Rule of Law - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
208
Highest
87.5%
Finland
Lowest
14.2%
Somalia
Median
50.4%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,320
What the numbers show
Rule of Law - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 87.5% in Finland; the lowest is 14.2% in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 50.4%, and the mean is 51.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Bermuda (up 38.6%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 33.5%).
Rule of Law - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 87.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | Denmark | 87.2% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 3 | Norway | 86.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 83.1% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 5 | Sweden | 82.5% | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 6 | Netherlands | 82.1% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 7 | Switzerland | 82.0% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 8 | Austria | 81.6% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 9 | New Zealand | 81.4% | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 10 | Germany | 80.7% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 11 | Ireland | 80.2% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 12 | Liechtenstein | 79.9% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 13 | Iceland | 79.7% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Japan | 78.6% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 15 | Estonia | 78.5% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 78.0% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 17 | Canada | 77.8% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 18 | Singapore | 77.4% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 19 | Lithuania | 76.5% | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 20 | Greenland | 75.9% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 21 | Belgium | 74.8% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 74.6% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 23 | Czechia | 73.3% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 72.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 25 | Latvia | 71.7% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 26 | Portugal | 71.2% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 27 | Andorra | 71.0% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 28 | Aruba | 70.7% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 29 | Tuvalu | 70.3% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 30 | Monaco | 69.9% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 31 | Slovenia | 69.7% | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 32 | France | 69.6% | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 33 | United States of America | 69.3% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 34 | Uruguay | 69.0% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 35 | Spain | 68.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 36 | Hong Kong, China | 68.5% | 2024 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 37 | Samoa | 67.5% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 38 | Palau | 67.1% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 39 | San Marino | 66.7% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 40 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 66.1% | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 41 | Malta | 65.1% | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 42 | Bhutan | 65.0% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 43 | Barbados | 64.8% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 44 | Chile | 64.6% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 45 | Cyprus | 64.6% | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 46 | Guam | 64.2% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 47 | Cayman Islands | 64.0% | 2024 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 48 | Macau, China | 64.0% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 49 | Marshall Islands | 63.6% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 50 | Mauritius | 63.6% | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 51 | Italy | 63.4% | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 63.2% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 53 | Poland | 62.8% | 2024 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 54 | Kiribati | 62.8% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 55 | Slovakia | 62.5% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 56 | American Samoa | 62.0% | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 57 | Israel | 61.8% | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 58 | Qatar | 61.8% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 59 | Tonga | 61.4% | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 60 | Antigua and Barbuda | 61.4% | 2024 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 61.3% | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 62 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 61.2% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 63 | Brunei Darussalam | 61.1% | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 64 | Seychelles | 61.0% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 65 | Grenada | 60.9% | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 66 | Saint Lucia | 60.2% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 67 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 60.2% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 68 | Puerto Rico | 59.8% | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 69 | Oman | 59.4% | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 70 | Croatia | 59.4% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 71 | Romania | 59.3% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 72 | Bermuda | 59.0% | 2024 | up 38.6% | falling |
| 73 | Cape Verde | 58.9% | 2024 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 74 | Malaysia | 58.7% | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 75 | Namibia | 58.5% | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 76 | Dominica | 58.4% | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 77 | Botswana | 58.2% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 78 | Greece | 57.9% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 79 | New Caledonia | 57.1% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 80 | Vanuatu | 57.0% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 81 | Kuwait | 56.7% | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 82 | Bahamas | 56.5% | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 83 | Hungary | 56.2% | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 84 | French Polynesia | 55.9% | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 85 | Jordan | 55.8% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 86 | Montenegro | 55.7% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 87 | Saudi Arabia | 55.5% | 2024 | up 24.4% | flat |
| 88 | United States Virgin Islands | 55.2% | 2024 | up 29.7% | flat |
