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Rule of law index in Oman

Oman: Rule of law index was 0.613 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.613
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
80th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.634
in 2014
All-time low
0.194
in 1906
Years of data
237
1789–2025

Rule of law index in Oman, 1789–2025

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, rule of law index in Oman stood at 0.613.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law index in Oman peaked at 0.634 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.194, in 1906.

That places Oman 80th 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 Oman, year by year

Year Value Change
1789 0.25 —
1790 0.25 +0.0%
1791 0.25 +0.0%
1792 0.25 +0.0%
1793 0.25 +0.0%
1794 0.25 +0.0%
1795 0.25 +0.0%
1796 0.25 +0.0%
1797 0.25 +0.0%
1798 0.25 +0.0%
1799 0.25 +0.0%
1800 0.25 +0.0%
1801 0.25 +0.0%
1802 0.25 +0.0%
1803 0.25 +0.0%
1804 0.25 +0.0%
1805 0.25 +0.0%
1806 0.25 +0.0%
1807 0.25 +0.0%
1808 0.25 +0.0%
1809 0.25 +0.0%
1810 0.25 +0.0%
1811 0.25 +0.0%
1812 0.25 +0.0%
1813 0.25 +0.0%
1814 0.25 +0.0%
1815 0.25 +0.0%
1816 0.25 +0.0%
1817 0.25 +0.0%
1818 0.25 +0.0%
1819 0.25 +0.0%
1820 0.25 +0.0%
1821 0.25 +0.0%
1822 0.25 +0.0%
1823 0.25 +0.0%
1824 0.25 +0.0%
1825 0.25 +0.0%
1826 0.25 +0.0%
1827 0.25 +0.0%
1828 0.25 +0.0%
1829 0.25 +0.0%
1830 0.25 +0.0%
1831 0.25 +0.0%
1832 0.25 +0.0%
1833 0.25 +0.0%
1834 0.25 +0.0%
1835 0.25 +0.0%
1836 0.25 +0.0%
1837 0.25 +0.0%
1838 0.25 +0.0%
1839 0.25 +0.0%
1840 0.25 +0.0%
1841 0.25 +0.0%
1842 0.25 +0.0%
1843 0.25 +0.0%
1844 0.25 +0.0%
1845 0.25 +0.0%
1846 0.25 +0.0%
1847 0.25 +0.0%
1848 0.25 +0.0%
1849 0.25 +0.0%
1850 0.25 +0.0%
1851 0.25 +0.0%
1852 0.25 +0.0%
1853 0.25 +0.0%
1854 0.25 +0.0%
1855 0.25 +0.0%
1856 0.25 +0.0%
1857 0.25 +0.0%
1858 0.25 +0.0%
1859 0.25 +0.0%
1860 0.25 +0.0%
1861 0.25 +0.0%
1862 0.25 +0.0%
1863 0.25 +0.0%
1864 0.25 +0.0%
1865 0.25 +0.0%
1866 0.25 +0.0%
1867 0.25 +0.0%
1868 0.25 +0.0%
1869 0.25 +0.0%
1870 0.25 +0.0%
1871 0.25 +0.0%
1872 0.25 +0.0%
1873 0.25 +0.0%
1874 0.25 +0.0%
1875 0.25 +0.0%
1876 0.25 +0.0%
1877 0.25 +0.0%
1878 0.25 +0.0%
1879 0.25 +0.0%
1880 0.25 +0.0%
1881 0.25 +0.0%
1882 0.25 +0.0%
1883 0.25 +0.0%
1884 0.25 +0.0%
1885 0.25 +0.0%
1886 0.25 +0.0%
1887 0.25 +0.0%
1888 0.25 +0.0%
1889 0.25 +0.0%
1890 0.25 +0.0%
1891 0.25 +0.0%
1892 0.25 +0.0%
1893 0.25 +0.0%
1894 0.25 +0.0%
1895 0.25 +0.0%
1896 0.25 +0.0%
1897 0.25 +0.0%
1898 0.25 +0.0%
1899 0.25 +0.0%
1900 0.195 -22.0%
1901 0.195 +0.0%
1902 0.195 +0.0%
1903 0.195 +0.0%
1904 0.195 +0.0%
1905 0.195 +0.0%
1906 0.194 -0.5%
1907 0.194 +0.0%
1908 0.194 +0.0%
1909 0.194 +0.0%
1910 0.205 +5.7%
1911 0.205 +0.0%
1912 0.205 +0.0%
1913 0.205 +0.0%
1914 0.205 +0.0%
1915 0.205 +0.0%
1916 0.205 +0.0%
1917 0.205 +0.0%
1918 0.205 +0.0%
1919 0.205 +0.0%
1920 0.205 +0.0%
1921 0.216 +5.4%
1922 0.214 -0.9%
1923 0.214 +0.0%
1924 0.215 +0.5%
1925 0.215 +0.0%
1926 0.215 +0.0%
1927 0.215 +0.0%
1928 0.215 +0.0%
1929 0.221 +2.8%
1930 0.221 +0.0%
1931 0.221 +0.0%
1932 0.237 +7.2%
1933 0.237 +0.0%
1934 0.237 +0.0%
1935 0.237 +0.0%
1936 0.237 +0.0%
1937 0.237 +0.0%
1938 0.237 +0.0%
1939 0.237 +0.0%
1940 0.246 +3.8%
1941 0.246 +0.0%
1942 0.246 +0.0%
1943 0.246 +0.0%
1944 0.246 +0.0%
1945 0.246 +0.0%
1946 0.246 +0.0%
1947 0.239 -2.8%
1948 0.234 -2.1%
1949 0.237 +1.3%
1950 0.237 +0.0%
1951 0.237 +0.0%
1952 0.237 +0.0%
1953 0.237 +0.0%
1954 0.237 +0.0%
1955 0.237 +0.0%
1956 0.237 +0.0%
1957 0.237 +0.0%
1958 0.237 +0.0%
1959 0.237 +0.0%
1960 0.237 +0.0%
1961 0.237 +0.0%
1962 0.237 +0.0%
1963 0.237 +0.0%
1964 0.237 +0.0%
1965 0.228 -3.8%
1966 0.228 +0.0%
1967 0.228 +0.0%
1968 0.228 +0.0%
1969 0.228 +0.0%
1970 0.382 +67.5%
1971 0.411 +7.6%
1972 0.417 +1.5%
1973 0.417 +0.0%
1974 0.457 +9.6%
1975 0.457 +0.0%
1976 0.478 +4.6%
1977 0.497 +4.0%
1978 0.505 +1.6%
1979 0.505 +0.0%
1980 0.509 +0.8%
1981 0.509 +0.0%
1982 0.509 +0.0%
1983 0.508 -0.2%
1984 0.508 +0.0%
1985 0.508 +0.0%
1986 0.518 +2.0%
1987 0.518 +0.0%
1988 0.518 +0.0%
1989 0.518 +0.0%
1990 0.518 +0.0%
1991 0.525 +1.4%
1992 0.525 +0.0%
1993 0.525 +0.0%
1994 0.525 +0.0%
1995 0.519 -1.1%
1996 0.548 +5.6%
1997 0.554 +1.1%
1998 0.554 +0.0%
1999 0.561 +1.3%
2000 0.607 +8.2%
2001 0.622 +2.5%
2002 0.622 +0.0%
2003 0.608 -2.3%
2004 0.608 +0.0%
2005 0.608 +0.0%
2006 0.613 +0.8%
2007 0.613 +0.0%
2008 0.613 +0.0%
2009 0.617 +0.7%
2010 0.615 -0.3%
2011 0.628 +2.1%
2012 0.628 +0.0%
2013 0.628 +0.0%
2014 0.634 +1.0%
2015 0.634 +0.0%
2016 0.634 +0.0%
2017 0.615 -3.0%
2018 0.615 +0.0%
2019 0.619 +0.7%
2020 0.62 +0.2%
2021 0.613 -1.1%
2022 0.61 -0.5%
2023 0.61 +0.0%
2024 0.61 +0.0%
2025 0.613 +0.5%

