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Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14 methodology) - Score by country

The score for the strength of legal rights benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the...

Countries reporting
183
Highest
100
Australia
Lowest
10
Palestine
Median
60
Years covered
10
2004–2013
Data points
1,790

What the numbers show

Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 100 in Australia; the lowest is 10 in Palestine.

The median across all reporting countries is 60, and the mean is 59.23.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Palau (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Tajikistan (down 33.3%).

Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index … 0-10 DB05-14 Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 100 2013 up 11.1% rising
1 United Kingdom 100 2013 unchanged flat
1 Hong Kong 100 2013 unchanged flat
1 Kenya 100 2013 unchanged flat
1 Kyrgyzstan 100 2013 up 66.7% rising
1 Latvia 100 2013 unchanged flat
1 Montenegro 100 2013 unchanged flat
1 Malaysia 100 2013 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 100 2013 unchanged flat
1 Puerto Rico 100 2013 unchanged flat
1 Singapore 100 2013 unchanged flat
12 Albania 90 2013 unchanged flat
12 Bulgaria 90 2013 unchanged flat
12 Bahamas 90 2013 unchanged flat
12 Cyprus 90 2013 unchanged flat
12 Dominica 90 2013 unchanged flat
12 Denmark 90 2013 up 12.5% rising
12 Micronesia (country) 90 2013 up 80.0% rising
12 Georgia 90 2013 up 80.0% rising
12 Ireland 90 2013 unchanged flat
12 Israel 90 2013 unchanged flat
12 Moldova 90 2013 up 12.5% rising
12 Marshall Islands 90 2013 up 80.0% rising
12 Nigeria 90 2013 unchanged flat
12 Poland 90 2013 up 12.5% rising
12 Romania 90 2013 up 12.5% rising
12 Solomon Islands 90 2013 up 125.0% rising
12 Sweden 90 2013 up 28.6% rising
12 Tonga 90 2013 up 28.6% rising
12 Trinidad and Tobago 90 2013 unchanged flat
12 Ukraine 90 2013 up 80.0% rising
12 United States 90 2013 unchanged flat
12 Vanuatu 90 2013 up 80.0% rising
12 Zambia 90 2013 unchanged flat
35 Switzerland 80 2013 unchanged flat
35 Finland 80 2013 unchanged flat
35 Ghana 80 2013 up 33.3% rising
35 Guatemala 80 2013 up 100.0% rising
35 Honduras 80 2013 up 33.3% rising
35 India 80 2013 up 33.3% rising
35 Jamaica 80 2013 unchanged flat
35 Cambodia 80 2013 — volatile
35 Liberia 80 2013 up 100.0% rising
35 North Macedonia 80 2013 up 33.3% rising
35 Nepal 80 2013 unchanged flat
35 Palau 80 2013 up 700.0% volatile
35 Rwanda 80 2013 up 300.0% volatile
35 Serbia 80 2013 up 33.3% rising
35 Slovakia 80 2013 unchanged flat
35 Kosovo 80 2013 — flat
35 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 80 2013 — flat
52 Afghanistan 70 2013 up 600.0% volatile
52 Antigua and Barbuda 70 2013 unchanged flat
52 Belize 70 2013 unchanged flat
52 Brunei 70 2013 unchanged flat
52 Canada 70 2013 unchanged flat
52 Germany 70 2013 down 12.5% falling
52 Estonia 70 2013 up 16.7% rising
52 Fiji 70 2013 unchanged flat
52 Grenada 70 2013 unchanged flat
52 Croatia 70 2013 up 75.0% rising
52 Hungary 70 2013 unchanged flat
52 Japan 70 2013 up 40.0% rising
52 Saint Lucia 70 2013 unchanged flat
52 Lithuania 70 2013 up 40.0% rising
52 Malawi 70 2013 unchanged flat
52 Namibia 70 2013 unchanged flat
52 Peru 70 2013 up 133.3% rising
52 Sierra Leone 70 2013 up 40.0% rising
52 Tanzania 70 2013 unchanged flat
52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70 2013 unchanged flat
52 Vietnam 70 2013 up 40.0% rising
52 Samoa 70 2013 up 16.7% rising
52 South Africa 70 2013 unchanged flat
52 Zimbabwe 70 2013 unchanged flat
76 Armenia 60 2013 up 20.0% rising
76 Austria 60 2013 unchanged flat
76 Benin 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Burkina Faso 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Bangladesh 60 2013 down 14.3% falling
76 Bhutan 60 2013 unchanged flat
76 Botswana 60 2013 unchanged flat
76 Central African Republic 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Chile 60 2013 up 50.0% rising
76 Cote d'Ivoire 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Cameroon 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Democratic Republic of Congo 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Congo 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Comoros 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Czechia 60 2013 down 14.3% falling
