# Rule of law by country: data and definition

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Indicator field guide / GOV_WGI_RL.SC

# Rule of law

Unit: absolute score, 0–100. [Original provider definition and metadata ↗](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GOV_WGI_RL.SC)

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## Covered economies, 2023

| Economy | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Afghanistan | 27.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Albania | 56.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Algeria | 45.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Andorra | 82.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Angola | 38.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 69.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Argentina | 54.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Armenia | 54.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Aruba | 78.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Australia | 83.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Austria | 85.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Azerbaijan | 50.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Bahamas, The | 63.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Bahrain | 60.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Bangladesh | 43.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Barbados | 70.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Belarus | 37.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Belgium | 79.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Belize | 52.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Benin | 51.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Bermuda | 71.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Bhutan | 70.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Bolivia | 37.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Botswana | 64.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Brazil | 50.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Brunei Darussalam | 69.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Bulgaria | 57.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Burkina Faso | 46.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Burundi | 36.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Cabo Verde | 66.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Cambodia | 41.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Cameroon | 38.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Canada | 82.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Cayman Islands | 72.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Central African Republic | 29.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Chad | 35.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Chile | 69.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| China | 50.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Colombia | 49.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Comoros | 40.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 31.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Congo, Rep. | 39.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Costa Rica | 68.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 49.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Croatia | 65.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Cyprus | 70.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Czechia | 76.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Denmark | 91.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Djibouti | 41.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Dominica | 68.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Dominican Republic | 54.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Ecuador | 43.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 46.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| El Salvador | 47.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 34.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Estonia | 82.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Eswatini | 46.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Ethiopia | 42.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Fiji | 64.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Finland | 91.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| France | 75.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Gabon | 41.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Gambia, The | 53.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Georgia | 60.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Germany | 84.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Ghana | 58.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Greece | 65.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Greenland | 84.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Grenada | 68.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Guatemala | 41.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Guinea | 40.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 38.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Guyana | 52.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Haiti | 31.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Honduras | 39.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 73.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Hungary | 62.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Iceland | 84.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| India | 57.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Indonesia | 56.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 38.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Iraq | 33.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Ireland | 84.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Israel | 69.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Italy | 68.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Jamaica | 57.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Japan | 83.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Jordan | 60.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Kazakhstan | 51.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Kenya | 51.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Kiribati | 71.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Korea, Rep. | 78.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Kosovo | 57.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Kuwait | 62.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 42.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Lao PDR | 45.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Latvia | 75.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Lebanon | 40.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Lesotho | 50.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Liberia | 43.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Libya | 30.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Lithuania | 80.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Luxembourg | 87.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Macao SAR, China | 71.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Madagascar | 43.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Malawi | 56.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Malaysia | 64.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Maldives | 60.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Mali | 41.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Malta | 72.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Marshall Islands | 73.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Mauritania | 44.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Mauritius | 70.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Mexico | 40.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 75.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Moldova | 55.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Mongolia | 55.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Montenegro | 60.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Morocco | 52.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Mozambique | 40.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Myanmar | 30.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Namibia | 64.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Naoero | 64.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Nepal | 52.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Netherlands | 87.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| New Zealand | 87.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Nicaragua | 32.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Niger | 45.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Nigeria | 42.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| North Macedonia | 54.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Norway | 91.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Oman | 64.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Pakistan | 42.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Palau | 77.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Panama | 53.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Papua New Guinea | 50.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Paraguay | 48.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Peru | 50.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Philippines | 48.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Poland | 63.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Portugal | 75.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Puerto Rico (US) | 67.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Qatar | 68.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Romania | 64.9 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Russian Federation | 40.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Rwanda | 59.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Samoa | 76.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| San Marino | 82.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 52.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Saudi Arabia | 61.4 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Senegal | 55.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Serbia | 55.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Seychelles | 67.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Sierra Leone | 44.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Singapore | 82.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Slovak Republic | 67.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Slovenia | 74.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Solomon Islands | 61.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 23.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| South Africa | 59.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Spain | 73.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Sri Lanka | 53.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 67.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| St. Lucia | 67.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 67.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Sudan | 31.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Suriname | 55.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Sweden | 87.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Switzerland | 87.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Tajikistan | 38.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Tanzania | 50.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Thailand | 55.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Timor-Leste | 47.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Togo | 48.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Tonga | 72.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 53.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Tunisia | 53.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Turkiye | 45.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Turkmenistan | 35.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Tuvalu | 79.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Uganda | 47.1 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Ukraine | 45.6 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| United Arab Emirates | 66.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| United Kingdom | 79.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| United States | 75.5 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Uruguay | 74.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Uzbekistan | 47.7 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Vanuatu | 66.0 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Viet Nam | 53.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| West Bank and Gaza | 44.2 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Zambia | 48.8 (absolute score, 0–100) |
| Zimbabwe | 37.3 (absolute score, 0–100) |

Snapshot retrieval: 2026-11-01. Coverage is limited to the atlas comparison set. [Download and limitations](https://www.pluraterra.com/data/).