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Countries with the Strongest Legal Protection & Property Rights 2026

Comparing 229 countries by rule of law, property-rights security, corruption perception, police effectiveness, expropriation risk and extradition risk.

#	Country	Score
1	Finland	88.8
2	Denmark	88.7
3	Switzerland	87.9
4	Norway	87.7
5	New Zealand	85.5
6	Liechtenstein	85
7	Sweden	84.6
8	Iceland	84.2
9	Faroe Islands	84.1
10	Luxembourg	84.1
11	Netherlands	84
12	Singapore	83.2
13	Monaco	82.7
14	Greenland	82.5
15	Germany	80.7
16	Canada	80.2
17	Australia	80
18	Ireland	79.4
19	Austria	79.2
20	Andorra	79.2
21	Japan	79
22	San Marino	79
23	Estonia	78.7
24	Gibraltar	78.3
25	Bermuda	76.9
26	Cayman Islands	76.9
27	United Kingdom	76.6
28	British Virgin Islands	74.7
29	Aruba	74.5
30	Montserrat	74.4
31	Belgium	74.2
32	Turks and Caicos Islands	74
33	Curacao	74
34	Anguilla	74
35	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	73.7
36	Sint Maarten	73.2
37	Tahiti	71.4
38	France	71.2
39	Guam	71.1
40	Uruguay	70.9
41	Korea Republic	70.7
42	Saint-Martin	70.7
43	Czech Republic	70.6
44	Martinique	70.5
45	Chinese Taipei	70.5
46	Réunion	70.5
47	Guadeloupe	70.5
48	Portugal	70.5
49	New Caledonia	70.1
50	United States	70.1
51	Northern Mariana Islands	70
52	Cook Islands	69.7
53	Barbados	69.7
54	American Samoa	69.7
55	Niue	69.3
56	Puerto Rico	69.2
57	French Guiana	69.2
58	Slovenia	68.8
59	U.S. Virgin Islands	68.7
60	Lithuania	68.5
61	Wallis and Futuna	68.1
62	Spain	68.1
63	Chile	67.9
64	Latvia	67.4
65	Malta	67.2
66	Mayotte	66.7
67	Cyprus	66.5
68	Seychelles	66.3
69	United Arab Emirates	64.7
70	Bahamas	64.4
71	Mauritius	64.3
72	Antigua and Barbuda	64
73	Slovakia	63.6
74	Poland	63.6
75	Saint Kitts and Nevis	63.2
76	Botswana	62.7
77	Cape Verde	62.4
78	Croatia	62.2
79	Italy	62.2
80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	62.1
81	Grenada	62
82	Saint Lucia	61.9
83	Hong Kong	61.6
84	Brunei	61.5
85	Costa Rica	61.4
86	Dominica	61.1
87	Macau	60.1
88	Bhutan	60.1
89	Malaysia	59.9
90	Qatar	59.7
91	Palau	59.6
92	Samoa	59.4
93	Georgia	57.9
94	Greece	57.9
95	Romania	57.4
96	Namibia	56.8
97	Fiji	56.8
98	Kuwait	56
99	Oman	55.6
100	Montenegro	55.4
101	Nauru	55.1
102	Trinidad and Tobago	54.9
103	Micronesia	54.8
104	Tonga	54.7
105	Tuvalu	54.7
106	Bulgaria	54.5
107	Bahrain	54.1
108	Marshall Islands	53.7
109	Panama	53.6
110	Jordan	53.6
111	Vanuatu	53.4
112	Armenia	53.3
113	Jamaica	53.2
114	Hungary	52.9
115	North Macedonia	52.7
116	Rwanda	52.5
117	Belize	51.9
118	São Tomé and Príncipe	51.5
119	Senegal	51.4
120	Ghana	51.3
121	Kosovo	51.1
122	Maldives	51.1
123	Albania	51
124	Serbia	50.7
125	Morocco	50.6
126	Dominican Republic	50.2
127	Tunisia	49.8
128	Kiribati	49.7
129	Suriname	49.6
130	Guyana	49.6
131	Moldova	49.1
132	Thailand	48.8
133	Sri Lanka	47.9
134	Argentina	47.9
135	Mongolia	47.8
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.6
137	South Africa	47.5
138	Kazakhstan	47.1
139	Peru	46.8
140	Israel	46.6
