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Armenia - Rule of Law 2017

Name: Armenia Rule of Law 2017
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

-0.21 −0.05 from 2016 Global rank: 108th

Armenia's rule of law was -0.21 in 2017, decreased +0.05 from -0.16 in 2016. This was the 108th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	2.02	0.8%
2nd	Norway	1.98	-0.7%
3rd	Switzerland	1.89	-0.9%
4th	New Zealand	1.88	-1.5%
5th	Sweden	1.82	-6.8%
6th	Denmark	1.80	-4.2%
7th	Austria	1.80	2.2%
8th	Singapore	1.79	0.0%
9th	Canada	1.76	-2.1%
10th	Netherlands	1.76	-4.7%
11th	Luxembourg	1.70	-1.2%
12th	Greenland	1.69	0.0%
13th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.68	-0.2%
14th	Australia	1.65	-4.1%
15th	United Kingdom	1.65	0.3%
16th	Liechtenstein	1.63	-0.7%
17th	United States	1.61	1.8%
18th	Germany	1.57	-0.6%
19th	Iceland	1.57	5.9%
20th	Andorra	1.54	1.5%
21st	Monaco	1.54	1.5%
22nd	San Marino	1.54	1.5%
23rd	Japan	1.53	10.5%
24th	France	1.40	3.4%
25th	Ireland	1.38	-5.8%
26th	Belgium	1.32	-5.3%
27th	Aruba	1.30	5.6%
28th	American Samoa	1.30	1.3%
29th	Guam	1.30	23.9%
30th	Estonia	1.25	4.7%
31st	Korea	1.13	0.4%
32nd	Malta	1.11	14.9%
33rd	Portugal	1.10	5.8%
34th	Czechia	1.09	10.1%
35th	Spain	1.02	6.1%
36th	Slovenia	0.99	-5.5%
37th	Israel	0.99	-4.8%
38th	Chile	0.98	2.2%
39th	Lithuania	0.96	-3.5%
40th	Palau	0.96	2.5%
41st	Samoa	0.92	5.3%
42nd	Latvia	0.90	-2.9%
43rd	Cyprus	0.85	23.3%
44th	Bermuda	0.81	0.4%
45th	Macao SAR, China	0.81	-0.8%
46th	United Arab Emirates	0.77	-6.2%
47th	Cayman Islands	0.74	-2.6%
48th	Qatar	0.70	-9.1%
49th	Mauritius	0.67	-2.6%
50th	Dominica	0.65	0.2%
51st	Bhutan	0.63	22.6%
52nd	Barbados	0.63	-18.1%
53rd	Tuvalu	0.62	10.8%
54th	Brunei Darussalam	0.62	15.7%
55th	St. Lucia	0.60	9.0%
56th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.59	-5.6%
57th	Kiribati	0.59	94.9%
58th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.57	-0.6%
59th	Uruguay	0.56	-10.0%
60th	Hungary	0.54	29.9%
61st	Vanuatu	0.53	31.9%
62nd	Slovak Republic	0.51	-14.0%
63rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.50	7.7%
64th	Grenada	0.45	-26.8%
65th	Romania	0.44	-3.5%
66th	Costa Rica	0.43	-0.5%
67th	Bahrain	0.42	-2.5%
68th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.42	-3.3%
69th	Oman	0.41	6.3%
70th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.41	-13.9%
71st	Poland	0.40	-32.5%
72nd	Malaysia	0.39	0.1%
73rd	Botswana	0.36	-5.1%
74th	Cabo Verde	0.35	23.9%
75th	Italy	0.32	-12.9%
76th	Croatia	0.31	-9.1%
77th	Tonga	0.30	-0.7%
78th	Marshall Islands	0.28	134.8%
79th	Namibia	0.28	-39.5%
80th	Georgia	0.26	-21.7%
81st	Jordan	0.24	-4.1%
82nd	Seychelles	0.17	-41.0%
83rd	Bahamas, The	0.16	-30.3%
84th	Rwanda	0.11	18.2%
85th	Ghana	0.11	217.5%
86th	Tunisia	0.09	334.2%
87th	Kuwait	0.08	874.8%
88th	Saudi Arabia	0.08	-75.5%
89th	Greece	0.05	-55.3%
90th	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.05	2,022.6%
91st	Viet Nam	0.04	-38.2%
92nd	Sri Lanka	0.03	-74.4%
93rd	Thailand	0.01	149.1%
94th	Panama	0.01	-77.6%
95th	India	-0.03	47.0%
96th	Nauru	-0.07	87.9%
97th	Fiji	-0.08	9.5%
98th	Montenegro	-0.11	17.4%
99th	Bulgaria	-0.12	11.0%
100th	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.13	37.3%
101st	Jamaica	-0.13	22.5%
102nd	South Africa	-0.16	-458.7%
103rd	Senegal	-0.17	-38.5%
104th	Suriname	-0.17	1.6%
105th	Serbia	-0.18	-41.5%
106th	Solomon Islands	-0.19	36.1%
107th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.20	-4.6%
108th	Armenia	-0.21	-30.1%
109th	Argentina	-0.24	25.9%
110th	China	-0.26	21.2%
111th	Eswatini	-0.27	27.6%
112th	Morocco	-0.28	-2.1%
113th	Guyana	-0.30	4.5%
