Rule of Law - Ranking 1998
Year
In 1998, Finland (1.95), Norway (1.95), and Switzerland (1.93) ranked highest in rule of law among all countries. Somalia, Fed. Rep. ranked lowest at -2.14.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 1.95 | +2.3% |
| 2nd | Norway | 1.95 | +1.4% |
| 3rd | Switzerland | 1.93 | -0.2% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 1.85 | -0.4% |
| 5th | Denmark | 1.84 | +0.9% |
| 6th | Austria | 1.80 | -0.3% |
| 7th | Luxembourg | 1.76 | +3.1% |
| 8th | Australia | 1.76 | +2.5% |
| 9th | Sweden | 1.75 | -2.5% |
| 10th | Netherlands | 1.74 | +2.8% |
| 11th | United Kingdom | 1.73 | +6.4% |
| 12th | Canada | 1.71 | +4.1% |
| 13th | Iceland | 1.66 | +3.6% |
| 14th | Germany | 1.62 | +0.8% |
| 15th | Ireland | 1.59 | +6.0% |
| 16th | United States | 1.57 | +4.4% |
| 17th | Liechtenstein | 1.47 | +0.5% |
| 18th | Cayman Islands | 1.46 | +0.1% |
| 19th | France | 1.36 | -8.0% |
| 20th | Japan | 1.35 | +0.1% |
| 21st | Spain | 1.31 | -9.0% |
| 22nd | Malta | 1.26 | +19.7% |
| 23rd | Bahamas, The | 1.26 | +9.8% |
| 24th | Portugal | 1.24 | -3.4% |
| 25th | Singapore | 1.24 | -0.1% |
| 26th | Barbados | 1.23 | +17.8% |
| 27th | Belgium | 1.22 | -10.9% |
| 28th | Bermuda | 1.21 | -0.1% |
| 29th | Andorra | 1.18 | +1.6% |
| 30th | Slovenia | 1.18 | +10.1% |
| 31st | Chile | 1.10 | -1.4% |
| 32nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.05 | +0.3% |
| 33rd | Mauritius | 1.02 | +13.5% |
| 34th | Israel | 0.99 | -22.3% |
| 35th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.98 | +31.1% |
| 36th | Samoa | 0.96 | +1.3% |
| 37th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.96 | -0.4% |
| 38th | Cyprus | 0.95 | +10.3% |
| 39th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.88 | +8.3% |
| 40th | Kiribati | 0.88 | +8.3% |
| 41st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.88 | +8.3% |
| 42nd | St. Lucia | 0.88 | +8.3% |
| 43rd | Monaco | 0.88 | +8.3% |
| 44th | Nauru | 0.88 | +8.3% |
| 45th | Palau | 0.88 | +8.3% |
| 46th | San Marino | 0.88 | +8.3% |
| 47th | Tonga | 0.88 | +8.3% |
| 48th | Tuvalu | 0.88 | +8.3% |
| 49th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.88 | +8.3% |
| 50th | Czechia | 0.87 | -5.4% |
| 51st | Dominica | 0.84 | +0.1% |
| 52nd | Hungary | 0.81 | -10.6% |
| 53rd | Italy | 0.80 | -24.1% |
| 54th | Poland | 0.80 | +4.1% |
| 55th | Korea | 0.78 | -2.5% |
| 56th | Greece | 0.78 | -26.4% |
| 57th | Solomon Islands | 0.73 | -1.1% |
| 58th | United Arab Emirates | 0.72 | +4.0% |
| 59th | Cabo Verde | 0.67 | -35.6% |
| 60th | Costa Rica | 0.63 | +2.4% |
| 61st | Botswana | 0.63 | +8.0% |
| 62nd | Seychelles | 0.62 | +3.5% |
| 63rd | Uruguay | 0.62 | +9.9% |
| 64th | Kuwait | 0.61 | +1.6% |
| 65th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.59 | +11.3% |
| 66th | Estonia | 0.59 | +3.1% |
| 67th | Lithuania | 0.55 | +22.8% |
