Rule of law in Europe

44 countries in Europe, 2024. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
91.8 /100
Finland
Median country
74.6 /100
half above, half below
Range
35.8 to 91.8
Belarus - Finland

How to read it

Across 44 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Finland (91.8 /100) and the lowest in Belarus (35.8 /100).

The median country is at 74.6 /100: half are above, half below.

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 score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to…

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Source: World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators · licence

Rule of law over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Finland91.8
2Denmark91.5
3Norway90.5
4Switzerland87.3
5Luxembourg87.3
6Liechtenstein86.7
7Sweden86.7
8Netherlands86.3
9Austria85.8
10Iceland85.0
11Germany84.9
12Ireland84.4
13Estonia82.5
14Andorra81.2
15Lithuania80.6
16Monaco80.1
17Belgium79.0
18United Kingdom78.8
19Czechia77.4
20San Marino76.9
21Latvia75.7
22Portugal75.4
23Slovenia73.8
24France73.8
25Spain73.0
26Malta69.5
27Italy67.6
28Poland66.9
29Slovakia66.6
30Croatia63.5
31Romania63.4
32Greece62.1
33Hungary60.3
34Montenegro60.1
35Kosovo57.9
36Bulgaria56.4
37Albania54.9
38Moldova54.2
39Serbia53.5
40North Macedonia53.1
41Bosnia and Herzegovina51.5
42Ukraine44.6
43Russia37.1
44Belarus35.8
World Bank, WGI · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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