141	Benin	46.5
142	Ivory Coast	46.4
143	Solomon Islands	46.3
144	Brazil	46
145	Lesotho	45.9
146	Indonesia	45.9
147	Saudi Arabia	45.8
148	Timor-Leste	45.5
149	Vietnam	44.9
150	Zambia	44.4
151	Paraguay	44.2
152	Gambia	44
153	Tanzania	43.8
154	Philippines	43.7
155	India	43.5
156	Nepal	42.8
157	Algeria	42.5
158	Colombia	42.3
159	Zanzibar	42.3
160	Malawi	42.2
161	El Salvador	42.1
162	Kenya	41.8
163	Ecuador	41.3
164	Turkey	41.1
165	Bolivia	41
166	Djibouti	40.7
167	Azerbaijan	40.7
168	Swaziland	40.7
169	Gabon	40.2
170	Egypt	40.1
171	Togo	40
172	Guatemala	39.5
173	Kyrgyzstan	39.3
174	Mexico	38.7
175	Uzbekistan	38.4
176	Laos	38.1
177	Sierra Leone	37.8
178	Mauritania	37.4
179	Uganda	36.9
180	China	36.8
181	Liberia	36.3
182	Papua New Guinea	36.1
183	Angola	35.8
184	Bangladesh	35.5
185	Honduras	35.4
186	Ethiopia	35.3
187	Comoros	34.7
188	Madagascar	34.7
189	Cambodia	34.2
190	Pakistan	33.5
191	Congo	32.6
192	Mozambique	32.3
193	Cameroon	32.2
194	Guinea	32
195	Nigeria	32
196	Tajikistan	30.1
197	Western Sahara	29.6
198	Equatorial Guinea	29.4
199	Cuba	28.8
200	Belarus	28.6
201	Guinea-Bissau	28.3
202	Lebanon	27.7
203	Zimbabwe	27.5
204	Niger	27.2
205	Burundi	27.1
206	Nicaragua	26.8
207	Russia	25.8
208	Burkina Faso	24.2
209	Ukraine	24.2
210	Mali	23.8
211	Iraq	23.7
212	Turkmenistan	21.7
213	Iran	20.8
214	Palestine	19.5
215	Chad	17.8
216	Haiti	15.5
217	Libya	15.5
218	Central African Republic	15.4
219	Congo DR	15.2
220	Myanmar	15.1
221	Eritrea	13.8
222	Sudan	11.8
223	Venezuela	10.1
224	Afghanistan	10
225	Syria	9.3
226	Yemen	8.6
227	Korea DPR	7.3
228	South Sudan	6.1
229	Somalia	4.8

How the Legal Protection and Property Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across six indicators. Nomadino calculates: legal protection and property score = rule of law × 0.30 + property rights security × 0.25 + corruption perception × 0.18 + police effectiveness × 0.12 + expropriation risk × 0.10 + extradition risk × 0.05.

Rule of law: 30%
Property rights security: 25%
Corruption perception: 18%
Police effectiveness: 12%
Expropriation risk: 10%
Extradition risk: 5%

Rule of law receives the highest weight because it underpins courts, contract enforcement, predictable administration and protection against arbitrary state action. Property rights security is weighted almost as strongly because this ranking explicitly measures possession, real-estate and asset security. Corruption perception is weighted clearly because good laws matter less if permits, courts or administrative decisions are purchasable or unpredictable. Police effectiveness is weighted at a medium level because rights need practical enforcement. Expropriation risk is severe, but rarer and partly overlaps with rule of law and property protection. Extradition risk remains included, but receives a lower weight because it is central only for specific personal risk profiles. For expropriation risk and extradition risk, Nomadino uses the normalized score where higher is better.