♦ India ranks 79th out of 142 countries in the World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2024. India's score is 0.50. Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Germany stood in the top five places. Venezuela got the lowest rank and placed at 142.

♦ The Rule of Law Index ranks the countries on eight indicators: constraints on government powers, absence of corruption, open government, fundamental rights, order and security, regulatory enforcement, civil Justice and criminal justice.

♦ Within South Asia, India ranked third after Nepal (69) and Sri Lanka (75), followed by Bangladesh (127) Pakistan (129) and Afghanistan (140).

♦ Among the G7 countries, Germany topped fifth, followed by Canada (12), Japan (14), UK (15), France (22), the USA (27) and Italy (32).