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United States - Constraints on Government Powers 0.7

WJP Rule of Law Index · updated 2026-10-03 · 143 economies tracked

Latest value

0.7 (2025)

Global rank

#n/a of 143 economies

Share of global total

0.8%

Growth since 2013

0.91×

Ranking Race — Constraints on Government Powers

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#9#17#25#33#41#492013201820232025#34#502022 overtook Jamaica2023 overtook Singapore
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Real annual global ranks, 2013 - 2025. United States climbed from #34 to #50 (overtook Jamaica). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United States ↓

Key Events — United States

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

2022
Overtook Jamaica in global rank auto
2023
Overtook Singapore in global rank auto

Constraints on Government Powers, 2013-2025

WJP Rule of Law Index · 0-1 scale · linear scale · ranking in the race above
20132018202320250.70.750.790.84
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