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American Samoa - Rule of Law 2019

Name: American Samoa Rule of Law 2019
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

1.27 −0.03 from 2018 Global rank: 27th

American Samoa's rule of law was 1.27 in 2019, decreased +0.03 from 1.30 in 2018. This was the 27th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2019▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2019
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	2.01	-1.1%
2nd	Norway	1.94	1.0%
3rd	Switzerland	1.86	-1.3%
4th	Austria	1.86	0.5%
5th	New Zealand	1.84	0.5%
6th	Singapore	1.84	1.9%
7th	Denmark	1.83	3.4%
8th	Sweden	1.79	0.5%
9th	Luxembourg	1.75	-1.0%
10th	Netherlands	1.73	-0.6%
11th	Iceland	1.73	2.8%
12th	Canada	1.72	0.3%
13th	Greenland	1.71	0.5%
14th	Australia	1.69	1.2%
15th	Liechtenstein	1.64	0.1%
16th	Germany	1.58	-0.6%
17th	United Kingdom	1.57	-2.1%
18th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.57	-9.5%
19th	Andorra	1.51	-1.7%
20th	Monaco	1.51	-1.7%
21st	San Marino	1.51	-1.7%
22nd	Japan	1.50	0.2%
23rd	United States	1.42	-3.5%
24th	France	1.37	-1.8%
25th	Ireland	1.35	-4.5%
26th	Belgium	1.34	-0.2%
27th	American Samoa	1.27	-2.2%
28th	Guam	1.27	-2.2%
29th	Estonia	1.24	3.3%
30th	Aruba	1.23	-2.5%
31st	Samoa	1.16	27.4%
32nd	Korea	1.16	-3.6%
33rd	Portugal	1.11	-0.1%
34th	Slovenia	1.09	5.9%
35th	Virgin Islands (US)	1.03	-2.9%
36th	Czechia	1.02	-0.3%
37th	Israel	1.01	5.4%
38th	Spain	0.99	1.2%
39th	Lithuania	0.99	6.8%
40th	Latvia	0.98	6.1%
41st	Chile	0.92	-1.7%
42nd	Malta	0.92	-9.6%
43rd	Macao SAR, China	0.88	-9.2%
44th	Kiribati	0.82	41.8%
45th	United Arab Emirates	0.81	4.4%
46th	Bermuda	0.78	-4.0%
47th	Palau	0.78	-21.9%
48th	Cayman Islands	0.73	-0.8%
49th	Cyprus	0.73	0.8%
50th	Dominica	0.72	2.0%
51st	Qatar	0.71	0.3%
52nd	Mauritius	0.69	-2.4%
53rd	Uruguay	0.60	5.7%
54th	St. Lucia	0.59	-6.6%
55th	Brunei Darussalam	0.59	-1.9%
56th	Bhutan	0.58	6.6%
57th	Tuvalu	0.56	-8.5%
58th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.56	0.4%
59th	Costa Rica	0.53	13.2%
60th	Oman	0.53	20.8%
61st	Slovak Republic	0.50	5.7%
62nd	Hungary	0.50	-10.2%
63rd	Tonga	0.50	17.0%
64th	Malaysia	0.49	-7.1%
65th	Bahrain	0.46	20.8%
66th	Marshall Islands	0.46	180.0%
67th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.46	3.0%
68th	Cabo Verde	0.45	13.7%
69th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.44	-15.9%
70th	Botswana	0.43	12.8%
71st	Fiji	0.42	139.1%
72nd	Romania	0.42	13.0%
73rd	Poland	0.39	3.8%
74th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.36	-3.4%
75th	Namibia	0.36	9.8%
76th	Croatia	0.35	15.5%
77th	Barbados	0.32	-11.0%
78th	Italy	0.27	13.2%
79th	Seychelles	0.25	-10.8%
80th	Georgia	0.25	-8.1%
81st	Vanuatu	0.21	-46.3%
82nd	Kuwait	0.19	3.7%
83rd	Grenada	0.19	-24.9%
84th	Greece	0.16	39.9%
85th	Saudi Arabia	0.15	23.4%
86th	Jordan	0.13	-42.9%
87th	Thailand	0.09	2,301.4%
88th	Tunisia	0.09	63.5%
89th	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.08	135.4%
90th	Rwanda	0.06	-42.5%
91st	Bahamas, The	0.05	-34.3%
92nd	Sri Lanka	0.04	27,448.3%
93rd	Ghana	0.01	-75.1%
94th	Montenegro	-0.01	-368.4%
95th	Bulgaria	-0.04	64.7%
96th	Viet Nam	-0.05	-42.1%
97th	India	-0.07	-4,627.4%
98th	Suriname	-0.08	4.9%
99th	Solomon Islands	-0.11	46.1%
100th	Nauru	-0.14	-116.4%
101st	Serbia	-0.14	15.5%
102nd	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.17	-0.5%
103rd	Armenia	-0.18	10.0%
104th	South Africa	-0.19	15.1%
105th	Panama	-0.19	-20.6%
106th	Senegal	-0.22	4.2%
107th	Brazil	-0.22	25.8%
108th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.23	-0.1%
109th	Morocco	-0.23	6.1%
110th	Mongolia	-0.26	7.3%
111th	China	-0.26	-40.3%
112th	North Macedonia	-0.31	0.6%
113th	Jamaica	-0.31	-42.7%
