Rule of Law Index. Country Ranks 2016


 SOURCE: World Justice Project
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Scores range from 0 to 1 (with 1 indicating strongest adherence to the rule of law), based on answers drawn from a representative sample of 1,000 respondents in the three largest cities per country and a set of in-country legal practitioners and academics.

Rank Country Score
1 Denmark 0.89
2 Norway 0.88
3 Finland 0.87
4 Sweden 0.86
5 Netherlands 0.86
6 Germany 0.83
7 Austria 0.83
8 New Zealand 0.83
9 Singapore 0.82
10 United Kingdom 0.81
11 Australia 0.81
12 Canada 0.81
13 Belgium 0.79
14 Estonia 0.79
15 Japan 0.78
16 Hong Kong 0.77
17 Czechia 0.75
18 United States 0.74
19 South Korea 0.73
20 Uruguay 0.72
21 France 0.72
22 Poland 0.71
23 Portugal 0.71
24 Spain 0.7
25 Costa Rica 0.68
26 Chile 0.68
27 Slovenia 0.67
28 Barbados 0.67
29 Antigua & Barbuda 0.67
30 St. Kitts & Nevis 0.66
31 Grenada 0.66
32 Romania 0.66
33 United Arab Emirates 0.66
34 Georgia 0.65
35 Italy 0.64
36 St. Lucia 0.64
37 St. Vincent & the Grenadines 0.61
38 Bahamas 0.61
39 Croatia 0.61
40 Dominica 0.6
41 Greece 0.6
42 Jordan 0.59
43 South Africa 0.59
44 Ghana 0.58
45 Botswana 0.58
46 Senegal 0.57
47 Jamaica 0.57
48 Trinidad & Tobago 0.57
49 Hungary 0.57
50 Bosnia & Herzegovina 0.56
51 Argentina 0.55
52 Brazil 0.55
53 Bulgaria 0.54
54 Macedonia, FYR 0.54
55 Mongolia 0.54
56 Malaysia 0.54
57 Belarus 0.54
58 Tunisia 0.53
59 Suriname 0.53
60 Morocco 0.53
61 Indonesia 0.52
62 Panama 0.52
63 Nepal 0.52
64 Thailand 0.51
65 Peru 0.51
66 India 0.51
67 Vietnam 0.51
68 Sri Lanka 0.51
69 Malawi 0.51
70 Philippines 0.51
71 Colombia 0.51
72 Albania 0.5
73 Kazakhstan 0.5
74 Serbia 0.5
75 El Salvador 0.49
76 Guyana 0.49
77 Moldova 0.49
78 Ukraine 0.49
79 Burkina Faso 0.48
80 China 0.48
81 Zambia 0.48
82 Belize 0.47
83 Kyrgyzstan 0.47
84 Tanzania 0.47
85 Dominican Republic 0.47
86 Iran 0.47
87 Cote d'Ivoire 0.46
88 Mexico 0.46
89 Lebanon 0.46
90 Madagascar 0.45
91 Ecuador 0.45
92 Russia 0.45
93 Uzbekistan 0.45
94 Liberia 0.45
95 Sierra Leone 0.45
96 Nigeria 0.44
97 Guatemala 0.44
98 Myanmar 0.43
99 Turkey 0.43
100 Kenya 0.43
101 Nicaragua 0.42
102 Honduras 0.42
103 Bangladesh 0.41
104 Bolivia 0.4
105 Uganda 0.39
106 Pakistan 0.38
107 Ethiopia 0.38
108 Zimbabwe 0.37
109 Cameroon 0.37
110 Egypt 0.37
111 Afghanistan 0.35
112 Cambodia 0.33
113 Venezuela 0.28


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