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Rule of Law

World Bank Rule of Law Index 2022 (−2.5 to +2.5). Captures perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society — the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. Strong rule of law is the single most important factor for long-term residency security: it determines whether your lease can be enforced, whether you can win a court case against a local landlord, whether police protect you equally, and whether your property is safe from arbitrary seizure. Finland, New Zealand, Liechtenstein, Norway and Singapore lead. Venezuela, Somalia, North Korea, Afghanistan and Syria are at the bottom.

#↑ Country↕ Raw Value↕ Score↕
1 Singapore2.2 2.2 93
1 Switzerland2.2 2.2 93
3 Denmark2.1 2.1 91
3 Sweden2.1 2.1 91
3 Norway2.1 2.1 91
3 Netherlands2.1 2.1 91
3 Iceland2.1 2.1 91
8 Finland2 2 89
8 Faroe Islands2 2 89
8 Liechtenstein2 2 89
11 Germany1.8 1.8 85
11 Monaco1.8 1.8 85
11 Andorra1.8 1.8 85
11 San Marino1.8 1.8 85
11 New Zealand1.8 1.8 85
16 Australia1.7 1.7 83
16 England1.7 1.7 83
16 Wales1.7 1.7 83
16 Northern Ireland1.7 1.7 83
16 Scotland1.7 1.7 83
16 Luxembourg1.7 1.7 83
16 Canada1.7 1.7 83
16 Bermuda1.7 1.7 83
16 Austria1.7 1.7 83
16 Gibraltar1.7 1.7 83
16 Turks and Caicos Islands1.7 1.7 83
16 Cayman Islands1.7 1.7 83
16 Anguilla1.7 1.7 83
16 British Virgin Islands1.7 1.7 83
16 Montserrat1.7 1.7 83
16 Japan1.7 1.7 83
32 Ireland1.6 1.6 81
33 United States1.5 1.5 79
33 Hong Kong1.5 1.5 79
33 Macau1.5 1.5 79
33 U.S. Virgin Islands1.5 1.5 79
33 American Samoa1.5 1.5 79
33 Puerto Rico1.5 1.5 79
33 Guam1.5 1.5 79
33 Northern Mariana Islands1.5 1.5 79
41 French Guiana1.4 1.4 77
41 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1.4 1.4 77
41 France1.4 1.4 77
41 Réunion1.4 1.4 77
41 Tahiti1.4 1.4 77
41 Saint-Martin1.4 1.4 77
41 New Caledonia1.4 1.4 77
41 Martinique1.4 1.4 77
41 Guadeloupe1.4 1.4 77
50 Belgium1.3 1.3 75
50 Korea Republic1.3 1.3 75
52 Aruba1.2 1.2 74
52 Curacao1.2 1.2 74
52 Portugal1.2 1.2 74
52 Sint Maarten1.2 1.2 74
56 Czech Republic1.1 1.1 72
57 Malta1 1 70
57 United Arab Emirates1 1 70
57 Spain1 1 70
57 Israel1 1 70
57 Wallis and Futuna1 1 70
57 Mayotte1 1 70
57 Chinese Taipei1 1 70
57 Chile1 1 70
65 Latvia0.9 0.9 68
65 Estonia0.9 0.9 68
65 Lithuania0.9 0.9 68
65 Cyprus0.9 0.9 68
69 Poland0.8 0.8 66
69 Mauritius0.8 0.8 66
69 Qatar0.8 0.8 66
69 Slovakia0.8 0.8 66
69 Malaysia0.8 0.8 66
69 Barbados0.8 0.8 66
69 Slovenia0.8 0.8 66
69 Cook Islands0.8 0.8 66
69 Niue0.8 0.8 66
78 Uruguay0.7 0.7 64
79 Botswana0.6 0.6 62
80 Seychelles0.5 0.5 60
80 Bahrain0.5 0.5 60
80 Bahamas0.5 0.5 60
80 Oman0.5 0.5 60
80 Croatia0.5 0.5 60
80 Antigua and Barbuda0.5 0.5 60
80 Italy0.5 0.5 60
87 Brunei0.4 0.4 58
87 Saint Kitts and Nevis0.4 0.4 58
87 Costa Rica0.4 0.4 58
87 Greece0.4 0.4 58
91 Namibia0.3 0.3 56
91 Kuwait0.3 0.3 56
91 Thailand0.3 0.3 56
91 Saudi Arabia0.3 0.3 56
91 Hungary0.3 0.3 56
91 Panama0.3 0.3 56
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.3 0.3 56
91 Grenada0.3 0.3 56
91 Saint Lucia0.3 0.3 56
91 Turkey0.3 0.3 56
101 South Africa0.2 0.2 54
101 Jordan0.2 0.2 54