Oman compared with similar countries

  • Oman's 0.613 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.927, 66% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Oman's 0.613 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.321, 1.9× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1780s 0.25 0.25 0.25 1
1790s 0.25 0.25 0.25 10
1800s 0.25 0.25 0.25 10
1810s 0.25 0.25 0.25 10
1820s 0.25 0.25 0.25 10
1830s 0.25 0.25 0.25 10
1840s 0.25 0.25 0.25 10
1850s 0.25 0.25 0.25 10
1860s 0.25 0.25 0.25 10
1870s 0.25 0.25 0.25 10
1880s 0.25 0.25 0.25 10
1890s 0.25 0.25 0.25 10
1900s 0.1946 0.194 0.195 10
1910s 0.205 0.205 0.205 10
1920s 0.2145 0.205 0.221 10
1930s 0.2338 0.221 0.237 10
1940s 0.2432 0.234 0.246 10
1950s 0.237 0.237 0.237 10
1960s 0.2325 0.228 0.237 10
1970s 0.4526 0.382 0.505 10
1980s 0.5123 0.508 0.518 10
1990s 0.5354 0.518 0.561 10
2000s 0.6131 0.607 0.622 10
2010s 0.625 0.615 0.634 10
2020s 0.6127 0.61 0.62 6

Countries ranked near Oman

  1. 77 Zambia 0.654 compare
  2. 78 Kenya 0.64 compare
  3. 79 United Arab Emirates 0.638 compare
  4. 81 Hungary 0.605 compare
  5. 82 Tunisia 0.596 compare
  6. 83 Albania 0.592 compare
  7. 83 Peru 0.592 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law index in Oman?
Rule of law index in Oman was 0.613 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest rule of law index recorded in Oman?
The highest recorded value was 0.634 in 2014.
What is the lowest rule of law index recorded in Oman?
The lowest recorded value was 0.194 in 1906.
How does Oman rank for rule of law index?
Oman ranks 80th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is rule of law index rising or falling in Oman?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Oman data come from?
The figures come from 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
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,303 data points, 1789–2025
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