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Rule of Law – Ranking 2023
All countries ranked by rule of law · World Bank WGI
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|
| 1st |
Finland |
1.97 |
+0.5% |
| 2nd |
Denmark |
1.91 |
+0.5% |
| 3rd |
Norway |
1.83 |
+4.2% |
| 4th |
Switzerland |
1.76 |
+0.6% |
| 5th |
Singapore |
1.75 |
-1.4% |
| 6th |
Luxembourg |
1.75 |
-0.9% |
| 7th |
Austria |
1.75 |
+2.5% |
| 8th |
Iceland |
1.72 |
+1.1% |
| 9th |
Liechtenstein |
1.71 |
-0.4% |
| 10th |
New Zealand |
1.71 |
-1.4% |
| 11th |
Greenland |
1.68 |
-0.3% |
| 12th |
Netherlands |
1.64 |
-0.9% |
| 13th |
Ireland |
1.63 |
+7.0% |
| 14th |
Sweden |
1.60 |
-5.0% |
| 15th |
Germany |
1.55 |
+1.3% |
| 16th |
Japan |
1.54 |
-1.4% |
| 17th |
Australia |
1.52 |
+1.0% |
| 18th |
Andorra |
1.48 |
-0.6% |
| 19th |
Monaco |
1.48 |
-0.6% |
| 20th |
San Marino |
1.48 |
-15.6% |
| 21st |
Canada |
1.47 |
-5.9% |
| 22nd |
Estonia |
1.43 |
+0.0% |
| 23rd |
United Kingdom |
1.40 |
-1.1% |
| 24th |
United States |
1.33 |
-3.0% |
| 25th |
Belgium |
1.30 |
-3.9% |
| 26th |
Hong Kong SAR, China |
1.29 |
+1.2% |
| 27th |
Aruba |
1.27 |
-0.6% |
| 28th |
Lithuania |
1.27 |
+19.5% |
| 29th |
Korea |
1.25 |
+7.8% |
| 30th |
American Samoa |
1.21 |
-0.7% |
| 31st |
France |
1.18 |
0.0% |
| 32nd |
Czechia |
1.14 |
+3.8% |
| 33rd |
Portugal |
1.07 |
-4.0% |
| 34th |
Latvia |
1.04 |
+12.9% |
| 35th |
Slovenia |
1.04 |
+7.0% |
| 36th |
Tuvalu |
1.01 |
+23.7% |
| 37th |
Guam |
0.95 |
-22.4% |
| 38th |
Virgin Islands (US) |
0.95 |
-0.9% |
| 39th |
Palau |
0.94 |
-1.8% |
| 40th |
Qatar |
0.93 |
+1.7% |
| 41st |
Samoa |
0.90 |
-5.0% |
| 42nd |
Brunei Darussalam |
0.89 |
-5.0% |
| 43rd |
United Arab Emirates |
0.88 |
+5.5% |
| 44th |
Spain |
0.82 |
+3.0% |
| 45th |
Mauritius |
0.81 |
+1.1% |
| 46th |
Israel |
0.78 |
-17.0% |
| 47th |
Macao SAR, China |
0.78 |
-1.0% |
| 48th |
Cayman Islands |
0.72 |
+0.1% |
| 49th |
Uruguay |
0.72 |
-6.5% |
| 50th |
Malta |
0.70 |
-10.6% |
| 51st |
Bermuda |
0.68 |
-1.3% |
| 52nd |
Marshall Islands |
0.68 |
-7.2% |
| 53rd |
Bhutan |
0.67 |
-0.9% |
| 54th |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
0.64 |
-6.6% |
| 55th |
Cyprus |
0.63 |
+10.2% |
| 56th |
Chile |
0.63 |
-9.2% |
| 57th |
Dominica |
0.62 |
-14.9% |
| 58th |
Oman |
0.61 |
+22.8% |
| 59th |
St. Lucia |
0.61 |
-8.6% |
| 60th |
Grenada |
0.60 |
+8.9% |
| 61st |
Slovak Republic |
0.60 |
-2.8% |
| 62nd |
Kiribati |
0.59 |
-6.1% |
| 63rd |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
0.57 |
-11.3% |
| 64th |
Malaysia |
0.57 |
+1.9% |
| 65th |
Tonga |
0.55 |
-7.9% |
| 66th |
Puerto Rico (US) |
0.49 |
-7.1% |
| 67th |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