114th	Lesotho	-0.30	-61.3%
115th	Brazil	-0.31	-51.7%
116th	North Macedonia	-0.31	9.8%
117th	Mongolia	-0.32	-39.9%
118th	Türkiye	-0.32	7.1%
119th	Uganda	-0.32	-18.0%
120th	Zambia	-0.34	-8.8%
121st	Indonesia	-0.35	-3.7%
122nd	Colombia	-0.37	-37.8%
123rd	Malawi	-0.39	0.3%
124th	Albania	-0.41	-28.4%
125th	Burkina Faso	-0.41	8.9%
126th	Dominican Republic	-0.43	-8.6%
127th	Kenya	-0.43	5.5%
128th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.43	-20.1%
129th	Kosovo	-0.44	-21.7%
130th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.45	6.2%
131st	Cuba	-0.45	2.0%
132nd	Moldova	-0.45	14.6%
133rd	Gambia, The	-0.45	43.2%
134th	Tanzania	-0.47	-18.7%
135th	Kazakhstan	-0.49	5.0%
136th	Philippines	-0.50	-16.2%
137th	Peru	-0.52	-5.5%
138th	Maldives	-0.57	-76.7%
139th	Mexico	-0.58	-0.8%
140th	Azerbaijan	-0.58	-8.4%
141st	Mauritania	-0.62	17.2%
142nd	Benin	-0.65	-2.9%
143rd	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.65	1.8%
144th	Nicaragua	-0.66	-0.6%
145th	Paraguay	-0.67	3.1%
146th	Bangladesh	-0.68	-1.5%
147th	Nepal	-0.69	14.5%
148th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.70	-0.9%
149th	Niger	-0.70	-2.9%
150th	Ecuador	-0.72	-10.6%
151st	Gabon	-0.72	-18.3%
152nd	São Tomé and Principe	-0.73	-5.6%
153rd	Togo	-0.73	-12.0%
154th	Pakistan	-0.73	10.3%
155th	Ukraine	-0.76	7.5%
156th	Mali	-0.79	0.8%
157th	Sierra Leone	-0.81	-0.4%
158th	Lebanon	-0.81	0.1%
159th	Papua New Guinea	-0.82	-4.8%
160th	Russian Federation	-0.85	-0.1%
161st	El Salvador	-0.87	-15.2%
162nd	Madagascar	-0.88	-5.3%
163rd	Belarus	-0.88	-14.9%
164th	Nigeria	-0.89	14.6%
165th	Lao PDR	-0.90	-11.2%
166th	Algeria	-0.93	-0.9%
167th	Djibouti	-0.93	6.9%
168th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.95	9.4%
169th	Myanmar	-0.96	-6.3%
170th	Liberia	-0.97	-0.2%
171st	Belize	-0.97	-0.4%
172nd	Mozambique	-1.01	6.3%
173rd	Angola	-1.04	-3.6%
174th	Cameroon	-1.05	0.7%
175th	Honduras	-1.06	6.7%
176th	Cambodia	-1.07	0.7%
177th	Guatemala	-1.08	-4.4%
178th	Haiti	-1.09	-7.9%
179th	Comoros	-1.10	-5.2%
180th	Sudan	-1.12	12.5%
181st	Uzbekistan	-1.13	-0.5%
182nd	Congo, Republic of	-1.16	-0.7%
183rd	Timor-Leste	-1.17	0.2%
184th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-1.25	-0.5%
185th	Guinea	-1.25	-0.8%
186th	Chad	-1.32	6.4%
187th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.37	1.6%
188th	Tajikistan	-1.37	-17.8%
189th	Zimbabwe	-1.40	-0.3%
190th	Burundi	-1.41	4.9%
191st	Guinea-Bissau	-1.46	4.8%
192nd	Turkmenistan	-1.48	0.5%
193rd	Afghanistan	-1.58	-3.9%
194th	Eritrea	-1.59	4.2%
195th	Libya	-1.68	0.8%
196th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.71	-3.8%
197th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.72	-2.9%
198th	Iraq	-1.76	0.7%
199th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.76	-5.0%
200th	Central African Republic	-1.76	5.0%
201st	South Sudan	-1.96	0.7%
202nd	Syrian Arab Republic	-2.10	-5.2%
203rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.33	-0.7%

FAQ

What was Armenia's rule of law in 2017?▾

Armenia's rule of law in 2017 was -0.21. This ranked 108th globally.

How did Armenia's rule of law change in 2017?▾

Armenia's rule of law decreased by 30.1% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2017?▾

Finland had the highest rule of law in 2017 at 2.02.

What is the rule of law of Armenia in 2017?▾

The rule of law of Armenia in 2017 was -0.21. This ranked 108th globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Armenia's rule of law?▾

Armenia's rule of law went from -0.16 in 2016 to -0.21 in 2017, a 30.1% decrease.

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