Rule of Law Index by Country 2026
Compare countries by Rule of Law percentile rank, reflecting confidence in laws, courts, police, property rights, and protection from crime and violence.
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Rank | ||
|---|---|---|
1 |  Denmark | 101.77 % |
2 |  Finland | 100 % |
3 |  Luxembourg | 99.846 % |
4 |  Singapore | 99.123 % |
5 |  Liechtenstein | 99.116 % |
6 |  Norway | 97.976 % |
7 |  Switzerland | 97.651 % |
8 |  Ireland | 97.46 % |
9 |  Iceland | 96.926 % |
10 |  San Marino | 95.878 % |
11 |  Greenland | 95.85 % |
12 |  Jersey | 95.85 % |
13 |  Japan | 95.089 % |
14 |  Austria | 95.061 % |
15 |  New Zealand | 94.023 % |
16 |  Germany | 92.991 % |
17 |  Estonia | 92.616 % |
18 |  Netherlands | 92.537 % |
19 |  Monaco | 91.541 % |
20 |  Andorra | 91.255 % |
21 |  Sweden | 90.497 % |
22 |  Australia | 90.342 % |
23 |  Lithuania | 90.169 % |
24 |  Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 89.881 % |
25 |  Taiwan | 89.149 % |
26 |  Tuvalu | 89.111 % |
27 |  Belgium | 88.737 % |
28 |  Aruba | 88.469 % |
29 |  United States | 88.3 % |
30 |  Canada | 87.732 % |
31 |  United Kingdom | 86.768 % |
32 |  Czech Republic | 86.05 % |
33 |  South Korea | 85.977 % |
34 |  Palau | 85.391 % |
35 |  Brunei Darussalam | 85.322 % |
36 |  American Samoa | 84.925 % |
37 |  China, Hong Kong SAR | 84.127 % |
38 |  Qatar | 84.031 % |
39 |  Latvia | 83.948 % |
40 |  French Guiana | 83.858 % |
41 |  Portugal | 83.2 % |
42 |  United States Virgin Islands | 82.33 % |
43 |  France | 82.08 % |
44 |  Slovenia | 82.03 % |
45 |  Marshall Islands | 80.903 % |
46 |  Mauritius | 80.452 % |
47 |  Guam | 80.397 % |
48 |  United Arab Emirates | 79.622 % |
49 |  Anguilla | 79.48 % |
50 |  Grenada | 79.136 % |
51 |  Uruguay | 78.531 % |
52 |  Martinique | 78.221 % |
53 |  Spain | 76.301 % |
54 |  Israel | 76.292 % |
55 |  Cayman Islands | 75.773 % |
56 |  China, Macao SAR | 75.609 % |
57 |  Samoa | 75.453 % |
58 |  Bhutan | 73.216 % |
59 |  Bermuda | 72.887 % |
60 |  Réunion | 72.887 % |
61 |  Malta | 72.819 % |
62 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.99 % |
63 |  Dominica | 69.879 % |
64 |  Seychelles | 68.927 % |
65 |  Slovakia | 68.7 % |
66 |  Malaysia | 67.868 % |
67 |  Cyprus | 67.817 % |
68 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 67.561 % |
69 |  Tonga | 67.391 % |
70 |  Saint Lucia | 67.061 % |
71 |  Oman | 66.991 % |
72 |  Namibia | 65.129 % |
73 |  Poland | 64.924 % |
74 |  Chile | 64.467 % |
75 |  Saudi Arabia | 64.182 % |
76 |  Bahrain | 64.007 % |
77 |  Maldives | 63.294 % |
78 |  Romania | 63.137 % |
79 |  Puerto Rico | 62.79 % |
80 |  Barbados | 62.076 % |
81 |  Botswana | 61.767 % |
82 |  South Africa | 61.593 % |
83 |  Kiribati | 59.988 % |
84 |  Italy | 59.915 % |
85 |  China | 59.711 % |
86 |  India | 59.133 % |
87 |  Hungary | 58.904 % |
88 |  Jordan | 58.718 % |
89 |  Croatia | 58.248 % |
90 |  Rwanda | 58.217 % |
91 |  Greece | 58.094 % |
92 |  Cabo Verde | 57.596 % |
93 |  Kuwait | 57.276 % |
94 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 57.145 % |
95 |  Bahamas | 56.993 % |
96 |  Thailand | 56.882 % |
97 |  Nauru | 56.369 % |
98 |  Republic of Moldova | 55.419 % |
99 |  Fiji | 55.361 % |
100 |  Vanuatu | 54.553 % |
101 |  Costa Rica | 54.308 % |
102 |  Dominican Republic | 54.158 % |
103 |  Albania | 54.02 % |
104 |  Bulgaria | 53.385 % |
105 |  Indonesia | 52.069 % |
106 |  Georgia | 51.801 % |
107 |  Serbia | 51.228 % |
108 |  Jamaica | 50.713 % |
109 |  Suriname | 50.134 % |
110 |  North Macedonia | 49.289 % |
111 |  Montenegro | 48.982 % |
112 |  Malawi | 48.89 % |
113 |  Sri Lanka | 48.127 % |
114 |  Morocco | 48.098 % |
115 |  Kenya | 47.737 % |
116 |  Vietnam | 47.725 % |
117 |  Ghana | 47.282 % |
