Property rights
scale 1-7, 2007–2016
Country | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Albania | 3.12 | 3.19 | 3.23 | 3.35 | 3.43 | 3.14 | 2.85 | 2.77 | 3.05 | 3.54 |
Algeria | 4.35 | 3.55 | 3.12 | 3.57 | 3.08 | 2.54 | 3.22 | 3.72 | 3.75 | 3.63 |
Angola | 2.87 | 2.71 | 2.74 | 2.76 | 2.51 | |||||
Argentina | 2.97 | 3.18 | 2.92 | 2.65 | 2.75 | 2.65 | 2.47 | 2.62 | 2.88 | 3.19 |
Armenia | 4.48 | 4.60 | 4.22 | 3.67 | 3.77 | 4.35 | 4.56 | 4.15 | 3.96 | 4.29 |
Australia | 6.35 | 6.33 | 6.17 | 5.87 | 5.55 | 5.45 | 5.24 | 5.51 | 5.88 | 5.85 |
Austria | 6.54 | 6.62 | 6.37 | 6.15 | 5.94 | 5.85 | 5.89 | 5.84 | 5.89 | 5.92 |
Azerbaijan | 3.74 | 4.24 | 4.22 | 3.85 | 3.84 | 3.96 | 3.98 | 3.81 | 3.81 | 4.24 |
Bahrain | 5.48 | 5.46 | 5.50 | 5.62 | 5.72 | 5.67 | 5.51 | 5.25 | 5.35 | 5.46 |
Bangladesh | 3.69 | 3.57 | 3.48 | 3.44 | 3.67 | 3.63 | 3.36 | 3.25 | 3.46 | 3.84 |
Barbados | 5.51 | 5.81 | 5.70 | 5.62 | 5.83 | 5.38 | 5.04 | 5.02 | 4.96 | 4.90 |
Belgium | 6.04 | 6.05 | 5.76 | 5.45 | 5.37 | 5.26 | 5.41 | 5.45 | 5.43 | 5.73 |
Belize | 3.84 | |||||||||
Benin | 3.73 | 3.61 | 3.83 | 4.67 | 4.33 | 3.88 | 3.44 | 3.65 | 3.86 | 3.84 |
Bhutan | 4.32 | 4.37 | 4.55 | 4.74 | ||||||
Bolivia | 3.08 | 2.60 | 2.19 | 2.19 | 2.68 | 3.18 | 3.21 | 3.45 | 3.44 | 3.05 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.20 | 3.32 | 2.78 | 2.69 | 2.93 | 3.34 | 3.68 | 3.41 | 3.14 | 3.14 |
Botswana | 4.87 | 5.21 | 5.30 | 5.30 | 5.12 | 4.86 | 4.94 | 4.90 | 4.89 | 5.03 |
Brazil | 4.46 | 4.58 | 4.38 | 4.27 | 4.41 | 4.67 | 4.60 | 3.99 | 3.91 | 4.13 |
Brunei | 4.71 | 4.86 | 4.72 | 4.64 | 4.55 | 4.58 | 4.48 | 4.37 | 4.27 | |
Bulgaria | 3.82 | 3.92 | 3.44 | 3.23 | 3.29 | 3.50 | 3.54 | 3.47 | 3.60 | 3.69 |
Burkina Faso | 4.46 | 4.49 | 4.30 | 4.18 | 4.29 | 4.30 | 3.67 | 3.50 | ||
Burundi | 3.25 | 3.16 | 2.94 | 2.96 | 2.70 | 2.45 | 2.67 | 2.76 | 2.76 | 2.76 |
Cambodia | 3.59 | 3.50 | 3.46 | 3.51 | 3.78 | 3.81 | 3.64 | 3.35 | 3.57 | 3.84 |
