Worldwide Governance Indicators: Rule of Law Scores for 2007

The red line measures deviations from predicted values, which are represented by the blue line. Ignore the gap between the red and blue lines and concentrate on how closely the red line centers toward 0. The closer to 0, the less the deviation of a country's observed score on Rule of Law from its predicted score.   Every country in Western Europe had high predicted scores for Rule of Law, and some actually exceeded their predictions.   Germany deviated 0.80 (obscured) above its predicted score of 0.98 for an observed score of 1.78.   On the other hand, Monaco deviated -0.33 below its predicted score of 1.24 for an observed score of 0.91. The PDF country pages display the observed Rule of Law Scores, predicted scores, and residuals (deviations from the predictions). Each page reports country size, wealth, and party data. Download a 212 page PDF that serves for all countries.