TBILISI, June 3 – Georgia’s ruling party says the country’s court system ranks high in a new international governance index, placing 33rd worldwide for quality of judiciary and 15th among European countries.
Georgian Dream said Wednesday that the Chandler Institute’s 2026 Good Government Index gives Georgia’s judiciary one of the strongest scores in the region. The party said Georgia ranks ahead of two G7 countries and 20 EU and NATO member states in the quality of its court system.
The Chandler country page for Georgia lists the country 43rd overall in the 2026 index, while giving it 33rd place for “Quality of Judiciary”.
According to Georgian Dream, the countries Georgia ranks ahead of in the judicial category include France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Malta, Cyprus, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Turkey.
The party said the quality of judiciary indicator is based on a World Economic Forum survey built around two questions: how independent the courts are from government, individuals or companies, and how effective the legal and court systems are for companies settling disputes.
Georgian Dream also said this was the second recent international study to place Georgia’s court system among Europe’s stronger performers. It cited the Index of Public Integrity, published on the European Commission’s composite indicators platform, where it said Georgia’s judiciary also entered Europe’s top 20 for judicial independence.
