Rule of Law - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
208
Highest
96.0%
Finland
Lowest
23.2%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Median
59.3%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,320
What the numbers show
Rule of Law - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 96.0% in Finland; the lowest is 23.2% in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of.
The median across all reporting countries is 59.3%, and the mean is 61.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 23.9%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 26.5%).
Rule of Law - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 96.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Denmark | 95.7% | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 3 | Norway | 94.8% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | New Caledonia | 94.2% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 5 | Liechtenstein | 93.5% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 6 | French Polynesia | 93.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 7 | Switzerland | 92.6% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 8 | Greenland | 92.2% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 91.5% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 10 | Andorra | 91.4% | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 11 | Sweden | 90.9% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 12 | Netherlands | 90.6% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 13 | Monaco | 90.3% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 14 | Iceland | 90.2% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 15 | Austria | 90.0% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 16 | New Zealand | 89.9% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 17 | American Samoa | 89.4% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 89.1% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 19 | Ireland | 88.5% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 20 | Japan | 87.4% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 21 | Palau | 87.2% | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 22 | San Marino | 87.1% | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 23 | Estonia | 86.6% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 24 | Australia | 86.6% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 25 | Canada | 86.4% | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 26 | Singapore | 85.8% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 27 | Tuvalu | 85.7% | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 28 | Guam | 85.3% | 2024 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 29 | Aruba | 85.2% | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 30 | Lithuania | 84.7% | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 31 | Belgium | 83.2% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 83.0% | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 33 | Samoa | 82.7% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 34 | Bermuda | 82.4% | 2024 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 35 | Czechia | 81.5% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 36 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 81.5% | 2024 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 37 | Republic of Korea | 80.4% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 38 | Latvia | 79.8% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 39 | Portugal | 79.6% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 40 | Macau, China | 79.3% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 41 | Marshall Islands | 79.1% | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 42 | United States Virgin Islands | 78.6% | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 43 | Cayman Islands | 78.5% | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 44 | Kiribati | 78.2% | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 45 | France | 78.0% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 46 | Slovenia | 77.9% | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 47 | United States of America | 77.8% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 48 | Uruguay | 77.7% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 49 | Spain | 77.2% | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 50 | Hong Kong, China | 77.2% | 2024 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 51 | Tonga | 76.4% | 2024 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 52 | Bhutan | 76.1% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 53 | Barbados | 74.2% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 54 | Malta | 73.8% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 55 | Seychelles | 73.4% | 2024 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 56 | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.2% | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 57 | Brunei Darussalam | 73.1% | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 58 | Chile | 73.1% | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 59 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 73.0% | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 60 | Cyprus | 73.0% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 61 | Puerto Rico | 72.9% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 62 | Israel | 72.7% | 2024 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 63 | Qatar | 72.4% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 64 | Mauritius | 72.4% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 71.9% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 66 | Italy | 71.8% | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 67 | Grenada | 71.7% | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 68 | Vanuatu | 71.4% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 69 | Naoero | 71.4% | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 71.1% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 71 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.0% | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 72 | Poland | 71.0% | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 73 | Slovakia | 70.7% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 74 | Oman | 70.0% | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 69.8% | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 76 | Fiji | 69.6% | 2024 | up 21.7% | flat |
| 77 | Cape Verde | 69.6% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 78 | Dominica | 69.2% | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 79 | Croatia | 67.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 80 | Romania | 67.4% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 81 | Malaysia | 67.1% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 82 | Solomon Islands | 66.9% | 2024 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 83 | Namibia | 66.7% | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 84 | Botswana | 66.5% | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 85 | Greece | 66.3% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 86 | Bahamas | 66.1% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 87 | Saudi Arabia | 65.7% | 2024 | up 20.8% | flat |
