Property rights - Country rankings

The average for 2019 was 52 points.The highest value was in Singapore: 97 points and the lowest value was in Libya: 8 points. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available for: Property rights.

Property rights index (0-100), 2019
(points, Source: The Heritage Foundation, TheGlobalEconomy.com)

1. Singapore

2. New Zealand

3. Hong Kong

4. UK

5. Finland

6. Sweden

7. Netherlands

8. Canada

9. Iceland

10. Denmark

11. Ireland

12. Norway

13. Switzerland

14. Taiwan

15. Austria

16. Japan

17. Malaysia

18. France

19. Luxembourg

20. Estonia

21. UA Emirates

22. Belgium

23. Germany

24. Israel

25. Australia

26. South Korea

27. USA

28. Slovenia

29. Czech Rep.

30. Lithuania

31. Cyprus

32. Spain

33. Italy

34. Portugal

35. Rwanda

36. Malta

37. Mauritius

38. Chile

39. Slovakia

40. Uruguay

41. Fiji

42. Latvia

43. Romania

44. Croatia

45. Georgia

46. Saint Lucia

47. Vanuatu

48. Macedonia

49. Qatar

50. Bahrain

51. Brunei

52. Bhutan

53. Bulgaria

54. Poland

55. Hungary

56. Jamaica

57. Macao

58. Panama

59. Azerbaijan

60. Colombia

61. Kazakhstan

62. Mexico

63. South Africa

64. Tonga

65. Botswana

66. Costa Rica

67. Jordan

68. Oman

69. Seychelles

70. Armenia

71. Brazil

72. India

73. Morocco

74. Namibia

75. Peru

76. Turkey

77. Albania

78. Belarus

79. Moldova

80. Montenegro

81. Saudi Arabia

82. Kenya

83. Thailand

84. Barbados

85. Kuwait

86. Greece

87. Indonesia

88. Russia

89. Tr.&Tobago

90. Domin. Rep.

91. China

92. Kyrgyzstan

93. Serbia

94. Solomon Isl.

95. Uzbekistan

96. Vietnam

97. Burkina Faso

98. Dominica

99. Ghana

100. Philippines

101. Suriname

102. Tunisia

103. Argentina

104. Mongolia

105. Senegal

106. Tajikistan

107. Sri Lanka

108. Zambia

109. Cape Verde

110. Kiribati

111. Maldives

112. Ukraine

113. Cameroon

114. Honduras

115. Bahamas

116. Belize

117. Guyana

118. Lesotho

119. Pakistan

120. Swaziland

121. Uganda

122. Ivory Coast

123. Bosnia & Herz.

124. Gambia

125. Guatemala

126. Lebanon

127. Paraguay

128. Laos

129. Nepal

130. El Salvador

131. Benin

132. Cambodia

133. Comoros

134. Egypt

135. Iraq

136. Niger

137. Nigeria

138. Papua N.G.

139. St. Vincent & ...

140. S.T.&Principe

141. Syria

142. Angola

143. Bangladesh

144. Ecuador

145. Eritrea

146. Malawi

147. Sierra Leone

148. Togo

149. Burma

150. Guinea

151. Tanzania

152. Iran

153. Mali

154. Mozambique

155. Somalia

156. Ethiopia

157. G.-Bissau

158. Madagascar

159. Nicaragua

160. R. of Congo

161. Algeria

162. Cuba

163. North Korea

164. Turkmenistan

165. Djibouti

166. Eq. Guinea

167. Zimbabwe

168. Gabon

169. Mauritania

170. Sudan

171. Chad

172. Liberia

173. DR Congo

174. Bolivia

175. Burundi

176. Afghanistan

177. C.A. Republic

178. Yemen

179. Haiti

180. Libya

181. Micronesia

182. Venezuela

Definition: The property rights index measures the degree to which a country’s laws protect private property rights and the degree to which its government enforces those laws. It also assesses the likelihood that private property will be expropriated and analyzes the independence of the judiciary, the existence of corruption within the judiciary, and the ability of individuals and businesses to enforce contracts. Higher index values denote more certain legal protection of property.

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