WGI Rule of Law: Percentile Rank (higher is better)
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Capturing perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence.
Source: The World Bank: Worldwide Governance Indicators # of Reporting Countries: 212
Frequency: Annual Earliest: 1996-12 Latest: 2014-12
2009-12 | 2010-12 | 2011-12 | 2012-12 | 2013-12 | 2014-12 | |
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1) Afghanistan |
0.47 |
0.47 |
0.47 |
0.47 |
1.42 |
2.4 |
2) Albania |
36.49 |
40.76 |
38.5 |
34.6 |
35.55 |
40.87 |
3) Algeria |
26.07 |
27.01 |
25.35 |
27.01 |
30.81 |
25.48 |
4) American Samoa |
86.26 |
85.78 |
84.98 |
85.78 |
85.78 |
87.5 |
5) Andorra |
87.2 |
87.2 |
89.67 |
89.57 |
90.05 |
90.38 |
6) Angola |
9.48 |
9 |
8.92 |
7.11 |
8.53 |
11.06 |
7) Anguilla |
90.05 |
89.57 |
88.73 |
89.1 |
88.63 |
58.65 |
8) Antigua and Barbuda |
81.99 |
81.04 |
79.81 |
80.09 |
74.88 |
49.04 |
9) Argentina |
29.38 |
32.23 |
32.86 |
28.91 |
27.96 |
18.27 |
10) Armenia |
40.76 |
39.81 |
42.25 |
43.13 |
45.02 |
43.75 |
11) Aruba |
89.1 |
89.1 |
87.79 |
86.73 |
86.73 |
82.69 |
12) Australia |
94.79 |
94.79 |
94.37 |
94.79 |
95.73 |
96.15 |
13) Austria |
96.21 |
96.21 |
97.18 |
97.63 |
97.63 |
96.63 |
14) Azerbaijan |
21.8 |
23.22 |
22.07 |
24.64 |
29.86 |
30.77 |
15) Bahamas |
72.51 |
69.67 |
68.08 |
67.77 |
68.72 |
74.52 |
16) Bahrain |
65.88 |
64.45 |
62.44 |
61.61 |
61.61 |
68.27 |
17) Bangladesh |
24.64 |
25.59 |
28.64 |
19.43 |
22.75 |
25.96 |
18) Barbados |
81.04 |
83.41 |
82.63 |
81.04 |
81.99 |
81.73 |
19) Belarus |
17.06 |
15.17 |
14.08 |
18.48 |
20.38 |
22.6 |
20) Belgium |
88.63 |
88.63 |
89.2 |
88.63 |
89.1 |
88.94 |
21) Belize |
43.13 |
44.08 |
38.03 |
41.23 |
40.28 |
24.52 |
22) Benin |
30.33 |
29.86 |
29.11 |
32.23 |
32.23 |
33.65 |
23) Bermuda |
78.2 |
85.78 |
84.98 |
85.78 |
85.78 |
58.65 |
24) Bhutan |
59.72 |
58.77 |
59.15 |
59.24 |
59.24 |
67.79 |
25) Bolivia |
13.27 |
14.22 |
15.96 |
15.64 |
14.22 |
12.5 |
26) Bosnia Herzegovina |
44.08 |
43.6 |
45.07 |
48.34 |
50.24 |
48.56 |
27) Botswana |
68.25 |
68.72 |
69.48 |
70.14 |
68.25 |
74.04 |
28) Brazil |
48.82 |
54.98 |
56.34 |
51.66 |
52.13 |
55.29 |
29) Brunei |
72.99 |
73.93 |
75.12 |
73.46 |
69.19 |
70.19 |
30) Bulgaria |
53.08 |
51.66 |
50.7 |
51.18 |
51.18 |
55.77 |
