.0%
1804	0.378	+0.0%
1805	0.378	+0.0%
1806	0.378	+0.0%
1807	0.378	+0.0%
1808	0.378	+0.0%
1809	0.378	+0.0%
1810	0.378	+0.0%
1811	0.378	+0.0%
1812	0.378	+0.0%
1813	0.378	+0.0%
1814	0.378	+0.0%
1815	0.378	+0.0%
1816	0.378	+0.0%
1817	0.378	+0.0%
1818	0.378	+0.0%
1819	0.378	+0.0%
1820	0.376	-0.5%
1821	0.397	+5.6%
1822	0.397	+0.0%
1823	0.397	+0.0%
1824	0.397	+0.0%
1825	0.397	+0.0%
1826	0.397	+0.0%
1827	0.397	+0.0%
1828	0.371	-6.5%
1829	0.371	+0.0%
1830	0.371	+0.0%
1831	0.371	+0.0%
1832	0.437	+17.8%
1833	0.437	+0.0%
1834	0.437	+0.0%
1835	0.437	+0.0%
1836	0.437	+0.0%
1837	0.437	+0.0%
1838	0.437	+0.0%
1839	0.397	-9.2%
1840	0.397	+0.0%
1841	0.397	+0.0%
1842	0.397	+0.0%
1843	0.397	+0.0%
1844	0.43	+8.3%
1845	0.43	+0.0%
1846	0.43	+0.0%
1847	0.43	+0.0%
1848	0.43	+0.0%
1849	0.43	+0.0%
1850	0.43	+0.0%
1851	0.455	+5.8%
1852	0.455	+0.0%
1853	0.455	+0.0%
1854	0.383	-15.8%
1855	0.447	+16.7%
1856	0.447	+0.0%
1857	0.409	-8.5%
1858	0.409	+0.0%
1859	0.409	+0.0%
1860	0.409	+0.0%
1861	0.388	-5.1%
1862	0.388	+0.0%
1863	0.413	+6.4%
1864	0.413	+0.0%
1865	0.413	+0.0%
1866	0.413	+0.0%
1867	0.379	-8.2%
1868	0.416	+9.8%
1869	0.416	+0.0%
1870	0.416	+0.0%
1871	0.416	+0.0%
1872	0.416	+0.0%
1873	0.416	+0.0%
1874	0.416	+0.0%
1875	0.416	+0.0%
1876	0.416	+0.0%
1877	0.416	+0.0%
1878	0.416	+0.0%
1879	0.416	+0.0%
1880	0.416	+0.0%
1881	0.416	+0.0%
1882	0.416	+0.0%
1883	0.416	+0.0%
1884	0.416	+0.0%
1885	0.354	-14.9%
1886	0.398	+12.4%
1887	0.398	+0.0%
1888	0.398	+0.0%
1889	0.398	+0.0%
1890	0.398	+0.0%
1891	0.398	+0.0%
1892	0.398	+0.0%
1893	0.398	+0.0%
1894	0.398	+0.0%
1895	0.398	+0.0%
1896	0.398	+0.0%
1897	0.398	+0.0%
1898	0.398	+0.0%
1899	0.398	+0.0%
1900	0.398	+0.0%
1901	0.398	+0.0%
1902	0.398	+0.0%
1903	0.439	+10.3%
1904	0.417	-5.0%
1905	0.417	+0.0%
1906	0.417	+0.0%
1907	0.417	+0.0%
1908	0.417	+0.0%
1909	0.417	+0.0%
1910	0.46	+10.3%
1911	0.468	+1.7%
1912	0.468	+0.0%
1913	0.468	+0.0%
1914	0.468	+0.0%
1915	0.468	+0.0%
1916	0.468	+0.0%
1917	0.468	+0.0%
1918	0.468	+0.0%
1919	0.468	+0.0%
1920	0.468	+0.0%
1921	0.468	+0.0%
1922	0.468	+0.0%
1923	0.468	+0.0%
1924	0.468	+0.0%
1925	0.468	+0.0%
1926	0.468	+0.0%
1927	0.468	+0.0%
1928	0.468	+0.0%
1929	0.468	+0.0%
1930	0.468	+0.0%
1931	0.484	+3.4%
1932	0.484	+0.0%
1933	0.484	+0.0%
1934	0.484	+0.0%
1935	0.484	+0.0%
1936	0.484	+0.0%
1937	0.484	+0.0%
1938	0.484	+0.0%
1939	0.484	+0.0%
1940	0.484	+0.0%
1941	0.484	+0.0%
1942	0.484	+0.0%
1943	0.484	+0.0%
1944	0.484	+0.0%
1945	0.484	+0.0%
1946	0.424	-12.4%
1947	0.424	+0.0%
1948	0.339	-20.0%
1949	0.303	-10.6%
1950	0.303	+0.0%
1951	0.303	+0.0%
1952	0.303	+0.0%
1953	0.283	-6.6%
1954	0.294	+3.9%
1955	0.294	+0.0%
1956	0.294	+0.0%
1957	0.312	+6.1%
1958	0.421	+34.9%
1959	0.521	+23.8%
1960	0.521	+0.0%
1961	0.521	+0.0%
1962	0.521	+0.0%
1963	0.521	+0.0%
1964	0.521	+0.0%
1965	0.521	+0.0%
1966	0.521	+0.0%
1967	0.521	+0.0%
1968	0.528	+1.3%
1969	0.528	+0.0%
1970	0.53	+0.4%
1971	0.53	+0.0%
1972	0.53	+0.0%
1973	0.53	+0.0%
1974	0.53	+0.0%
1975	0.536	+1.1%
1976	0.544	+1.5%
1977	0.544	+0.0%
1978	0.522	-4.0%
1979	0.515	-1.3%
1980	0.515	+0.0%
1981	0.515	+0.0%
1982	0.542	+5.2%
1983	0.549	+1.3%
1984	0.549	+0.0%
1985	0.549	+0.0%
1986	0.538	-2.0%
1987	0.538	+0.0%
1988	0.518	-3.7%
1989	0.518	+0.0%
1990	0.53	+2.3%
1991	0.642	+21.1%
1992	0.671	+4.5%
1993	0.675	+0.6%
1994	0.672	-0.4%
1995	0.672	+0.0%
1996	0.672	+0.0%
1997	0.687	+2.2%
1998	0.687	+0.0%
1999	0.687	+0.0%
2000	0.7	+1.9%
2001	0.7	+0.0%
2002	0.726	+3.7%
2003	0.726	+0.0%
2004	0.726	+0.0%
2005	0.727	+0.1%
2006	0.732	+0.7%
2007	0.734	+0.3%
2008	0.734	+0.0%
2009	0.73	-0.5%
2010	0.74	+1.4%
2011	0.77	+4.1%
2012	0.774	+0.5%
2013	0.762	-1.6%
2014	0.762	+0.0%
2015	0.76	-0.3%
2016	0.763	+0.4%
2017	0.758	-0.7%
2018	0.757	-0.1%
2019	0.749	-1.1%
2020	0.737	-1.6%
2021	0.733	-0.5%
2022	0.75	+2.3%
2023	0.75	+0.0%
2024	0.744	-0.8%
2025	0.749	+0.7%

