Data for 2002

Rule of Law, 2002

Name: Rule of Law, 2002
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Rule of Law, 2002 covers 200 countries on 2 measures. Finland is highest, at 2.0094; Somalia is lowest, at -2.5029. The middle country reads -0.1326. Against 2000, 200 values changed (126 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Rule of Law · Data for 2002

HighestFinland

2.0094

LowestSomalia

-2.5029

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

200countries
2measures per country
2002the year it describes
189distinct values18 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Rule of Law, 2002, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Rule of Law, 2002: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.0094	91.743
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.9381	90.567
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.8960	89.873
4	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.8900	89.774
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.8861	89.711
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.8844	89.682
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.8566	89.224
8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.8121	88.492
9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.7657	87.727
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.7510	87.485
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.7220	87.007
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.7189	86.954
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.6531	85.871
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.6209	85.341
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.6133	85.215
16	United States`USA`Northern America	1.6065	85.103
17	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.4122	81.901
18	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.3970	81.650
19	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.3870	81.486
20	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.3573	80.997
21	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.3257	80.475
22	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.3232	80.435
23	Chile`CHL`South America	1.3094	80.208
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.2719	79.589
25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.2606	79.403
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.2091	78.555
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.1846	78.151
28	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.1581	77.714
29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.1552	77.667
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.0638	76.160
31	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.0629	76.147
32	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.0076	75.234
33	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.9556	74.378
34	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.9555	74.376
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.9506	74.296
36	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.9352	74.041
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.8787	73.111
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.8749	73.049
39	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.8588	72.783
40	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.8545	72.712
=41	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.8475	72.597
=41	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.8475	72.597
=41	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.8475	72.597
=41	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.8475	72.597
=41	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.8475	72.597
=41	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.8475	72.597
=41	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.8475	72.597
=41	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.8475	72.597
=41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.8475	72.597
=41	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.8475	72.597
=41	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.8475	72.597
=41	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.8475	72.597
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.8394	72.462
54	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.8032	71.867
55	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.8027	71.858
56	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.8001	71.815
57	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.7851	71.568
58	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.7687	71.298
59	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.7546	71.065
60	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.7413	70.847
61	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.7184	70.469
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.6653	69.594
63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.6182	68.818
64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.5843	68.259
65	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.5627	67.904
66	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.5523	67.732
67	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.5424	67.569
68	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.5348	67.443
69	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.5244	67.272
70	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.5076	66.995
71	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.4674	66.333
72	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.4007	65.234
73	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.3838	64.955
74	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.3611	64.582
75	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.3528	64.444
76	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.3372	64.188
77	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.3003	63.580
78	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.2783	63.217
79	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.2722	63.116
80	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.2546	62.826
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.2392	62.572
82	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.2195	62.248
83	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.2126	62.135
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.1711	61.451
85	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.1471	61.055
86	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.1463	61.042
87	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.0604	59.626
88	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.0264	59.066
89	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.0256	59.054
90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.0206	58.971
91	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-0.0020	58.598
92	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.0119	58.435
93	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.0352	58.052
94	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.0739	57.415
95	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.0993	56.996
96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.1007	56.972
97	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.1168	56.707
98	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.1191	56.669
99	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.1259	56.556
100	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.1281	56.520
101	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.1372	56.372
102	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.1575	56.037
103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-0.1901	55.499
104	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.2103	55.166
105	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.2143	55.101
106	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.2725	54.141
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.2839	53.953
108	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.3262	53.257
109	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.3326	53.150
110	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.3419	52.998
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.3505	52.857
112	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.3671	52.582
113	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.3680	52.569
114	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.3689	52.553
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.3738	52.472
116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.3784	52.397
117	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.3787	52.392
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.4038	51.977
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.4048	51.961
120	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.4056	51.948
121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.4528	51.171
122	Peru`PER`South America	-0.5122	50.192
123	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.5160	50.128
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.5197	50.067
125	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.5221	50.029
126	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.5502	49.566
127	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.5791	49.090
128	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.5961	48.808
129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.6145	48.506
130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.6282	48.280
131	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.6386	48.109
132	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.6478	47.957
133	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.6492	47.935
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.6580	47.790
135	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.6767	47.480
136	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-0.6919	47.230
137	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.7027	47.052
138	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.7118	46.902
139	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.7385	46.463
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.7627	46.064
141	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.7641	46.041
142	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.7657	46.015
143	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.7797	45.784
144	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.7802	45.775
145	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.7906	45.604
146	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.8184	45.146
147	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.8230	45.070
148	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.8317	44.927
149	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.8439	44.726
150	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.8554	44.537
151	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.9061	43.701
152	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.9164	43.532
153	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.9215	43.447
154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-0.9295	43.315
155	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.9344	43.235
156	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.9386	43.165
157	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.9547	42.900
158	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.9635	42.755
159	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.9693	42.660
160	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-0.9728	42.601
161	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-1.0075	42.030
162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.0196	41.830
163	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-1.0249	41.744
164	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-1.0326	41.617
165	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-1.0379	41.529
166	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-1.0479	41.365
167	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.0506	41.320
168	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.0532	41.276
169	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-1.1315	39.987
170	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-1.1410	39.831
171	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-1.1440	39.781
172	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-1.1481	39.714
173	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.1618	39.488
174	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.1628	39.472
175	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.1909	39.008
176	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.1954	38.934
177	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.2295	38.373
178	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.2459	38.101
179	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.2643	37.799
180	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.3115	37.021
181	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.3260	36.783
182	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.3263	36.777
183	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.3284	36.743
184	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.3469	36.438
185	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.3707	36.046
186	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.3725	36.016
187	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-1.4395	34.912
188	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-1.4574	34.617
189	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.4895	34.088
190	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.5235	33.527
191	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.5320	33.388
192	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.5874	32.475
193	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.7294	30.135
194	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.8140	28.741
195	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.8262	28.541
196	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-1.8796	27.659
197	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.9100	27.159
198	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.9854	25.917
199	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.9971	25.724
200	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-2.5029	17.390

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Finland2.0094
2Denmark1.9381
3Sweden1.8960
4Austria1.8900
5Norway1.8861

Lowest

200Somalia-2.5029
199DR Congo-1.9971
198Afghanistan-1.9854
197Zimbabwe-1.9100
196Liberia-1.8796

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1326. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Rule of Law (0–100)
HighestFinland91.743
LowestSomalia17.390
Middle country: 56.446

032000 → 2002

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
126 · 74rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Algeria-1.3080 → -0.6145+0.6935
Kosovo-0.5733 → 0.0604+0.6337
Macau-0.0001 → 0.5424+0.5425
Serbia-1.4590 → -0.9344+0.5246
Comoros-1.4253 → -0.9295+0.4958

Fell most

Argentina-0.1659 → -0.7802−0.6143
Timor-Leste-0.1799 → -0.7627−0.5829
North Korea-0.8902 → -1.3284−0.4382
Venezuela-0.8734 → -1.2643−0.3909
Iran-0.6159 → -0.9693−0.3534

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

189 distinct values among 200
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 12 countries share 0.8475. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 200 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2002). Rule of Law, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rule-of-law/2002

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07Questions

Rule of Law, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest rule of law in Rule of Law, 2002?

Finland, at 2.0094, of the 200 countries in the file.

What year does Rule of Law, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Rule of Law, 2002 cover?

200.

Where can I download Rule of Law, 2002?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Rule of Law, 2002 the newest?

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