Equatorial Guinea - Rule of Law 2025
-1.42
−0.08 from 2024
Equatorial Guinea's rule of law was -1.42 in 2025. This was the 184th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2025▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 1.97 | 3.0% |
| 2nd | Finland | 1.93 | -1.7% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | 1.77 | 0.8% |
| 4th | Liechtenstein | 1.76 | 2.8% |
| 5th | Ireland | 1.75 | 7.0% |
| 6th | Norway | 1.72 | -6.1% |
| 7th | Singapore | 1.71 | -2.2% |
| 8th | Iceland | 1.70 | -1.3% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 1.69 | -3.9% |
| 10th | Greenland | 1.67 | -0.9% |
| 11th | Austria | 1.65 | -5.6% |
| 12th | New Zealand | 1.63 | -4.7% |
| 13th | San Marino | 1.63 | 10.1% |
| 14th | Netherlands | 1.59 | -2.9% |
| 15th | Japan | 1.59 | 3.3% |
| 16th | Estonia | 1.55 | 8.5% |
| 17th | Germany | 1.53 | -1.2% |
| 18th | Sweden | 1.53 | -4.7% |
| 19th | Andorra | 1.47 | -0.6% |
| 20th | Monaco | 1.47 | -0.7% |
| 21st | Australia | 1.42 | -7.0% |
| 22nd | Canada | 1.37 | -6.7% |
| 23rd | Lithuania | 1.34 | 5.5% |
| 24th | United States | 1.31 | -1.7% |
| 25th | Belgium | 1.30 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Aruba | 1.30 | 2.0% |
| 27th | United Kingdom | 1.29 | -7.7% |
| 28th | Korea | 1.24 | -0.7% |
| 29th | Czechia | 1.21 | 5.6% |
| 30th | American Samoa | 1.19 | -2.0% |
| 31st | Tuvalu | 1.18 | 16.6% |
| 32nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.09 | -15.5% |
| 33rd | Brunei Darussalam | 1.09 | 22.5% |
| 34th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.08 | 66.9% |
| 35th | Portugal | 1.06 | -0.6% |
| 36th | France | 1.06 | -10.4% |
| 37th | Palau | 1.04 | 11.6% |
| 38th | Qatar | 1.04 | 11.8% |
| 39th | Latvia | 1.01 | -2.8% |
| 40th | Slovenia | 0.96 | -7.3% |
| 41st | Guam | 0.92 | -2.6% |
| 42nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.91 | -4.0% |
| 43rd | United Arab Emirates | 0.88 | 0.2% |
| 44th | Marshall Islands | 0.87 | 29.1% |
| 45th | Grenada | 0.86 | 41.9% |
| 46th | Mauritius | 0.86 | 6.6% |
| 47th | Uruguay | 0.83 | 15.2% |
| 48th | Samoa | 0.75 | -17.1% |
| 49th | Israel | 0.74 | -5.9% |
| 50th | Bhutan | 0.73 | 8.9% |
| 51st | Macao SAR, China | 0.72 | -7.7% |
| 52nd | Cayman Islands | 0.72 | -0.6% |
| 53rd | Spain | 0.70 | -14.4% |
| 54th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.68 | 19.1% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 0.68 | 12.8% |
| 56th | St. Lucia | 0.64 | 5.3% |
| 57th | Bermuda | 0.63 | -7.7% |
| 58th | Dominica | 0.61 | -1.7% |
| 59th | Malta | 0.61 | -13.0% |
| 60th | Malaysia | 0.61 | 5.9% |
| 61st | Tonga | 0.59 | 8.3% |
| 62nd | Seychelles | 0.57 | 32.5% |
| 63rd | Oman | 0.55 | -9.7% |
| 64th | Cyprus | 0.55 | -13.1% |
| 65th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.51 | 7.0% |
| 66th | Saudi Arabia | 0.50 | 20.5% |
| 67th | Namibia | 0.48 | 7.3% |
| 68th | Chile | 0.48 | -23.9% |
| 69th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.47 | -4.6% |
| 70th | Poland | 0.46 | 0.5% |