Cameroon | 3.76 | 3.74 | 3.49 | 3.69 | 3.63 | 3.80 | 3.85 | 3.64 | 3.93 | 4.08 |
Canada | 6.08 | 6.43 | 6.21 | 6.06 | 5.99 | 6.04 | 6.03 | 5.99 | 6.00 | 5.90 |
Cape Verde | 3.66 | 3.80 | 4.00 | 3.87 | 3.78 | 4.04 | 4.25 | |||
Chad | 2.62 | 2.70 | 2.51 | 2.40 | 2.57 | 2.58 | 2.43 | 2.51 | 2.93 | 3.01 |
Chile | 5.41 | 5.43 | 5.51 | 5.21 | 5.04 | 5.16 | 5.10 | 4.98 | 5.08 | 5.27 |
China | 4.31 | 4.98 | 5.25 | 5.11 | 5.04 | 4.86 | 4.62 | 4.49 | 4.45 | 4.52 |
Colombia | 4.53 | 4.44 | 3.97 | 3.84 | 3.91 | 3.80 | 3.84 | 3.86 | 4.05 | 4.11 |
Congo (Kinshasa) | 3.74 | |||||||||
Costa Rica | 4.60 | 4.58 | 4.49 | 4.35 | 4.30 | 4.46 | 4.57 | 4.58 | 4.59 | 4.61 |
Croatia | 4.24 | 4.20 | 3.96 | 3.96 | 3.93 | 3.76 | 3.79 | 3.79 | 3.79 | 3.81 |
Cyprus | 5.45 | 5.70 | 5.54 | 5.43 | 5.42 | 5.24 | 4.74 | 4.33 | 4.47 | 4.27 |
Czechia | 4.58 | 4.70 | 4.72 | 4.39 | 4.09 | 4.08 | 3.89 | 4.00 | 4.41 | 4.51 |
Denmark | 6.59 | 6.64 | 6.48 | 6.03 | 6.05 | 5.51 | 5.44 | 5.70 | 5.74 | 5.78 |
Dominican Republic | 4.20 | 4.07 | 3.94 | 3.98 | 3.88 | 3.89 | 3.83 | 3.83 | 4.01 | 4.02 |
Ecuador | 3.35 | 3.23 | 3.32 | 3.18 | 3.21 | 3.35 | 3.79 | 3.86 | 3.93 | 3.63 |
Egypt | 5.05 | 4.66 | 4.43 | 4.63 | 4.13 | 4.02 | 3.72 | 3.56 | 3.94 | 3.94 |
El Salvador | 4.42 | 4.21 | 4.23 | 4.07 | 3.76 | 3.77 | 3.54 | 3.60 | 3.72 | 3.81 |
Estonia | 5.65 | 5.77 | 5.59 | 5.33 | 5.30 | 5.19 | 5.14 | 5.18 | 5.37 | 5.54 |
Eswatini | 4.87 | 4.37 | 4.04 | 4.17 | 4.29 | 4.51 | ||||
Ethiopia | 4.14 | 4.27 | 4.27 | 4.54 | 4.44 | 4.07 | 3.70 | 3.40 | 3.73 | 4.03 |
Finland | 6.40 | 6.51 | 6.46 | 6.41 | 6.45 | 6.45 | 6.38 | 6.39 | 6.42 | 6.47 |
France | 6.06 | 6.07 | 5.80 | 5.83 | 5.95 | 5.73 | 5.67 | 5.54 | 5.56 | 5.45 |
Gabon | 4.87 | 4.13 | 3.93 | 4.18 | 4.09 | |||||
Gambia | 4.36 | 4.90 | 5.13 | 5.10 | 5.09 | 4.86 | 4.36 | 4.21 | 4.15 | 4.22 |
Georgia | 3.32 | 3.61 | 3.45 | 3.24 | 3.23 | 3.07 | 3.41 | 3.86 | 4.34 | 4.77 |
Germany | 6.67 | 6.51 | 6.27 | 6.12 | 5.73 | 5.83 | 5.84 | 5.64 | 5.81 | 5.81 |
