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Property rights index (0-100), 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 52 countries was 39 points. The highest value was in Mauritius: 87 points and the lowest value was in Libya: 5 points. The indicator is available from 1995 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: points; Source: The Heritage Foundation
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Countries Property rights, 2023 Global rank Available data
Mauritius 87 1 1999 - 2023
Seychelles 80 2 2009 - 2023
Botswana 73 3 1995 - 2023
Cape Verde 65 4 1996 - 2023
Namibia 64 5 1997 - 2023
Tunisia 62 6 1995 - 2023
Rwanda 61 7 1997 - 2023
Morocco 57 8 1995 - 2023
Senegal 57 9 1996 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 52 10 2009 - 2023
Ghana 51 11 1995 - 2023
Malawi 48 12 1995 - 2023
Uganda 48 13 1995 - 2023
Gambia 47 14 1997 - 2023
Swaziland 46 15 1995 - 2023
Tanzania 45 16 1995 - 2023
Ivory Coast 44 17 1995 - 2023
Benin 43 18 1996 - 2023
South Africa 43 19 1995 - 2023
Lesotho 42 20 1996 - 2023
Madagascar 42 21 1995 - 2023
Angola 41 22 1995 - 2023
Egypt 40 23 1995 - 2023
Kenya 40 24 1995 - 2023
Burkina Faso 38 25 1996 - 2023
Cameroon 38 26 1995 - 2023
Niger 37 27 1996 - 2023
Mauritania 36 28 1996 - 2023
Togo 36 29 1999 - 2023
Zambia 36 30 1995 - 2023
Sierra Leone 34 31 1995 - 2023
Mali 33 32 1995 - 2023
Djibouti 32 33 1997 - 2023
Liberia 32 34 2009 - 2023
Mozambique 31 35 1995 - 2023
Ethiopia 30 36 1995 - 2023
R. of Congo 30 37 1996 - 2023
Algeria 28 38 1995 - 2023
Chad 28 39 1997 - 2023
G.-Bissau 28 40 1999 - 2023
Gabon 27 41 1995 - 2023
Comoros 25 42 2009 - 2023
Nigeria 24 43 1995 - 2023
Sudan 23 44 1995 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 22 45 1999 - 2023
Burundi 20 46 1997 - 2023
Guinea 20 47 1995 - 2023
Zimbabwe 20 48 1995 - 2023
DR Congo 14 49 1995 - 2023
Eritrea 10 50 2009 - 2023
C.A. Republic 7 51 2002 - 2023
Libya 5 52 1996 - 2023


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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