0.48 |
-4.4% |
| 68th |
Bahrain |
0.47 |
+6.9% |
| 69th |
Poland |
0.46 |
+7.1% |
| 70th |
Namibia |
0.45 |
+7.4% |
| 71st |
Romania |
0.44 |
+8.4% |
| 72nd |
Seychelles |
0.43 |
-6.2% |
| 73rd |
Hungary |
0.43 |
+1.2% |
| 74th |
Saudi Arabia |
0.41 |
+43.0% |
| 75th |
Barbados |
0.41 |
+15.2% |
| 76th |
Cabo Verde |
0.40 |
+0.4% |
| 77th |
Botswana |
0.39 |
-15.0% |
| 78th |
Italy |
0.39 |
+31.4% |
| 79th |
Costa Rica |
0.39 |
-10.7% |
| 80th |
Antigua and Barbuda |
0.38 |
-3.1% |
| 81st |
Croatia |
0.36 |
-2.0% |
| 82nd |
Kuwait |
0.34 |
+22.6% |
| 83rd |
Fiji |
0.30 |
-6.3% |
| 84th |
Jordan |
0.26 |
+18.6% |
| 85th |
Thailand |
0.24 |
+272.4% |
| 86th |
Greece |
0.21 |
-34.4% |
| 87th |
Rwanda |
0.21 |
+38.9% |
| 88th |
India |
0.19 |
+65.3% |
| 89th |
Bahamas, The |
0.18 |
+33.5% |
| 90th |
Georgia |
0.18 |
+4.6% |
| 91st |
Vanuatu |
0.14 |
-56.1% |
| 92nd |
South Africa |
0.09 |
+111.5% |
| 93rd |
Bulgaria |
-0.01 |
+93.6% |
| 94th |
Nauru |
-0.02 |
+21.3% |
| 95th |
China |
-0.04 |
+4.9% |
| 96th |
Montenegro |
-0.04 |
+66.6% |
| 97th |
Suriname |
-0.06 |
+51.5% |
| 98th |
Serbia |
-0.07 |
+34.6% |
| 99th |
Maldives |
-0.08 |
-277.6% |
| 100th |
Viet Nam |
-0.09 |
+46.1% |
| 101st |
Sri Lanka |
-0.09 |
-56.3% |
| 102nd |
Ghana |
-0.10 |
-25.3% |
| 103rd |
Armenia |
-0.12 |
+28.0% |
| 104th |
Morocco |
-0.13 |
+38.3% |
| 105th |
Dominican Republic |
-0.13 |
-37.7% |
| 106th |
Tunisia |
-0.14 |
-23.3% |
| 107th |
Moldova |
-0.15 |
+46.7% |
| 108th |
Indonesia |
-0.15 |
+18.4% |
| 109th |
Malawi |
-0.16 |
+29.9% |
| 110th |
Albania |
-0.16 |
+0.9% |
| 111th |
North Macedonia |
-0.17 |
-73.4% |
| 112th |
Jamaica |
-0.17 |
-146.0% |
| 113th |
Egypt, Arab Republic of |
-0.18 |
+30.7% |
| 114th |
Mongolia |
-0.18 |
+1.8% |
| 115th |
Solomon Islands |
-0.26 |
-9.2% |
| 116th |
Senegal |
-0.27 |
-1.8% |
| 117th |
Trinidad and Tobago |
-0.28 |
-68.2% |
| 118th |
Brazil |
-0.31 |
-19.7% |
| 119th |
Kosovo |
-0.31 |
+14.7% |
| 120th |
Kenya |
-0.33 |
-2.6% |
| 121st |
Guyana |
-0.34 |
-9.2% |
| 122nd |
Panama |
-0.35 |
+3.9% |
| 123rd |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
-0.35 |
-14.6% |
| 124th |
El Salvador |
-0.37 |
+50.2% |
| 125th |
Tanzania |
-0.37 |
+19.2% |
| 126th |
Gambia, The |
-0.37 |
+17.8% |
| 127th |
Argentina |
-0.41 |
+14.8% |
| 128th |
Philippines |
-0.42 |
+19.3% |
| 129th |
Kazakhstan |
-0.45 |
+5.9% |
| 130th |
Cuba |
-0.45 |
+1.8% |
| 131st |
Colombia |
-0.46 |
-7.1% |
| 132nd |
Côte d'Ivoire |
-0.46 |
+2.7% |
| 133rd |
Nepal |
-0.46 |
-3.2% |
| 134th |
Uganda |
-0.47 |
-27.0% |
| 135th |
Lesotho |
-0.48 |
-1.4% |
| 136th |
Bangladesh |
-0.50 |
+16.5% |
| 137th |
Benin |
-0.51 |
+15.2% |
| 138th |
