Legal rights index

scale 0-12, 2007–2016

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    2007 Ranking
    1. Hong Kong 10.00
    2. United Kingdom 10.00
    3. New Zealand 9.00
    4. Singapore 9.00
    5. Slovakia 9.00
    6. Albania 9.00
    7. Australia 9.00
    8. Ukraine 8.00
    9. Germany 8.00
    10. Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.00
    11. Ireland 8.00
    12. Israel 8.00
    13. Kenya 8.00
    14. Latvia 8.00
    15. Malaysia 8.00
    16. Denmark 8.00
    17. Azerbaijan 7.00
    18. Zambia 7.00
    19. Iceland 7.00
    20. Montenegro 7.00
    21. Bangladesh 7.00
    22. Netherlands 7.00
    23. Nigeria 7.00
    24. Canada 7.00
    25. Botswana 7.00
    26. United States 7.00
    27. Jamaica 6.00
    28. Hungary 6.00
    29. Trinidad and Tobago 6.00
    30. Switzerland 6.00
    31. Sweden 6.00
    32. Slovenia 6.00
    33. Japan 6.00
    34. Honduras 6.00
    35. South Korea 6.00
    36. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 6.00
    37. Puerto Rico 6.00
    38. Mauritius 6.00
    39. Panama 6.00
    40. Norway 6.00
    41. Zimbabwe 6.00
    42. Georgia 6.00
    43. Bulgaria 6.00
    44. Czech Republic 6.00
    45. Finland 6.00
    46. Lesotho 5.00
    47. Kyrgyzstan 5.00
    48. Namibia 5.00
    49. Serbia 5.00
    50. Croatia 5.00
    51. Mongolia 5.00
    52. Mauritania 5.00
    53. South Africa 5.00
    54. Spain 5.00
    55. Syria 5.00
    56. Tanzania 5.00
    57. Thailand 5.00
    58. Belgium 5.00
    59. Jordan 5.00
    60. India 5.00
    61. Indonesia 5.00
    62. Ethiopia 5.00
    63. France 5.00
    64. Kazakhstan 5.00
    65. Armenia 5.00
    66. Austria 5.00
    67. Tajikistan 4.00
    68. Uruguay 4.00
    69. Benin 4.00
    70. Venezuela 4.00
    71. Burkina Faso 4.00
    72. Guatemala 4.00
    73. Vietnam 4.00
    74. Romania 4.00
    75. Portugal 4.00
    76. Poland 4.00
    77. Peru 4.00
    78. Chad 4.00
    79. Pakistan 4.00
    80. Lithuania 4.00
    81. Chile 4.00
    82. Nicaragua 4.00
    83. Gambia 4.00
    84. Dominican Republic 4.00
    85. Costa Rica 4.00
    86. Estonia 4.00
    87. Nepal 4.00
    88. El Salvador 4.00
    89. Kuwait 4.00
    90. Mozambique 4.00
    91. Tunisia 3.00
    92. Algeria 3.00
    93. Timor Leste 3.00
    94. Oman 3.00
    95. Turkey 3.00
    96. Uganda 3.00
    97. Ecuador 3.00
    98. Italy 3.00
    99. Greece 3.00
    100. Argentina 3.00
    101. United Arab Emirates 3.00
    102. Guyana 3.00
    103. Senegal 3.00
    104. Colombia 3.00
    105. Sri Lanka 3.00
    106. Mali 3.00
    107. Paraguay 3.00
    108. Morocco 3.00
    109. Philippines 3.00
    110. Bolivia 3.00
    111. Saudi Arabia 3.00
    112. Russia 3.00
    113. Cameroon 3.00
    114. China 2.00
    115. Madagascar 2.00
    116. Burundi 2.00
    117. Mexico 2.00
    118. Brazil 2.00
    119. Egypt 1.00
    2016 Ranking
    1. New Zealand 12.00
    2. Colombia 12.00
    3. Montenegro 12.00
    4. Cambodia 11.00
    5. Australia 11.00
    6. United States 11.00