| 88 | Kuwait | 65.1% | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 89 | Maldives | 65.1% | 2024 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 90 | Bahrain | 65.1% | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 91 | Montenegro | 64.5% | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 92 | Hungary | 64.4% | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 93 | Jordan | 64.0% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 94 | Georgia | 63.9% | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 95 | Rwanda | 62.7% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 96 | Kosovo | 62.1% | 2024 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 96 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 62.1% | 2024 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 98 | Ghana | 61.7% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 99 | South Africa | 61.4% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 100 | Bulgaria | 60.5% | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 101 | India | 60.4% | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 102 | Armenia | 60.0% | 2024 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 103 | Jamaica | 60.0% | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 104 | Mongolia | 59.5% | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 105 | Albania | 59.2% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 106 | Republic of Moldova | 58.5% | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 107 | Malawi | 58.3% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 58.2% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 109 | Suriname | 57.8% | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 110 | Serbia | 57.8% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 111 | Indonesia | 57.6% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 57.5% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 113 | Thailand | 57.4% | 2024 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 114 | Senegal | 57.3% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 115 | Argentina | 56.8% | 2024 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 116 | Panama | 56.8% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 56.6% | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 118 | Sao Tome and Principe | 56.0% | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 119 | Nepal | 55.9% | 2024 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 120 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 55.9% | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 121 | Viet Nam | 55.9% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 122 | Guyana | 55.7% | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.9% | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 124 | Tunisia | 54.9% | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 125 | Morocco | 54.8% | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 126 | Belize | 54.8% | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 127 | Lesotho | 54.7% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 128 | Kazakhstan | 54.6% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 54.1% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 130 | Gambia | 54.0% | 2024 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 131 | Benin | 53.8% | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 132 | Brazil | 53.4% | 2024 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 133 | Kenya | 52.7% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 134 | Peru | 52.5% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 52.3% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 136 | Cuba | 52.1% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 137 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 51.9% | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 138 | Timor-Leste | 51.8% | 2024 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 139 | Colombia | 51.5% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 140 | Philippines | 51.3% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 141 | Paraguay | 51.3% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 142 | Zambia | 51.2% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 143 | China | 51.2% | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 144 | Côte d'Ivoire | 50.9% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 145 | Togo | 50.0% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 146 | Uzbekistan | 49.9% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 147 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 49.5% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 148 | Algeria | 49.2% | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 149 | El Salvador | 49.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 150 | Ukraine | 48.8% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 151 | Egypt | 48.3% | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 152 | Uganda | 48.1% | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 153 | Eswatini | 47.4% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 154 | Türkiye | 46.6% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 46.4% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 156 | Palestine, State of | 46.2% | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 157 | Mauritania | 46.1% | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 158 | Liberia | 45.9% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 159 | Madagascar | 45.7% | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 45.7% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 161 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.1% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 162 | Guatemala | 44.8% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 163 | Ecuador | 44.7% | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 164 | Niger | 44.7% | 2024 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 165 | Djibouti | 44.5% | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 166 | Bangladesh | 44.5% | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 167 | Comoros | 43.7% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 168 | Pakistan | 43.6% | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 169 | Nigeria | 43.6% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 170 | Cambodia | 43.0% | 2024 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 171 | Ethiopia | 42.9% | 2024 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 172 | Lebanon | 42.6% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 173 | Mali | 42.0% | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 174 | Tajikistan | 41.9% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 175 | Gabon | 41.4% | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 176 | Guinea-Bissau | 41.3% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 177 | Russian Federation | 41.3% | 2024 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 178 | Mexico | 41.2% | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 179 | Guinea | 41.1% | 2024 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 180 | Angola | 41.0% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 181 | Congo | 40.9% | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 182 | Honduras | 40.9% | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 183 | Belarus | 40.3% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 184 | Mozambique | 40.2% | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 185 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 40.1% | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 186 | Zimbabwe | 40.0% | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 187 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 39.5% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 188 | Burundi | 39.3% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 189 | Cameroon | 39.3% | 2024 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 190 | Iraq | 39.0% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 191 | Turkmenistan | 38.8% | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 192 | Chad | 36.8% | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 193 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 36.6% | 2024 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 194 | Equatorial Guinea | 36.4% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 195 | Haiti | 33.7% | 2024 | down 16.1% | flat |
| 196 | Libya | 33.3% | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 197 | Nicaragua | 33.2% | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 198 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 32.8% | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 199 | Central African Republic | 32.4% | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 200 | Syrian Arab Republic | 31.6% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 201 | Eritrea | 30.9% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 202 | Sudan | 30.4% | 2024 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 203 | Myanmar | 30.1% | 2024 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 204 | Yemen | 29.4% | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 205 | South Sudan | 28.9% | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 206 | Afghanistan | 28.1% | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 207 | Somalia | 23.8% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 208 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 23.2% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |