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Property rights index (0-100), 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 52 countries was 39 points. The highest value was in Mauritius: 86 points and the lowest value was in Libya: 6 points. The indicator is available from 1995 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: points; Source: The Heritage Foundation
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Countries Property rights, 2024 Global rank Available data
Mauritius 86 1 1999 - 2024
Botswana 74 2 1995 - 2024
Seychelles 72 3 2009 - 2024
Cape Verde 64 4 1996 - 2024
Namibia 64 5 1997 - 2024
Rwanda 62 6 1997 - 2024
Tunisia 61 7 1995 - 2024
Morocco 58 8 1995 - 2024
Senegal 56 9 1996 - 2024
Gambia 55 10 1997 - 2024
S.T.&Principe 52 11 2009 - 2024
Ghana 50 12 1995 - 2024
Malawi 49 13 1995 - 2024
Uganda 47 14 1995 - 2024
Benin 45 15 1996 - 2024
South Africa 45 16 1995 - 2024
Swaziland 45 17 1995 - 2024
Tanzania 45 18 1995 - 2024
Ivory Coast 44 19 1995 - 2024
Lesotho 43 20 1996 - 2024
Kenya 41 21 1995 - 2024
Madagascar 41 22 1995 - 2024
Angola 40 23 1995 - 2024
Egypt 40 24 1995 - 2024
Cameroon 39 25 1995 - 2024
Burkina Faso 38 26 1996 - 2024
Niger 38 27 1996 - 2024
Togo 37 28 1999 - 2024
Zambia 36 29 1995 - 2024
Mauritania 35 30 1996 - 2024
Sierra Leone 34 31 1995 - 2024
Mali 33 32 1995 - 2024
Liberia 32 33 2009 - 2024
Djibouti 31 34 1997 - 2024
Mozambique 31 35 1995 - 2024
R. of Congo 30 36 1996 - 2024
Algeria 28 37 1995 - 2024
Burundi 28 38 1997 - 2024
Chad 28 39 1997 - 2024
Ethiopia 28 40 1995 - 2024
Gabon 27 41 1995 - 2024
G.-Bissau 27 42 1999 - 2024
Comoros 25 43 2009 - 2024
Nigeria 25 44 1995 - 2024
Guinea 22 45 1995 - 2024
Eq. Guinea 21 46 1999 - 2024
Zimbabwe 20 47 1995 - 2024
DR Congo 15 48 1995 - 2024
Sudan 13 49 1995 - 2024
Eritrea 8 50 2009 - 2024
C.A. Republic 7 51 2002 - 2024
Libya 6 52 1996 - 2024



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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