Ghana | 4.42 | 4.29 | 4.21 | 4.02 | 3.86 | 4.24 | 4.28 | 4.18 | 4.27 | |
Greece | 5.18 | 5.10 | 4.98 | 4.72 | 4.46 | 4.17 | 3.89 | 3.91 | 4.01 | 4.06 |
Guatemala | 4.11 | 4.15 | 3.88 | 3.66 | 3.58 | 3.73 | 3.83 | 3.85 | 4.21 | 4.33 |
Guinea | 3.21 | 2.99 | 2.62 | 2.62 | ||||||
Guyana | 3.46 | 3.75 | 3.66 | 3.73 | 3.65 | 3.62 | 3.88 | 3.76 | 3.72 | |
Haiti | 2.17 | 2.06 | 2.13 | 2.33 | 2.57 | |||||
Honduras | 4.10 | 4.35 | 3.96 | 3.82 | 3.73 | 3.61 | 3.38 | 3.69 | 4.15 | 3.96 |
Hong Kong | 6.27 | 6.34 | 6.28 | 6.29 | 6.12 | 6.10 | 6.10 | 6.07 | 6.21 | 6.21 |
Hungary | 5.44 | 5.24 | 4.62 | 4.36 | 4.33 | 3.82 | 3.70 | 3.73 | 3.45 | 2.87 |
Iceland | 6.33 | 6.37 | 5.97 | 5.38 | 5.18 | 5.12 | 5.18 | 5.29 | 5.50 | 5.83 |
India | 5.28 | 5.02 | 4.78 | 4.54 | 4.29 | 4.38 | 4.38 | 4.06 | 3.76 | 3.94 |
Indonesia | 3.38 | 3.51 | 4.11 | 4.04 | 3.97 | 4.06 | 4.07 | 4.29 | 4.32 | 4.36 |
Iran | 4.29 | 4.38 | 4.59 | 4.31 | 3.86 | 3.95 | 3.85 | |||
Ireland | 6.32 | 6.37 | 6.06 | 5.89 | 5.99 | 5.78 | 5.72 | 5.87 | 6.07 | 6.19 |
Israel | 5.65 | 5.15 | 4.45 | 4.75 | 5.29 | 5.28 | 4.98 | 4.81 | 5.05 | 5.38 |
Italy | 5.03 | 4.80 | 4.41 | 4.30 | 4.25 | 4.28 | 4.26 | 4.01 | 4.05 | 4.00 |
Ivory Coast | 3.58 | 3.39 | 3.39 | 3.13 | 3.24 | 3.42 | 3.53 | 4.24 | 4.24 | |
Jamaica | 4.96 | 5.02 | 4.55 | 4.27 | 4.31 | 4.19 | 4.31 | 4.38 | 4.51 | 4.71 |
Japan | 6.19 | 6.26 | 5.90 | 5.58 | 5.69 | 5.79 | 5.81 | 5.94 | 6.18 | 6.17 |
Jordan | 5.57 | 5.87 | 5.75 | 5.40 | 5.19 | 5.28 | 5.33 | 5.09 | 4.83 | 5.00 |
Kazakhstan | 3.98 | 3.95 | 3.62 | 3.47 | 3.58 | 4.08 | 4.26 | 4.11 | 4.24 | 4.37 |
Kenya | 4.09 | 4.22 | 3.79 | 3.65 | 3.65 | 3.57 | 3.91 | 4.21 | 4.19 | 4.36 |
Kuwait | 5.40 | 5.77 | 5.12 | 4.92 | 4.98 | 5.15 | 5.02 | 4.43 | 4.34 | 4.44 |
Kyrgyzstan | 3.17 | 3.25 | 2.93 | 2.78 | 2.42 | 2.40 | 2.90 | 3.17 | 3.30 | 3.53 |
Laos | 3.92 | 3.75 | 3.57 | 3.76 | ||||||
Latvia | 5.01 | 5.28 | 4.84 | 4.27 | 4.13 | 4.24 | 4.34 | 4.59 | 4.72 | 4.41 |
