All⚖️ Rule of Law - Governance score
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100). World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators score; higher scores indicate stronger governance on this dimension.
1
🇫🇮Finland
91.8
2
🇩🇰Denmark
91.7
3
🇳🇴Norway
90.6
4
🇸🇪Sweden
87.3
5
🇨🇭Switzerland
87.3
6
🇱🇮Liechtenstein
86.8
7
🇱🇺Luxembourg
86.8
8
🇳🇱Netherlands
86.2
9
🇳🇿New Zealand
85.9
10
🇦🇹Austria
85.8
11
🇲🇨Monaco
85.8
12
🇮🇸Iceland
85.2
13
🇩🇪Germany
85.1
14
🇬🇱Greenland
84.8
15
🇦🇩Andorra
84.6
16
🇮🇪Ireland
84.2
17
🇯🇵Japan
84.0
18
🇸🇬Singapore
83.2
19
🇨🇦Canada
83.0
20
🇦🇺Australia
82.7
21
🇸🇲San Marino
82.4
22
🇪🇪Estonia
82.3
23
🇱🇹Lithuania
81.2
24
🇹🇻Tuvalu
80.9
25
🇦🇸American Samoa
80.8
26
🇬🇧United Kingdom
79.5
27
🇧🇪Belgium
79.5
28
🇦🇼Aruba
78.8
29
🇰🇷South Korea
78.3
30
🇵🇼Palau
77.9
31
🇨🇿Czechia
77.9
32
🇱🇻Latvia
76.3
33
🇼🇸Samoa
76.1
34
🇵🇹Portugal
75.9
35
🇬🇺Guam
74.7
36
🇫🇲Micronesia
74.6
37
🇫🇷France
74.6
38
🇰🇾Cayman Islands
74.5
39
🇲🇭Marshall Islands
74.3
40
🇭🇰Hong Kong
74.1
41
🇺🇾Uruguay
74.1
42
🇸🇮Slovenia
73.8
43
🇰🇮Kiribati
73.0
44
🇪🇸Spain
73.0
45
🇲🇴Macau
72.7
46
🇧🇲Bermuda
71.9
47
🇺🇸United States
71.7
48
🇹🇴Tonga
71.4
49
🇨🇾Cyprus
70.8
50
🇧🇹Bhutan
70.5
Highlights
As of 2025, Finland ranks first with 91.8, followed by Denmark (91.7) and Norway (90.6).
The top two are virtually level: Finland and Denmark differ by less than 1%.
Across 206 countries and territories, values run from 91.8 (Finland) to 22.4 (Venezuela), with a median of 56.6.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Europe and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100), 2025. Unit: score.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026