31) Burkina Faso |
49.76 |
49.76 |
44.6 |
41.71 |
37.91 |
35.1 |
32) Burundi |
11.85 |
10.9 |
13.62 |
15.17 |
15.17 |
16.83 |
33) Cambodia |
14.69 |
12.8 |
15.49 |
17.06 |
16.11 |
17.31 |
34) Cameroon |
13.74 |
14.69 |
14.55 |
16.11 |
14.69 |
19.23 |
35) Canada |
97.16 |
96.68 |
95.77 |
95.26 |
94.79 |
94.71 |
36) Cape Verde |
63.98 |
63.98 |
63.85 |
65.4 |
64.45 |
72.6 |
37) Cayman Islands |
76.3 |
75.83 |
74.65 |
76.78 |
77.25 |
73.56 |
38) Central African Republic |
5.69 |
7.11 |
7.98 |
3.79 |
0.47 |
1.44 |
39) Chad |
3.32 |
3.79 |
3.29 |
3.32 |
5.69 |
10.1 |
40) Chile |
87.68 |
87.68 |
88.26 |
88.15 |
87.68 |
87.98 |
41) China |
45.5 |
45.5 |
43.66 |
38.86 |
39.81 |
42.79 |
42) Colombia |
42.18 |
44.55 |
47.42 |
43.6 |
40.76 |
42.31 |
43) Comoros |
12.8 |
13.74 |
16.43 |
16.59 |
16.59 |
16.35 |
44) Congo |
11.37 |
11.37 |
13.15 |
13.74 |
13.74 |
12.98 |
45) Cook Islands |
28.91 |
20.85 |
19.72 |
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46) Costa Rica |
65.4 |
64.93 |
63.38 |
64.93 |
65.88 |
71.15 |
47) Croatia |
58.29 |
60.19 |
60.56 |
59.72 |
60.19 |
65.87 |
48) Cuba |
31.28 |
30.81 |
30.99 |
31.75 |
31.75 |
32.21 |
49) Cyprus |
86.73 |
86.73 |
83.57 |
83.89 |
81.52 |
82.21 |
50) Czech Republic |
79.15 |
79.62 |
80.75 |
81.52 |
82.46 |
84.62 |
51) DR Congo |
1.9 |
2.37 |
1.88 |
1.42 |
2.84 |
3.85 |
52) Denmark |
98.58 |
98.58 |
99.06 |
98.1 |
98.58 |
99.52 |
53) Djibouti |
31.75 |
28.91 |
24.88 |
26.54 |
26.54 |
20.19 |
54) Dominica |
70.14 |
69.19 |
68.54 |
69.19 |
70.14 |
68.75 |
55) Dominican Republic |
25.59 |
25.12 |
26.76 |
29.38 |
36.97 |
40.38 |
56) Ecuador |
7.58 |
10.43 |
11.74 |
11.85 |
18.48 |
13.46 |
57) Egypt |
54.03 |
51.18 |
42.72 |
39.81 |
33.65 |
31.25 |
58) El Salvador |
22.27 |
22.27 |
26.29 |
27.96 |
29.38 |
35.58 |
59) Equatorial Guinea |
8.53 |
8.53 |
12.21 |
8.53 |
7.11 |
4.81 |
60) Eritrea |
9 |
7.58 |
7.51 |
5.69 |
5.21 |
3.37 |
61) Estonia |
84.36 |
83.89 |
85.45 |
84.36 |
86.26 |
86.54 |
62) Ethiopia |
23.7 |
26.54 |
29.58 |
31.28 |
32.7 |
38.94 |
63) Fiji |
26.54 |
23.7 |
23.94 |
25.12 |
21.8 |
34.62 |
64) Finland |
100 |
100 |
100 |
99.53 |
99.05 |
100 |
65) France |
89.57 |
90.52 |
90.14 |
90.05 |
88.15 |
88.46 |
66) French Guiana |
85.31 |
86.26 |
86.38 |
86.26 |
84.36 |
83.65 |
67) Gabon |
36.02 |
35.55 |
40.85 |
40.76 |
