Rule of law during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how the rule of law changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	President	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Dmitry Medvedev	7 May 2008 – 7 May 2012	+3.7 points 2007 → 2011	+0.9 points/yr
2	N Vladimir Putin	31 Dec 1999 – 7 May 2008 from 2000	+3.2 points 2000 → 2007	+0.5 points/yr
3	N Vladimir Putin	7 May 2012 – now	−9.5 points 2011 → 2025	−0.7 points/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in points; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. points, 0 to 100, higher is better · World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RL.SC): confidence in contracts, property rights, the police and the courts, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval · Russia data · as of Sep 2026.