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Rule of Law, 2010

Figures for 2010, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Rule of Law, 2010 covers 208 countries on 2 measures. Finland is highest, at 1.92769; Somalia is lowest, at -2.40251. The middle country reads -0.21447. Against 2009, 208 values changed (94 up, 114 down), the same countries are covered.

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Rule of Law · Data for 2010

HighestFinland

1.92769

LowestSomalia

-2.40251

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, 2010, 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 208 countries · select a heading to sort

Rule of Law, 2010: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.9276990.395
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.8952889.862
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.8514389.139
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.8253788.710
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.7731387.849
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.7690487.781
7AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.7512987.489
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.7203686.979
9LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.6781686.284
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.6729886.199
11GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.6405485.664
12United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.6277085.452
13IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.6123385.199
14CanadaCANNorthern America1.5867584.778
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.5800584.667
16AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.5728584.549
17United StatesUSANorthern America1.5156383.606
18IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.4942083.253
19MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.4449582.441
20ArubaABWCaribbean1.4252382.116
21Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.3839181.435
22SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.3732981.260
23San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.3647481.119
24JapanJPNEastern Asia1.3193680.372
25AnguillaAIACaribbean1.3169480.332

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Finland1.92769
  2. 2Norway1.89528
  3. 3Sweden1.85143
  4. 4Denmark1.82537
  5. 5Switzerland1.77313

Lowest

  1. 208Somalia-2.40251
  2. 207Afghanistan-1.85346
  3. 206Zimbabwe-1.80747
  4. 205Venezuela-1.75721
  5. 204DR Congo-1.61460

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.21447. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestFinland90.395

    LowestSomalia19.044

    Middle country: 55.098

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 208values changed, of 208 in both
  • 94 · 114rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Bulgaria-0.08927 → -0.26258−0.17331
  • Portugal1.06188 → 0.90251−0.15937
  • Greece0.65996 → 0.50662−0.15334
  • Nepal-0.81583 → -0.95692−0.14109
  • Madagascar-0.72348 → -0.85403−0.13056

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

  • 206 distinct values among 208

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 1.05667. 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 208 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 (2010). Rule of Law, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rule-of-law/2010

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07Questions

Rule of Law, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest rule of law in Rule of Law, 2010?

Finland, at 1.92769, of the 208 countries in the file.

What year does Rule of Law, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Rule of Law, 2010 cover?

208.

Where can I download Rule of Law, 2010?

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, 2010 the newest?

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

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