118 |  Armenia | 47.131 % |
119 |  El Salvador | 45.487 % |
120 |  Tanzania | 45.363 % |
121 |  Egypt | 45.159 % |
122 |  Guyana | 44.691 % |
123 |  Mongolia | 44.146 % |
124 |  Kosovo | 43.738 % |
125 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 42.265 % |
126 |  Tunisia | 41.411 % |
127 |  Philippines | 41.021 % |
128 |  Nepal | 40.775 % |
129 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 39.394 % |
130 |  Senegal | 38.893 % |
131 |  Kazakhstan | 38.109 % |
132 |  Benin | 37.948 % |
133 |  Brazil | 37.945 % |
134 |  Gambia | 37.026 % |
135 |  Argentina | 36.101 % |
136 |  Togo | 35.988 % |
137 |  Colombia | 35.285 % |
138 |  Bangladesh | 35.232 % |
139 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.223 % |
140 |  Cook Islands | 35.102 % |
141 |  Solomon Islands | 34.402 % |
142 |  Papua New Guinea | 34.234 % |
143 |  Panama | 33.751 % |
144 |  Niue | 33.059 % |
145 |  Lesotho | 32.706 % |
146 |  Uzbekistan | 32.115 % |
147 |  Belize | 31.661 % |
148 |  Uganda | 31.203 % |
149 |  Timor-Leste | 31.045 % |
150 |  Zambia | 30.987 % |
151 |  Azerbaijan | 30.388 % |
152 |  Cuba | 30.102 % |
153 |  Laos | 29.298 % |
154 |  Algeria | 28.598 % |
155 |  Turkey | 28.237 % |
156 |  Cambodia | 27.827 % |
157 |  Peru | 26.733 % |
158 |  Niger | 26.678 % |
159 |  Paraguay | 26.327 % |
160 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 26.196 % |
161 |  Mauritania | 23.851 % |
162 |  Sierra Leone | 22.072 % |
163 |  State of Palestine | 21.928 % |
164 |  Nigeria | 21.255 % |
165 |  Congo | 21.218 % |
166 |  Eswatini | 20.98 % |
167 |  Madagascar | 20.9 % |
168 |  Cameroon | 20.708 % |
169 |  Pakistan | 20.353 % |
170 |  Guinea | 19.931 % |
171 |  Liberia | 19.867 % |
172 |  Mozambique | 19.456 % |
173 |  Gabon | 18.609 % |
174 |  Ethiopia | 17.945 % |
175 |  Mexico | 17.92 % |
176 |  Burkina Faso | 17.337 % |
177 |  Mali | 16.861 % |
178 |  Honduras | 16.568 % |
179 |  Guatemala | 16.305 % |
180 |  Ecuador | 15.784 % |
181 |  Burundi | 15 % |
182 |  Angola | 14.913 % |
183 |  Ukraine | 14.886 % |
184 |  Zimbabwe | 14.235 % |
185 |  Bolivia | 12.183 % |
186 |  Tajikistan | 12.005 % |
187 |  Djibouti | 10.511 % |
188 |  Iran | 10.132 % |
189 |  Chad | 9.141 % |
190 |  Nicaragua | 8.261 % |
191 |  Equatorial Guinea | 7.85 % |
192 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 7.013 % |
193 |  Turkmenistan | 6.741 % |
194 |  Comoros | 6.704 % |
195 |  Guinea-Bissau | 6.542 % |
196 |  Kyrgyzstan | 6.531 % |
197 |  Afghanistan | 6.097 % |
198 |  North Korea | 5.809 % |
199 |  Lebanon | 5.139 % |
200 |  Iraq | 4.221 % |
201 |  Central African Republic | 3.509 % |
202 |  Belarus | 3.268 % |
203 |  Sudan | 1.835 % |
204 |  Russia | 1.683 % |
205 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 1.501 % |
206 |  Libya | 1.434 % |
207 |  Yemen | 1.013 % |
208 |  South Sudan | 0.837 % |
209 |  Eritrea | 0.663 % |
210 |  Venezuela | 0.515 % |
211 |  Somalia | -0.048 % |
212 |  Myanmar | -1.87 % |
213 |  Haiti | -2.041 % |
- #1Denmark
- #2Finland
- #3Luxembourg
- #4Singapore
- #5Liechtenstein
- #6Norway
- #7Switzerland
- #8Ireland
- #9Iceland
- #10San Marino
Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.
- #213Haiti
- #212Myanmar
- #211Somalia
- #210Venezuela
- #209Eritrea
- #208South Sudan
- #207Yemen
- #206Libya
- #205Syrian Arab Republic
- #204Russia
Context: These countries or territories have the lowest values, often due to geographic size, administrative status, or specific characteristics.
Data Source
Worldwide Governance Indicators, World Bank (WB)
A global compilation of data capturing household, business, and citizen perceptions of the quality of governance in more than 200 economies.
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