Colombia compared with similar countries

Colombia's 0.749 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4345, 1.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Colombia's 0.749 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.577, 1.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.378	0.378	0.378	1
1790s	0.378	0.378	0.378	10
1800s	0.378	0.378	0.378	10
1810s	0.378	0.378	0.378	10
1820s	0.3897	0.371	0.397	10
1830s	0.4198	0.371	0.437	10
1840s	0.4168	0.397	0.43	10
1850s	0.4299	0.383	0.455	10
1860s	0.4048	0.379	0.416	10
1870s	0.416	0.416	0.416	10
1880s	0.4026	0.354	0.416	10
1890s	0.398	0.398	0.398	10
1900s	0.4135	0.398	0.439	10
1910s	0.4672	0.46	0.468	10
1920s	0.468	0.468	0.468	10
1930s	0.4824	0.468	0.484	10
1940s	0.4394	0.303	0.484	10
1950s	0.3328	0.283	0.521	10
1960s	0.5224	0.521	0.528	10
1970s	0.5311	0.515	0.544	10
1980s	0.5331	0.515	0.549	10
1990s	0.6595	0.53	0.687	10
2000s	0.7235	0.7	0.734	10
2010s	0.7595	0.74	0.774	10
2020s	0.7438	0.733	0.75	6

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law index in Colombia?: Rule of law index in Colombia was 0.749 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest rule of law index recorded in Colombia?: The highest recorded value was 0.774 in 2012.
What is the lowest rule of law index recorded in Colombia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.283 in 1953.
How does Colombia rank for rule of law index?: Colombia ranks 61st out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is rule of law index rising or falling in Colombia?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Colombia 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.