Lebanon | 4.63 | 4.46 | 4.29 | 3.92 | 3.53 | 4.07 | 4.29 | |||
Lesotho | 3.02 | 3.37 | 3.89 | 3.66 | 3.45 | 3.28 | 3.28 | 3.60 | 4.43 | 4.22 |
Liberia | 4.37 | 3.76 | 4.08 | 4.40 | 4.19 | |||||
Libya | 3.81 | 3.76 | 3.86 | 3.49 | 3.62 | 3.74 | 3.44 | 2.97 | ||
Lithuania | 5.13 | 5.12 | 4.53 | 4.34 | 4.35 | 4.29 | 4.24 | 4.25 | 4.29 | 4.37 |
Luxembourg | 6.00 | 6.09 | 6.32 | 6.24 | 6.29 | 6.25 | 6.03 | 6.11 | 6.23 | 6.32 |
Madagascar | 3.59 | 3.65 | 3.38 | 3.01 | 2.78 | 2.58 | 2.95 | 3.06 | 3.07 | 3.18 |
Malawi | 4.26 | 4.25 | 4.18 | 4.02 | 3.92 | 3.83 | 3.87 | 4.16 | 3.99 | |
Malaysia | 5.71 | 5.46 | 5.21 | 5.09 | 5.31 | 5.37 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.35 | 5.29 |
Mali | 4.14 | 4.06 | 3.85 | 3.53 | 3.46 | 3.60 | 3.27 | 3.40 | 3.75 | 3.74 |
Malta | 5.34 | 5.58 | 5.47 | 5.31 | 5.25 | 5.56 | 5.53 | 5.04 | 4.93 | 5.02 |
Mauritania | 4.07 | 3.89 | 3.38 | 3.54 | 3.56 | 3.43 | 2.77 | 2.53 | 2.48 | 2.75 |
Mauritius | 5.65 | 5.92 | 5.42 | 5.29 | 5.24 | 5.17 | 5.08 | 5.11 | 5.09 | 4.96 |
Mexico | 4.30 | 4.09 | 3.95 | 3.93 | 4.03 | 4.22 | 4.19 | 3.96 | 4.00 | 4.08 |
Moldova | 3.31 | 3.32 | 3.33 | 3.17 | 3.16 | 3.23 | 3.14 | |||
Mongolia | 4.05 | 3.80 | 3.40 | 3.36 | 3.30 | 3.43 | 3.56 | 3.63 | 3.68 | 3.78 |
Montenegro | 4.69 | 4.69 | 4.68 | 4.75 | 4.72 | 4.59 | 4.22 | 4.10 | 4.06 | 3.89 |
Morocco | 4.67 | 4.66 | 4.58 | 4.42 | 4.37 | 4.61 | 4.81 | 4.85 | 4.69 | 4.67 |
Mozambique | 3.83 | 3.54 | 3.23 | 3.33 | 3.50 | 3.54 | 3.46 | 3.36 | 3.52 | 3.64 |
Myanmar (Burma) | 2.51 | 2.69 | 3.05 | |||||||
Namibia | 5.41 | 5.79 | 5.84 | 5.64 | 5.37 | 5.08 | 5.09 | 5.07 | 5.08 | 5.24 |
Nepal | 3.95 | 3.60 | 3.21 | 3.05 | 3.19 | 3.51 | 3.46 | 3.34 | 3.73 | 4.07 |
Netherlands | 6.40 | 6.32 | 6.11 | 5.84 | 5.83 | 6.03 | 5.97 | 5.84 | 6.01 | 6.18 |
New Zealand | 6.07 | 6.18 | 6.25 | 5.73 | 5.84 | 6.12 | 5.94 | 5.96 | 6.10 | 6.15 |
Nicaragua | 3.60 | 3.46 | 3.02 | 3.08 | 3.21 | 3.33 | 3.33 | 3.10 | 3.25 | 3.25 |