| 71st | Bahrain | 0.45 | -3.9% |
| 72nd | Kiribati | 0.45 | -23.8% |
| 73rd | Barbados | 0.45 | 7.5% |
| 74th | Romania | 0.43 | -1.1% |
| 75th | Botswana | 0.42 | 7.7% |
| 76th | Italy | 0.41 | 5.5% |
| 77th | Hungary | 0.38 | -10.2% |
| 78th | Croatia | 0.38 | 5.4% |
| 79th | Kuwait | 0.38 | 10.9% |
| 80th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.37 | -1.2% |
| 81st | Cabo Verde | 0.35 | -12.4% |
| 82nd | Greece | 0.32 | 50.0% |
| 83rd | Costa Rica | 0.32 | -18.3% |
| 84th | Jordan | 0.31 | 19.5% |
| 85th | India | 0.29 | 52.4% |
| 86th | South Africa | 0.29 | 231.1% |
| 87th | Rwanda | 0.28 | 34.2% |
| 88th | Fiji | 0.27 | -12.4% |
| 89th | Bahamas, The | 0.24 | 35.3% |
| 90th | Vanuatu | 0.24 | 68.8% |
| 91st | Thailand | 0.23 | -7.1% |
| 92nd | Maldives | 0.20 | 357.4% |
| 93rd | China | 0.11 | 384.3% |
| 94th | Georgia | 0.11 | -35.6% |
| 95th | Nauru | 0.06 | 400.4% |
| 96th | Dominican Republic | 0.02 | 114.4% |
| 97th | Albania | 0.01 | 107.2% |
| 98th | Moldova | -0.02 | 88.1% |
| 99th | Jamaica | -0.02 | 87.9% |
| 100th | Indonesia | -0.04 | 76.9% |
| 101st | Bulgaria | -0.04 | -445.4% |
| 102nd | North Macedonia | -0.04 | 75.5% |
| 103rd | Serbia | -0.06 | 26.0% |
| 104th | Malawi | -0.08 | 50.0% |
| 105th | Suriname | -0.09 | -41.3% |
| 106th | Armenia | -0.12 | 4.9% |
| 107th | Montenegro | -0.12 | -189.6% |
| 108th | Morocco | -0.12 | 3.7% |
| 109th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.13 | 27.8% |
| 110th | Mongolia | -0.14 | 25.0% |
| 111th | Sri Lanka | -0.14 | -59.8% |
| 112th | Viet Nam | -0.15 | -71.9% |
| 113th | Ghana | -0.16 | -60.7% |
| 114th | Kenya | -0.21 | 36.7% |
| 115th | Guyana | -0.26 | 24.1% |
| 116th | Kosovo | -0.26 | 15.4% |
| 117th | Tunisia | -0.27 | -97.1% |
| 118th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.28 | 1.2% |
| 119th | Tanzania | -0.30 | 20.4% |
| 120th | El Salvador | -0.31 | 15.3% |
| 121st | Senegal | -0.32 | -17.4% |
| 122nd | Brazil | -0.34 | -11.0% |
| 123rd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.38 | 17.6% |
| 124th | Philippines | -0.39 | 7.4% |
| 125th | Nepal | -0.39 | 14.8% |
| 126th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.40 | -13.1% |
| 127th | Gambia, The | -0.41 | -8.6% |
| 128th | Solomon Islands | -0.41 | -55.0% |
| 129th | Benin | -0.43 | 15.0% |
| 130th | Kazakhstan | -0.43 | 2.9% |
| 131st | Papua New Guinea | -0.44 | 18.9% |
| 132nd | Argentina | -0.44 | -7.6% |
| 133rd | Panama | -0.44 | -28.2% |
| 134th | Colombia | -0.48 | -3.9% |
| 135th | Togo | -0.49 | 7.9% |
| 136th | Bangladesh | -0.49 | 2.6% |
| 137th | Lesotho | -0.50 | -3.4% |
| 138th | Uganda | -0.50 | -4.6% |
| 139th | Zambia | -0.55 | -3.4% |
| 140th | Belize | -0.55 | 13.6% |
| 141st | Azerbaijan | -0.55 | 2.7% |
| 142nd | Cuba | -0.55 | -22.0% |
| 143rd | Türkiye | -0.58 | -13.8% |
| 144th | Peru | -0.59 | -9.2% |
| 145th | Paraguay | -0.63 | -7.6% |
| 146th | Niger | -0.65 | 8.8% |
| 147th | Timor-Leste | -0.65 | 22.1% |
| 148th | Uzbekistan | -0.66 | 21.3% |
