Data for 2025

Rule of Law, 2025

Name: Rule of Law, 2025
Creator: World Bank Group
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Rule of Law, 2025 covers 211 countries on 2 measures. Finland is highest, at 2.01153; Venezuela is lowest, at -2.19904. The middle country reads -0.10240. Against 2024, 211 values changed (123 up, 88 down), the same countries are covered.

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Rule of Law · Data for 2025

HighestFinland

2.01153

LowestVenezuela

-2.19904

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

211countries
2measures per country
2025the 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.01153	91.777
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.00983	91.749
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.94059	90.608
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.73920	87.290
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.73773	87.265
6	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.71041	86.815
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.70760	86.769
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.67334	86.204
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.65603	85.919
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.65050	85.828
11	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.64863	85.797
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.61112	85.179
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.60434	85.068
14	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.58681	84.779
15	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.57676	84.613
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.54878	84.152
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.54233	84.046
18	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.48922	83.171
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.47692	82.968
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.45890	82.671
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.44510	82.444
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.43359	82.254
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.37143	81.230
24	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.35337	80.932
25	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	1.34817	80.846
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.26806	79.526
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.26602	79.493
28	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	1.24516	79.149
29	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.22563	78.827
30	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.20097	78.421
31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.19542	78.329
32	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.17099	77.927
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.17014	77.913
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.07274	76.308
35	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.06101	76.115
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.04647	75.875
37	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.97626	74.718
38	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.97076	74.627
39	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.96986	74.613
40	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.96445	74.524
41	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.95291	74.333
42	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.94092	74.136
43	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.93950	74.112
44	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.92196	73.823
45	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.87058	72.977
46	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.86946	72.958
47	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.85534	72.726
48	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.80755	71.938
49	United States`USA`Northern America	0.79140	71.672
50	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.77433	71.391
51	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.73872	70.804
52	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.72178	70.525
53	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.71961	70.489
54	Chile`CHL`South America	0.68046	69.844
55	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.67654	69.779
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.67601	69.771
57	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.67366	69.732
58	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.66619	69.609
59	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.64908	69.327
60	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.64116	69.196
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.60280	68.564
62	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.58526	68.275
63	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.58104	68.206
64	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.58011	68.190
65	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.57794	68.155
66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.57792	68.154
67	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.56986	68.022
68	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.56903	68.008
69	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.56892	68.006
70	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.56785	67.988
71	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.56583	67.955
72	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.56309	67.910
73	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.54343	67.586
74	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.52867	67.343
75	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.50187	66.901
76	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.45477	66.125
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.45048	66.054
78	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.42467	65.629
79	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.42064	65.563
80	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.41948	65.544
81	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.40817	65.357
82	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.37634	64.833
83	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.29710	63.527
84	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.28540	63.334
85	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.28114	63.264
86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.27375	63.142
87	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.27126	63.101
88	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.25718	62.869
89	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.22942	62.412
90	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.21563	62.185
91	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.20816	62.062
92	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.19675	61.873
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.19172	61.791
94	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.17983	61.595
95	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.17926	61.585
96	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.10952	60.436
97	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.09808	60.248
98	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.09530	60.202
99	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.04077	59.303
100	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.00121	58.612
101	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.01095	58.451
102	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.03013	58.135
103	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.03878	57.993
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.04579	57.877
105	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	-0.05712	57.690
106	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.10240	56.944
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.11592	56.721
108	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.12225	56.617
109	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.12346	56.597
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.12866	56.512
111	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.13584	56.393
112	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.14175	56.296
113	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.15271	56.115
114	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.17488	55.750
115	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.19271	55.456
116	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.20734	55.215
117	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.21740	55.049
118	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.25459	54.437
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.26533	54.260
120	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.30306	53.638
121	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.30630	53.584
122	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.31241	53.484
123	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.32127	53.338
124	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.33966	53.035
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.34096	53.013
126	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.34889	52.883
127	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.37120	52.515
128	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.39112	52.187
129	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.39533	52.117
130	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.40871	51.897
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.42921	51.559
132	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.45360	51.157
133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.45606	51.117
134	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.45719	51.098
135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.46516	50.967
136	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.47093	50.872
137	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.47436	50.815
138	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.48551	50.631
139	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.49246	50.517
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.52157	50.037
141	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.57115	49.220
142	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.57264	49.196
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.62749	48.292
144	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.62825	48.279
145	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.63110	48.232
146	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.64019	48.083
147	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.64120	48.066
148	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.64143	48.062
149	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.65236	47.882
150	Peru`PER`South America	-0.65853	47.780
151	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.67046	47.584
152	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.68842	47.288
153	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.70615	46.996
154	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.77938	45.789
155	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.78844	45.640
156	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.80838	45.311
157	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.81211	45.250
158	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.84275	44.745
159	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.84936	44.636
160	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.90971	43.642
161	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.91974	43.476
162	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.93137	43.285
163	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.93790	43.177
164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.94550	43.052
165	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-0.95146	42.954
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-0.95507	42.894
167	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.96133	42.791
168	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-1.02178	41.795
169	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-1.02326	41.771
170	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-1.03162	41.633
171	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-1.03356	41.601
172	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.04906	41.345
173	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-1.05547	41.240
174	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-1.06658	41.057
175	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.08053	40.827
176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.12454	40.102
177	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-1.12710	40.059
178	Honduras`HND`Central America	-1.15353	39.624
179	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-1.16815	39.383
180	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-1.17765	39.227
181	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-1.18634	39.083
182	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.19339	38.967
183	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.20798	38.727
184	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.21737	38.572
185	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.21764	38.568
186	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.22286	38.481
187	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-1.22744	38.406
188	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.24677	38.088
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.26842	37.731
190	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-1.27249	37.664
191	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-1.34792	36.421
192	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.39017	35.725
193	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.41029	35.393
194	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.41731	35.278
195	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.43316	35.016
196	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.48629	34.141
197	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.54081	33.242
198	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.58621	32.494
199	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.61719	31.984
200	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.64909	31.458
201	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.66398	31.213
202	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.69712	30.667
203	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.76843	29.492
204	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.76916	29.480
205	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.81439	28.734
206	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.85099	28.131
207	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.85702	28.032
208	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.94298	26.616
209	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-2.02544	25.257
210	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-2.16700	22.924
211	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-2.19904	22.396