38.39 |
36.06 |
68) Gambia |
41.71 |
36.02 |
36.62 |
36.97 |
34.6 |
29.81 |
69) Georgia |
49.29 |
48.82 |
51.64 |
54.5 |
53.55 |
64.42 |
70) Germany |
92.89 |
91.47 |
91.55 |
91.94 |
91.94 |
93.27 |
71) Ghana |
52.61 |
54.03 |
53.99 |
54.03 |
56.4 |
59.13 |
72) Greece |
67.3 |
66.82 |
67.14 |
63.51 |
63.51 |
67.31 |
73) Greenland |
93.36 |
93.84 |
95.31 |
93.84 |
93.84 |
92.31 |
74) Grenada |
58.77 |
58.29 |
59.62 |
58.77 |
58.77 |
50 |
75) Guam |
86.26 |
85.78 |
84.98 |
85.78 |
85.78 |
87.5 |
76) Guatemala |
15.64 |
16.59 |
15.02 |
14.69 |
13.27 |
14.42 |
77) Guinea Bissau |
4.74 |
5.69 |
6.1 |
2.37 |
1.9 |
6.25 |
78) Guinea |
2.84 |
3.32 |
2.82 |
4.27 |
4.74 |
5.29 |
79) Guyana |
35.55 |
38.86 |
37.09 |
37.44 |
37.44 |
31.73 |
80) Haiti |
5.21 |
4.74 |
5.16 |
6.64 |
7.58 |
7.69 |
81) Honduras |
18.96 |
21.33 |
19.25 |
11.37 |
10.43 |
14.9 |
82) Hong Kong |
91 |
91 |
90.61 |
90.52 |
91 |
93.75 |
83) Hungary |
71.56 |
72.04 |
71.36 |
68.25 |
67.3 |
70.67 |
84) Iceland |
93.84 |
93.36 |
92.96 |
92.42 |
92.42 |
90.87 |
85) India |
54.98 |
54.5 |
52.11 |
52.61 |
52.61 |
54.33 |
86) Indonesia |
34.6 |
31.75 |
31.92 |
34.12 |
36.49 |
41.83 |
87) Iran |
18.01 |
17.54 |
18.78 |
20.85 |
17.06 |
13.94 |
88) Iraq |
1.42 |
1.9 |
2.35 |
2.84 |
3.79 |
5.77 |
89) Ireland |
95.26 |
95.73 |
96.24 |
94.31 |
94.31 |
92.79 |
90) Israel |
74.41 |
79.15 |
80.28 |
77.73 |
80.09 |
83.17 |
91) Italy |
62.09 |
63.03 |
62.91 |
62.09 |
62.09 |
66.83 |
92) Ivory Coast |
7.11 |
9.48 |
7.04 |
13.27 |
18.96 |
30.29 |
93) Jamaica |
38.86 |
36.97 |
41.78 |
42.18 |
43.13 |
44.23 |
94) Japan |
88.15 |
88.15 |
86.85 |
87.2 |
89.57 |
89.42 |
95) Jordan |
61.61 |
61.14 |
61.97 |
62.56 |
62.56 |
69.71 |
96) Kazakhstan |
32.7 |
32.7 |
32.39 |
30.81 |
30.33 |
34.13 |
97) Kenya |
16.11 |
17.06 |
17.37 |
22.27 |
27.49 |
37.5 |
98) Kiribati |
60.19 |
56.87 |
57.75 |
58.29 |
58.29 |
50.96 |
99) Kosovo |
32.23 |
31.28 |
34.74 |
35.07 |
36.02 |
37.02 |
100) Kuwait |
66.82 |
66.35 |
66.67 |
63.03 |
63.03 |
60.1 |
101) Kyrgyzstan |
6.16 |
8.06 |
9.39 |
12.32 |
12.8 |
15.87 |
102) Laos |
16.59 |
19.43 |
18.31 |
23.22 |
25.59 |
26.92 |
103) Latvia |
73.46 |
73.46 |
71.83 |
72.51 |
72.99 |
77.88 |
104) Lebanon |
29.86 |
30.33 |
30.52 |
27.49 |
25.12 |
24.04 |
105) Lesotho |
47.87 |
46.45 |
47.89 |
46.45 |
