# Rule of law by nation — world ranking Rule of law ranked across 179 nations, highest to lowest. Finland highest at 91.8 (2024). Each figure carries its publisher and observation year. Canonical: https://terralore.co/rankings/rule-of-law Updated: 2026-08-10 (the governance domain's last refresh) Definition: Perceived confidence in contract enforcement, property rights, the police and the courts, scored 0–100. Unit: score. Ordered highest to lowest — a ranking of figures, not a grading of nations. Ties share a rank. Note: these are the Worldwide Governance Indicators' absolute 0–100 scores — anchored to two hypothetical benchmark performers, not percentile ranks — and they aggregate perception surveys and expert assessments: model estimates of what is perceived, not direct measurements. The ranking order is computed by Terralore from those scores. ## Ranking (179 nations) | Rank | Nation | Value | Observed | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Finland | 91.8 | 2024 | | 2 | Denmark | 91.5 | 2024 | | 3 | Norway | 90.5 | 2024 | | 4 | Switzerland | 87.3 | 2024 | | 5 | Luxembourg | 87.3 | 2024 | | 6 | Liechtenstein | 86.7 | 2024 | | 7 | Sweden | 86.7 | 2024 | | 8 | Netherlands | 86.3 | 2024 | | 9 | Austria | 85.8 | 2024 | | 10 | New Zealand | 85.7 | 2024 | | 11 | Iceland | 85.0 | 2024 | | 12 | Germany | 84.9 | 2024 | | 13 | Ireland | 84.4 | 2024 | | 14 | Greenland | 84.1 | 2024 | | 15 | Japan | 83.0 | 2024 | | 16 | Estonia | 82.5 | 2024 | | 17 | Australia | 82.3 | 2024 | | 18 | Canada | 82.1 | 2024 | | 19 | Andorra | 81.2 | 2024 | | 20 | Lithuania | 80.6 | 2024 | | 21 | Monaco | 80.1 | 2024 | | 22 | Belgium | 79.0 | 2024 | | 23 | United Kingdom | 78.8 | 2024 | | 24 | Czechia | 77.4 | 2024 | | 25 | San Marino | 76.9 | 2024 | | 26 | South Korea | 76.2 | 2024 | | 27 | Latvia | 75.7 | 2024 | | 28 | New Caledonia | 75.6 | 2024 | | 29 | Portugal | 75.4 | 2024 | | 30 | Slovenia | 73.8 | 2024 | | 31 | France | 73.8 | 2024 | | 32 | United States | 73.5 | 2024 | | 33 | Uruguay | 73.3 | 2024 | | 34 | Spain | 73.0 | 2024 | | 35 | Bhutan | 70.6 | 2024 | | 36 | Malta | 69.5 | 2024 | | 37 | Chile | 68.9 | 2024 | | 38 | Cyprus | 68.8 | 2024 | | 39 | Mauritius | 68.0 | 2024 | | 40 | Italy | 67.6 | 2024 | | 41 | Costa Rica | 67.6 | 2024 | | 42 | Seychelles | 67.2 | 2024 | | 43 | Qatar | 67.1 | 2024 | | 44 | Brunei | 67.1 | 2024 | | 45 | Poland | 66.9 | 2024 | | 46 | Slovakia | 66.6 | 2024 | | 47 | Puerto Rico | 66.4 | 2024 | | 48 | United Arab Emirates | 65.5 | 2024 | | 49 | Oman | 64.7 | 2024 | | 50 | Cape Verde | 64.3 | 2024 | | 51 | Vanuatu | 64.2 | 2024 | | 52 | Croatia | 63.5 | 2024 | | 53 | Romania | 63.4 | 2024 | | 54 | Malaysia | 62.9 | 2024 | | 55 | Namibia | 62.6 | 2024 | | 56 | Botswana | 62.3 | 2024 | | 57 | Fiji | 62.2 | 2024 | | 58 | Greece | 62.1 | 2024 | | 59 | Bahamas | 61.3 | 2024 | | 60 | Kuwait | 60.9 | 2024 | | 61 | Saudi Arabia | 60.6 | 2024 | | 62 | Hungary | 60.3 | 2024 | | 63 | Montenegro | 60.1 | 2024 | | 64 | Jordan | 59.9 | 2024 | | 65 | Solomon Islands | 59.6 | 2024 | | 66 | Georgia | 59.5 | 2024 | | 67 | Rwanda | 58.7 | 2024 | | 68 | Ghana | 57.9 | 2024 | | 69 | Kosovo | 57.9 | 2024 | | 70 | South Africa | 57.3 | 2024 | | 71 | Bulgaria | 56.4 | 2024 | | 72 | India | 56.3 | 2024 | | 73 | Jamaica | 55.6 | 2024 | | 74 | Mongolia | 55.2 | 2024 | | 75 | Albania | 54.9 | 2024 | | 76 | Armenia | 54.5 | 2024 | | 77 | Malawi | 54.4 | 2024 | | 78 | Moldova | 54.2 | 2024 | | 79 | Dominican Republic | 53.8 | 2024 | | 80 | Serbia | 53.5 | 2024 | | 81 | Senegal | 53.4 | 2024 | | 82 | Indonesia | 53.4 | 2024 | | 83 | Suriname | 53.4 | 2024 | | 84 | Thailand | 53.3 | 2024 | | 85 | North Macedonia | 53.1 | 2024 | | 86 | Argentina | 52.6 | 2024 | | 87 | Sri Lanka | 52.5 | 2024 | | 88 | Panama | 52.4 | 2024 | | 89 | Nepal | 51.7 | 2024 | | 90 | Vietnam | 51.6 | 2024 | | 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.5 | 2024 | | 92 | Guyana | 