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 18 countries was 2.83 points. The highest value was in Jordan: 11 points and the lowest value was in Iraq: 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
Jordan 11 1 2013 - 2019
Djibouti 8 2 2013 - 2019
UA Emirates 6 3 2013 - 2019
Egypt 5 4 2013 - 2019
Bahrain 3 5 2013 - 2019
Saudi Arabia 3 6 2013 - 2019
Tunisia 3 7 2013 - 2019
Algeria 2 8 2013 - 2019
Iran 2 9 2013 - 2019
Lebanon 2 10 2013 - 2019
Morocco 2 11 2013 - 2019
Kuwait 1 12 2013 - 2019
Oman 1 13 2013 - 2019
Qatar 1 14 2013 - 2019
Syria 1 15 2013 - 2019
Iraq 0 16 2013 - 2019
Libya 0 17 2013 - 2019
Yemen 0 18 2013 - 2019



Definition: The strength of legal rights index measures whether certain features that facilitate lending exist within the appli­cable 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. Jordan
2. Djibouti
3. UA Emirates
4. Egypt
5. Bahrain
6. Saudi Arabia
7. Tunisia
8. Algeria
9. Iran
10. Lebanon
11. Morocco
12. Kuwait
13. Oman
14. Qatar
15. Syria
16. Iraq
17. Libya
18. Yemen
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1.00
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0
2.8
5.5
8.3
11


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