Sri Lanka is ranked first among South Asian countries in the Rule of Law Index 2014 and ranked 48th globally -- out of 99 countries evaluated in the index. The World Justice Project Wednesday released its Rule of Law Index 2014 which measures how rule of law is experienced by ordinary people around the world. The WJP Rule of Law Index measures how rule of law is experienced in everyday life in 99 countries around the globe, based on over 100,000 household and 2,400 expert surveys worldwide.