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Rule of Law, 2022

Figures for 2022, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Rule of Law, 2022 covers 211 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 1.982194; Somalia is lowest, at -2.226964. The middle country reads -0.129498. Against 2021, 211 values changed (88 up, 123 down), the same countries are covered.

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Rule of Law · Data for 2022

HighestDenmark

1.982194

LowestSomalia

-2.226964

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, 2022, 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 211 countries · select a heading to sort

Rule of Law, 2022: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.98219491.2936
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.97846691.2322
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.92745890.3917
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.76515887.7174
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.75970887.6276
6SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.75128387.4888
7LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.74664387.4123
8New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.74571187.3969
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.73017887.1410
10AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.66310086.0357
11IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.59943584.9866
12GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.58915984.8173
13GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.57642384.6075
14CanadaCANNorthern America1.53458083.9180
15JapanJPNEastern Asia1.51099183.5293
16EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.50079983.3613
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.49395083.2485
18AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.48624383.1215
19SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.46543682.7786
20AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.42200682.0630
21MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.36222081.0779
22BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.34386680.7754
23United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.29773380.0153
24TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.24250479.1052
25San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.23652279.0067

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark1.982194
  2. 2Finland1.978466
  3. 3Norway1.927458
  4. 4Luxembourg1.765158
  5. 5Switzerland1.759708

Lowest

  1. 211Somalia-2.226964
  2. 210Venezuela-2.225329
  3. 209South Sudan-1.949709
  4. 208Yemen-1.933839
  5. 207Syria-1.873488

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.129498. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark91.2936

    LowestSomalia21.9362

    Middle country: 56.4977

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 211values changed, of 211 in both
  • 88 · 123rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

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

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 211 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 (2022). Rule of Law, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rule-of-law/2022

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07Questions

Rule of Law, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest rule of law in Rule of Law, 2022?

Denmark, at 1.982194, of the 211 countries in the file.

What year does Rule of Law, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Rule of Law, 2022 cover?

211.

Where can I download Rule of Law, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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