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Rule of law index (V-Dem) by country 2025 | worldgovdata
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Rule of law index (V-Dem)
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2025
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174 of 174
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Denmark
1
2
Switzerland
1
3
Germany
0.99
4
Australia
0.99
5
New Zealand
0.99
6
Sweden
0.99
7
Norway
0.99
8
Estonia
0.99
9
Finland
0.99
10
Iceland
0.98
11
Ireland
0.98
12
Luxembourg
0.98
13
Seychelles
0.98
14
Singapore
0.97
15
Latvia
0.97
16
Netherlands
0.97
17
France
0.97
18
Belgium
0.96
19
Canada
0.96
20
Japan
0.96
21
United Kingdom
0.96
22
Chile
0.95
23
Spain
0.95
24
Czechia
0.95
25
Uruguay
0.95
26
Costa Rica
0.94
27
Austria
0.93
28
Barbados
0.93
29
United States
0.92
30
Lithuania
0.92
31
Korea, Rep.
0.92
32
Taiwan
0.92
33
Slovenia
0.9
34
Israel
0.89
35
Portugal
0.89
36
Trinidad and Tobago
0.89
37
Cyprus
0.88
38
Poland
0.88
39
Bhutan
0.87
40
Italy
0.87
41
Brazil
0.86
42
Jamaica
0.85
43
Malta
0.83
44
Sri Lanka
0.83
45
Botswana
0.82
46
Vanuatu
0.82
47
Namibia
0.82
48
Greece
0.81
49
Suriname
0.8
50
Croatia
0.8
51
Cabo Verde
0.8
52
Gambia, The
0.8
53
Mauritius
0.79
54
Moldova
0.79
55
Jordan
0.77
56
Benin
0.77
57
Maldives
0.76
58
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.76
59
Montenegro
0.75
60
Colombia
0.75
61
Fiji
0.75
62
Sao Tome and Principe
0.74
63
Slovak Republic
0.73
64
Timor-Leste
0.72
65
Lesotho
0.72
66
Tanzania
0.71
67
Malaysia
0.7
68
Guatemala
0.7
69
Romania
0.69
70
South Africa
0.69
71
Panama
0.69
72
Senegal
0.69
73
Kuwait
0.69
74
Solomon Islands
0.67
75
Nepal
0.66
76
Zambia
0.65
77
Kenya
0.64
78
United Arab Emirates
0.64
79
Oman
0.61
80
Hungary
0.61
81
Tunisia
0.6
82
Peru
0.59
83
Albania
0.59
84
Niger
0.58
85
Argentina
0.58
86
Qatar
0.57
87
Ghana
0.57
88
Malawi
0.57
89
Dominican Republic
0.56
90
Bulgaria
0.56
91
Georgia
0.54
92
Sierra Leone
0.54
93
Honduras
0.53
94
Morocco
0.53
95
Guyana
0.52
96
Papua New Guinea
0.51
97
Mongolia
0.48
98
Burkina Faso
0.48
99
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.46
100
Armenia
0.45
101
Mali
0.42
102
Gabon
0.42
103
Thailand
0.42
104
India
0.4
105
Saudi Arabia
0.4
106
Cote d'Ivoire
0.4
107
Paraguay
0.39
108
Ukraine
0.39
109
Philippines
0.39
110
Angola
0.38
111
Rwanda
0.38
112
Ecuador
0.37
113
North Macedonia
0.37
114
Serbia
0.37
115
Liberia
0.36
116
Mexico
0.36
117
Kyrgyz Republic
0.35
118
Lao PDR
0.35
119
Indonesia
0.34
120
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.32
121
Viet Nam
0.32
122
Ethiopia
0.32
123
Bangladesh
0.31
124
Djibouti
0.3
125
Mozambique
0.29
126
Lebanon
0.29
127
Nigeria
0.29
128
Syrian Arab Republic
0.28
129
Bolivia
0.28
130
Pakistan
0.26
131
Algeria
0.25
132
Bahrain
0.25
133
Eswatini
0.23
134
Kazakhstan
0.22
135
Uganda
0.21
136
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.21
137
China
0.21
138
Togo
0.21
139
Iraq
0.2
140
Congo, Rep.
0.18
141
Zimbabwe
0.18
142
Comoros
0.18
143
Sudan
0.17
144
Haiti
0.17
145
Guinea-Bissau
0.17
146
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.17
147
Turkiye
0.16
148
Madagascar
0.15
149
Uzbekistan
0.15
150
Libya
0.13
151
Cuba
0.12
152
Russian Federation
0.12
153
Central African Republic
0.12
154
Mauritania
0.12
155
Belarus
0.12
156
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.11
157
Guinea
0.11
158
Cameroon
0.09
159
Afghanistan
0.08
160
Burundi
0.08
161
El Salvador
0.08
162
South Sudan
0.08
163
Cambodia
0.07
164
Yemen, Rep.
0.07
165
Eritrea
0.06
166
Myanmar
0.06
167
Azerbaijan
0.05
168
Turkmenistan
0.05
169
Equatorial Guinea
0.05
170
Tajikistan
0.04
171
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.03
172
Chad
0.02
173
Venezuela, RB
0.01
174
Nicaragua
0.01
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