| 149th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.66 | 4.5% |
| 150th | Algeria | -0.67 | 1.4% |
| 151st | Mauritania | -0.68 | -6.2% |
| 152nd | Lao PDR | -0.69 | 17.1% |
| 153rd | Eswatini | -0.71 | -19.3% |
| 154th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.72 | -5.6% |
| 155th | Cambodia | -0.76 | 7.6% |
| 156th | Burkina Faso | -0.83 | -11.8% |
| 157th | Pakistan | -0.84 | 2.4% |
| 158th | Sierra Leone | -0.86 | -3.0% |
| 159th | Nigeria | -0.88 | 1.0% |
| 160th | Gabon | -0.92 | -5.3% |
| 161st | Madagascar | -0.94 | 3.8% |
| 162nd | Liberia | -0.96 | 6.9% |
| 163rd | Cameroon | -0.97 | 6.9% |
| 164th | Mexico | -0.97 | -19.9% |
| 165th | Ecuador | -0.97 | -1.0% |
| 166th | Ukraine | -0.99 | -10.9% |
| 167th | Mozambique | -0.99 | 3.2% |
| 168th | Guinea | -1.00 | 10.1% |
| 169th | Congo, Republic of | -1.00 | 1.6% |
| 170th | Mali | -1.04 | -6.6% |
| 171st | Guatemala | -1.09 | -1.7% |
| 172nd | Honduras | -1.10 | -0.1% |
| 173rd | Angola | -1.10 | -0.5% |
| 174th | Burundi | -1.14 | 8.9% |
| 175th | Djibouti | -1.22 | -8.1% |
| 176th | Zimbabwe | -1.22 | 4.3% |
| 177th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.22 | -15.4% |
| 178th | Tajikistan | -1.27 | 0.6% |
| 179th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.28 | -4.8% |
| 180th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.34 | -14.2% |
| 181st | Lebanon | -1.35 | -16.1% |
| 182nd | Nicaragua | -1.38 | -7.8% |
| 183rd | Chad | -1.39 | -2.8% |
| 184th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.42 | -6.2% |
| 185th | Comoros | -1.43 | -6.8% |
| 186th | Russian Federation | -1.46 | -22.8% |
| 187th | Belarus | -1.48 | -17.9% |
| 188th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.54 | -7.2% |
| 189th | Turkmenistan | -1.55 | -4.1% |
| 190th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.56 | 6.3% |
| 191st | Afghanistan | -1.61 | 2.4% |
| 192nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.65 | -0.4% |
| 193rd | Haiti | -1.65 | -21.2% |
| 194th | Iraq | -1.67 | 1.4% |
| 195th | Central African Republic | -1.71 | 3.0% |
| 196th | Sudan | -1.75 | -4.7% |
| 197th | Libya | -1.78 | -0.4% |
| 198th | Eritrea | -1.87 | -5.9% |
| 199th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.88 | -2.4% |
| 200th | Myanmar | -1.94 | -20.0% |
| 201st | Syrian Arab Republic | -2.02 | 0.6% |
| 202nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.15 | 2.8% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -2.19 | -2.2% |
FAQ
What was Equatorial Guinea's rule of law in 2025?▾
Equatorial Guinea's rule of law in 2025 was -1.42. This ranked 184th globally.
How did Equatorial Guinea's rule of law change in 2025?▾
Equatorial Guinea's rule of law decreased by 6.2% in 2025 compared to 2024.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2025?▾
Denmark had the highest rule of law in 2025 at 1.97.
What is the rule of law of Equatorial Guinea in 2025?▾
The rule of law of Equatorial Guinea in 2025 was -1.42. This ranked 184th globally.
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