| 89 | Georgia | 55.1% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 90 | Fiji | 54.8% | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 91 | Rwanda | 54.7% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 92 | Bahrain | 54.6% | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 93 | Ghana | 54.1% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 94 | Kosovo | 53.6% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 94 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 53.6% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 96 | South Africa | 53.1% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 97 | Solomon Islands | 52.3% | 2024 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 52.3% | 2024 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 99 | India | 52.1% | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 100 | Jamaica | 51.3% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 101 | Naoero | 51.2% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 102 | Mongolia | 51.0% | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 103 | Albania | 50.6% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 104 | Malawi | 50.6% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 105 | Maldives | 50.3% | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 106 | Republic of Moldova | 49.9% | 2024 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 107 | Senegal | 49.6% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 49.5% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 109 | Indonesia | 49.3% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 110 | Serbia | 49.2% | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 111 | Thailand | 49.1% | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 112 | Armenia | 49.0% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 113 | Suriname | 48.9% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 114 | North Macedonia | 48.7% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 115 | Argentina | 48.4% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 116 | Sri Lanka | 48.4% | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 117 | Panama | 48.1% | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 118 | Nepal | 47.5% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 119 | Viet Nam | 47.3% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 120 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.1% | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 121 | Guyana | 46.8% | 2024 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 122 | Tunisia | 46.5% | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 123 | Morocco | 46.4% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 124 | Gambia | 46.3% | 2024 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 125 | Kazakhstan | 46.2% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.2% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 127 | Benin | 45.9% | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 128 | Sao Tome and Principe | 45.7% | 2024 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 129 | Belize | 45.5% | 2024 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 130 | Lesotho | 45.2% | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 131 | Kenya | 45.2% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 132 | Brazil | 45.1% | 2024 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 133 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 44.2% | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 134 | Peru | 44.1% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 135 | Zambia | 43.4% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 136 | Côte d'Ivoire | 43.1% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 137 | Colombia | 43.1% | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 43.1% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 139 | Philippines | 42.9% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 140 | China | 42.8% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 141 | Paraguay | 42.6% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 142 | Togo | 42.1% | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 143 | Papua New Guinea | 42.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 144 | Uzbekistan | 41.5% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 145 | Algeria | 40.7% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 146 | Timor-Leste | 40.6% | 2024 | up 20.5% | flat |
| 147 | Uganda | 40.4% | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 148 | El Salvador | 40.4% | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 149 | Cuba | 40.4% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 150 | Ukraine | 40.3% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 151 | Egypt | 39.7% | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 152 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 38.9% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 38.7% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 154 | Türkiye | 38.3% | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 155 | Liberia | 38.2% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 156 | Mauritania | 38.1% | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 157 | Madagascar | 37.8% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 158 | Burkina Faso | 37.8% | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 159 | Eswatini | 36.9% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 160 | Niger | 36.7% | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 161 | Kyrgyzstan | 36.7% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 162 | Bangladesh | 36.3% | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 163 | Guatemala | 36.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 164 | Ecuador | 36.0% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 165 | Nigeria | 35.7% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 166 | Pakistan | 35.3% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 167 | Ethiopia | 34.9% | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 168 | Djibouti | 34.6% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 169 | Cambodia | 34.5% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 170 | Mali | 34.3% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 171 | Lebanon | 33.9% | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 172 | Palestine, State of | 33.6% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 173 | Guinea | 33.3% | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 174 | Mexico | 33.0% | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 175 | Russian Federation | 32.8% | 2024 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 176 | Gabon | 32.8% | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 177 | Angola | 32.6% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 178 | Honduras | 32.6% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 179 | Mozambique | 32.6% | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 180 | Congo | 32.5% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 181 | Zimbabwe | 32.3% | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 182 | Cameroon | 31.5% | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 183 | Tajikistan | 31.3% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 184 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 31.3% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 185 | Comoros | 31.3% | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 186 | Belarus | 31.2% | 2024 | down 21.5% | flat |
| 187 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 30.8% | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 188 | Guinea-Bissau | 30.1% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 189 | Burundi | 29.8% | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 190 | Iraq | 28.2% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 191 | Chad | 27.4% | 2024 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 192 | Turkmenistan | 26.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 193 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 25.1% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 194 | Haiti | 25.1% | 2024 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 195 | Nicaragua | 24.9% | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 196 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 24.8% | 2024 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 197 | Equatorial Guinea | 24.5% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 198 | Central African Republic | 22.5% | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 199 | Sudan | 22.5% | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 200 | Libya | 22.2% | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 201 | Myanmar | 21.5% | 2024 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 202 | Eritrea | 21.0% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 203 | Syrian Arab Republic | 19.9% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 204 | Afghanistan | 19.2% | 2024 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 205 | Yemen | 19.1% | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 206 | South Sudan | 17.2% | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 207 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 14.9% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 208 | Somalia | 14.2% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |