Data for 2011

Rule of Law, 2011

Name: Rule of Law, 2011
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Figures for 2011, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Rule of Law, 2011 covers 209 countries on 2 measures. Norway is highest, at 1.96344; Somalia is lowest, at -2.39841. The middle country reads -0.25960. Against 2010, 208 values changed (123 up, 85 down), 1 country joined.

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Rule of Law · Data for 2011

HighestNorway

1.96344

LowestSomalia

-2.39841

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

209countries
2measures per country
2011the year it describes
207distinct values18 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Rule of Law, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.96344	90.985
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.89802	89.907
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.87896	89.593
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.87023	89.449
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.86611	89.381
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.78222	87.999
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.73643	87.244
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.70202	86.677
9	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.67001	86.150
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.66780	86.113
11	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.65456	85.895
12	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.64526	85.742
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.58068	84.678
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.57425	84.572
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.57399	84.567
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.50270	83.393
17	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.45975	82.685
18	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.44888	82.506
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.43069	82.206
20	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.42261	82.073
21	United States`USA`Northern America	1.39753	81.660
22	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.37787	81.336
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.37702	81.322
24	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.35544	80.966
25	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	1.32867	80.525
26	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.28622	79.826
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.27692	79.672
28	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.26034	79.399
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.24487	79.144
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.18366	78.136
31	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.17448	77.984
32	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.16711	77.863
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.13240	77.291
34	Chile`CHL`South America	1.11497	77.004
=35	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	1.06840	76.236
=35	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.06840	76.236
=35	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	1.06840	76.236
38	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.05861	76.075
39	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.04881	75.914
40	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.03779	75.732
41	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.02933	75.593
42	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.02520	75.524
43	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.96272	74.495
44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.94984	74.283
45	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.92750	73.915
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.88920	73.284
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.88646	73.238
48	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.86692	72.916
49	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.86588	72.899
50	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.86451	72.877
51	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.86158	72.828
52	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.85592	72.735
53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.85240	72.677
54	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.84181	72.503
55	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.83027	72.312
56	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.80813	71.948
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.76867	71.298
58	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.75110	71.008
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.72144	70.519
60	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.71993	70.494
61	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.70674	70.277
62	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.68133	69.858
63	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.65920	69.494
64	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.64637	69.282
65	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.64371	69.238
66	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.60842	68.657
67	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.58493	68.270
68	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.57279	68.070
69	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.54513	67.614
70	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.51594	67.133
71	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.48123	66.561
72	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.47409	66.443
73	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.43894	65.864
74	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.39349	65.115
75	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.38765	65.019
76	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.38319	64.946
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.38032	64.898
78	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.33452	64.144
79	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.27561	63.173
80	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.27179	63.110
81	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.23100	62.438
82	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.20005	61.928
83	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.18610	61.698
84	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.17232	61.471
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.17111	61.451
86	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.15825	61.239
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.15742	61.225
88	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.10542	60.369
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.01090	58.811
90	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00473	58.710
91	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.00060	58.622
92	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-0.00629	58.528
93	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.02650	58.195
94	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.05729	57.688
95	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.06658	57.534
96	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.07279	57.432
97	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.11950	56.662
98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.12870	56.511
99	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.14977	56.164
100	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.15336	56.105
101	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.19606	55.401
102	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.20332	55.281
103	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.21404	55.105
104	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.23548	54.751
105	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.25960	54.354
106	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.26217	54.312
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.26665	54.238
108	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.26815	54.213
109	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.30528	53.601
110	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.30616	53.587
111	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.30679	53.576
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.31427	53.453
113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.32427	53.288
114	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.34434	52.958
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.35780	52.736
116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.36023	52.696
117	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.36219	52.663
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.36243	52.660
119	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	-0.36448	52.626
120	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.36799	52.568
121	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.38074	52.358
122	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.39411	52.138
123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.39415	52.137
124	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-0.40196	52.008
125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.42179	51.681
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.42806	51.578
127	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.42861	51.569
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.43077	51.533
129	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.44584	51.285
130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.45715	51.099
131	Peru`PER`South America	-0.46166	51.025
132	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.48169	50.694
133	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.48279	50.676
134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.50166	50.365
135	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.50317	50.340
136	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.51789	50.098
137	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.52960	49.905
138	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.53359	49.839
139	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	-0.55349	49.511
140	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.57956	49.082
141	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.58277	49.029
142	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.60165	48.718
143	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.61265	48.536
144	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.61797	48.449
145	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.64598	47.987
146	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.69328	47.208
147	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.70276	47.052
148	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.70347	47.040
149	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.70758	46.972
150	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.70869	46.954
151	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.71127	46.911
152	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.72704	46.652
153	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.73825	46.467
154	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.74742	46.316
155	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.75024	46.269
156	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.76299	46.059
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.76838	45.970
158	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.77720	45.825
159	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.81881	45.139
160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.82701	45.004
161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.82862	44.978
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.84464	44.714
163	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.85616	44.524
164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.85674	44.514
165	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.88999	43.966
166	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.89921	43.815
167	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.90033	43.796
168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.90984	43.639
169	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.95638	42.873
170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-0.96165	42.786
171	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.97715	42.530
172	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.99404	42.252
173	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-1.00801	42.022
174	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-1.01081	41.976
175	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-1.04309	41.444
176	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.05405	41.263
177	Honduras`HND`Central America	-1.05946	41.174
178	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.06678	41.053
179	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-1.09289	40.623
180	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.09910	40.521
181	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-1.11739	40.220
182	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-1.11764	40.215
183	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.13839	39.873
184	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.17093	39.337
185	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.19783	38.894
186	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.20683	38.746
187	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.25894	37.887
188	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.26130	37.848
189	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.27114	37.686
190	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.28974	37.380
191	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.31793	36.915
192	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.33535	36.628
193	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.33707	36.600
194	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-1.34043	36.544
195	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.34310	36.500
196	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.35400	36.321
197	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.36065	36.211
198	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.38137	35.870
199	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.38309	35.841
200	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.42214	35.198
201	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.45083	34.725
202	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.47067	34.398
203	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.48558	34.153
204	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.55227	33.054
205	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.63746	31.650
206	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.77738	29.344
207	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.80471	28.894
208	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.93215	26.794
209	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-2.39841	19.111

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

1Norway1.96344
2Sweden1.89802
3Finland1.87896
4New Zealand1.87023
5Denmark1.86611

Lowest

209Somalia-2.39841
208Afghanistan-1.93215
207Zimbabwe-1.80471
206Venezuela-1.77738
205DR Congo-1.63746

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.25960. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Rule of Law (0–100)
HighestNorway90.985
LowestSomalia19.111
Middle country: 54.354

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
208values changed, of 208 in both
123 · 85rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia-0.66386 → -0.32427+0.33959
United Arab Emirates0.08581 → 0.38765+0.30184
Russia-0.91610 → -0.69328+0.22282
Serbia-0.40905 → -0.21404+0.19500
Kyrgyzstan-1.19719 → -1.00801+0.18918

Fell most

Marshall Islands1.01107 → 0.65920−0.35187
Pakistan-0.79967 → -1.11739−0.31771
Maldives-0.14099 → -0.44584−0.30485
Micronesia0.65848 → 0.38319−0.27529
Syria-0.70969 → -0.96165−0.25196

+ South Sudan

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

207 distinct values among 209
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 1.06840. 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 209 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2011). Rule of Law, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rule-of-law/2011

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07Questions

Rule of Law, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest rule of law in Rule of Law, 2011?

Norway, at 1.96344, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Rule of Law, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Rule of Law, 2011 cover?

209.

Where can I download Rule of Law, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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