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United States - Rule of Law 2018

Name: United States Rule of Law 2018
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

1.48 −0.13 from 2017 Global rank: 23rd

United States's rule of law was 1.48 in 2018, decreased +0.13 from 1.61 in 2017. This was the 23rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2018
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	2.03	0.5%
2nd	Norway	1.92	-3.0%
3rd	Switzerland	1.89	-0.1%
4th	Austria	1.85	3.0%
5th	New Zealand	1.83	-2.7%
6th	Singapore	1.80	1.0%
7th	Sweden	1.78	-2.0%
8th	Denmark	1.77	-1.7%
9th	Luxembourg	1.77	4.1%
10th	Netherlands	1.74	-0.8%
11th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.73	2.9%
12th	Canada	1.72	-2.7%
13th	Greenland	1.70	0.7%
14th	Iceland	1.68	6.9%
15th	Australia	1.67	1.7%
16th	Liechtenstein	1.63	0.0%
17th	United Kingdom	1.60	-2.5%
18th	Germany	1.59	1.1%
19th	Andorra	1.54	0.1%
20th	Monaco	1.54	0.1%
21st	San Marino	1.54	0.1%
22nd	Japan	1.49	-2.3%
23rd	United States	1.48	-8.3%
24th	Ireland	1.41	2.3%
25th	France	1.40	-0.1%
26th	Belgium	1.34	1.4%
27th	American Samoa	1.30	0.1%
28th	Guam	1.30	0.1%
29th	Aruba	1.26	-2.8%
30th	Estonia	1.20	-3.6%
31st	Korea	1.20	6.1%
32nd	Portugal	1.11	0.4%
33rd	Virgin Islands (US)	1.06	83.9%
34th	Slovenia	1.02	3.1%
35th	Malta	1.02	-8.4%
36th	Czechia	1.02	-6.3%
37th	Palau	1.00	4.8%
38th	Spain	0.98	-4.5%
39th	Macao SAR, China	0.97	19.3%
40th	Israel	0.96	-3.0%
41st	Chile	0.94	-4.2%
42nd	Latvia	0.92	2.5%
43rd	Lithuania	0.92	-4.0%
44th	Samoa	0.91	-0.6%
45th	Bermuda	0.82	0.2%
46th	United Arab Emirates	0.77	0.8%
47th	Cayman Islands	0.74	-0.6%
48th	Cyprus	0.72	-15.6%
49th	Mauritius	0.71	6.0%
50th	Qatar	0.71	1.1%
51st	Dominica	0.70	8.2%
52nd	St. Lucia	0.63	5.6%
53rd	Tuvalu	0.61	-1.2%
54th	Brunei Darussalam	0.60	-3.3%
55th	Kiribati	0.58	-1.6%
56th	Uruguay	0.57	2.4%
57th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.56	-6.3%
58th	Hungary	0.56	3.3%
59th	Bhutan	0.55	-12.4%
60th	Malaysia	0.53	36.3%
61st	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.52	4.7%
62nd	Slovak Republic	0.47	-7.9%
63rd	Costa Rica	0.47	9.1%
64th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.44	6.2%
65th	Oman	0.44	7.1%
66th	Tonga	0.43	41.9%
67th	Cabo Verde	0.39	11.4%
68th	Vanuatu	0.39	-26.4%
69th	Bahrain	0.38	-8.5%
70th	Botswana	0.38	6.4%
71st	Poland	0.38	-6.0%
72nd	Antigua and Barbuda	0.38	-7.5%
73rd	Romania	0.37	-15.8%
74th	Barbados	0.36	-41.9%
75th	Namibia	0.33	19.1%
76th	Croatia	0.30	-2.4%
77th	Seychelles	0.28	66.2%
78th	Georgia	0.27	3.0%
79th	Grenada	0.25	-45.0%
80th	Italy	0.24	-24.6%
81st	Jordan	0.23	-1.9%
82nd	Kuwait	0.19	130.6%
83rd	Fiji	0.18	316.7%
84th	Marshall Islands	0.16	-41.3%
85th	Saudi Arabia	0.12	52.4%
86th	Greece	0.11	124.8%
87th	Rwanda	0.11	-4.3%
88th	Bahamas, The	0.07	-57.5%
89th	Tunisia	0.05	-43.2%
90th	Ghana	0.05	-51.6%
91st	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.03	-30.2%
92nd	Montenegro	0.00	102.5%
93rd	Sri Lanka	0.00	-100.5%
94th	India	0.00	95.2%
95th	Thailand	0.00	-129.1%
96th	Viet Nam	-0.04	-187.8%
97th	Nauru	-0.06	5.5%
98th	Suriname	-0.09	48.9%
99th	Bulgaria	-0.11	15.3%
100th	Panama	-0.16	-2,206.7%
101st	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.17	-28.2%
102nd	Serbia	-0.17	5.2%
103rd	China	-0.19	26.9%
104th	Armenia	-0.20	5.8%
105th	Solomon Islands	-0.20	-5.3%
106th	Jamaica	-0.22	-62.6%
107th	Argentina	-0.22	7.6%
108th	South Africa	-0.22	-42.0%
109th	Senegal	-0.22	-30.9%
110th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.23	-11.8%
111th	Morocco	-0.25	10.7%
112th	Eswatini	-0.28	-0.6%
113th	Mongolia	-0.28	12.0%
114th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.30	32.7%
