Legal rights - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Index of legal rights for creditors and borrowers (0 = weak to 12 = strong), 2019:

The average for 2019 based on 53 countries was 5 points. The highest value was in Kenya: 11 points and the lowest value was in Eritrea: 0 points. The indicator is available from 2013 to 2019. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: points; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Legal rights, 2019 Global rank Available data
Kenya 11 1 2013 - 2019
Malawi 11 2 2013 - 2019
Rwanda 11 3 2013 - 2019
Zambia 11 4 2013 - 2019
Liberia 10 5 2013 - 2019
Nigeria 9 6 2013 - 2019
Djibouti 8 7 2013 - 2019
Benin 6 8 2013 - 2019
Burkina Faso 6 9 2013 - 2019
Cameroon 6 10 2013 - 2019
C.A. Republic 6 11 2013 - 2019
Chad 6 12 2013 - 2019
Comoros 6 13 2013 - 2019
DR Congo 6 14 2013 - 2019
Eq. Guinea 6 15 2013 - 2019
Gabon 6 16 2013 - 2019
Gambia 6 17 2013 - 2019
Ghana 6 18 2013 - 2019
Guinea 6 19 2013 - 2019
G.-Bissau 6 20 2013 - 2019
Ivory Coast 6 21 2013 - 2019
Mali 6 22 2013 - 2019
Mauritius 6 23 2013 - 2019
Niger 6 24 2013 - 2019
R. of Congo 6 25 2013 - 2019
Senegal 6 26 2013 - 2019
Togo 6 27 2013 - 2019
Zimbabwe 6 28 2013 - 2019
Botswana 5 29 2013 - 2019
Egypt 5 30 2013 - 2019
Lesotho 5 31 2013 - 2019
Namibia 5 32 2013 - 2019
Sierra Leone 5 33 2013 - 2019
South Africa 5 34 2013 - 2019
Tanzania 5 35 2013 - 2019
Uganda 5 36 2013 - 2019
Swaziland 4 37 2013 - 2019
Ethiopia 3 38 2013 - 2019
Sudan 3 39 2013 - 2019
Tunisia 3 40 2013 - 2019
Algeria 2 41 2013 - 2019
Burundi 2 42 2013 - 2019
Madagascar 2 43 2013 - 2019
Mauritania 2 44 2013 - 2019
Morocco 2 45 2013 - 2019
Seychelles 2 46 2013 - 2019
Angola 1 47 2013 - 2019
Cape Verde 1 48 2013 - 2019
Mozambique 1 49 2013 - 2019
Eritrea 0 50 2013 - 2019
Libya 0 51 2013 - 2019
S.T.&Principe 0 52 2013 - 2019
Somalia 0 53 2015 - 2019



Definition: The strength of legal rights index measures whether certain features that facilitate lending exist within the appliĀ­cable collateral and bankruptcy laws. The index ranges from 0 to 12 based on the methodology in the Doing Business 15-20 studies.

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1. Kenya
2. Malawi
3. Rwanda
4. Zambia
5. Liberia
6. Nigeria
7. Djibouti
8. Benin
9. Burkina Faso
10. Cameroon
11. C.A. Republic
12. Chad
13. Comoros
14. DR Congo
15. Eq. Guinea
16. Gabon
17. Gambia
18. Ghana
19. Guinea
20. G.-Bissau
21. Ivory Coast
22. Mali
23. Mauritius
24. Niger
25. R. of Congo
26. Senegal
27. Togo
28. Zimbabwe
29. Botswana
30. Egypt
31. Lesotho
32. Namibia
33. Sierra Leone
34. South Africa
35. Tanzania
36. Uganda
37. Swaziland
38. Ethiopia
39. Sudan
40. Tunisia
41. Algeria
42. Burundi
43. Madagascar
44. Mauritania
45. Morocco
46. Seychelles
47. Angola
48. Cape Verde
49. Mozambique
50. Eritrea
51. Libya
52. S.T.&Principe
53. Somalia
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