What is rule of law index in Greece?

Rule of law index in Greece was 0.808 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

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

The highest recorded value was 0.9 in 2014.

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

The lowest recorded value was 0.211 in 1808.

How does Greece rank for rule of law index?

Greece ranks 48th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is rule of law index rising or falling in Greece?

Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Greece 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 Greece

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

Greece: Rule of Law Index was 0.808 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.808

Change on year

down 1.3%

World rank

48th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.9

in 2014

All-time low

0.211

in 1808

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Rule of Law Index in Greece, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for rule of law index in Greece is 0.808, measured in 2025.

The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law index in Greece peaked at 0.9 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.211, in 1808.

Greece ranks 48th of 176 countries on this measure, 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 Greece, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law Index in Greece, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.226	—
1790	0.226	+0.0%
1791	0.226	+0.0%
1792	0.226	+0.0%
1793	0.226	+0.0%
1794	0.226	+0.0%
1795	0.226	+0.0%
1796	0.226	+0.0%
1797	0.226	+0.0%
1798	0.226	+0.0%
1799	0.226	+0.0%
1800	0.226	+0.0%
1801	0.226	+0.0%
1802	0.226	+0.0%
1803	0.226	+0.0%
1804	0.226	+0.0%
1805	0.226	+0.0%
1806	0.226	+0.0%
1807	0.226	+0.0%
1808	0.211	-6.6%
1809	0.213	+0.9%
1810	0.213	+0.0%
1811	0.213	+0.0%
1812	0.213	+0.0%
1813	0.213	+0.0%
1814	0.213	+0.0%
1815	0.213	+0.0%
1816	0.213	+0.0%
1817	0.213	+0.0%
1818	0.213	+0.0%
1819	0.213	+0.0%
1820	0.213	+0.0%
1821	0.213	+0.0%
1822	0.48	+125.4%
1823	0.48	+0.0%
1824	0.48	+0.0%
1825	0.48	+0.0%
1826	0.48	+0.0%
1827	0.48	+0.0%
1828	0.48	+0.0%
1829	0.48	+0.0%
1830	0.48	+0.0%
1831	0.48	+0.0%
1832	0.48	+0.0%
1833	0.48	+0.0%
1834	0.505	+5.2%
1835	0.518	+2.6%
1836	0.518	+0.0%
1837	0.518	+0.0%
1838	0.518	+0.0%
1839	0.518	+0.0%
1840	0.518	+0.0%
1841	0.518	+0.0%
1842	0.518	+0.0%
1843	0.518	+0.0%
1844	0.518	+0.0%
1845	0.518	+0.0%
1846	0.518	+0.0%
1847	0.518	+0.0%
1848	0.518	+0.0%
1849	0.518	+0.0%
1850	0.518	+0.0%
1851	0.518	+0.0%
1852	0.518	+0.0%
1853	0.518	+0.0%
1854	0.518	+0.0%
1855	0.518	+0.0%
1856	0.518	+0.0%
1857	0.518	+0.0%
1858	0.518	+0.0%
1859	0.518	+0.0%
1860	0.518	+0.0%
1861	0.518	+0.0%
1862	0.518	+0.0%
1863	0.518	+0.0%
1864	0.518	+0.0%
1865	0.518	+0.0%
1866	0.518	+0.0%
1867	0.518	+0.0%
1868	0.518	+0.0%
1869	0.518	+0.0%
1870	0.518	+0.0%
1871	0.518	+0.0%
1872	0.518	+0.0%
1873	0.518	+0.0%
1874	0.518	+0.0%
1875	0.518	+0.0%
1876	0.518	+0.0%
1877	0.518	+0.0%
1878	0.518	+0.0%
1879	0.518	+0.0%
1880	0.518	+0.0%
1881	0.518	+0.0%
1882	0.518	+0.0%
1883	0.518	+0.0%
1884	0.518	+0.0%
1885	0.518	+0.0%
1886	0.518	+0.0%
1887	0.518	+0.0%
1888	0.518	+0.0%
1889	0.518	+0.0%
1890	0.518	+0.0%
1891	0.518	+0.0%
1892	0.518	+0.0%
1893	0.518	+0.0%
1894	0.518	+0.0%
1895	0.518	+0.0%
1896	0.518	+0.0%
1897	0.518	+0.0%
1898	0.518	+0.0%
1899	0.518	+0.0%
1900	0.518	+0.0%
1901	0.518	+0.0%
1902	0.518	+0.0%
1903	0.518	+0.0%
1904	0.518	+0.0%
1905	0.518	+0.0%
1906	0.518	+0.0%
1907	0.518	+0.0%
1908	0.518	+0.0%
1909	0.517	-0.2%
1910	0.546	+5.6%
1911	0.563	+3.1%
1912	0.567	+0.7%
1913	0.567	+0.0%
1914	0.567	+0.0%
1915	0.556	-1.9%
1916	0.549	-1.3%
1917	0.549	+0.0%
1918	0.549	+0.0%
1919	0.549	+0.0%
1920	0.551	+0.4%
1921	0.551	+0.0%
1922	0.551	+0.0%
1923	0.543	-1.5%
1924	0.54	-0.6%
1925	0.585	+8.3%
1926	0.585	+0.0%
1927	0.582	-0.5%
1928	0.6	+3.1%
1929	0.605	+0.8%
1930	0.605	+0.0%
1931	0.605	+0.0%
1932	0.605	+0.0%
1933	0.577	-4.6%
1934	0.577	+0.0%
1935	0.583	+1.0%
1936	0.399	-31.6%
1937	0.423	+6.0%
1938	0.423	+0.0%
1939	0.423	+0.0%
1940	0.321	-24.1%
1941	0.288	-10.3%
1942	0.322	+11.8%
1943	0.319	-0.9%
1944	0.318	-0.3%
1945	0.502	+57.9%
1946	0.527	+5.0%
1947	0.527	+0.0%
1948	0.527	+0.0%
1949	0.527	+0.0%
1950	0.547	+3.8%
1951	0.574	+4.9%
1952	0.606	+5.6%
1953	0.582	-4.0%
1954	0.644	+10.7%
1955	0.655	+1.7%
1956	0.662	+1.1%
1957	0.662	+0.0%
1958	0.662	+0.0%
1959	0.662	+0.0%
1960	0.662	+0.0%
1961	0.662	+0.0%
1962	0.662	+0.0%
1963	0.668	+0.9%
1964	0.668	+0.0%
1965	0.668	+0.0%
1966	0.66	-1.2%
1967	0.435	-34.1%
1968	0.435	+0.0%
1969	0.435	+0.0%
1970	0.435	+0.0%
1971	0.435	+0.0%
1972	0.435	+0.0%
1973	0.435	+0.0%
1974	0.438	+0.7%
1975	0.68	+55.3%
1976	0.814	+19.7%
1977	0.838	+2.9%
1978	0.838	+0.0%
1979	0.838	+0.0%
1980	0.838	+0.0%
1981	0.844	+0.7%
1982	0.86	+1.9%
1983	0.859	-0.1%
1984	0.859	+0.0%
1985	0.859	+0.0%
1986	0.859	+0.0%
1987	0.859	+0.0%
1988	0.859	+0.0%
1989	0.859	+0.0%
1990	0.859	+0.0%
1991	0.859	+0.0%
1992	0.859	+0.0%
1993	0.859	+0.0%
1994	0.859	+0.0%
1995	0.86	+0.1%
1996	0.86	+0.0%
1997	0.86	+0.0%
1998	0.866	+0.7%
1999	0.866	+0.0%
2000	0.866	+0.0%
2001	0.866	+0.0%
2002	0.866	+0.0%
2003	0.866	+0.0%
2004	0.866	+0.0%
2005	0.866	+0.0%
2006	0.866	+0.0%
2007	0.866	+0.0%
2008	0.861	-0.6%
2009	0.87	+1.0%
2010	0.887	+2.0%
2011	0.893	+0.7%
2012	0.89	-0.3%
2013	0.898	+0.9%
2014	0.9	+0.2%
2015	0.892	-0.9%
2016	0.894	+0.2%
2017	0.892	-0.2%
2018	0.895	+0.3%
2019	0.897	+0.2%
2020	0.879	-2.0%
2021	0.878	-0.1%
2022	0.85	-3.2%
2023	0.842	-0.9%
2024	0.819	-2.7%
2025	0.808	-1.3%

