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Rule of Law, 2015

Figures for 2015, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Rule of Law, 2015 covers 209 countries on 2 measures. Finland is highest, at 2.0506; Venezuela is lowest, at -2.2806. The middle country reads -0.1873. Against 2014, 209 values changed (131 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Rule of Law · Data for 2015

HighestFinland

2.0506

LowestVenezuela

-2.2806

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, 2015, 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 209 countries · select a heading to sort

Rule of Law, 2015: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.050692.421
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.968591.068
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.962090.961
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.946790.709
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.870889.458
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.862989.328
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.861789.308
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.793088.176
9AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.764887.711
10CanadaCANNorthern America1.727387.093
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.725487.063
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.719086.958
13San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.675486.239
14LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.659085.968
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.645885.751
16GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.644285.724
17IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.614185.229
=18AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.612985.209
=18MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.612985.209
20IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.575684.593
21Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.575284.587
22SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.543284.059
23JapanJPNEastern Asia1.434282.264
24BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.411781.894
25United StatesUSANorthern America1.404981.782

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Finland2.0506
  2. 2Denmark1.9685
  3. 3Norway1.9620
  4. 4Sweden1.9467
  5. 5Netherlands1.8708

Lowest

  1. 209Venezuela-2.2806
  2. 208Somalia-2.2030
  3. 207Libya-1.7363
  4. 206North Korea-1.7094
  5. 205Central African Republic-1.7056

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1873. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestFinland92.421

    LowestVenezuela21.052

    Middle country: 55.545

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 209values changed, of 209 in both
  • 131 · 78rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Nauru0.8754 → 0.3410−0.5345
  • Burundi-1.0823 → -1.3061−0.2238
  • Venezuela-2.0790 → -2.2806−0.2017
  • Libya-1.5592 → -1.7363−0.1771
  • Yemen-1.3907 → -1.5442−0.1535

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 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 2 countries share 1.6129. 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

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 (2015). Rule of Law, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rule-of-law/2015

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07Questions

Rule of Law, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest rule of law in Rule of Law, 2015?

Finland, at 2.0506, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Rule of Law, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Rule of Law, 2015 cover?

209.

Where can I download Rule of Law, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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