Global Rankings

Rule Of Law Index

(-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong)

Rank		Country	(-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong)
Current	Previous	Country	(-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong)
1	1	Finland	1.97
2	2	Denmark	1.91
3	5	Norway	1.83
4	6	Switzerland	1.76
5	3	Singapore	1.75
6	4	Luxembourg	1.75
7	10	Austria	1.75
8	11	Iceland	1.72
9	9	Liechtenstein	1.71
10	8	New Zealand	1.71
11	13	Netherlands	1.64
12	17	Ireland	1.63
13	12	Sweden	1.6
14	16	Germany	1.55
15	15	Japan	1.54
16	18	Australia	1.52
17	19	Andorra	1.48
17	7	San Marino	1.48
17	19	Monaco	1.48
20	14	Canada	1.47
21	21	Estonia	1.43
22	22	United Kingdom	1.4
23	23	United States	1.33
24	24	Belgium	1.3
25	25	Hong Kong	1.29
26	26	Aruba	1.27
27	29	Taiwan	1.27
28	32	Lithuania	1.27
29	28	South Korea	1.25
30	27	France	1.18
31	31	Czech Republic	1.14
32	30	Portugal	1.07
33	38	Latvia	1.04
34	33	Slovenia	1.04
35	41	Tuvalu	1.01
36	34	Palau	0.94
37	39	Qatar	0.93
38	35	Samoa	0.9
39	37	Brunei	0.89
40	40	United Arab Emirates	0.88
41	42	Spain	0.82
42	43	Mauritius	0.81
43	36	Israel	0.78
44	44	Macao	0.78
45	46	Uruguay	0.72
46	45	Malta	0.7
47	48	Bermuda	0.68
48	51	Bhutan	0.67
49	49	Micronesia	0.64
50	57	Cyprus	0.63
51	50	Chile	0.63
52	47	Dominica	0.62
53	62	Oman	0.61
54	52	Saint Lucia	0.61
55	59	Grenada	0.6
56	55	Slovakia	0.6
57	54	Kiribati	0.59
58	53	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.57
59	58	Malaysia	0.57
60	60	Costa Rica	0.57
61	56	Tonga	0.55
62	61	Puerto Rico	0.49
63	65	Bahrain	0.47
64	66	Poland	0.46
65	68	Namibia	0.45
66	69	Romania	0.44
67	63	Seychelles	0.43
68	67	Hungary	0.43
69	78	Saudi Arabia	0.41
70	73	Barbados	0.41
71	70	Cape Verde	0.4
72	64	Botswana	0.39
73	77	Italy	0.39
74	71	Antigua and Barbuda	0.38
75	72	Croatia	0.36
76	79	Kuwait	0.34
77	74	Fiji	0.3
78	80	Jordan	0.26
79	85	Thailand	0.24
80	75	Greece	0.21
81	82	Rwanda	0.21
82	84	India	0.19
83	83	Bahamas	0.18
84	81	Georgia	0.18
85	76	Vanuatu	0.14
86	87	South Africa	0.09
87	94	Bulgaria	-0.01
88	88	China	-0.04
89	97	Montenegro	-0.04
90	98	Suriname	-0.06
91	96	Serbia	-0.07
92	86	Maldives	-0.08
93	99	Vietnam	-0.09
94	89	Sri Lanka	-0.09
95	91	Ghana	-0.1
96	102	Armenia	-0.12
97	105	Morocco	-0.13
98	92	Dominican Republic	-0.13
99	95	Tunisia	-0.14
100	111	Moldova	-0.15
101	104	Indonesia	-0.15
102	106	Malawi	-0.16
103	100	Albania	-0.16
104	93	Macedonia	-0.17
105	90	Jamaica	-0.17
106	109	Egypt	-0.18
107	103	Mongolia	-0.18
108	107	Solomon Islands	-0.26
109	110	Senegal	-0.27
110	101	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.28
111	108	Brazil	-0.31
112	114	Kenya	-0.33
113	113	Guyana	-0.34
114	115	Panama	-0.35
115	112	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.35
116	145	El Salvador	-0.37
117	122	Tanzania	-0.37
118	119	Gambia	-0.37
119	126	Argentina	-0.41
120	129	Philippines	-0.42
121	125	Kazakhstan	-0.45
122	121	Cuba	-0.45
123	117	Colombia	-0.46
124	124	Ivory Coast	-0.46
125	118	Nepal	-0.46
126	116	Uganda	-0.47
127	123	Lesotho	-0.48
128	134	Bangladesh	-0.5
129	133	Benin	-0.51
130	120	Turkey	-0.51
131	130	Togo	-0.53
132	128	Zambia	-0.53
133	131	Peru	-0.54
134	136	Papua New Guinea	-0.54
135	138	Azerbaijan	-0.57
136	132	Paraguay	-0.58
137	141	Swaziland	-0.6
138	144	Belize	-0.64
139	142	Mauritania	-0.64
140	140	Ethiopia	-0.67
141	149	Algeria	-0.68
142	139	Sao Tome and Principe	-0.69
143	127	Niger	-0.71
144	135	Burkina Faso	-0.74
145	152	Mexico	-0.81
146	151	Cambodia	-0.82
147	150	Uzbekistan	-0.83
148	146	Laos	-0.83
149	148	Sierra Leone	-0.83
150	143	Pakistan	-0.86
151	147	Gabon	-0.87
152	153	Nigeria	-0.89
153	155	Ukraine	-0.89
154	137	Ecuador	-0.96
155	156	Madagascar	-0.97
156	157	Mali	-0.98
157	163	Republic of the Congo	-1.02
158	161	Mozambique	-1.03
159	154	Liberia	-1.03
160	162	Cameroon	-1.04
161	159	Iran	-1.06
162	167	Guatemala	-1.08
163	158	Honduras	-1.1
164	160	Angola	-1.1
165	164	Guinea	-1.11
166	165	Djibouti	-1.13
167	166	Lebanon	-1.17
168	168	Kyrgyzstan	-1.17
169	169	Russia	-1.19
170	175	Bolivia	-1.22
171	170	Belarus	-1.25
172	174	Burundi	-1.25
173	171	Zimbabwe	-1.28
174	172	Tajikistan	-1.28
175	176	Nicaragua	-1.28
176	180	Equatorial Guinea	-1.34
177	177	Comoros	-1.34
178	178	Chad	-1.35
179	179	Haiti	-1.36
180	181	Guinea-Bissau	-1.44
181	182	Turkmenistan	-1.49
182	183	Burma (Myanmar)	-1.62
183	185	North Korea	-1.64
184	184	Afghanistan	-1.65
185	186	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-1.67
186	173	Sudan	-1.67
187	188	Iraq	-1.69
188	187	Central African Republic	-1.76
189	189	Eritrea	-1.76
190	190	Libya	-1.77
191	191	Yemen	-1.84
192	192	Syria	-2.04
193	193	Venezuela	-2.15
194	194	Somalia	-2.21

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