An order of merit is conferred by a state, government or royal family on an individual in recognition of military or civil merit.
Order of merit may also refer to:
Borda's method, a voting system originally called the "order of merit" Merit order, a way of ranking available sources of energy, especially electrical generation, based on ascending order of price FIFA Order of Merit, for significant contribution to association football PDC Order of Merit, a world ranking system by the Professional Darts Corporation
See also Cross of Merit (disambiguation) European Order of Merit Legion of Merit, a military award of the United States Armed Forces Medal of Merit (disambiguation) National Order of Merit (disambiguation) Order (distinction) Order of Civil Merit (disambiguation) Order of Honor Order of Military Merit (disambiguation) Order of Naval Merit (disambiguation) Socialist orders of merit