51.2 | 2024 | | 93 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 50.9 | 2024 | | 94 | Tunisia | 50.7 | 2024 | | 95 | Morocco | 50.6 | 2024 | | 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 50.6 | 2024 | | 97 | Kazakhstan | 50.4 | 2024 | | 98 | Gambia | 50.2 | 2024 | | 99 | Belize | 50.1 | 2024 | | 100 | Lesotho | 50.0 | 2024 | | 101 | Benin | 49.9 | 2024 | | 102 | Brazil | 49.3 | 2024 | | 103 | Kenya | 49.0 | 2024 | | 104 | Azerbaijan | 48.6 | 2024 | | 105 | Peru | 48.3 | 2024 | | 106 | Tanzania | 48.0 | 2024 | | 107 | Colombia | 47.3 | 2024 | | 108 | Zambia | 47.3 | 2024 | | 109 | Papua New Guinea | 47.1 | 2024 | | 110 | Philippines | 47.1 | 2024 | | 111 | Ivory Coast | 47.0 | 2024 | | 112 | China | 47.0 | 2024 | | 113 | Paraguay | 46.9 | 2024 | | 114 | Cuba | 46.2 | 2024 | | 115 | Timor-Leste | 46.2 | 2024 | | 116 | Togo | 46.1 | 2024 | | 117 | Uzbekistan | 45.7 | 2024 | | 118 | Algeria | 45.0 | 2024 | | 119 | El Salvador | 44.7 | 2024 | | 120 | Ukraine | 44.6 | 2024 | | 121 | Uganda | 44.3 | 2024 | | 122 | Laos | 44.2 | 2024 | | 123 | Egypt | 44.0 | 2024 | | 124 | Sierra Leone | 42.5 | 2024 | | 125 | Türkiye | 42.4 | 2024 | | 126 | Eswatini | 42.2 | 2024 | | 127 | Mauritania | 42.1 | 2024 | | 128 | Liberia | 42.0 | 2024 | | 129 | Madagascar | 41.8 | 2024 | | 130 | Burkina Faso | 41.8 | 2024 | | 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 40.9 | 2024 | | 132 | Niger | 40.7 | 2024 | | 133 | Bangladesh | 40.4 | 2024 | | 134 | Guatemala | 40.4 | 2024 | | 135 | Ecuador | 40.4 | 2024 | | 136 | Palestine | 39.9 | 2024 | | 137 | Nigeria | 39.6 | 2024 | | 138 | Djibouti | 39.6 | 2024 | | 139 | Pakistan | 39.5 | 2024 | | 140 | Ethiopia | 38.9 | 2024 | | 141 | Cambodia | 38.8 | 2024 | | 142 | Lebanon | 38.3 | 2024 | | 143 | Mali | 38.1 | 2024 | | 144 | Comoros | 37.5 | 2024 | | 145 | Guinea | 37.2 | 2024 | | 146 | Mexico | 37.1 | 2024 | | 147 | Gabon | 37.1 | 2024 | | 148 | Russia | 37.1 | 2024 | | 149 | Angola | 36.8 | 2024 | | 150 | Honduras | 36.7 | 2024 | | 151 | Congo | 36.7 | 2024 | | 152 | Tajikistan | 36.6 | 2024 | | 153 | Mozambique | 36.4 | 2024 | | 154 | Zimbabwe | 36.1 | 2024 | | 155 | Belarus | 35.8 | 2024 | | 156 | Iran | 35.7 | 2024 | | 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 35.7 | 2024 | | 158 | Cameroon | 35.4 | 2024 | | 159 | Bolivia | 35.1 | 2024 | | 160 | Burundi | 34.5 | 2024 | | 161 | Iraq | 33.6 | 2024 | | 162 | Turkmenistan | 32.6 | 2024 | | 163 | Chad | 32.1 | 2024 | | 164 | North Korea | 30.7 | 2024 | | 165 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.5 | 2024 | | 166 | Haiti | 29.4 | 2024 | | 167 | Nicaragua | 29.1 | 2024 | | 168 | DR Congo | 29.0 | 2024 | | 169 | Libya | 27.7 | 2024 | | 170 | Central African Republic | 27.5 | 2024 | | 171 | Sudan | 26.4 | 2024 | | 172 | Eritrea | 25.9 | 2024 | | 173 | Myanmar | 25.8 | 2024 | | 174 | Syria | 25.8 | 2024 | | 175 | Yemen | 24.2 | 2024 | | 176 | Afghanistan | 23.7 | 2024 | | 177 | South Sudan | 23.0 | 2024 | | 178 | Venezuela | 19.0 | 2024 | | 179 | Somalia | 19.0 | 2024 | ## No data (7 nations) These nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world's statistical apparatus, not a zero — they are not ranked. - Antarctica — Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report. - Falkland Islands — The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets. - French Southern and Antarctic Lands — The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets. - Northern Cyprus — Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from. - Somaliland — Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's. - Taiwan — Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively. - Vatican City — Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from. ## Sources - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators Citation template: Terralore, "Rule of law by nation — world ranking", terralore.co/rankings/rule-of-law, retrieved .