76 Spain 60 2013 unchanged flat
76 Gabon 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Guinea 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Guinea-Bissau 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Equatorial Guinea 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Iceland 60 2013 unchanged flat
76 Kiribati 60 2013 unchanged flat
76 Saint Kitts and Nevis 60 2013 down 14.3% falling
76 South Korea 60 2013 unchanged flat
76 Lesotho 60 2013 unchanged flat
76 Mexico 60 2013 up 20.0% rising
76 Mali 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Mongolia 60 2013 unchanged flat
76 Mauritius 60 2013 unchanged flat
76 Niger 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Norway 60 2013 unchanged flat
76 Senegal 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Eswatini 60 2013 unchanged flat
76 Chad 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Togo 60 2013 up 100.0% rising
76 Uganda 60 2013 unchanged flat
112 Azerbaijan 50 2013 unchanged flat
112 Belgium 50 2013 unchanged flat
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 50 2013 up 66.7% rising
112 France 50 2013 up 66.7% rising
112 Gambia 50 2013 unchanged flat
112 Indonesia 50 2013 unchanged flat
112 Iran 50 2013 unchanged flat
112 Sri Lanka 50 2013 up 66.7% rising
112 Pakistan 50 2013 unchanged flat
112 Panama 50 2013 unchanged flat
112 Papua New Guinea 50 2013 unchanged flat
112 Russia 50 2013 unchanged flat
112 El Salvador 50 2013 unchanged flat
112 Thailand 50 2013 unchanged flat
112 Taiwan 50 2013 up 25.0% rising
127 United Arab Emirates 40 2013 unchanged flat
127 Argentina 40 2013 unchanged flat
127 China 40 2013 up 100.0% rising
127 Colombia 40 2013 unchanged flat
127 Ethiopia 40 2013 unchanged flat
127 Guyana 40 2013 unchanged flat
127 Luxembourg 40 2013 unchanged flat
127 Maldives 40 2013 unchanged flat
127 Netherlands 40 2013 down 20.0% falling
127 Oman 40 2013 unchanged flat
127 Philippines 40 2013 unchanged flat
127 Saudi Arabia 40 2013 up 33.3% rising
127 Sudan 40 2013 unchanged flat
127 Suriname 40 2013 unchanged flat
127 Slovenia 40 2013 down 20.0% falling
127 Seychelles 40 2013 unchanged flat
127 Tunisia 40 2013 up 33.3% rising
127 Turkey 40 2013 unchanged flat
127 Uruguay 40 2013 unchanged flat
146 Angola 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Burundi 30 2013 up 50.0% rising
146 Bahrain 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Brazil 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Costa Rica 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Dominican Republic 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Algeria 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Egypt 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Greece 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Haiti 30 2013 up 50.0% rising
146 Italy 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Kazakhstan 30 2013 up 50.0% rising
146 Laos 30 2013 up 50.0% rising
146 Lebanon 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Morocco 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Mozambique 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Mauritania 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Nicaragua 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Portugal 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Paraguay 30 2013 unchanged flat
146 Qatar 30 2013 unchanged flat
167 Belarus 20 2013 up 100.0% rising
167 Cape Verde 20 2013 unchanged flat
167 Djibouti 20 2013 up 100.0% rising
167 Ecuador 20 2013 unchanged flat
167 Eritrea 20 2013 unchanged flat
167 Iraq 20 2013 unchanged flat
167 Jordan 20 2013 unchanged flat
167 Kuwait 20 2013 unchanged flat
167 Madagascar 20 2013 unchanged flat
167 Sao Tome and Principe 20 2013 unchanged flat
167 Syria 20 2013 up 100.0% rising
167 Tajikistan 20 2013 down 33.3% falling
167 East Timor 20 2013 unchanged flat
167 Uzbekistan 20 2013 unchanged flat
167 Venezuela 20 2013 unchanged flat
167 Yemen 20 2013 unchanged flat
183 Palestine 10 2013 unchanged flat

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The score for the strength of legal rights benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB05-14 studies.