Rule of Law - Ranking 2014
Year
In 2014, Finland (2.12), Denmark (2.10), and Norway (2.02) ranked highest in rule of law among all countries. Somalia, Fed. Rep. ranked lowest at -2.36.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.12 | +8.6% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 2.10 | +10.4% |
| 3rd | Norway | 2.02 | +2.7% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 2.00 | +7.2% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.99 | +10.8% |
| 6th | Sweden | 1.98 | +1.3% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.97 | +8.1% |
| 8th | Austria | 1.94 | +5.7% |
| 9th | Australia | 1.92 | +8.4% |
| 10th | Luxembourg | 1.90 | +5.2% |
| 11th | Canada | 1.89 | +7.9% |
| 12th | United Kingdom | 1.87 | +11.0% |
| 13th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.86 | +18.6% |
| 14th | Germany | 1.85 | +12.7% |
| 15th | Singapore | 1.82 | +7.3% |
| 16th | Ireland | 1.76 | +3.0% |
| 17th | Liechtenstein | 1.74 | +10.3% |
| 18th | Greenland | 1.73 | +2.7% |
| 19th | Iceland | 1.70 | +3.1% |
| 20th | Andorra | 1.64 | +16.9% |
| 21st | United States | 1.61 | +3.7% |
| 22nd | Japan | 1.60 | +11.3% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.55 | +6.3% |
| 24th | France | 1.45 | +3.6% |
| 25th | American Samoa | 1.41 | +27.8% |
| 26th | Guam | 1.41 | +27.8% |
| 27th | Estonia | 1.37 | +15.0% |
| 28th | Chile | 1.35 | +7.5% |
| 29th | Malta | 1.19 | -10.2% |
| 30th | Czechia | 1.14 | +11.2% |
| 31st | Portugal | 1.12 | +7.8% |
| 32nd | Israel | 1.11 | +13.8% |
| 33rd | Barbados | 1.08 | +3.9% |
| 34th | Cyprus | 1.07 | +4.3% |
| 35th | Aruba | 1.04 | -19.8% |
| 36th | Korea | 1.01 | +6.4% |
| 37th | Slovenia | 1.00 | +0.5% |
| 38th | Spain | 0.97 | -5.7% |
| 39th | Macao SAR, China | 0.95 | +48.9% |
| 40th | Mauritius | 0.95 | -1.8% |
| 41st | Lithuania | 0.94 | +12.9% |
| 42nd | Poland | 0.87 | +3.8% |
| 43rd | Latvia | 0.87 | +14.3% |
| 44th | Qatar | 0.86 | -9.4% |
| 45th | Samoa | 0.80 | +5.8% |
| 46th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.77 | +14.7% |
| 47th | Uruguay | 0.76 | +32.1% |
| 48th | Bahamas, The | 0.66 | +5.0% |
| 49th | Cabo Verde | 0.66 | +20.1% |
| 50th | United Arab Emirates | 0.65 | +6.1% |
| 51st | St. Lucia | 0.63 | -18.8% |
| 52nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.61 | -36.3% |
| 53rd | Cayman Islands | 0.59 | -34.5% |
| 54th | Costa Rica | 0.58 | +3.5% |
| 55th | Dominica | 0.55 | -23.7% |
| 56th | Botswana | 0.54 | +9.1% |
| 57th | Malaysia | 0.52 | +53.5% |
| 58th | Hungary | 0.51 | -12.7% |
| 59th | Tuvalu | 0.51 | -14.2% |
| 60th | Oman | 0.49 | -0.4% |
| 61st | Slovak Republic | 0.49 | +4.6% |
| 62nd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.47 | -19.8% |
| 63rd | Jordan | 0.47 | +24.4% |
| 64th | Italy | 0.42 | -3.2% |
| 65th | Bhutan | 0.42 | +31.6% |
| 66th | Bahrain | 0.41 | +26.6% |
| 67th | Greece | 0.37 | -20.0% |
| 68th | Palau | 0.28 | -69.3% |
| 69th | Seychelles | 0.25 | +49.6% |
| 70th | Romania | 0.24 | +27.3% |
| 71st | Vanuatu | 0.23 | -37.2% |