Nigeria | 3.81 | 4.16 | 3.89 | 3.33 | 3.21 | 3.37 | 3.44 | 3.40 | 3.81 | 3.99 |
North Macedonia | 3.72 | 3.93 | 3.84 | 3.65 | 3.65 | 4.02 | 4.46 | 4.55 | 4.36 | 4.07 |
Norway | 6.31 | 6.37 | 6.27 | 6.07 | 5.93 | 5.93 | 5.96 | 5.99 | 5.99 | 6.17 |
Oman | 4.77 | 5.42 | 5.61 | 5.51 | 5.52 | 5.49 | 5.60 | 5.24 | 5.09 | 5.45 |
Pakistan | 3.98 | 4.03 | 3.78 | 3.57 | 3.45 | 3.47 | 3.34 | 3.28 | 3.47 | 3.48 |
Panama | 5.12 | 5.23 | 4.85 | 4.74 | 4.75 | 4.89 | 4.84 | 4.50 | 4.66 | 4.91 |
Paraguay | 3.06 | 3.09 | 2.94 | 2.93 | 3.03 | 3.00 | 3.06 | 3.22 | 3.62 | 3.77 |
Peru | 3.59 | 3.79 | 3.95 | 3.83 | 3.87 | 3.77 | 3.70 | 3.54 | 3.75 | 4.01 |
Philippines | 4.35 | 4.04 | 3.81 | 3.67 | 3.61 | 4.10 | 4.35 | 4.28 | 4.12 | 4.12 |
Poland | 4.01 | 3.96 | 4.25 | 4.59 | 4.54 | 4.36 | 4.29 | 4.32 | 4.30 | 4.23 |
Portugal | 5.58 | 5.55 | 5.20 | 5.04 | 4.79 | 4.81 | 4.85 | 4.85 | 4.70 | 4.49 |
Puerto Rico | 5.91 | 5.98 | 5.96 | 5.90 | 5.62 | 5.76 | 5.96 | 5.92 | ||
Qatar | 5.43 | 5.59 | 6.02 | 5.49 | 4.79 | 5.53 | 5.98 | 6.00 | 5.99 | 5.76 |
Romania | 4.13 | 4.17 | 4.10 | 4.17 | 3.93 | 3.85 | 3.94 | 3.96 | 3.89 | 3.95 |
Russia | 3.16 | 3.27 | 3.07 | 2.94 | 2.81 | 2.79 | 3.03 | 3.33 | 3.33 | 3.48 |
Rwanda | 4.96 | 5.09 | 5.20 | 5.24 | 5.26 | 5.57 | 5.71 | |||
Saudi Arabia | 5.17 | 5.35 | 5.31 | 5.42 | 5.59 | 5.57 | 5.34 | 5.12 | 5.34 | 5.28 |
Senegal | 3.87 | 4.37 | 4.24 | 4.04 | 4.10 | 4.07 | 4.01 | 3.95 | 4.15 | 4.18 |
Serbia | 3.44 | 3.64 | 3.42 | 3.21 | 3.12 | 3.11 | 3.18 | 3.15 | 3.11 | 3.19 |
Seychelles | 4.70 | 4.45 | 4.15 | 4.15 | ||||||
Sierra Leone | 3.56 | 3.72 | 3.40 | 3.31 | 3.49 | |||||
Singapore | 6.41 | 6.52 | 6.41 | 6.34 | 6.38 | 6.38 | 6.33 | 6.24 | 6.27 | 6.31 |
Slovakia | 5.05 | 4.91 | 4.55 | 4.25 | 4.05 | 4.08 | 3.94 | 3.84 | 4.00 | 4.17 |
Slovenia | 4.91 | 4.86 | 4.85 | 4.63 | 4.41 | 4.41 | 4.25 | 4.18 | 4.32 | 4.35 |
South Africa | 5.78 | 6.02 | 5.87 | 5.40 | 5.29 | 5.40 | 5.62 | 5.60 | 5.47 | 5.43 |
South Korea | 5.71 | 5.44 | 4.97 | 4.71 | 4.55 | 4.66 | 4.55 | 4.21 | 4.58 | 4.87 |