| 68th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.53 | -34.8% |
| 69th | Thailand | 0.51 | -5.6% |
| 70th | Oman | 0.42 | -22.9% |
| 71st | Grenada | 0.42 | -0.9% |
| 72nd | Bahrain | 0.35 | +3,583.0% |
| 73rd | Fiji | 0.34 | +6.2% |
| 74th | India | 0.34 | +6.9% |
| 75th | Vanuatu | 0.33 | +3.2% |
| 76th | Jordan | 0.30 | +8.4% |
| 77th | Malaysia | 0.28 | -45.8% |
| 78th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.26 | -2.3% |
| 79th | Mongolia | 0.24 | +20.6% |
| 80th | Latvia | 0.24 | +76.9% |
| 81st | Macao SAR, China | 0.20 | -5.0% |
| 82nd | Namibia | 0.18 | -29.2% |
| 83rd | Qatar | 0.17 | +583.3% |
| 84th | Slovak Republic | 0.17 | +5.8% |
| 85th | Lesotho | 0.17 | +70.2% |
| 86th | South Africa | 0.16 | +79.3% |
| 87th | Morocco | 0.13 | -41.5% |
| 88th | Senegal | 0.07 | +137.9% |
| 89th | Sri Lanka | 0.06 | -60.1% |
| 90th | Benin | 0.05 | -3.4% |
| 91st | Saudi Arabia | 0.05 | -59.2% |
| 92nd | Bhutan | 0.04 | +221.6% |
| 93rd | Philippines | 0.03 | -63.4% |
| 94th | Nepal | 0.01 | +249.3% |
| 95th | Gambia, The | 0.00 | -115.4% |
| 96th | Suriname | 0.00 | +94.9% |
| 97th | Argentina | -0.04 | -151.5% |
| 98th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.05 | -30.8% |
| 99th | Moldova | -0.06 | +47.5% |
| 100th | Türkiye | -0.10 | +28.3% |
| 101st | Belize | -0.11 | -225.4% |
| 102nd | Romania | -0.11 | -403.9% |
| 103rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.13 | -10,157.4% |
| 104th | Panama | -0.13 | +21.9% |
| 105th | Marshall Islands | -0.16 | +20.3% |
| 106th | Tanzania | -0.17 | +10.7% |
| 107th | Maldives | -0.18 | -1,110.5% |
| 108th | Brazil | -0.20 | +9.2% |
| 109th | Bulgaria | -0.22 | +35.6% |
| 110th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.23 | +13.1% |
| 111th | Mali | -0.23 | +23.3% |
| 112th | Jamaica | -0.25 | +25.9% |
| 113th | Tunisia | -0.32 | -5.3% |
| 114th | North Macedonia | -0.33 | -7.8% |
| 115th | Guyana | -0.37 | -80.1% |
| 116th | Gabon | -0.37 | +43.2% |
| 117th | Madagascar | -0.37 | +8.0% |
| 118th | Armenia | -0.38 | +18.8% |
| 119th | Viet Nam | -0.40 | +16.5% |
| 120th | Croatia | -0.41 | +35.9% |
| 121st | Lebanon | -0.41 | -46.3% |
| 122nd | Malawi | -0.42 | -12.8% |
| 123rd | Ghana | -0.44 | -88.3% |
| 124th | Mauritania | -0.46 | +9.2% |
| 125th | Zambia | -0.47 | +11.8% |
| 126th | China | -0.48 | +12.6% |
| 127th | Papua New Guinea | -0.52 | +16.0% |
| 128th | Mexico | -0.53 | +26.8% |
| 129th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.54 | +1.7% |
| 130th | Ecuador | -0.54 | -20.0% |
| 131st | Dominican Republic | -0.58 | -10.4% |
| 132nd | Nicaragua | -0.61 | -17.3% |
| 133rd | Eritrea | -0.63 | +3.1% |
| 134th | Uganda | -0.65 | -11.4% |
| 135th | Eswatini | -0.66 | -39.8% |
| 136th | Colombia | -0.66 | +11.8% |
| 137th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.67 | -178.0% |
| 138th | Niger | -0.68 | -4.3% |
| 139th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.68 | +27.3% |
