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Rule of Law, 2006

Figures for 2006, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Rule of Law, 2006 covers 206 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 1.9629; Somalia is lowest, at -2.5241. The middle country reads -0.1114. Against 2005, 206 values changed (111 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Rule of Law · Data for 2006

HighestDenmark

1.9629

LowestSomalia

-2.5241

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Rule of Law, 2006, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 206 countries · select a heading to sort

Rule of Law, 2006: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.962990.9750
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.919690.2618
3AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.903289.9922
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.896189.8746
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.846089.0495
6IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.829688.7797
7CanadaCANNorthern America1.798288.2625
8New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.790788.1380
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.755187.5520
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.743687.3621
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.708586.7835
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.626085.4246
13LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.625685.4172
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.608685.1379
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.595484.9201
16AnguillaAIACaribbean1.582184.7012
17United StatesUSANorthern America1.570884.5147
18MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.503983.4127
19SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.425082.1116
20Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.411281.8853
21San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.370281.2099
22MicronesiaFSMMicronesia1.313980.2817
23BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.295379.9758
24FranceFRAWestern Europe1.271279.5782
25ChileCHLSouth America1.270579.5662

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark1.9629
  2. 2Finland1.9196
  3. 3Austria1.9032
  4. 4Norway1.8961
  5. 5Sweden1.8460

Lowest

  1. 206Somalia-2.5241
  2. 205Zimbabwe-1.9019
  3. 204Afghanistan-1.8558
  4. 203Iraq-1.6577
  5. 202Myanmar-1.6263

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1114. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Rule of Law (0–100)

    HighestDenmark90.9750

    LowestSomalia17.0398

    Middle country: 56.7954

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 206values changed, of 206 in both
  • 111 · 95rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Serbia-0.8984 → -0.4100+0.4884
  • Liberia-1.2720 → -0.8584+0.4136
  • Cuba-1.1630 → -0.7858+0.3772
  • Uganda-0.5374 → -0.2302+0.3071
  • Yemen-1.2649 → -0.9676+0.2973

Fell most

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

Read before you use

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

How values are stored

  • 199 distinct values among 206

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 4 countries share 1.0616. 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 206 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2006). Rule of Law, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rule-of-law/2006

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07Questions

Rule of Law, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest rule of law in Rule of Law, 2006?

Denmark, at 1.9629, of the 206 countries in the file.

What year does Rule of Law, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Rule of Law, 2006 cover?

206.

Where can I download Rule of Law, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Rule of Law, 2025.

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