What is rule of law index in Guatemala?

Rule of law index in Guatemala was 0.695 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

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

The highest recorded value was 0.695 in 2025.

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

The lowest recorded value was 0.065 in 1900.

How does Guatemala rank for rule of law index?

Guatemala ranks 69th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is rule of law index rising or falling in Guatemala?

Over the last ten years it is up 62.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Guatemala 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 Guatemala

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

Guatemala: Rule of Law Index was 0.695 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.695

Change on year

up 5.8%

World rank

69th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.695

in 2025

All-time low

0.065

in 1900

Years of data

236

1789–2025

Rule of Law Index in Guatemala, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

In 2025, rule of law index in Guatemala stood at 0.695. That is the highest value across all 236 years on record.

The figure is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 62.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law index in Guatemala peaked at 0.695 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.065, in 1900.

Guatemala ranks 69th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 236 years of available data.

Rule of Law Index in Guatemala, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law Index in Guatemala, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.353	—
1790	0.311	-11.9%
1791	0.311	+0.0%
1792	0.311	+0.0%
1793	0.311	+0.0%
1794	0.311	+0.0%
1795	0.311	+0.0%
1796	0.311	+0.0%
1797	0.311	+0.0%
1798	0.311	+0.0%
1799	0.311	+0.0%
1800	0.311	+0.0%
1801	0.311	+0.0%
1802	0.311	+0.0%
1803	0.311	+0.0%
1804	0.311	+0.0%
1805	0.311	+0.0%
1806	0.311	+0.0%
1807	0.311	+0.0%
1808	0.311	+0.0%
1809	0.311	+0.0%
1810	0.311	+0.0%
1811	0.311	+0.0%
1812	0.339	+9.0%
1813	0.339	+0.0%
1814	0.339	+0.0%
1815	0.339	+0.0%
1816	0.339	+0.0%
1817	0.339	+0.0%
1818	0.339	+0.0%
1819	0.339	+0.0%
1820	0.339	+0.0%
1821	0.339	+0.0%
1823	0.269	-20.6%
1824	0.304	+13.0%
1825	0.304	+0.0%
1826	0.304	+0.0%
1827	0.304	+0.0%
1828	0.304	+0.0%
1829	0.304	+0.0%
1830	0.304	+0.0%
1831	0.304	+0.0%
1832	0.304	+0.0%
1833	0.304	+0.0%
1834	0.304	+0.0%
1835	0.238	-21.7%
1836	0.238	+0.0%
1837	0.238	+0.0%
1838	0.238	+0.0%
1839	0.238	+0.0%
1840	0.318	+33.6%
1841	0.318	+0.0%
1842	0.318	+0.0%
1843	0.318	+0.0%
1844	0.253	-20.4%
1845	0.253	+0.0%
1846	0.253	+0.0%
1847	0.312	+23.3%
1848	0.312	+0.0%
1849	0.312	+0.0%
1850	0.312	+0.0%
1851	0.312	+0.0%
1852	0.312	+0.0%
1853	0.312	+0.0%
1854	0.312	+0.0%
1855	0.312	+0.0%
1856	0.312	+0.0%
1857	0.312	+0.0%
1858	0.312	+0.0%
1859	0.312	+0.0%
1860	0.312	+0.0%
1861	0.312	+0.0%
1862	0.312	+0.0%
1863	0.312	+0.0%
1864	0.312	+0.0%
1865	0.312	+0.0%
1866	0.339	+8.7%
1867	0.339	+0.0%
1868	0.339	+0.0%
1869	0.339	+0.0%
1870	0.333	-1.8%
1871	0.18	-45.9%
1872	0.18	+0.0%
1873	0.18	+0.0%
1874	0.18	+0.0%
1875	0.18	+0.0%
1876	0.18	+0.0%
1877	0.18	+0.0%
1878	0.18	+0.0%
1879	0.18	+0.0%
1880	0.18	+0.0%
1881	0.18	+0.0%
1882	0.18	+0.0%
1883	0.18	+0.0%
1884	0.18	+0.0%
1885	0.18	+0.0%
1886	0.204	+13.3%
1887	0.204	+0.0%
1888	0.204	+0.0%
1889	0.204	+0.0%
1890	0.204	+0.0%
1891	0.204	+0.0%
1892	0.204	+0.0%
1893	0.204	+0.0%
1894	0.204	+0.0%
1895	0.204	+0.0%
1896	0.204	+0.0%
1897	0.204	+0.0%
1898	0.204	+0.0%
1899	0.075	-63.2%
1900	0.065	-13.3%
1901	0.065	+0.0%
1902	0.065	+0.0%
1903	0.065	+0.0%
1904	0.065	+0.0%
1905	0.065	+0.0%
1906	0.065	+0.0%
1907	0.065	+0.0%
1908	0.065	+0.0%
1909	0.065	+0.0%
1910	0.067	+3.1%
1911	0.067	+0.0%
1912	0.067	+0.0%
1913	0.067	+0.0%
1914	0.067	+0.0%
1915	0.067	+0.0%
1916	0.067	+0.0%
1917	0.067	+0.0%
1918	0.067	+0.0%
1919	0.069	+3.0%
1920	0.108	+56.5%
1921	0.143	+32.4%
1922	0.13	-9.1%
1923	0.13	+0.0%
1924	0.13	+0.0%
1925	0.13	+0.0%
1926	0.13	+0.0%
1927	0.13	+0.0%
1928	0.13	+0.0%
1929	0.13	+0.0%
1930	0.13	+0.0%
1931	0.166	+27.7%
1932	0.166	+0.0%
1933	0.166	+0.0%
1934	0.166	+0.0%
1935	0.166	+0.0%
1936	0.159	-4.2%
1937	0.159	+0.0%
1938	0.159	+0.0%
1939	0.159	+0.0%
1940	0.16	+0.6%
1941	0.16	+0.0%
1942	0.16	+0.0%
1943	0.16	+0.0%
1944	0.232	+45.0%
1945	0.518	+123.3%
1946	0.496	-4.2%
1947	0.496	+0.0%
1948	0.496	+0.0%
1949	0.496	+0.0%
1950	0.496	+0.0%
1951	0.496	+0.0%
1952	0.48	-3.2%
1953	0.471	-1.9%
1954	0.353	-25.1%
1955	0.122	-65.4%
1956	0.127	+4.1%
1957	0.122	-3.9%
1958	0.129	+5.7%
1959	0.13	+0.8%
1960	0.123	-5.4%
1961	0.123	+0.0%
1962	0.121	-1.6%
1963	0.136	+12.4%
1964	0.138	+1.5%
1965	0.138	+0.0%
1966	0.145	+5.1%
1967	0.166	+14.5%
1968	0.163	-1.8%
1969	0.163	+0.0%
1970	0.14	-14.1%
1971	0.134	-4.3%
1972	0.134	+0.0%
1973	0.134	+0.0%
1974	0.127	-5.2%
1975	0.139	+9.4%
1976	0.139	+0.0%
1977	0.128	-7.9%
1978	0.092	-28.1%
1979	0.089	-3.3%
1980	0.085	-4.5%
1981	0.095	+11.8%
1982	0.085	-10.5%
1983	0.118	+38.8%
1984	0.123	+4.2%
1985	0.157	+27.6%
1986	0.202	+28.7%
1987	0.245	+21.3%
1988	0.245	+0.0%
1989	0.245	+0.0%
1990	0.251	+2.4%
1991	0.242	-3.6%
1992	0.242	+0.0%
1993	0.27	+11.6%
1994	0.285	+5.6%
1995	0.296	+3.9%
1996	0.348	+17.6%
1997	0.359	+3.2%
1998	0.358	-0.3%
1999	0.35	-2.2%
2000	0.328	-6.3%
2001	0.333	+1.5%
2002	0.336	+0.9%
2003	0.336	+0.0%
2004	0.362	+7.7%
2005	0.362	+0.0%
2006	0.362	+0.0%
2007	0.362	+0.0%
2008	0.369	+1.9%
2009	0.372	+0.8%
2010	0.372	+0.0%
2011	0.378	+1.6%
2012	0.375	-0.8%
2013	0.382	+1.9%
2014	0.396	+3.7%
2015	0.427	+7.8%
2016	0.451	+5.6%
2017	0.448	-0.7%
2018	0.366	-18.3%
2019	0.371	+1.4%
2020	0.373	+0.5%
2021	0.351	-5.9%
2022	0.294	-16.2%
2023	0.33	+12.2%
2024	0.657	+99.1%
2025	0.695	+5.8%