    7. Rwanda 11.00
    8. Mexico 10.00
    9. Romania 10.00
    10. Jamaica 10.00
    11. Costa Rica 10.00
    12. Hungary 10.00
    13. Honduras 9.00
    14. Canada 9.00
    15. Guatemala 9.00
    16. El Salvador 9.00
    17. Latvia 9.00
    18. Georgia 9.00
    19. Bulgaria 9.00
    20. Kyrgyzstan 8.00
    21. Denmark 8.00
    22. Hong Kong 8.00
    23. Ukraine 8.00
    24. Singapore 8.00
    25. Moldova 8.00
    26. Liberia 8.00
    27. Peru 8.00
    28. Malaysia 7.00
    29. Kenya 7.00
    30. Finland 7.00
    31. Trinidad and Tobago 7.00
    32. Ireland 7.00
    33. Poland 7.00
    34. Panama 7.00
    35. United Kingdom 7.00
    36. Vietnam 7.00
    37. Ghana 7.00
    38. Zambia 7.00
    39. Slovakia 7.00
    40. Albania 7.00
    41. Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.00
    42. Czech Republic 7.00
    43. Estonia 7.00
    44. Cyprus 7.00
    45. Barbados 7.00
    46. Congo (Kinshasa) 6.00
    47. Senegal 6.00
    48. Benin 6.00
    49. Russia 6.00
    50. Laos 6.00
    51. Mali 6.00
    52. Nigeria 6.00
    53. Lithuania 6.00
    54. Nepal 6.00
    55. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 6.00
    56. Cameroon 6.00
    57. Chad 6.00
    58. Mauritius 6.00
    59. Ivory Coast 6.00
    60. Israel 6.00
    61. Bangladesh 6.00
    62. Gabon 6.00
    63. Sweden 6.00
    64. India 6.00
    65. Switzerland 6.00
    66. Germany 6.00
    67. Uganda 6.00
    68. Armenia 5.00
    69. Mongolia 5.00
    70. Austria 5.00
    71. Botswana 5.00
    72. Norway 5.00
    73. Sierra Leone 5.00
    74. Tanzania 5.00
    75. Spain 5.00
    76. South Africa 5.00
    77. Serbia 5.00
    78. Zimbabwe 5.00
    79. Namibia 5.00
    80. Croatia 5.00
    81. Lesotho 5.00
    82. Iceland 5.00
    83. Indonesia 5.00
    84. South Korea 5.00
    85. Malawi 5.00
    86. Gambia 4.00
    87. Uruguay 4.00
    88. Kazakhstan 4.00
    89. France 4.00
    90. Brunei 4.00
    91. China 4.00
    92. Chile 4.00
    93. Japan 4.00
    94. Bhutan 4.00
    95. Belgium 4.00
    96. Philippines 3.00
    97. Sri Lanka 3.00
    98. Thailand 3.00
    99. Ethiopia 3.00
    100. Turkey 3.00
    101. Greece 3.00
    102. Slovenia 3.00
    103. Netherlands 3.00
    104. Luxembourg 3.00
    105. Madagascar 3.00
    106. Pakistan 3.00
    107. Tunisia 2.00
    108. United Arab Emirates 2.00
    109. Azerbaijan 2.00
    110. Iran 2.00
    111. Egypt 2.00
    112. Argentina 2.00
    113. Mauritania 2.00
    114. Italy 2.00
    115. Lebanon 2.00
    116. Cape Verde 2.00
    117. Burundi 2.00
    118. Morocco 2.00
    119. Brazil 2.00
    120. Malta 2.00
    121. Paraguay 2.00
    122. Portugal 2.00
    123. Algeria 2.00
    124. Kuwait 2.00
    125. Saudi Arabia 2.00
    126. Ecuador 1.00
    127. Dominican Republic 1.00
    128. Tajikistan 1.00
    129. Bahrain 1.00
    130. Oman 1.00
    131. Nicaragua 1.00
    132. Mozambique 1.00
    133. Venezuela 1.00
    134. Qatar 1.00

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    Source: World Economic Forum