| 72nd | Georgia | 0.22 | +4,477.4% |
| 73rd | Croatia | 0.22 | +22.6% |
| 74th | Namibia | 0.21 | -35.3% |
| 75th | South Africa | 0.16 | +14.7% |
| 76th | Saudi Arabia | 0.13 | -13.4% |
| 77th | Rwanda | 0.07 | +147.8% |
| 78th | Ghana | 0.06 | -58.9% |
| 79th | Kuwait | 0.02 | -93.6% |
| 80th | Bermuda | 0.02 | -98.2% |
| 81st | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.02 | -97.7% |
| 82nd | Montenegro | 0.01 | +140.7% |
| 83rd | Brazil | -0.05 | +42.5% |
| 84th | North Macedonia | -0.06 | +75.8% |
| 85th | Panama | -0.06 | +74.5% |
| 86th | Tunisia | -0.07 | +61.5% |
| 87th | India | -0.07 | -50.8% |
| 88th | Senegal | -0.08 | +67.9% |
| 89th | Türkiye | -0.08 | -1,520.3% |
| 90th | Bulgaria | -0.08 | +44.3% |
| 91st | Serbia | -0.09 | +68.3% |
| 92nd | Kiribati | -0.10 | -145.5% |
| 93rd | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.11 | +48.0% |
| 94th | Morocco | -0.13 | +62.0% |
| 95th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.13 | +5.1% |
| 96th | Suriname | -0.14 | -177.7% |
| 97th | Grenada | -0.14 | -169.0% |
| 98th | Sri Lanka | -0.15 | +43.8% |
| 99th | Tonga | -0.16 | -970.4% |
| 100th | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.18 | -121.1% |
| 101st | Marshall Islands | -0.20 | -181.8% |
| 102nd | Lesotho | -0.21 | -3.1% |
| 103rd | Thailand | -0.22 | -58.2% |
| 104th | Zambia | -0.22 | +14.3% |
| 105th | Jamaica | -0.24 | +25.8% |
| 106th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.24 | -302.6% |
| 107th | Moldova | -0.25 | +33.5% |
| 108th | Colombia | -0.25 | +35.0% |
| 109th | Malawi | -0.29 | -77.6% |
| 110th | Indonesia | -0.31 | +41.7% |
| 111th | Albania | -0.31 | +40.0% |
| 112th | Eswatini | -0.31 | +36.9% |
| 113th | Mongolia | -0.33 | +8.6% |
| 114th | Viet Nam | -0.36 | +30.1% |
| 115th | Philippines | -0.37 | +21.2% |
| 116th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.38 | +4.3% |
| 117th | Dominican Republic | -0.38 | +28.2% |
| 118th | Uganda | -0.39 | -13.9% |
| 119th | China | -0.40 | +24.7% |
| 120th | Tanzania | -0.40 | +16.0% |
| 121st | Mexico | -0.41 | +26.0% |
| 122nd | Kenya | -0.41 | +42.4% |
| 123rd | Armenia | -0.42 | -22.5% |
| 124th | Kosovo | -0.46 | +14.5% |
| 125th | El Salvador | -0.47 | +26.3% |
| 126th | Gabon | -0.47 | +9.4% |
| 127th | Benin | -0.49 | +14.5% |
| 128th | Maldives | -0.49 | +32.4% |
| 129th | Solomon Islands | -0.49 | +4.4% |
| 130th | Fiji | -0.51 | +29.2% |
| 131st | Peru | -0.52 | +9.0% |
| 132nd | Burkina Faso | -0.55 | -3.6% |
| 133rd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.59 | +35.1% |
| 134th | Paraguay | -0.60 | +21.2% |
| 135th | Kazakhstan | -0.61 | +14.9% |
| 136th | Guyana | -0.61 | -17.2% |
| 137th | Mali | -0.64 | +15.0% |
| 138th | Nepal | -0.65 | +9.7% |
| 139th | Niger | -0.65 | +2.3% |
| 140th | Cuba | -0.65 | +6.3% |
| 141st | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.67 | -169.3% |
| 142nd | Gambia, The | -0.70 | -7.3% |
| 143rd | Azerbaijan | -0.70 | +7.8% |
| 144th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.70 | +5.1% |