Türkiye |
-0.51 |
-11.4% |
| 139th |
Togo |
-0.53 |
+4.2% |
| 140th |
Zambia |
-0.53 |
-2.3% |
| 141st |
Peru |
-0.54 |
+2.7% |
| 142nd |
Papua New Guinea |
-0.54 |
+12.4% |
| 143rd |
Azerbaijan |
-0.57 |
+9.4% |
| 144th |
Paraguay |
-0.58 |
+1.6% |
| 145th |
Eswatini |
-0.60 |
+7.4% |
| 146th |
Belize |
-0.64 |
+11.7% |
| 147th |
Mauritania |
-0.64 |
+1.1% |
| 148th |
Algeria |
-0.68 |
+18.6% |
| 149th |
West Bank and Gaza |
-0.68 |
-23.0% |
| 150th |
São Tomé and Principe |
-0.69 |
-9.5% |
| 151st |
Niger |
-0.71 |
-42.2% |
| 152nd |
Burkina Faso |
-0.74 |
-21.2% |
| 153rd |
Mexico |
-0.81 |
+7.2% |
| 154th |
Cambodia |
-0.82 |
+5.4% |
| 155th |
Uzbekistan |
-0.83 |
+2.3% |
| 156th |
Lao PDR |
-0.83 |
-3.5% |
| 157th |
Sierra Leone |
-0.83 |
-0.2% |
| 158th |
Timor-Leste |
-0.83 |
+5.3% |
| 159th |
Pakistan |
-0.86 |
-27.9% |
| 160th |
Gabon |
-0.87 |
-5.9% |
| 161st |
Nigeria |
-0.89 |
+2.9% |
| 162nd |
Ukraine |
-0.89 |
+3.2% |
| 163rd |
Ecuador |
-0.96 |
-54.3% |
| 164th |
Madagascar |
-0.97 |
-2.6% |
| 165th |
Mali |
-0.98 |
+0.5% |
| 166th |
Congo, Republic of |
-1.02 |
+6.4% |
| 167th |
Mozambique |
-1.03 |
-0.2% |
| 168th |
Liberia |
-1.03 |
-12.6% |
| 169th |
Cameroon |
-1.04 |
+0.1% |
| 170th |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
-1.06 |
-4.3% |
| 171st |
Guatemala |
-1.08 |
+4.6% |
| 172nd |
Honduras |
-1.10 |
-7.6% |
| 173rd |
Angola |
-1.10 |
-7.5% |
| 174th |
Guinea |
-1.11 |
-1.5% |
| 175th |
Djibouti |
-1.13 |
-2.0% |
| 176th |
Lebanon |
-1.17 |
-5.6% |
| 177th |
Kyrgyz Republic |
-1.17 |
-2.3% |
| 178th |
Russian Federation |
-1.19 |
+0.7% |
| 179th |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
-1.22 |
+6.3% |
| 180th |
Belarus |
-1.25 |
-2.5% |
| 181st |
Burundi |
-1.25 |
+2.0% |
| 182nd |
Zimbabwe |
-1.28 |
-3.2% |
| 183rd |
Tajikistan |
-1.28 |
-1.7% |
| 184th |
Nicaragua |
-1.28 |
+2.5% |
| 185th |
Equatorial Guinea |
-1.34 |
+4.9% |
| 186th |
Comoros |
-1.34 |
-2.0% |
| 187th |
Chad |
-1.35 |
+1.4% |
| 188th |
Haiti |
-1.36 |
+1.0% |
| 189th |
Guinea-Bissau |
-1.44 |
+1.2% |
| 190th |
Turkmenistan |
-1.49 |
+0.4% |
| 191st |
Myanmar |
-1.62 |
-5.8% |
| 192nd |
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of |
-1.64 |
+1.2% |
| 193rd |
Afghanistan |
-1.65 |
+0.6% |
| 194th |
Congo, Democratic Republic of |
-1.67 |
+0.1% |
| 195th |
Sudan |
-1.67 |
-32.9% |
| 196th |
Iraq |
-1.69 |
+3.2% |
| 197th |
Central African Republic |
-1.76 |
-3.5% |
| 198th |
Eritrea |
-1.76 |
+0.6% |
| 199th |
Libya |
-1.77 |
+1.8% |
| 200th |
Yemen, Republic of |
-1.84 |
+0.7% |
| 201st |
Syrian Arab Republic |
-2.04 |
+1.6% |
| 202nd |
South Sudan |
-2.14 |
-4.0% |
| 203rd |
Somalia, Fed. Rep. |
-2.21 |
+3.3% |