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Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
World Bank (WDI)
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206 countries · 1996–2024
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Country
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Value
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1
Finland
2
2
Denmark
2
3
Norway
1.9
4
Switzerland
1.8
5
Luxembourg
1.8
6
Liechtenstein
1.7
7
Sweden
1.7
8
Netherlands
1.7
9
Austria
1.7
10
New Zealand
1.7
11
Iceland
1.6
12
Germany
1.6
13
Ireland
1.6
14
Greenland
1.6
15
Japan
1.5
16
Estonia
1.5
17
Australia
1.5
18
Canada
1.5
19
Singapore
1.4
20
Lithuania
1.4
21
Monaco
1.3
22
Belgium
1.3
23
United Kingdom
1.3
24
Tuvalu
1.2
25
Aruba
1.2
26
Czechia
1.2
27
Palau
1.2
28
San Marino
1.2
29
Korea, Rep.
1.1
30
Latvia
1.1
31
American Samoa
1.1
32
New Caledonia
1.1
33
Portugal
1.1
34
Samoa
1.1
35
Guam
1
36
French Polynesia
1
37
Slovenia
0.98
38
France
0.98
39
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.98
40
United States
0.96
41
Uruguay
0.95
42
Spain
0.93
43
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.92
44
Macao SAR, China
0.85
45
Marshall Islands
0.84
46
Cayman Islands
0.83
47
Bermuda
0.8
48
Bhutan
0.79
49
Kiribati
0.79
50
Barbados
0.73
51
Malta
0.73
52
Tonga
0.69
53
Chile
0.69
54
Cyprus
0.69
55
Mauritius
0.64
56
Italy
0.62
57
Costa Rica
0.62
58
Antigua and Barbuda
0.6
59
Israel
0.6
60
Seychelles
0.6
61
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.59
62
Qatar
0.59
63
Brunei Darussalam
0.59
64
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0.58
65
Poland
0.58
66
Slovak Republic
0.56
67
Puerto Rico (US)
0.55
68
Grenada
0.54
69
St. Lucia
0.5
70
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.5
71
United Arab Emirates
0.5
72
Oman
0.45
73
Cabo Verde
0.42
74
Vanuatu
0.42
75
Dominica
0.4
76
Croatia
0.38
77
Romania
0.37
78
Malaysia
0.35
79
Namibia
0.33
80
Botswana
0.31
81
Fiji
0.31
82
Greece
0.3
83
Naoero
0.25
84
Bahamas, The
0.25
85
Kuwait
0.23
86
Saudi Arabia
0.21
87
Hungary
0.19
88
Montenegro
0.18
89
Jordan
0.17
90
Bahrain
0.17
91
Solomon Islands
0.15
92
Georgia
0.15
93
Rwanda
0.1
94
Ghana
0.05
95
Kosovo
0.05
96
Maldives
0.04
97
South Africa
0.02
98
Bulgaria
-0.03
99
India
-0.04
100
Jamaica
-0.08
101
Mongolia
-0.1
102
Albania
-0.12
103
Armenia
-0.14
104
Malawi
-0.15
105
Moldova
-0.16
106
Dominican Republic
-0.18
107
Serbia
-0.2
108
Senegal
-0.2
109
Indonesia
-0.21
110
Suriname
-0.21
111
Thailand
-0.22
112
North Macedonia
-0.22
113
Argentina
-0.25
114
Sri Lanka
-0.26
115
Panama
-0.26
116
Nepal
-0.3
117
Viet Nam
-0.31
118
Bosnia and Herzegovina
-0.32
119
Guyana
-0.33
120
Sao Tome and Principe
-0.35
121
Tunisia
-0.36
122
Morocco
-0.37
123
Trinidad and Tobago
-0.37
124
Kazakhstan
-0.38
125
Gambia, The
-0.39
126
Belize
-0.4
127
Lesotho
-0.41
128
Benin
-0.41
129
Brazil
-0.45
130
Kenya
-0.46
131
Azerbaijan
-0.49
132
Peru
-0.51
133
Tanzania
-0.52
134
Colombia
-0.56
135
Zambia
-0.56
136
Papua New Guinea
-0.57
137
Philippines
-0.57
138
Cote d'Ivoire
-0.58
139
China
-0.58
140
Paraguay
-0.58
141
Cuba
-0.62
142
Timor-Leste
-0.63
143
Togo
-0.63
144
Uzbekistan
-0.66
145
Algeria
-0.7
146
El Salvador
-0.71
147
Ukraine
-0.72
148
Uganda
-0.74
149
Lao PDR
-0.74
150
Egypt, Arab Rep.
-0.75
151
Sierra Leone
-0.84
152
Turkiye
-0.84
153
Eswatini
-0.86
154
Mauritania
-0.86
155
Liberia
-0.87
156
Madagascar
-0.88
157
Burkina Faso
-0.88
158
Kyrgyz Republic
-0.94
159
Niger
-0.95
160
Bangladesh
-0.96
161
Guatemala
-0.96
162
Ecuador
-0.97
163
West Bank and Gaza
-0.99
164
Nigeria
-1
165
Djibouti
-1
166
Pakistan
-1
167
Ethiopia
-1
168
Cambodia
-1.1
169
Lebanon
-1.1
170
Mali
-1.1
171
Comoros
-1.1
172
Guinea
-1.1
173
Mexico
-1.2
174
Gabon
-1.2
175
Russian Federation
-1.2
176
Angola
-1.2
177
Honduras
-1.2
178
Congo, Rep.
-1.2
179
Tajikistan
-1.2
180
Mozambique
-1.2
181
Zimbabwe
-1.2
182
Belarus
-1.2
183
Iran, Islamic Rep.
-1.2
184
Guinea-Bissau
-1.2
185
Cameroon
-1.3
186
Bolivia
-1.3
187
Burundi
-1.3
188
Iraq
-1.4
189
Turkmenistan
-1.4
190
Chad
-1.4
191
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
-1.5
192
Equatorial Guinea
-1.5
193
Haiti
-1.6
194
Nicaragua
-1.6
195
Congo, Dem. Rep.
-1.6
196
Libya
-1.7
197
Central African Republic
-1.7
198
Sudan
-1.8
199
Eritrea
-1.8
200
Myanmar
-1.8
201
Syrian Arab Republic
-1.8
202
Yemen, Rep.
-1.9
203
Afghanistan
-1.9
204
South Sudan
-2
205
Venezuela, RB
-2.2
206
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
-2.2
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