114th	Dominican Republic	-0.32	12.3%
115th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.33	-10.2%
116th	Cuba	-0.34	26.6%
117th	Malawi	-0.34	15.6%
118th	Uganda	-0.35	-7.5%
119th	Türkiye	-0.35	11.1%
120th	Indonesia	-0.35	-10.6%
121st	Maldives	-0.38	29.0%
122nd	Colombia	-0.39	-1.9%
123rd	Gambia, The	-0.41	11.0%
124th	Kosovo	-0.41	-6.8%
125th	Albania	-0.43	-2.8%
126th	Lesotho	-0.43	-16.5%
127th	Argentina	-0.43	-94.8%
128th	Guyana	-0.45	-16.0%
129th	Moldova	-0.46	-4.4%
130th	Burkina Faso	-0.46	-1.0%
131st	Kenya	-0.46	-8.5%
132nd	Zambia	-0.47	-32.0%
133rd	Eswatini	-0.48	-73.1%
134th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.50	-0.2%
135th	Kazakhstan	-0.51	-1.3%
136th	Peru	-0.52	8.2%
137th	Ecuador	-0.54	18.1%
138th	Niger	-0.55	8.7%
139th	Nepal	-0.55	-12.7%
140th	Paraguay	-0.57	5.8%
141st	Tanzania	-0.57	0.9%
142nd	Philippines	-0.57	-1.6%
143rd	Togo	-0.59	4.6%
144th	Mauritania	-0.61	14.0%
145th	Azerbaijan	-0.61	1.5%
146th	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.61	-1.3%
147th	Bangladesh	-0.64	0.9%
148th	Mexico	-0.66	-2.6%
149th	Benin	-0.68	2.4%
150th	Pakistan	-0.69	-0.7%
151st	São Tomé and Principe	-0.69	2.9%
152nd	Ukraine	-0.75	2.0%
153rd	Gabon	-0.76	-5.1%
154th	Russian Federation	-0.77	7.4%
155th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.77	-8.2%
156th	Papua New Guinea	-0.80	-4.6%
157th	Sierra Leone	-0.80	-0.9%
158th	Lebanon	-0.85	-9.0%
159th	Belize	-0.86	-1.6%
160th	Belarus	-0.86	3.8%
161st	Algeria	-0.86	-6.7%
162nd	Mali	-0.86	-6.0%
163rd	El Salvador	-0.87	6.9%
164th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.91	1.5%
165th	Nigeria	-0.94	-2.3%
166th	Djibouti	-0.95	0.4%
167th	Cambodia	-0.95	15.9%
168th	Lao PDR	-0.97	-12.2%
169th	Haiti	-0.97	8.2%
170th	Liberia	-1.00	-0.3%
171st	Madagascar	-1.01	-21.2%
172nd	Angola	-1.02	-2.2%
173rd	Honduras	-1.04	1.5%
174th	Mozambique	-1.07	-0.5%
175th	Myanmar	-1.08	-3.4%
176th	Uzbekistan	-1.08	1.5%
177th	Guatemala	-1.10	-2.3%
178th	Congo, Republic of	-1.11	2.1%
179th	Timor-Leste	-1.13	0.9%
180th	Cameroon	-1.14	-3.5%
181st	Comoros	-1.16	-1.3%
182nd	Sudan	-1.17	-3.0%
183rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-1.19	1.9%
184th	Nicaragua	-1.20	-11.4%
185th	Guinea	-1.24	-0.4%
186th	Tajikistan	-1.25	3.8%
187th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.28	9.7%
188th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.30	-3.0%
189th	Zimbabwe	-1.31	-1.4%
190th	Chad	-1.31	1.3%
191st	Turkmenistan	-1.41	3.7%
192nd	Burundi	-1.45	4.0%
193rd	Eritrea	-1.63	-0.7%
194th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.66	-1.1%
195th	Afghanistan	-1.74	-3.1%
196th	Libya	-1.76	-4.3%
197th	Central African Republic	-1.77	-2.8%
198th	Iraq	-1.77	1.6%
199th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.79	0.9%
200th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.81	-0.6%
201st	South Sudan	-2.01	-1.1%
202nd	Syrian Arab Republic	-2.09	-1.6%
203rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.38	-3.6%

FAQ

What was American Samoa's rule of law in 2019?▾

American Samoa's rule of law in 2019 was 1.27. This ranked 27th globally.

How did American Samoa's rule of law change in 2019?▾

American Samoa's rule of law decreased by 2.2% in 2019 compared to 2018.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2019?▾

Finland had the highest rule of law in 2019 at 2.01.

What is the rule of law of American Samoa in 2019?▾

The rule of law of American Samoa in 2019 was 1.27. This ranked 27th globally.

How does 2019 compare to 2018 for American Samoa's rule of law?▾

American Samoa's rule of law went from 1.30 in 2018 to 1.27 in 2019, a 2.2% decrease.

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