Guatemala compared with similar countries

Guatemala's 0.695 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4345, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Guatemala's 0.695 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.577, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.353	0.353	0.353	1
1790s	0.311	0.311	0.311	10
1800s	0.311	0.311	0.311	10
1810s	0.3334	0.311	0.339	10
1820s	0.3079	0.269	0.339	9
1830s	0.271	0.238	0.304	10
1840s	0.2967	0.253	0.318	10
1850s	0.312	0.312	0.312	10
1860s	0.3228	0.312	0.339	10
1870s	0.1953	0.18	0.333	10
1880s	0.1896	0.18	0.204	10
1890s	0.1911	0.075	0.204	10
1900s	0.065	0.065	0.065	10
1910s	0.0672	0.067	0.069	10
1920s	0.1291	0.108	0.143	10
1930s	0.1596	0.13	0.166	10
1940s	0.3374	0.16	0.518	10
1950s	0.2926	0.122	0.496	10
1960s	0.1416	0.121	0.166	10
1970s	0.1256	0.089	0.14	10
1980s	0.16	0.085	0.245	10
1990s	0.3001	0.242	0.359	10
2000s	0.3522	0.328	0.372	10
2010s	0.3966	0.366	0.451	10
2020s	0.45	0.294	0.695	6

Countries ranked near Guatemala

66 Lesotho 0.716 compare
67 Tanzania 0.712 compare
68 Malaysia 0.698 compare
70 Romania 0.694 compare
70 South Africa 0.694 compare
72 Panama 0.692 compare

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Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.72 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1246 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.72 (2050)
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Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.9 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.68 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 18.61 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6786 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law index in Guatemala?: Rule of law index in Guatemala was 0.695 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest rule of law index recorded in Guatemala?: The highest recorded value was 0.695 in 2025.
What is the lowest rule of law index recorded in Guatemala?: The lowest recorded value was 0.065 in 1900.
How does Guatemala rank for rule of law index?: Guatemala ranks 69th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is rule of law index rising or falling in Guatemala?: Over the last ten years it is up 62.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Guatemala 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.