Data for 2024

Rule of Law, 2024

Name: Rule of Law, 2024
Creator: World Bank Group
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Rule of Law, 2024 covers 211 countries on 2 measures. Finland is highest, at 1.99910; Somalia is lowest, at -2.23032. The middle country reads -0.10722. Against 2023, 211 values changed (97 up, 114 down), the same countries are covered.

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Rule of Law · Data for 2024

HighestFinland

1.99910

LowestSomalia

-2.23032

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

211countries
2measures per country
2024the year it describes
211distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.99910	91.572
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.97734	91.214
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.93694	90.548
4	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.74496	87.385
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.74154	87.328
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.73739	87.260
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.72905	87.122
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.71779	86.937
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.70408	86.711
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.64310	85.706
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.60846	85.135
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.60100	85.012
13	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.58679	84.778
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.53840	83.981
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.51836	83.651
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.48361	83.078
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.48201	83.052
18	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.47443	82.927
19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.43912	82.345
20	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.41815	82.000
21	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.35837	81.014
22	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.32174	80.411
23	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1.30081	80.066
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.27551	79.649
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.27517	79.644
26	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.25866	79.371
27	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.24378	79.126
28	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.22562	78.827
29	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.17096	77.926
30	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.15483	77.661
31	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.14358	77.475
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.11916	77.073
33	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	1.10380	76.820
34	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.06099	76.114
35	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	1.04266	75.812
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.03890	75.750
37	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	1.02985	75.601
38	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1.01647	75.381
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.00191	75.141
40	United States`USA`Northern America	0.99718	75.063
41	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.99040	74.951
42	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.95170	74.313
43	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.93979	74.117
44	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.93065	73.967
45	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.90790	73.592
46	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.87748	73.090
47	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.85532	72.725
48	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.83263	72.351
49	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.80751	71.937
50	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.80252	71.855
51	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.80168	71.841
52	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.76533	71.242
53	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.72967	70.655
54	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.70957	70.324
55	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.70130	70.187
56	Chile`CHL`South America	0.70121	70.186
57	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.69786	70.131
58	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.67506	69.755
59	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.64110	69.195
60	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.63582	69.108
61	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.61558	68.775
62	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.61197	68.715
63	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.59824	68.489
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.58449	68.263
65	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.57702	68.139
66	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.57589	68.121
67	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.56982	68.021
68	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.56640	67.965
69	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.56305	67.909
70	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.54324	67.583
71	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.53368	67.425
72	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.53262	67.408
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.52402	67.266
74	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.51466	67.112
75	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.49038	66.712
76	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.48490	66.622
77	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.47631	66.480
78	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.44875	66.026
79	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.44754	66.006
80	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.41917	65.538
81	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.40764	65.348
82	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.38670	65.004
83	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.37065	64.739
84	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.31200	63.773
85	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.28952	63.402
86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.28111	63.264
87	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.27123	63.101
88	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.25707	62.867
89	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.25510	62.835
90	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.24637	62.691
91	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.22326	62.310
92	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.20239	61.966
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.19539	61.851
94	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.19071	61.774
95	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.18442	61.670
96	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.16698	61.383
97	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.13314	60.825
98	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.11606	60.544
99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.09044	60.122
100	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.08615	60.051
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.06030	59.625
102	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.03573	59.220
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.01252	58.425
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.05349	57.750
105	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.08977	57.152
106	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.10722	56.865
107	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.12612	56.553
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.13338	56.434
109	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.15921	56.008
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.16639	55.890
111	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.18409	55.598
112	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.18829	55.529
113	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.20259	55.293
114	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.20991	55.173
115	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.21257	55.129
116	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.21903	55.023
117	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.22388	54.943
118	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.25691	54.398
119	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.28446	53.944
120	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.29589	53.756
121	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.32054	53.350
122	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.32856	53.218
123	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.32932	53.205
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.33310	53.143
125	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.33459	53.118
126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.36537	52.611
127	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.36795	52.569
128	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.36931	52.546
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.37756	52.410
130	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.39459	52.130
131	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.40534	51.952
132	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.43868	51.403
133	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.45737	51.095
134	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.48512	50.638
135	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.49004	50.557
136	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.50485	50.313
137	Peru`PER`South America	-0.51745	50.105
138	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.52432	49.992
139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.52861	49.921
140	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.55479	49.490
141	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.55500	49.486
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.55587	49.472
143	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.56306	49.354
144	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.56668	49.294
145	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.58057	49.065
146	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.60488	48.665
147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.61772	48.453
148	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.65908	47.771
149	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.66403	47.690
150	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.67018	47.589
151	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.68329	47.372
152	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.69873	47.118
153	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.70812	46.963
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.71497	46.850
155	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.75873	46.129
156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.82495	45.038
157	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.83103	44.938
158	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.84666	44.680
159	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.86295	44.412
160	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.88169	44.103
161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.88174	44.102
162	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.91291	43.589
163	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.94999	42.978
164	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.96985	42.651
165	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.98399	42.418
166	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-0.99894	42.171
167	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-1.00378	42.091
168	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.00576	42.059
169	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-1.00677	42.042
170	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-1.01024	41.985
171	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.02167	41.797
172	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-1.02432	41.753
173	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-1.05083	41.316
174	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-1.06719	41.047
175	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-1.07551	40.910
176	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.10603	40.407
177	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-1.11422	40.272
178	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-1.11474	40.263
179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-1.12123	40.156
180	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.16593	39.420
181	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.17747	39.229
182	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.18084	39.174
183	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-1.18207	39.154
184	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.19799	38.891
185	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.20309	38.807
186	Honduras`HND`Central America	-1.21540	38.605
187	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.21968	38.534
188	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.22988	38.366
189	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.24276	38.154
190	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-1.26980	37.708
191	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-1.32310	36.830
192	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.33241	36.676
193	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.39640	35.622
194	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.41782	35.269
195	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.45207	34.705
196	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.51154	33.725
197	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.51398	33.685
198	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.59840	32.294
199	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.64599	31.509
200	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.67935	30.960
201	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.71398	30.389
202	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.73892	29.978
203	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.78469	29.224
204	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.78686	29.188
205	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.78844	29.162
206	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.81908	28.657
207	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.93069	26.818
208	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.94764	26.539
209	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.99476	25.762
210	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-2.22002	22.051
211	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-2.23032	21.881

