Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) in Japan
Japan: Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) was 70 in 2013. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) in Japan, 2004–2013
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Japan recorded 70 for getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in 2013. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in Japan peaked at 70 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 50, in 2004.
That places Japan 52nd out of 184 countries with data for 2013, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 50 | — |
| 2005 | 70 | +40.0% |
| 2006 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 70 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 66.67 | 50 | 70 | 6 |
| 2010s | 70 | 70 | 70 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 52 Afghanistan 70 compare
- 52 Antigua and Barbuda 70 compare
- 52 Belize 70 compare
- 52 Brunei Darussalam 70 compare
- 52 Canada 70 compare
- 52 Croatia 70 compare
- 52 Estonia 70 compare
- 52 Fiji 70 compare
- 52 Germany 70 compare
- 52 Grenada 70 compare
- 52 Hungary 70 compare
- 52 Lithuania 70 compare
- 52 Malawi 70 compare
- 52 Namibia 70 compare
- 52 Peru 70 compare
- 52 Samoa 70 compare
- 52 Sierra Leone 70 compare
- 52 South Africa 70 compare
- 52 Saint Lucia 70 compare
- 52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70 compare
- 52 Tanzania, United Republic of 70 compare
- 52 Viet Nam 70 compare
- 52 Zimbabwe 70 compare
More private sector data for Japan
- Merchandise trade 33.7% (2025)
- Food imports 9.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 59.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 755.55 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 80.6% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 738.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,985 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1665 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.43 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in Japan?
- Getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in Japan was 70 in 2013, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 70 in 2005.
- What is the lowest getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 in 2004.
- How does Japan rank for getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14)?
- Japan ranks 52nd out of 184 countries with data for 2013.
- Is getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.