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Rule of Law (V-Dem)

Rule of Law. V-Dem Institute — Varieties of Democracy, 2018–2025.

Source: V-Dem Institute — Varieties of Democracy Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 Unit: index 0–1 Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗

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Avg (2025)
0.5
0.00pp vs 2024
Improving
0
of 179 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
179
±0.5pp band

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2018–2025.

0.40.50.60.60.7 20182019202020212022202320242025
AmericasEurope & Central AsiaSub-Saharan AfricaEast Asia & PacificMiddle East & North AfricaSouth AsiaAdvanced / other

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇧🇩 Bangladesh 0.3 +0.17pp
🇲🇺 Mauritius 0.8 +0.14pp
🇸🇾 Syria 0.3 +0.14pp
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 0.8 +0.12pp
🇲🇱 Mali 0.4 +0.09pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇦🇲 Armenia 0.5 -0.14pp
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 0.2 -0.11pp
🇹🇿 Tanzania 0.7 -0.07pp
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 0.6 -0.07pp
🇵🇪 Peru 0.6 -0.07pp

By group

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Europe & Central Asia 0.00pp
Americas 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 0.00pp
South Asia 0.00pp
Advanced / other 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 0.00pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe & Central Asia 49 0.7 0.00pp
Americas 27 0.6 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 23 0.6 0.00pp
South Asia 8 0.5 0.00pp
Advanced / other 4 0.5 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 0.4 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 20 0.4 0.00pp

Rule of Law (V-Dem) — full ranking

Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.