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

1Finland1.99910
2Denmark1.97734
3Norway1.93694
4Liechtenstein1.74496
5Sweden1.74154

Lowest

211Somalia-2.23032
210Venezuela-2.22002
209South Sudan-1.99476
208Yemen-1.94764
207Afghanistan-1.93069

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.10722. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Rule of Law (0–100)
HighestFinland91.572
LowestSomalia21.881
Middle country: 56.865

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
211values changed, of 211 in both
97 · 114rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Niue1.03173 → 1.30081+0.26908
Poland0.31763 → 0.54324+0.22561
Kosovo-0.04472 → 0.08615+0.13087
Saudi Arabia0.16741 → 0.28111+0.11370
Laos-0.82129 → -0.70812+0.11317

Fell most

New Caledonia0.91068 → 0.25707−0.65361
San Marino1.41833 → 1.15483−0.26349
Niger-0.81120 → -1.00378−0.19259
Greece0.39197 → 0.22326−0.16871
Burkina Faso-0.74737 → -0.91291−0.16554

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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World Bank Group (2024). Rule of Law, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rule-of-law/2024

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07Questions

Rule of Law, 2024: questions and answers

Which country has the highest rule of law in Rule of Law, 2024?

Finland, at 1.99910, of the 211 countries in the file.

What year does Rule of Law, 2024 describe?

2024.

How many countries does Rule of Law, 2024 cover?

211.

Where can I download Rule of Law, 2024?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

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