Uzbekistan ranked 78th in the World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2023, which measured rule of law adherence among over 150 thousand households in 137 countries worldwide. Featuring primary data, the WJP Rule of Law Index measures countries’ rule of law performance across eight factors: Constraints on Government Powers, Absence of Corruption, Open Government, Fundamental Rights, Order and Security, Regulatory Enforcement, Civil Justice, and Criminal Justice.
On 50 points out of 100, Uzbekistan neighbours Ukraine (77th) and Sri Lanka (79th).
The top five overall performers in the 2020 WJP Rule of Law Index were Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Germany; the bottom five were Venezuela, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
