| Country | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Albania | 8.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Algeria | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Angola | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Argentina | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Armenia | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 7.00 |
| Australia | 11.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| Austria | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Azerbaijan | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Bahamas | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Bahrain | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Bangladesh | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Barbados | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Belarus | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Belgium | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Belize | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Benin | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Bhutan | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Botswana | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Brazil | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Brunei | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 |
| Bulgaria | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Burundi | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Cape Verde | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Cambodia | 11.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| Cameroon | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Canada | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Central African Republic | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Chad | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Chile | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| China | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Colombia | 4.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 |
| Comoros | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Congo (Kinshasa) | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Costa Rica | 2.00 | 2.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Ivory Coast | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Croatia | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Cyprus | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Czech Republic | 5.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Denmark | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Djibouti | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Dominica | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Dominican Republic | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Ecuador | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Egypt | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| El Salvador | 3.00 | 3.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Estonia | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Ethiopia | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Fiji | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Finland | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| France | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Gabon | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Gambia | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 |
| Georgia | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Germany | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Ghana | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Greece | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Grenada | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Guatemala | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Guinea | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Guinea Bissau | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Guyana | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Haiti | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Honduras | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Hong Kong | 7.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Hungary | 6.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Iceland | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| India | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Indonesia | 4.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 |
| Iran | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Iraq | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Ireland | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Israel | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Italy | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Jamaica | 6.00 | 10.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Japan | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Kazakhstan | 3.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Kenya | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Kiribati | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| South Korea | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Kosovo | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Kuwait | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Laos | 2.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Latvia | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Lebanon | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Lesotho | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Liberia | 5.00 | 5.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Lithuania | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Luxembourg | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 9.00 |
| Madagascar | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Malawi | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 9.00 |
| Malaysia | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Maldives | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Mali | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Malta | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Marshall Islands | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Mauritania | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Mauritius | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Mexico | 7.00 | 8.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Micronesia | 11.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| Moldova | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Mongolia | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Montenegro | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 |
| Morocco | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Mozambique | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Namibia | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Nepal | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Netherlands | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| New Zealand | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 |
| Nicaragua | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Niger | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Nigeria | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 |
| Norway | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Oman | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Pakistan | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Palau | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Panama | 4.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 9.00 |
| Paraguay | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Peru | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Philippines | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Poland | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Portugal | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Puerto Rico | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Qatar | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Romania | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Russia | 4.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Rwanda | 9.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| Samoa | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| San Marino | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Senegal | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Serbia | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Seychelles | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Sierra Leone | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Singapore | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Slovakia | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Slovenia | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Solomon Islands | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| South Africa | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| South Sudan | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Spain | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Saint Lucia | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Saint Vincent and Grenadines | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Sudan | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Suriname | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Swaziland | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Sweden | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Switzerland | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Syria | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Taiwan | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Tajikistan | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Tanzania | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Thailand | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Togo | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Tonga | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Tunisia | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Turkey | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Uganda | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Ukraine | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| United Kingdom | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| United States | 11.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| Uruguay | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Uzbekistan | 1.00 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Vanuatu | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 11.00 |
| Venezuela | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Vietnam | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Zambia | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Zimbabwe | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
The strength of legal rights index includes 10 aspects related to legal rights in collateral law and 2 aspects in bankruptcy law. The index ranges from 0 to 12, with higher scores indicating that collateral and bankruptcy laws are better designed to expand access to credit.
Source: World Bank