Greece compared with similar countries

Greece's 0.808 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.927, 87% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Greece's 0.808 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8365, 97% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.226	0.226	0.226	1
1790s	0.226	0.226	0.226	10
1800s	0.2232	0.211	0.226	10
1810s	0.213	0.213	0.213	10
1820s	0.4266	0.213	0.48	10
1830s	0.5015	0.48	0.518	10
1840s	0.518	0.518	0.518	10
1850s	0.518	0.518	0.518	10
1860s	0.518	0.518	0.518	10
1870s	0.518	0.518	0.518	10
1880s	0.518	0.518	0.518	10
1890s	0.518	0.518	0.518	10
1900s	0.5179	0.517	0.518	10
1910s	0.5562	0.546	0.567	10
1920s	0.5693	0.54	0.605	10
1930s	0.522	0.399	0.605	10
1940s	0.4178	0.288	0.527	10
1950s	0.6256	0.547	0.662	10
1960s	0.5955	0.435	0.668	10
1970s	0.6186	0.435	0.838	10
1980s	0.8555	0.838	0.86	10
1990s	0.8607	0.859	0.866	10
2000s	0.8659	0.861	0.87	10
2010s	0.8938	0.887	0.9	10
2020s	0.846	0.808	0.879	6

Countries ranked near Greece

45 Botswana 0.822 compare
45 Vanuatu 0.822 compare
47 Namibia 0.817 compare
49 Suriname 0.803 compare
50 Croatia 0.802 compare
51 Cape Verde 0.798 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law index in Greece?: Rule of law index in Greece was 0.808 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest rule of law index recorded in Greece?: The highest recorded value was 0.9 in 2014.
What is the lowest rule of law index recorded in Greece?: The lowest recorded value was 0.211 in 1808.
How does Greece rank for rule of law index?: Greece ranks 48th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is rule of law index rising or falling in Greece?: Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Greece 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.