101 Cape Verde0.2 0.2 54
101 Trinidad and Tobago0.2 0.2 54
101 Romania0.2 0.2 54
101 Samoa0.2 0.2 54
107 Bulgaria0.1 0.1 52
107 North Macedonia0.1 0.1 52
107 Montenegro0.1 0.1 52
107 Georgia0.1 0.1 52
107 Dominica0.1 0.1 52
112 Ghana0 0 50
112 Maldives0 0 50
112 Guyana0 0 50
112 Rwanda0 0 50
112 Belize0 0 50
112 Mexico0 0 50
112 Serbia0 0 50
112 Jamaica0 0 50
112 Fiji0 0 50
112 Albania0 0 50
112 Armenia0 0 50
112 Tonga0 0 50
112 Bhutan0 0 50
125 Suriname-0.1 -0.1 48
125 Brazil-0.1 -0.1 48
125 Nauru-0.1 -0.1 48
125 Tuvalu-0.1 -0.1 48
125 Marshall Islands-0.1 -0.1 48
125 Tunisia-0.1 -0.1 48
125 Morocco-0.1 -0.1 48
125 Palau-0.1 -0.1 48
125 Micronesia-0.1 -0.1 48
125 Colombia-0.1 -0.1 48
125 El Salvador-0.1 -0.1 48
136 Kosovo-0.2 -0.2 46
136 Senegal-0.2 -0.2 46
136 Sri Lanka-0.2 -0.2 46
136 Ukraine-0.2 -0.2 46
136 Kazakhstan-0.2 -0.2 46
136 India-0.2 -0.2 46
136 São Tomé and Príncipe-0.2 -0.2 46
136 Bosnia and Herzegovina-0.2 -0.2 46
136 Dominican Republic-0.2 -0.2 46
136 Indonesia-0.2 -0.2 46
136 Vanuatu-0.2 -0.2 46
147 Ivory Coast-0.3 -0.3 44
147 Benin-0.3 -0.3 44
147 Paraguay-0.3 -0.3 44
147 Lesotho-0.3 -0.3 44
147 Egypt-0.3 -0.3 44
147 Kenya-0.3 -0.3 44
147 China-0.3 -0.3 44
147 Moldova-0.3 -0.3 44
147 Philippines-0.3 -0.3 44
156 Swaziland-0.4 -0.4 42
156 Russia-0.4 -0.4 42
156 Zambia-0.4 -0.4 42
156 Kiribati-0.4 -0.4 42
156 Argentina-0.4 -0.4 42
156 Vietnam-0.4 -0.4 42
156 Mongolia-0.4 -0.4 42
156 Peru-0.4 -0.4 42
164 Gambia-0.5 -0.5 40
164 Mauritania-0.5 -0.5 40
164 Togo-0.5 -0.5 40
164 Uganda-0.5 -0.5 40
164 Honduras-0.5 -0.5 40
164 Algeria-0.5 -0.5 40
164 Bolivia-0.5 -0.5 40
164 Djibouti-0.5 -0.5 40
164 Guatemala-0.5 -0.5 40
164 Ecuador-0.5 -0.5 40
164 Solomon Islands-0.5 -0.5 40
164 Nepal-0.5 -0.5 40
176 Gabon-0.6 -0.6 38
176 Zanzibar-0.6 -0.6 38
176 Bangladesh-0.6 -0.6 38
176 Tanzania-0.6 -0.6 38
176 Uzbekistan-0.6 -0.6 38
176 Azerbaijan-0.6 -0.6 38
176 Timor-Leste-0.6 -0.6 38
183 Madagascar-0.7 -0.7 36
183 Laos-0.7 -0.7 36
183 Ethiopia-0.7 -0.7 36
183 Malawi-0.7 -0.7 36
183 Kyrgyzstan-0.7 -0.7 36
188 Belarus-0.8 -0.8 34
188 Burkina Faso-0.8 -0.8 34
188 Liberia-0.8 -0.8 34
188 Cambodia-0.8 -0.8 34
188 Sierra Leone-0.8 -0.8 34
188 Mozambique-0.8 -0.8 34
188 Comoros-0.8 -0.8 34
188 Lebanon-0.8 -0.8 34
188 Pakistan-0.8 -0.8 34
188 Nicaragua-0.8 -0.8 34
198 Guinea-0.9 -0.9 32
198 Cameroon-0.9 -0.9 32
198 Palestine-0.9 -0.9 32
201 Nigeria-1 -1 30
201 Congo-1 -1 30
201 Cuba-1 -1 30
201 Myanmar-1 -1 30
201 Tajikistan-1 -1 30
201 Iran-1 -1 30
201 Papua New Guinea-1 -1 30
208 Iraq-1.1 -1.1 28
209 Niger-1.2 -1.2 26
209 Angola-1.2 -1.2 26
209 Guinea-Bissau-1.2 -1.2 26
209 Equatorial Guinea-1.2 -1.2 26
209 Zimbabwe-1.2 -1.2 26
214 Mali-1.3 -1.3 25
215 Burundi-1.4 -1.4 23
216 Western Sahara-1.5 -1.5 21
216 Chad-1.5 -1.5 21
216 Libya-1.5 -1.5 21
216 Haiti-1.5 -1.5 21
220 Turkmenistan-1.6 -1.6 19
221 Syria-1.8 -1.8 15
221 Central African Republic-1.8 -1.8 15
221 Congo DR-1.8 -1.8 15
221 Sudan-1.8 -1.8 15
225 Eritrea-1.9 -1.9 13
225 Afghanistan-1.9 -1.9 13
227 Yemen-2 -2 11
227 Venezuela-2 -2 11
229 South Sudan-2.2 -2.2 7
230 Korea DPR-2.3 -2.3 5
231 Somalia-2.5 -2.5 1