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Rule of Law, 2023

Figures for 2023, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Rule of Law, 2023 covers 211 countries on 2 measures. Finland is highest, at 2.01350; Venezuela is lowest, at -2.21678. The middle country reads -0.10312. Against 2022, 211 values changed (80 up, 131 down), the same countries are covered.

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Rule of Law · Data for 2023

HighestFinland

2.01350

LowestVenezuela

-2.21678

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.0135091.810
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.9869991.373
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.9689591.075
4SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.7648787.713
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.7464687.409
6LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.7450487.386
7NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.7342787.208
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.7334987.195
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.7195486.966
10AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.6313985.513
11GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.5869084.780
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.5863084.770
13IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.5770184.617
14IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.5660384.436
15JapanJPNEastern Asia1.5118883.544
16AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.4992083.335
17CanadaCANNorthern America1.4667682.800
18SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.4524782.565
19EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.4435282.418
=20AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.4183382.002
=20San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.4183382.002
22MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.3585481.017
23LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe1.3167280.328
24BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.2732879.612
25United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.2663979.499

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Finland2.01350
  2. 2Denmark1.98699
  3. 3Norway1.96895
  4. 4Switzerland1.76487
  5. 5New Zealand1.74646

Lowest

  1. 211Venezuela-2.21678
  2. 210Somalia-2.15711
  3. 209South Sudan-2.02071
  4. 208Yemen-1.93975
  5. 207Afghanistan-1.89732

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.10312. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestFinland91.810

    LowestVenezuela22.104

    Middle country: 56.932

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 211values changed, of 211 in both
  • 80 · 131rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Ecuador-0.56815 → -0.92029−0.35214
  • Sudan-1.41333 → -1.66141−0.24807
  • New Caledonia1.11492 → 0.91068−0.20424
  • Niger-0.65886 → -0.81120−0.15234
  • Israel0.77521 → 0.63040−0.14481

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

  • 210 distinct values among 211

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 2 countries share 1.41833. 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 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 (2023). Rule of Law, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rule-of-law/2023

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07Questions

Rule of Law, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest rule of law in Rule of Law, 2023?

Finland, at 2.01350, of the 211 countries in the file.

What year does Rule of Law, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Rule of Law, 2023 cover?

211.

Where can I download Rule of Law, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

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

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