Rule of law - Country rankings

The average for 2017 was -0.04 points.The highest value was in Finland: 2.03 points and the lowest value was in Somalia: -2.31 points. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available for: Rule of law.

Rule of law index (-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong), 2017
(points, Source: The World Bank, TheGlobalEconomy.com)

1. Finland

2. Norway

3. Sweden

4. Switzerland

5. New Zealand

6. Denmark

7. Netherlands

8. Singapore

9. Austria

10. Canada

11. Luxembourg

12. Hong Kong

13. Australia

14. UK

15. Liechtenstein

16. USA

17. Germany

18. Iceland

19. Andorra

20. Japan

21. France

22. Ireland

23. Belgium

24. Aruba

25. Estonia

26. South Korea

27. Malta

28. Taiwan

29. Portugal

30. Czech Rep.

31. Israel

32. Slovenia

33. Chile

34. Spain

35. Lithuania

36. Latvia

37. Cyprus

38. Bermuda

39. Samoa

40. Macao

41. UA Emirates

42. Qatar

43. Mauritius

44. Barbados

45. Brunei

46. Dominica

47. Bhutan

48. Puerto Rico

49. Saint Lucia

50. Uruguay

51. Slovakia

52. Tuvalu

53. Hungary

54. Kiribati

55. Botswana

56. Vanuatu

57. Poland

58. Bahrain

59. Costa Rica

60. Ant.& Barb.

61. Grenada

62. Oman

63. St. Vincent & ...

64. Cape Verde

65. Malaysia

66. Romania

67. Croatia

68. Georgia

69. Italy

70. Tonga

71. Palau

72. Jordan

73. Namibia

74. Bahamas

75. Ghana

76. Rwanda

77. Kuwait

78. Saudi Arabia

79. Seychelles

80. Greece

81. Tunisia

82. Vietnam

83. Sri Lanka

84. Panama

85. Thailand

86. Micronesia

87. Montenegro

88. India

89. South Africa

90. Bulgaria

91. Tr.&Tobago

92. Senegal

93. Suriname

94. Armenia

95. Jamaica

96. Morocco

97. Serbia

98. Bosnia & Herz.

99. Solomon Isl.

100. Macedonia

101. Argentina

102. Fiji

103. Turkey

104. China

105. Lesotho

106. Brazil

107. Guyana

108. Swaziland

109. Mongolia

110. Uganda

111. Zambia

112. Indonesia

113. Colombia

114. Malawi

115. Albania

116. Burkina Faso

117. Kazakhstan

118. Kenya

119. Moldova

120. Philippines

121. Domin. Rep.

122. Palestine

123. Cuba

124. Ethiopia

125. Gambia

126. Tanzania

127. Peru

128. Egypt

129. Azerbaijan

130. Mexico

131. Mauritania

132. Benin

133. Maldives

134. Ivory Coast

135. Nicaragua

136. Paraguay

137. Bangladesh

138. Gabon

139. Iran

140. Nepal

141. Niger

142. S.T.&Principe

143. Ecuador

144. Togo

145. Ukraine

146. Pakistan

147. Mali

148. Russia

149. Sierra Leone

150. Belarus

151. Lebanon

152. Papua N.G.

153. Algeria

154. El Salvador

155. Madagascar

156. Nigeria

157. Laos

158. Djibouti

159. Kyrgyzstan

160. Burma

161. Belize

162. Liberia

163. Mozambique

164. Cameroon

165. Comoros

166. Honduras

167. Cambodia

168. Guatemala

169. Haiti

170. Angola

171. R. of Congo

172. Sudan

173. Uzbekistan

174. Bolivia

175. Guinea

176. Chad

177. Tajikistan

178. Zimbabwe

179. Burundi

180. G.-Bissau

181. Eq. Guinea

182. Turkmenistan

183. Eritrea

184. Afghanistan

185. Iraq

186. DR Congo

187. North Korea

188. C.A. Republic

189. Yemen

190. Libya

191. Syria

192. Venezuela

193. Somalia

Definition: The index for Rule of Law captures perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence.

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