Spain | 5.54 | 5.37 | 5.14 | 4.92 | 4.89 | 4.85 | 4.71 | 4.32 | 4.34 | 4.66 |
Sri Lanka | 4.72 | 4.79 | 4.42 | 4.42 | 4.46 | 4.32 | 4.37 | 4.30 | 4.32 | 4.36 |
Suriname | 3.65 | 3.59 | 3.58 | 3.25 | ||||||
Sweden | 6.34 | 6.50 | 6.41 | 6.28 | 6.22 | 5.90 | 5.86 | 5.69 | 5.93 | 6.32 |
Switzerland | 6.58 | 6.66 | 6.55 | 6.41 | 6.44 | 6.44 | 6.24 | 6.24 | 6.33 | 6.49 |
Syria | 5.55 | 5.61 | 5.00 | 4.43 | 4.68 | |||||
Tajikistan | 4.21 | 4.12 | 3.78 | 3.67 | 3.78 | 3.81 | 3.83 | 3.85 | 4.20 | 4.45 |
Tanzania | 3.95 | 3.80 | 3.72 | 3.65 | 3.54 | 3.61 | 3.79 | 3.55 | 3.51 | 3.94 |
Thailand | 5.10 | 4.71 | 4.28 | 3.91 | 3.57 | 3.72 | 4.08 | 4.09 | 4.10 | 4.00 |
Timor Leste | 2.65 | 2.63 | 2.63 | 2.84 | 2.75 | 2.63 | 2.82 | 2.80 | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | 4.67 | 4.65 | 4.52 | 4.22 | 3.97 | 4.07 | 4.22 | 4.13 | 4.03 | 4.07 |
Tunisia | 5.49 | 5.57 | 5.19 | 5.38 | 4.89 | 4.57 | 4.25 | 4.00 | 4.35 | 4.52 |
Turkey | 4.80 | 4.20 | 3.90 | 4.05 | 4.21 | 4.54 | 4.68 | 4.56 | 4.43 | 4.35 |
Uganda | 3.59 | 3.58 | 3.53 | 3.81 | 4.12 | 4.07 | 3.66 | 3.40 | 3.89 | 4.24 |
Ukraine | 3.29 | 3.27 | 2.85 | 2.60 | 2.67 | 2.73 | 2.51 | 2.70 | 2.95 | 3.03 |
United Arab Emirates | 5.18 | 5.35 | 5.47 | 5.03 | 4.81 | 5.22 | 5.38 | 5.46 | 5.46 | 5.74 |
United Kingdom | 6.06 | 5.49 | 5.59 | 5.75 | 6.01 | 6.20 | 6.16 | 6.22 | 6.29 | 6.28 |
United States | 5.55 | 5.79 | 5.53 | 5.10 | 5.06 | 4.98 | 5.17 | 5.35 | 5.54 | 5.61 |
Uruguay | 4.71 | 4.86 | 4.82 | 4.74 | 5.05 | 5.01 | 4.87 | 4.90 | 5.13 | 5.17 |
Venezuela | 2.29 | 2.25 | 2.08 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.79 | 1.61 | 1.52 | 1.59 | 1.65 |
Vietnam | 4.23 | 4.39 | 4.43 | 4.08 | 3.71 | 3.52 | 3.51 | 3.61 | 3.91 | 3.98 |
Yemen | 3.32 | 3.32 | 3.23 | 3.08 | 3.05 | 3.01 | ||||
Zambia | 4.55 | 4.68 | 4.47 | 4.14 | 4.14 | 4.47 | 4.66 | 4.61 | 4.55 | 4.48 |
Zimbabwe | 2.14 | 2.10 | 2.02 | 2.17 | 2.35 | 2.60 | 2.65 | 2.37 | 2.40 | 2.58 |