46.92 |
47.6 |
106) Liberia |
15.17 |
15.64 |
16.9 |
18.01 |
19.43 |
20.67 |
107) Libya |
20.85 |
18.96 |
12.68 |
12.8 |
6.16 |
2.88 |
108) Liechtenstein |
92.42 |
91.94 |
92.02 |
91 |
91.47 |
91.35 |
109) Lithuania |
70.62 |
72.51 |
73.24 |
72.99 |
73.93 |
78.37 |
110) Luxembourg |
97.63 |
97.63 |
96.71 |
96.21 |
96.21 |
95.67 |
111) Macau |
69.67 |
70.62 |
70.42 |
69.67 |
69.67 |
79.33 |
112) Macedonia |
46.92 |
46.92 |
48.36 |
47.87 |
49.29 |
56.73 |
113) Madagascar |
27.49 |
22.75 |
22.54 |
20.38 |
19.91 |
25 |
114) Malawi |
52.13 |
50.71 |
50.23 |
47.39 |
49.76 |
45.67 |
115) Malaysia |
64.45 |
65.88 |
64.79 |
65.88 |
64.93 |
75 |
116) Maldives |
51.18 |
45.02 |
33.8 |
38.39 |
28.91 |
36.54 |
117) Mali |
45.02 |
40.28 |
37.56 |
30.33 |
27.01 |
29.33 |
118) Malta |
90.52 |
90.05 |
87.32 |
87.68 |
87.2 |
86.06 |
119) Marshall Islands |
46.45 |
47.39 |
61.03 |
57.82 |
57.82 |
48.08 |
120) Martinique |
78.2 |
77.73 |
77 |
75.83 |
76.78 |
58.65 |
121) Mauritania |
23.22 |
21.8 |
20.66 |
19.91 |
18.01 |
22.12 |
122) Mauritius |
79.62 |
75.36 |
78.4 |
79.15 |
78.2 |
78.85 |
123) Mexico |
33.65 |
34.12 |
35.21 |
36.02 |
35.07 |
37.98 |
124) Micronesia |
57.35 |
53.08 |
53.52 |
54.98 |
54.98 |
45.19 |
125) Moldova |
40.28 |
42.18 |
44.13 |
45.02 |
42.65 |
46.63 |
126) Monaco |
80.57 |
78.67 |
79.34 |
78.67 |
79.62 |
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127) Mongolia |
45.97 |
43.13 |
46.95 |
44.55 |
43.6 |
41.35 |
128) Montenegro |
56.4 |
55.45 |
55.4 |
55.45 |
54.03 |
60.58 |
129) Morocco |
50.24 |
50.24 |
48.83 |
49.29 |
47.39 |
56.25 |
130) Mozambique |
35.07 |
39.34 |
34.27 |
33.65 |
22.27 |
21.63 |
131) Myanmar |
3.79 |
2.84 |
3.76 |
6.16 |
10.9 |
8.65 |
132) Namibia |
61.14 |
60.66 |
60.09 |
60.19 |
59.72 |
62.98 |
133) Nauru |
63.51 |
63.51 |
65.26 |
70.62 |
67.77 |
10.58 |
134) Nepal |
19.91 |
16.11 |
17.84 |
26.07 |
26.07 |
28.37 |
135) Netherlands |
96.68 |
97.16 |
97.65 |
97.16 |
97.16 |
97.12 |
136) New Zealand |
99.05 |
98.1 |
98.59 |
98.58 |
98.1 |
98.56 |
137) Nicaragua |
22.75 |
24.17 |
27.7 |
28.44 |
31.28 |
28.85 |
138) Niger |
36.97 |
35.07 |
43.19 |
29.86 |
28.44 |
27.4 |
139) Nigeria |
12.32 |
12.32 |
10.8 |
10.43 |
11.85 |
11.54 |
140) Niue |
28.91 |
27.96 |
25.82 |
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141) North Korea |
