Rule of law (World Bank indicator): country ranking
19 countries ranked from the highest to the lowest value · World Bank, 2025
Perceived respect for the rules: contract enforcement, property rights, the police, the courts, the likelihood of crime and violence. Aggregate estimate of perceptions (surveys, NGOs, analysts), in standard deviations: about −2.5 to +2.5, 0 = world average; higher = better.
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 1.6 score |
| 2 | Japan | 1.54 score |
| 3 | Canada | 1.48 score |
| 4 | Australia | 1.46 score |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 1.27 score |
| 6 | South Korea | 1.2 score |
| 7 | France | 0.97 score |
| 8 | United States | 0.79 score |
| 9 | Italy | 0.59 score |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 0.27 score |
| 11 | South Africa | 0.04 score |
| 12 | Argentina | -0.1 score |
| 13 | India | -0.13 score |
| 14 | Indonesia | -0.25 score |
| 15 | China | -0.43 score |
| 16 | Brazil | -0.49 score |
| 17 | Turkey | -0.81 score |
| 18 | Mexico | -1.17 score |
| 19 | Russia | -1.27 score |
How to read this ranking
Every value comes from one harmonised source (World Bank) and covers the same period, 2025. It can differ from the national figure shown on each country's card.
Countries are ordered from the highest to the lowest value: a higher rank is neither better nor worse.
Countries with the same value share a rank. A country with no value for 2025 is not ranked on another year.