| 145th | Nicaragua | -0.71 | -5.9% |
| 146th | Lebanon | -0.72 | +1.5% |
| 147th | Madagascar | -0.74 | +20.0% |
| 148th | Pakistan | -0.75 | +12.3% |
| 149th | Lao PDR | -0.76 | +5.9% |
| 150th | Russian Federation | -0.77 | +5.9% |
| 151st | Papua New Guinea | -0.77 | +17.8% |
| 152nd | Bangladesh | -0.78 | +10.2% |
| 153rd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.79 | -2.7% |
| 154th | Liberia | -0.80 | +8.9% |
| 155th | Algeria | -0.80 | -16.0% |
| 156th | Mozambique | -0.81 | +1.3% |
| 157th | Belize | -0.81 | -80.4% |
| 158th | Belarus | -0.82 | +7.6% |
| 159th | Ukraine | -0.83 | +1.8% |
| 160th | Togo | -0.86 | +12.8% |
| 161st | Argentina | -0.87 | -32.0% |
| 162nd | Mauritania | -0.87 | +13.4% |
| 163rd | Djibouti | -0.88 | -13.1% |
| 164th | Cameroon | -0.90 | +15.2% |
| 165th | Comoros | -0.90 | +5.9% |
| 166th | Sierra Leone | -0.94 | -7.8% |
| 167th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.94 | +16.1% |
| 168th | Honduras | -0.94 | +19.6% |
| 169th | Cambodia | -0.95 | +5.3% |
| 170th | Guatemala | -0.96 | +12.6% |
| 171st | Burundi | -0.97 | +9.9% |
| 172nd | Ecuador | -0.97 | -11.5% |
| 173rd | Nauru | -1.01 | -263.8% |
| 174th | Tajikistan | -1.01 | +19.9% |
| 175th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.05 | -5.6% |
| 176th | Nigeria | -1.06 | +5.8% |
| 177th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.06 | -0.7% |
| 178th | Angola | -1.07 | +16.7% |
| 179th | Timor-Leste | -1.11 | +8.3% |
| 180th | Congo, Republic of | -1.12 | +0.2% |
| 181st | Uzbekistan | -1.13 | +8.2% |
| 182nd | Chad | -1.15 | +17.7% |
| 183rd | Sudan | -1.17 | +8.8% |
| 184th | Haiti | -1.18 | +9.2% |
| 185th | Myanmar | -1.19 | +4.0% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.20 | -0.8% |
| 187th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.32 | -12.7% |
| 188th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.34 | +16.9% |
| 189th | Turkmenistan | -1.34 | +1.3% |
| 190th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.36 | +3.4% |
| 191st | Guinea | -1.37 | +1.1% |
| 192nd | Libya | -1.39 | -10.2% |
| 193rd | Afghanistan | -1.44 | +10.7% |
| 194th | Zimbabwe | -1.44 | +9.2% |
| 195th | Iraq | -1.45 | +7.4% |
| 196th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.46 | +7.7% |
| 197th | Eritrea | -1.57 | -9.5% |
| 198th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.62 | -17.2% |
| 199th | Central African Republic | -1.71 | +5.7% |
| 200th | South Sudan | -1.85 | -20.5% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.36 | +2.1% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest rule of law in 2014?▾
Finland has the highest rule of law in 2014 at 2.12.
Which country has the lowest rule of law in 2014?▾
Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the lowest rule of law in 2014 at -2.36.
How many countries are ranked by rule of law?▾
201 countries have rule of law data for 2014.
What are the top 3 countries by rule of law?▾
1. Finland (2.12), 2. Denmark (2.10), 3. Norway (2.02).