| 140th | El Salvador | -0.69 | +20.6% |
| 141st | Peru | -0.74 | -6.0% |
| 142nd | Indonesia | -0.75 | -53.2% |
| 143rd | Togo | -0.76 | -3.9% |
| 144th | Zimbabwe | -0.77 | +4.9% |
| 145th | Montenegro | -0.79 | - |
| 146th | Pakistan | -0.79 | -26.9% |
| 147th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.80 | -9.7% |
| 148th | Mozambique | -0.83 | -3.3% |
| 149th | Paraguay | -0.83 | -25.7% |
| 150th | Russian Federation | -0.86 | -7.8% |
| 151st | Comoros | -0.88 | -0.3% |
| 152nd | Honduras | -0.89 | +4.7% |
| 153rd | Belarus | -0.89 | -11.6% |
| 154th | Djibouti | -0.91 | +6.4% |
| 155th | Burkina Faso | -0.91 | +2.2% |
| 156th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.92 | -17.5% |
| 157th | Albania | -0.93 | -35.8% |
| 158th | Bangladesh | -0.94 | -0.2% |
| 159th | Ukraine | -0.98 | -19.3% |
| 160th | Lao PDR | -0.99 | +5.3% |
| 161st | Kenya | -1.03 | -0.6% |
| 162nd | Guatemala | -1.04 | +7.6% |
| 163rd | Cuba | -1.05 | +8.0% |
| 164th | Kazakhstan | -1.11 | +6.2% |
| 165th | Libya | -1.12 | +5.5% |
| 166th | Azerbaijan | -1.12 | +6.6% |
| 167th | Cameroon | -1.14 | +21.0% |
| 168th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.15 | +0.1% |
| 169th | Central African Republic | -1.17 | -1.2% |
| 170th | Cambodia | -1.18 | +1.3% |
| 171st | Nigeria | -1.19 | +7.8% |
| 172nd | Chad | -1.19 | +5.2% |
| 173rd | Algeria | -1.20 | +1.6% |
| 174th | Georgia | -1.22 | +3.0% |
| 175th | Uzbekistan | -1.26 | -1.5% |
| 176th | Serbia | -1.26 | -0.1% |
| 177th | Sierra Leone | -1.31 | +4.9% |
| 178th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.35 | -5.4% |
| 179th | Burundi | -1.38 | +2.6% |
| 180th | Guinea | -1.39 | +3.8% |
| 181st | Yemen, Republic of | -1.39 | -0.9% |
| 182nd | Turkmenistan | -1.41 | +5.2% |
| 183rd | Haiti | -1.43 | -2.7% |
| 184th | Rwanda | -1.46 | +2.7% |
| 185th | Angola | -1.53 | +6.3% |
| 186th | Tajikistan | -1.53 | +6.9% |
| 187th | Myanmar | -1.53 | +2.9% |
| 188th | Iraq | -1.55 | +0.9% |
| 189th | Timor-Leste | -1.57 | 0.0% |
| 190th | Congo, Republic of | -1.62 | -55.1% |
| 191st | Sudan | -1.67 | +2.3% |
| 192nd | Afghanistan | -1.73 | +3.0% |
| 193rd | Liberia | -1.80 | +6.5% |
| 194th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.88 | -12.4% |
| 195th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.92 | -2.2% |
| 196th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.14 | +0.4% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest rule of law in 1998?▾
Finland has the highest rule of law in 1998 at 1.95.
Which country has the lowest rule of law in 1998?▾
Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the lowest rule of law in 1998 at -2.14.
How many countries are ranked by rule of law?▾
196 countries have rule of law data for 1998.
What are the top 3 countries by rule of law?▾
1. Finland (1.95), 2. Norway (1.95), 3. Switzerland (1.93).