Norway maintains high performance in many indicators, while Italy performs poorly in most cases.

Rule of Law 2

COLOR CODING
Green	Ranked first for statistic
Red	Ranked last for statistic

	Global Freedom Score	World Press Freedom Index	Corruption Perceptions Index	Democracy Index	Trust in government (%)	Governance ranking
Australia	95	73.77	75	9.09	52	10
Canada	98	81.74	74	9.15	61	12
Denmark	97	90.27	90	9.22	65	2
France	89	78.53	72	7.80	43	19
Germany	94	82.04	79	8.68	61	9
Italy	90	68.16	56	7.71	35	39
Japan	96	64.37	73	7.99	29	18
Netherlands	97	77.93	80	8.89	59	4
Norway	100	92.65	84	9.87	77	3
Sweden	100	88.84	83	9.39	63	6
United Kingdom	93	78.71	73	8.53	40	14
United States	83	72.74	69	7.96	41	23

SOURCES

0 = Least Free, 100 = Most Free

Press freedom scores from 0-100, with 0 being the worst and 100 the best.

Countries scored from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).

EIU Democracy Index. Scores from 0 to 10 based on 60 indicators.

Percentage of respondents who indicated they had confidence in their government.

Governance ranking is based off of checks and restraints on power and government operation effectivity.

Page updated on 2/6/2023.