179 entities, 2025, change vs 2024. Highest first.
#EntityRule of LawChange
1🇩🇰 Denmark10.00pp
2🇨🇭 Switzerland10.00pp
3🇩🇪 Germany10.00pp
4🇦🇺 Australia10.00pp
5🇸🇪 Sweden1-0.00pp
6🇳🇿 New Zealand10.00pp
7🇳🇴 Norway10.00pp
8🇪🇪 Estonia10.00pp
9🇫🇮 Finland1-0.00pp
10🇮🇪 Ireland10.00pp
11🇮🇸 Iceland1+0.01pp
12🇱🇺 Luxembourg1-0.00pp
13🇸🇨 Seychelles1+0.00pp
14🇸🇬 Singapore1+0.01pp
15🇱🇻 Latvia1+0.00pp
16🇳🇱 Netherlands1-0.01pp
17🇫🇷 France10.00pp
18🇧🇪 Belgium1-0.01pp
19🇨🇦 Canada1-0.00pp
20🇯🇵 Japan10.00pp
21🇬🇧 United Kingdom1-0.00pp
22🇨🇱 Chile1+0.00pp
23🇪🇸 Spain0.9-0.01pp
24🇺🇾 Uruguay0.90.00pp
25🇨🇿 Czechia0.90.00pp
26🇨🇷 Costa Rica0.90.00pp
27🇦🇹 Austria0.9+0.00pp
28🇧🇧 Barbados0.90.00pp
29🇺🇸 United States of America0.9-0.04pp
30🇱🇹 Lithuania0.9-0.01pp
31🇰🇷 South Korea0.9+0.04pp
32🇹🇼 Taiwan0.9-0.01pp
33🇸🇮 Slovenia0.9-0.01pp
34🇮🇱 Israel0.9-0.01pp
35🇵🇹 Portugal0.9-0.03pp
36🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago0.9+0.00pp
37🇨🇾 Cyprus0.9+0.00pp
38🇵🇱 Poland0.9+0.02pp
39🇧🇹 Bhutan0.90.00pp
40🇮🇹 Italy0.9-0.01pp
41🇧🇷 Brazil0.9+0.02pp
42🇯🇲 Jamaica0.8-0.02pp
43🇲🇹 Malta0.80.00pp
44🇱🇰 Sri Lanka0.8+0.12pp
45🇧🇼 Botswana0.8+0.03pp
46🇻🇺 Vanuatu0.8-0.05pp
47🇳🇦 Namibia0.8-0.01pp
48🇬🇷 Greece0.8-0.01pp
49🇸🇷 Suriname0.8-0.02pp
50🇭🇷 Croatia0.8+0.01pp
51🇨🇻 Cape Verde0.8-0.01pp
52🇬🇲 The Gambia0.8+0.02pp
53🇲🇺 Mauritius0.8+0.14pp
54🇲🇩 Moldova0.8-0.01pp
55🇯🇴 Jordan0.8+0.01pp
56🇧🇯 Benin0.8-0.01pp
57🇲🇻 Maldives0.8+0.05pp
58🇭🇰 Hong Kong0.8+0.02pp
59🇲🇪 Montenegro0.8+0.04pp
60🇨🇴 Colombia0.7+0.01pp
61🇫🇯 Fiji0.7-0.04pp
62🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe0.7-0.01pp
63🇸🇰 Slovakia0.7-0.04pp
64🇹🇱 Timor-Leste0.7-0.01pp
65🇱🇸 Lesotho0.7+0.04pp
66🇹🇿 Tanzania0.7-0.07pp
67🇲🇾 Malaysia0.70.00pp
68🇬🇹 Guatemala0.7+0.04pp
69🇿🇦 South Africa0.7-0.02pp
70🇷🇴 Romania0.7+0.04pp
71🇵🇦 Panama0.7+0.02pp
72🇸🇳 Senegal0.7+0.00pp
73🇰🇼 Kuwait0.7-0.02pp
74🇸🇧 Solomon Islands0.7-0.00pp
75🇽🇰 Kosovo0.7-0.02pp
76🇳🇵 Nepal0.7+0.05pp
77🇿🇲 Zambia0.7-0.03pp
78🇰🇪 Kenya0.6+0.01pp
79🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates0.60.00pp
80🇴🇲 Oman0.6+0.00pp
81🇭🇺 Hungary0.6+0.02pp
82🇹🇳 Tunisia0.6+0.04pp
83🇦🇱 Albania0.6+0.01pp
84🇵🇪 Peru0.6-0.07pp
85🇳🇪 Niger0.6-0.05pp
86🇦🇷 Argentina0.6-0.05pp
87🇶🇦 Qatar0.6+0.01pp
88🇬🇭 Ghana0.6+0.03pp
89🇲🇼 Malawi0.6-0.00pp
90🇩🇴 Dominican Republic0.6-0.02pp
91🇧🇬 Bulgaria0.6-0.07pp
92🇬🇪 Georgia0.5-0.06pp
93🇸🇱 Sierra Leone0.5-0.02pp
94🇭🇳 Honduras0.5+0.02pp
95🇲🇦 Morocco0.5-0.01pp
96🇬🇾 Guyana0.5+0.01pp
97🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea0.5+0.02pp
98Zanzibar0.5+0.00pp
99🇲🇳 Mongolia0.5-0.03pp
100🇧🇫 Burkina Faso0.5-0.05pp
101🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina0.5+0.03pp
102🇦🇲 Armenia0.5-0.14pp
103Somaliland0.4+0.04pp
104🇲🇱 Mali0.4+0.09pp
105🇹🇭 Thailand0.4-0.02pp
106🇬🇦 Gabon0.4+0.01pp
107🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank0.4-0.03pp
108🇮🇳 India0.4-0.01pp
109🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia0.4+0.01pp
110🇨🇮 Ivory Coast0.4-0.02pp
111🇵🇾 Paraguay0.4-0.05pp
112🇺🇦 Ukraine0.4-0.00pp
113🇵🇭 Philippines0.4+0.00pp
114🇦🇴 Angola0.4-0.01pp
115🇷🇼 Rwanda0.4-0.01pp
116🇪🇨 Ecuador0.4-0.06pp
117🇲🇰 North Macedonia0.4-0.01pp
118🇷🇸 Serbia0.4-0.06pp
119🇱🇷 Liberia0.4+0.01pp
120🇲🇽 Mexico0.4-0.03pp
121🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan0.4-0.00pp
122🇱🇦 Laos0.3+0.03pp
123🇮🇩 Indonesia0.3-0.06pp
124Palestine/Gaza0.3-0.01pp
125🇪🇬 Egypt0.3-0.02pp
126🇻🇳 Vietnam0.3-0.03pp
127🇪🇹 Ethiopia0.3-0.00pp
128🇧🇩 Bangladesh0.3+0.17pp
129🇩🇯 Djibouti0.3-0.01pp
130🇲🇿 Mozambique0.3-0.01pp
131🇱🇧 Lebanon0.3+0.03pp
132🇳🇬 Nigeria0.3+0.05pp
133🇸🇾 Syria0.3+0.14pp
134🇧🇴 Bolivia0.3-0.05pp
135🇵🇰 Pakistan0.3-0.02pp
136🇩🇿 Algeria0.3+0.00pp
137🇧🇭 Bahrain0.2-0.01pp
138🇸🇿 Eswatini0.2-0.03pp
139🇰🇿 Kazakhstan0.2-0.01pp
140🇺🇬 Uganda0.2-0.05pp
141🇮🇷 Iran0.20.00pp
142🇨🇳 China0.2-0.00pp
143🇹🇬 Togo0.2-0.01pp
144🇮🇶 Iraq0.2-0.02pp
145🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo0.2-0.01pp
146🇿🇼 Zimbabwe0.2-0.02pp
147🇰🇲 Comoros0.2+0.02pp
148🇸🇩 Sudan0.2+0.08pp
149🇭🇹 Haiti0.2-0.01pp
150🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau0.2-0.11pp
151🇸🇴 Somalia0.20.00pp
152🇹🇷 Türkiye0.2-0.01pp
153🇲🇬 Madagascar0.1-0.04pp
154🇺🇿 Uzbekistan0.1+0.01pp
155🇱🇾 Libya0.1-0.01pp
156🇨🇺 Cuba0.1-0.00pp
157🇷🇺 Russia0.1+0.00pp
158🇨🇫 Central African Republic0.1+0.02pp
159🇲🇷 Mauritania0.1-0.03pp
160🇧🇾 Belarus0.1+0.02pp
161🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo0.1-0.03pp
162🇬🇳 Guinea0.1-0.01pp
163🇨🇲 Cameroon0.1-0.01pp
164🇦🇫 Afghanistan0.1-0.00pp
165🇧🇮 Burundi0.1-0.02pp
166🇸🇻 El Salvador0.1-0.01pp
167🇸🇸 South Sudan0.1-0.04pp
168🇰🇭 Cambodia0.1+0.00pp
169🇾🇪 Yemen0.1+0.00pp
170🇪🇷 Eritrea0.1-0.01pp
171🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar0.1+0.00pp
172🇦🇿 Azerbaijan0.1+0.01pp
173🇹🇲 Turkmenistan0.1-0.01pp
174🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea0-0.01pp
175🇹🇯 Tajikistan0-0.01pp
176🇰🇵 North Korea00.00pp
177🇹🇩 Chad00.00pp
178🇻🇪 Venezuela00.00pp
179🇳🇮 Nicaragua0+0.00pp

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