02In 2025

At either end

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

Highest

1Finland2.01153
2Denmark2.00983
3Norway1.94059
4Sweden1.73920
5Switzerland1.73773

Lowest

211Venezuela-2.19904
210Somalia-2.16700
209South Sudan-2.02544
208Yemen-1.94298
207Sudan-1.85702

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.10240. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Rule of Law (0–100)
HighestFinland91.777
LowestVenezuela22.396
Middle country: 56.944

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

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

Rose most

Cook Islands0.76533 → 1.24516+0.47983
San Marino1.15483 → 1.44510+0.29027
Monaco1.35837 → 1.64863+0.29027
American Samoa1.10380 → 1.34817+0.24437
Andorra1.41815 → 1.57676+0.15860

Fell most

Niue1.30081 → -0.05712−1.35794
Cuba-0.58057 → -1.08053−0.49996
French Polynesia1.02985 → 0.64908−0.38077
United States0.99718 → 0.79140−0.20578
Peru-0.51745 → -0.65853−0.14108

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 (2025). Rule of Law, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rule-of-law/2025

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07Questions

Rule of Law, 2025: questions and answers

Which country has the highest rule of law in Rule of Law, 2025?

Finland, at 2.01153, of the 211 countries in the file.

What year does Rule of Law, 2025 describe?

2025.

How many countries does Rule of Law, 2025 cover?

211.

Where can I download Rule of Law, 2025?

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Is Rule of Law, 2025 the newest?

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