8.06 |
6.16 |
6.57 |
9 |
8.06 |
1.92 |
142) Norway |
98.1 |
99.05 |
98.12 |
100 |
100 |
99.04 |
143) Oman |
68.72 |
67.3 |
66.2 |
67.3 |
66.82 |
73.08 |
144) Pakistan |
21.33 |
27.49 |
20.19 |
18.96 |
21.33 |
23.56 |
145) Palau |
73.93 |
71.56 |
77.46 |
77.25 |
77.73 |
64.9 |
146) Panama |
51.66 |
52.13 |
55.87 |
48.82 |
47.87 |
54.81 |
147) Papua New Guinea |
18.48 |
18.48 |
24.41 |
22.75 |
17.54 |
21.15 |
148) Paraguay |
17.54 |
20.38 |
23 |
21.33 |
24.17 |
27.88 |
149) Peru |
30.81 |
33.18 |
31.46 |
32.7 |
33.18 |
33.17 |
150) Philippines |
34.12 |
33.65 |
35.68 |
36.49 |
41.71 |
43.27 |
151) Poland |
66.35 |
68.25 |
72.3 |
72.04 |
73.46 |
77.4 |
152) Portugal |
83.41 |
82.94 |
81.69 |
82.46 |
82.94 |
84.13 |
153) Puerto Rico |
72.04 |
72.99 |
72.77 |
73.93 |
71.09 |
76.92 |
154) Qatar |
82.46 |
80.09 |
74.18 |
81.99 |
83.41 |
81.25 |
155) Reunion |
78.2 |
77.73 |
77 |
75.83 |
76.78 |
85.1 |
156) Romania |
55.45 |
56.4 |
56.81 |
55.92 |
56.87 |
63.46 |
157) Russia |
25.12 |
26.07 |
27.23 |
23.7 |
24.64 |
26.44 |
158) Rwanda |
37.44 |
45.97 |
46.48 |
46.92 |
50.71 |
61.06 |
159) Saint Lucia |
74.88 |
74.41 |
73.71 |
68.72 |
72.51 |
71.63 |
160) Samoa |
67.77 |
67.77 |
69.95 |
71.09 |
71.56 |
75.48 |
161) San Marino |
80.57 |
78.67 |
79.34 |
78.67 |
79.62 |
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162) Sao Tome and Principe |
27.96 |
28.44 |
28.17 |
24.17 |
23.7 |
19.71 |
163) Saudi Arabia |
59.24 |
62.09 |
58.69 |
60.66 |
60.66 |
65.38 |
164) Senegal |
43.6 |
41.23 |
38.97 |
45.97 |
46.45 |
53.85 |
165) Serbia |
41.23 |
41.71 |
46.01 |
44.08 |
44.55 |
50.48 |
166) Seychelles |
55.92 |
55.92 |
54.93 |
53.55 |
54.5 |
62.5 |
167) Sierra Leone |
19.43 |
18.01 |
21.13 |
21.8 |
20.85 |
17.79 |
168) Singapore |
91.94 |
92.89 |
93.43 |
95.73 |
95.26 |
95.19 |
169) Slovakia |
64.93 |
65.4 |
67.61 |
63.98 |
63.98 |
69.23 |
170) Slovenia |
83.89 |
80.57 |
82.16 |
80.57 |
80.57 |
80.29 |
171) Solomon Islands |
27.01 |
29.38 |
33.33 |
33.18 |
34.12 |
32.69 |
172) South Africa |
56.87 |
57.82 |
58.22 |
57.35 |
57.35 |
63.94 |
173) South Korea |
81.52 |
81.52 |
81.22 |
79.62 |
78.67 |
80.77 |
174) South Sudan |
5.63 |
4.74 |
4.27 |
0.96 |
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175) Spain |
84.83 |
84.36 |
85.92 |
83.41 |
81.04 |
79.81 |
