Sierra Leone's Rule of Law

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Rule of Law is the foundation for communities of justice, opportunity, and peace-underpinning development, accountable government, and respect for fundamental rights.

Research shows that rule of law correlates to higher economic growth, greater peace, less inequality, improved health outcomes, and more education.

Rule of Law data has been indexed on a scale of 0-100 to show each countries relative position against others in the database. A value of 100 indicates a very high Rule of Law.

Sierra Leone has a Rule of Law Index of 26.8 ranking it 118th of 150 in the global listings.

Sierra Leone's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Base data source: World Bank, Washington D.C.
Data indexed by: World Economics, London


Rule of Law (Index): All Countries Data



Finland 100.0
Denmark 98.5
Singapore 95.3
Luxembourg 95.0
Norway 94.8
Switzerland 94.6
New Zealand 94.1
Austria 93.4
Iceland 93.3
Sweden 93.0
Netherlands 92.1
Canada 89.7
Japan 89.5
Germany 88.8
Ireland 88.7
Australia 88.2
Estonia 86.0
United Kingdom 85.7
United States 84.6
Belgium 84.0
Hong Kong 82.2
Taiwan 81.6
France 79.6
Korea, Rep. 79.0
Portugal 77.8
Czechia 77.5
Lithuania 76.4
Slovenia 74.1
Israel 73.4
Latvia 72.8
Qatar 72.7
United Arab Emirates 70.5
Mauritius 69.6
Spain 69.6
Malta 69.2
Uruguay 68.7
Chile 66.7
Bhutan 66.2
Slovak Republic 64.9
Cyprus 63.6
Malaysia 63.3
Oman 61.7
Botswana 60.8
Bahrain 60.1
Costa Rica 60.0
Poland 59.9
Hungary 59.7
Namibia 59.2
Romania 59.2
Croatia 58.2
Greece 57.1
Italy 56.4
Saudi Arabia 56.2
Kuwait 55.9
Jordan 54.3
Georgia 53.0
Rwanda 52.4
Bahamas, The 52.1
India 51.6
Thailand 50.3
South Africa 49.1
China 47.5
Sri Lanka 47.1
Jamaica 46.7
Ghana 46.6
Tunisia 46.3
Dominican Republic 46.2
North Macedonia 46.0
Bulgaria 45.8
Serbia 45.6
Suriname 45.2
Vietnam 44.4
Albania 44.2
Armenia 44.1
Mongolia 43.7
Indonesia 43.6
Morocco 43.4
Malawi 42.8
Brazil 41.8
Senegal 41.7
Egypt 41.6
Moldova 41.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 40.5
Guyana 40.3
Kenya 40.1
Panama 39.1
Uganda 38.5
Colombia 37.4
Tanzania 36.9
Gambia 36.8
Nepal 36.8
Türkiye 36.5
Kazakhstan 36.1
Cote d'Ivoire 36.0
Argentina 35.9
Lesotho 35.8
Niger 35.8
Philippines 35.0
Zambia 34.9
Peru 34.1
Togo 33.9
Paraguay 33.1
Bangladesh 32.8
Benin 32.8
Eswatini 32.8
Burkina Faso 32.6
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Ecuador 32.3
Azerbaijan 32.2
Ethiopia 32.2
Mauritania 31.3
Pakistan 30.9
El Salvador 29.1
Laos 27.4
Sierra Leone 26.8
Algeria 26.7
Gabon 26.5
Uzbekistan 26.1
Cambodia 25.8
Mexico 25.8
Nigeria 24.6
Liberia 24.5
Ukraine 24.4
Madagascar 23.8
Mali 22.3
Honduras 21.9
Angola 21.7
Mozambique 21.7
Cameroon 21.1
Congo, Rep. 20.0
Guinea 19.6
Lebanon 19.6
Guatemala 19.0
Kyrgyzstan 18.4
Russia 17.2
Belarus 16.5
Zimbabwe 16.1
Tajikistan 15.6
Sudan 15.4
Burundi 15.0
Bolivia 14.4
Nicaragua 14.2
Comoros 14.1
Chad 12.5
Haiti 12.4
Guinea-Bissau 10.4
Turkmenistan 9.4
Myanmar 8.4
Afghanistan 5.0
Congo, Dem. Rep 4.7
Central African Republic 3.9
Libya 1.2
Yemen, Rep. 0.0


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Key:
Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         Rule of Law: 0 = low rule of law, 100 = High rule of law.



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