115th	Brazil	-0.30	1.0%
116th	North Macedonia	-0.31	0.7%
117th	Indonesia	-0.31	10.5%
118th	Uganda	-0.32	-0.6%
119th	Zambia	-0.36	-5.4%
120th	Dominican Republic	-0.37	14.7%
121st	Lesotho	-0.37	-21.9%
122nd	Guyana	-0.38	-28.2%
123rd	Colombia	-0.38	-4.7%
124th	Kosovo	-0.38	11.9%
125th	Türkiye	-0.39	-23.0%
126th	Malawi	-0.41	-2.9%
127th	Albania	-0.41	-0.1%
128th	Kenya	-0.43	0.8%
129th	Moldova	-0.44	2.9%
130th	Gambia, The	-0.46	-0.4%
131st	Burkina Faso	-0.46	-10.7%
132nd	Cuba	-0.46	-3.1%
133rd	Nepal	-0.49	29.2%
134th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.50	-16.0%
135th	Kazakhstan	-0.50	-3.3%
136th	Maldives	-0.54	6.1%
137th	Philippines	-0.57	-12.7%
138th	Peru	-0.57	-8.3%
139th	Tanzania	-0.57	-21.8%
140th	Paraguay	-0.60	9.8%
141st	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.60	7.4%
142nd	Niger	-0.61	14.1%
143rd	Togo	-0.62	15.3%
144th	Azerbaijan	-0.62	-6.0%
145th	Mexico	-0.64	-9.7%
146th	Bangladesh	-0.65	4.5%
147th	Ecuador	-0.66	7.6%
148th	Pakistan	-0.68	6.6%
149th	Benin	-0.69	-7.2%
150th	Mauritania	-0.71	-14.5%
151st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.71	-1.5%
152nd	São Tomé and Principe	-0.71	1.7%
153rd	Gabon	-0.72	0.5%
154th	Ukraine	-0.76	-0.6%
155th	Papua New Guinea	-0.76	6.4%
156th	Lebanon	-0.78	3.4%
157th	Sierra Leone	-0.80	1.2%
158th	Algeria	-0.81	12.8%
159th	Mali	-0.82	-2.9%
160th	Russian Federation	-0.83	1.6%
161st	Madagascar	-0.84	4.5%
162nd	Belize	-0.84	13.6%
163rd	Lao PDR	-0.86	4.3%
164th	Belarus	-0.89	-1.3%
165th	Nigeria	-0.92	-3.4%
166th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.93	1.9%
167th	El Salvador	-0.93	-6.5%
168th	Djibouti	-0.95	-2.0%
169th	Angola	-1.00	3.7%
170th	Liberia	-1.00	-3.3%
171st	Myanmar	-1.04	-8.8%
172nd	Honduras	-1.06	0.3%
173rd	Haiti	-1.06	2.8%
174th	Mozambique	-1.07	-6.0%
175th	Guatemala	-1.08	0.1%
176th	Nicaragua	-1.08	-63.2%
177th	Uzbekistan	-1.10	3.1%
178th	Cameroon	-1.10	-4.9%
179th	Congo, Republic of	-1.13	2.0%
180th	Cambodia	-1.14	-5.7%
181st	Sudan	-1.14	-1.5%
182nd	Timor-Leste	-1.14	2.9%
183rd	Comoros	-1.14	-3.7%
184th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-1.21	2.7%
185th	Guinea	-1.23	1.8%
186th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.27	13.5%
187th	Zimbabwe	-1.29	7.3%
188th	Tajikistan	-1.30	5.1%
189th	Chad	-1.33	-1.0%
190th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.42	-4.0%
191st	Turkmenistan	-1.46	1.1%
192nd	Burundi	-1.51	-7.3%
193rd	Eritrea	-1.62	-1.7%
194th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.64	4.7%
195th	Afghanistan	-1.69	-6.8%
196th	Libya	-1.69	-0.4%
197th	Central African Republic	-1.72	2.3%
198th	Iraq	-1.80	-2.6%
199th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.80	-5.4%
200th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.81	-2.8%
201st	South Sudan	-1.99	-1.2%
202nd	Syrian Arab Republic	-2.05	2.1%
203rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.30	1.4%

FAQ

What was United States's rule of law in 2018?▾

United States's rule of law in 2018 was 1.48. This ranked 23rd globally.

How did United States's rule of law change in 2018?▾

United States's rule of law decreased by 8.3% in 2018 compared to 2017.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2018?▾

Finland had the highest rule of law in 2018 at 2.03.

What is the rule of law of United States in 2018?▾

The rule of law of United States in 2018 was 1.48. This ranked 23rd globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for United States's rule of law?▾

United States's rule of law went from 1.61 in 2017 to 1.48 in 2018, a 8.3% decrease.

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