176) Sri Lanka |
53.55 |
53.55 |
52.58 |
52.13 |
45.97 |
51.92 |
177) St Kitts Nevis |
71.09 |
71.09 |
70.89 |
71.56 |
72.04 |
61.54 |
178) St Vincent Grenadines |
75.36 |
74.88 |
77.93 |
76.3 |
74.41 |
72.12 |
179) Sudan |
9.95 |
6.64 |
10.33 |
9.48 |
9.48 |
9.62 |
180) Suriname |
50.71 |
52.61 |
53.05 |
53.08 |
53.08 |
49.52 |
181) Swaziland |
33.18 |
37.91 |
40.38 |
39.34 |
42.18 |
46.15 |
182) Sweden |
99.53 |
99.53 |
99.53 |
99.05 |
99.53 |
97.6 |
183) Switzerland |
95.73 |
95.26 |
93.9 |
96.68 |
96.68 |
98.08 |
184) Syria |
37.91 |
36.49 |
30.05 |
14.22 |
3.32 |
6.73 |
185) Taiwan |
78.67 |
81.99 |
83.1 |
82.94 |
83.89 |
85.58 |
186) Tajikistan |
10.9 |
11.85 |
11.27 |
10.9 |
9.95 |
15.38 |
187) Tanzania |
39.34 |
38.39 |
36.15 |
35.55 |
38.86 |
39.42 |
188) Thailand |
48.34 |
49.29 |
49.3 |
50.24 |
51.66 |
51.44 |
189) Timor Leste |
10.43 |
9.95 |
9.86 |
9.95 |
9 |
9.13 |
190) Togo |
20.38 |
19.91 |
21.6 |
17.54 |
15.64 |
18.75 |
191) Tonga |
54.5 |
57.35 |
54.46 |
56.4 |
55.45 |
52.4 |
192) Trinidad and Tobago |
47.39 |
47.87 |
49.77 |
49.76 |
48.34 |
52.88 |
193) Tunisia |
60.66 |
59.72 |
51.17 |
50.71 |
48.82 |
53.37 |
194) Turkey |
57.82 |
59.24 |
57.28 |
56.87 |
55.92 |
59.62 |
195) Turkmenistan |
4.27 |
4.27 |
4.23 |
5.21 |
6.64 |
7.21 |
196) Tuvalu |
82.94 |
82.46 |
64.32 |
64.45 |
65.4 |
66.35 |
197) US Virgin Islands |
78.2 |
77.73 |
77 |
75.83 |
76.78 |
58.65 |
198) Uganda |
42.65 |
42.65 |
45.54 |
45.5 |
44.08 |
39.9 |
199) Ukraine |
24.17 |
24.64 |
23.47 |
25.59 |
23.22 |
23.08 |
200) United Arab Emirates |
63.03 |
62.56 |
65.73 |
66.82 |
70.62 |
76.44 |
201) United Kingdom |
94.31 |
94.31 |
92.49 |
92.89 |
92.89 |
94.23 |
202) United States |
91.47 |
92.42 |
91.08 |
91.47 |
90.52 |
89.9 |
203) Uruguay |
69.19 |
70.14 |
69.01 |
66.35 |
66.35 |
75.96 |
204) Uzbekistan |
6.64 |
5.21 |
4.69 |
7.58 |
11.37 |
12.02 |
205) Vanuatu |
62.56 |
61.61 |
61.5 |
61.14 |
61.14 |
62.02 |
206) Venezuela |
2.37 |
1.42 |
1.41 |
0.95 |
0.95 |
0.48 |
207) Vietnam |
39.81 |
34.6 |
39.44 |
37.91 |
39.34 |
44.71 |
208) West Bank and Gaza |
44.55 |
48.34 |
41.31 |
40.28 |
41.23 |
38.46 |
209) Yemen |
14.22 |
13.27 |
8.45 |
8.06 |
12.32 |
8.17 |
210) Zambia |
38.39 |
37.44 |
39.91 |
42.65 |
45.5 |
47.12 |
211) Zimbabwe |
0.95 |
0.95 |
0.94 |
1.9 |
2.37 |
4.33 |