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Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)

Rule of Law (RL) captures perceptions of the extent to which agents respect and follow the rules of society, including contract enforcement, property rights, the police, courts, and the likelihood of crime and violence. Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e.

📅 2025📏 approx. -2.5 to +2.5206 entries

🇩🇰 Denmark2

🇫🇮 Finland2

🇳🇴 Norway2

🇸🇪 Sweden2

🇨🇭 Switzerland2

🇱🇮 Liechtenstein2

🇱🇺 Luxembourg2

🇸🇾 Syria-2

🇦🇫 Afghanistan-2

🇸🇩 Sudan-2

🇾🇪 Yemen-2

🇸🇸 South Sudan-2

🇸🇴 Somalia-2

🇻🇪 Venezuela-2

The 7 highest and 7 lowest of 206 entries; 110 are below zero. Bars to the left of the line are negative.

1

🇩🇰Denmark

2

2

🇫🇮Finland

2

3

🇳🇴Norway

2

4

🇸🇪Sweden

2

5

🇨🇭Switzerland

2

6

🇱🇮Liechtenstein

2

7

🇱🇺Luxembourg

2

8

🇳🇱Netherlands

2

9

🇳🇿New Zealand

2

10

🇦🇹Austria

2

11

🇲🇨Monaco

2

12

🇮🇸Iceland

2

13

🇩🇪Germany

2

14

🇬🇱Greenland

2

15

🇦🇩Andorra

2

16

🇮🇪Ireland

2

17

🇯🇵Japan

2

18

🇸🇬Singapore

1

19

🇨🇦Canada

1

20

🇦🇺Australia

1

21

🇸🇲San Marino

1

22

🇪🇪Estonia

1

23

🇱🇹Lithuania

1

24

🇦🇸American Samoa

1

25

🇹🇻Tuvalu

1

26

🇧🇪Belgium

1

27

🇬🇧United Kingdom

1

28

🇦🇼Aruba

1

29

🇰🇷South Korea

1

30

🇨🇿Czechia

1

31

🇵🇼Palau

1

32

🇱🇻Latvia

1

33

🇼🇸Samoa

1

34

🇵🇹Portugal

1

35

🇬🇺Guam

1

36

🇫🇷France

1

37

🇫🇲Micronesia

1

38

🇰🇾Cayman Islands

1

39

🇲🇭Marshall Islands

1

40

🇭🇰Hong Kong

1

41

🇺🇾Uruguay

1

42

🇸🇮Slovenia

1

43

🇰🇮Kiribati

1

44

🇪🇸Spain

1

45

🇲🇴Macau

1

46

🇧🇲Bermuda

1

47

🇺🇸United States

1

48

🇹🇴Tonga

1

49

🇨🇾Cyprus

1

50

🇧🇧Barbados

1

Highlights

As of 2025, Denmark ranks first with 2, followed by Finland (2) and Norway (2).

The top two are virtually level: Denmark and Finland differ by less than 1%.

Across 206 countries and territories, values run from 2 (Denmark) to -2 (Venezuela), with a median of -0.

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 estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5), 2025. Unit: approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026