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social2025

Rule of Law index

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•176 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.5value
Median: 0.6value
Countries Covered
176
with available data
Highest
Denmark
1.0value
Lowest
Nicaragua
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1Denmark1.0value
2Switzerland1.0value
3Germany1.0value
4Australia1.0value
5New Zealand1.0value
By Region
Oceania1.0value(2 countries)
Europe0.9value(32 countries)
North America0.7value(4 countries)
South America0.7value(7 countries)
Asia0.5value(27 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0value)High (1.0value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.5value)

Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Asia (27)
Africa (9)
Other (95)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Denmark1.0value
2Switzerland1.0value
3Germany1.0value
4Australia1.0value
5New Zealand1.0value
6Sweden1.0value
7Norway1.0value
8Estonia1.0value
9Finland1.0value
10Iceland1.0value
11Ireland1.0value
12Luxembourg1.0value
13Seychelles1.0value
14Singapore1.0value
15Latvia1.0value
16Netherlands1.0value
17France1.0value
18Belgium1.0value
19Canada1.0value
20Japan1.0value
21United Kingdom1.0value
22Chile1.0value
23Spain0.9value
24Czech Republic0.9value
25Uruguay0.9value
26Costa Rica0.9value
27Austria0.9value
28Barbados0.9value
29United States of America0.9value
30Lithuania0.9value
31Taiwan, Province of China0.9value
32South Korea0.9value
33Slovenia0.9value
34Israel0.9value
35Portugal0.9value
36Trinidad and Tobago0.9value
37Cyprus0.9value
38Poland0.9value
39Bhutan0.9value
40Italy0.9value
41Brazil0.9value
42Jamaica0.8value
43Malta0.8value
44Sri Lanka0.8value
45Vanuatu0.8value
46Botswana0.8value
47Namibia0.8value
48Greece0.8value
49Suriname0.8value
50Croatia0.8value
51Cape Verde0.8value
52Republic of The Gambia0.8value
53Mauritius0.8value
54Moldova, Republic of0.8value
55State of Palestine0.8value
56Jordan0.8value
57Benin0.8value
58Maldives0.8value
59Hong Kong0.8value
60Montenegro0.8value
61Colombia0.7value
62Fiji0.7value
63Sao Tome and Principe0.7value
64Slovakia0.7value
65Timor-Leste0.7value
66Lesotho0.7value
67United Republic of Tanzania0.7value
68Malaysia0.7value
69Guatemala0.7value
70Romania0.7value
71South Africa0.7value
72Panama0.7value
73Kuwait0.7value
74Senegal0.7value
75Solomon Islands0.7value
76Nepal0.7value
77Zambia0.7value
78Kenya0.6value
79United Arab Emirates0.6value
80Oman0.6value
81Hungary0.6value
82Tunisia0.6value
83Peru0.6value
84Albania0.6value
85Niger0.6value
86Argentina0.6value
87Qatar0.6value
88Ghana0.6value
89Malawi0.6value
90Dominican Republic0.6value
91Bulgaria0.6value
92Georgia0.5value
93Sierra Leone0.5value
94Honduras0.5value
95Morocco0.5value
96Guyana0.5value
97Papua New Guinea0.5value
98Mongolia0.5value
99Burkina Faso0.5value
100Bosnia and Herzegovina0.5value
101Armenia0.5value
102Mali0.4value
103Gabon0.4value
104Thailand0.4value
105India0.4value
106Saudi Arabia0.4value
107Cote d'Ivoire0.4value
108Paraguay0.4value
109Ukraine0.4value
110Philippines0.4value
111Angola0.4value
112Rwanda0.4value
113Ecuador0.4value
114The Republic of North Macedonia0.4value
115Serbia0.4value
116Liberia0.4value
117Mexico0.4value
118Kyrgyzstan0.4value
119Lao People's Democratic Republic0.3value
120Indonesia0.3value
121Egypt0.3value
122Vietnam0.3value
123Ethiopia0.3value
124Bangladesh0.3value
125Djibouti0.3value
126Mozambique0.3value
127Lebanon0.3value
128Nigeria0.3value
129Syrian Arab Republic0.3value
130Bolivia0.3value
131Holy See (Vatican City State)0.3value
132Pakistan0.3value
133Algeria0.3value
134Bahrain0.2value
135Eswatini0.2value
136Kazakhstan0.2value
137Uganda0.2value
138People's Republic of China0.2value
139Islamic Republic of Iran0.2value
140Togo0.2value
141Iraq0.2value
142Republic of the Congo0.2value
143Zimbabwe0.2value
144Comoros0.2value
145Sudan0.2value
146Haiti0.2value
147Guinea-Bissau0.2value
148Somalia0.2value
149Türkiye0.2value
150Madagascar0.1value
151Uzbekistan0.1value
152Libya0.1value
153Cuba0.1value
154Russian Federation0.1value
155Central African Republic0.1value
156Mauritania0.1value
157Belarus0.1value
158Democratic Republic of the Congo0.1value
159Guinea0.1value
160Cameroon0.1value
161Afghanistan0.1value
162Burundi0.1value
163El Salvador0.1value
164South Sudan0.1value
165Cambodia0.1value
166Yemen0.1value
167Eritrea0.1value
168Myanmar0.1value
169Turkmenistan0.1value
170Azerbaijan0.1value
171Equatorial Guinea0.0value
172Tajikistan0.0value
173North Korea0.0value
174Chad0.0value
175Venezuela0.0value
176Nicaragua0.0value
Showing 176 of 176 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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