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Colombia'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.

Colombia has a Rule of Law Index of 42.4 ranking it 97th of 150 in the global listings.

Colombia'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


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Finland 100.0
Norway 97.5
Denmark 97.2
Singapore 95.4
New Zealand 94.5
Switzerland 94.3
Luxembourg 93.8
Austria 93.8
Iceland 93.0
Netherlands 92.7
Sweden 92.6
Australia 91.2
Canada 90.1
Germany 89.7
Japan 89.0
Ireland 87.9
Hong Kong 86.0
Estonia 85.5
United Kingdom 85.5
United States 85.3
Belgium 83.2
Taiwan 82.5
France 82.4
Portugal 78.8
Czech Republic 78.6
Korea, Rep. 78.6
Lithuania 78.2
Slovenia 76.4
Latvia 75.3
Israel 74.4
Qatar 74.1
Chile 73.8
Brunei Darussalam 73.2
Spain 72.9
Mauritius 72.8
Malta 72.6
United Arab Emirates 71.8
Uruguay 69.6
Slovak Republic 69.0
Cyprus 67.4
Bhutan 67.4
Malaysia 65.6
Hungary 65.0
Botswana 63.8
Bahrain 63.6
Costa Rica 63.1
Poland 63.0
Oman 62.1
Romania 62.1
Namibia 61.1
Cabo Verde 60.8
Greece 60.8
Croatia 59.7
Italy 59.0
Kuwait 58.8
Saudi Arabia 58.1
Jordan 57.7
Rwanda 57.4
Georgia 56.7
South Africa 55.8
Thailand 55.4
Bahamas, The 55.1
Tunisia 55.0
Sri Lanka 53.7
China 53.6
Bulgaria 51.8
North Macedonia 51.0
India 50.9
Ghana 50.9
Serbia 50.7
Armenia 50.6
Dominican Republic 50.6
Suriname 50.4
Trinidad and Tobago 49.7
Vietnam 49.4
Jamaica 48.9
Mongolia 47.6
Indonesia 47.6
Malawi 47.3
Egypt 47.2
Panama 47.1
Morocco 47.0
Albania 46.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 46.4
Brazil 46.3
Moldova 45.2
Ecuador 45.0
Uganda 44.7
Senegal 44.4
Gambia 43.9
Kenya 43.8
Guyana 43.7
Niger 43.5
Lesotho 43.4
Turkey 43.2
Burkina Faso 42.7
Colombia 42.4
Argentina 42.2
Nepal 42.1
Kazakhstan 41.6
Peru 40.9
Tanzania 40.8
Paraguay 40.0
Togo 39.9
Eswatini 39.9
Azerbaijan 39.4
Zambia 39.2
Benin 39.2
Ethiopia 38.9
Bangladesh 38.8
Pakistan 38.2
Cote d'Ivoire 38.2
Laos 38.0
Philippines 38.0
Ukraine 37.6
Mauritania 37.4
Gabon 36.8
Papua New Guinea 35.8
Mexico 34.4
Algeria 34.1
Sierra Leone 34.0
El Salvador 33.3
Nigeria 33.1
Madagascar 32.9
Russia 32.8
Uzbekistan 32.4
Mali 32.1
Cambodia 32.1
Liberia 31.5
Angola 30.9
Mozambique 29.0
Honduras 28.2
Kyrgyzstan 28.1
Lebanon 28.1
Guatemala 27.7
Cameroon 27.6
Belarus 27.5
Guinea 26.8
Congo, Rep. 26.7
Bolivia 26.1
Tajikistan 25.6
Sudan 25.0
Comoros 24.7
Haiti 24.1
Zimbabwe 23.8
Burundi 23.1
Chad 22.4
Nicaragua 21.7
Guinea Bissau 19.8
Turkmenistan 19.7
Myanmar 19.4
Central African Republic 14.5
Congo, Dem. Rep 13.7
Libya 11.8
Yemen, Rep. 11.5
Afghanistan 9.8


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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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