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Belgium - Rule of Law 2014

Name: Belgium Rule of Law 2014
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

1.55 +0.09 from 2013 Global rank: 23rd

Belgium's rule of law was 1.55 in 2014, increased +0.09 from 1.46 in 2013. This was the 23rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2014▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2014
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	2.12	8.6%
2nd	Denmark	2.10	10.4%
3rd	Norway	2.02	2.7%
4th	New Zealand	2.00	7.2%
5th	Switzerland	1.99	10.8%
6th	Sweden	1.98	1.3%
7th	Netherlands	1.97	8.1%
8th	Austria	1.94	5.7%
9th	Australia	1.92	8.4%
10th	Luxembourg	1.90	5.2%
11th	Canada	1.89	7.9%
12th	United Kingdom	1.87	11.0%
13th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.86	18.6%
14th	Germany	1.85	12.7%
15th	Singapore	1.82	7.3%
16th	Ireland	1.76	3.0%
17th	Liechtenstein	1.74	10.3%
18th	Greenland	1.73	2.7%
19th	Iceland	1.70	3.1%
20th	Andorra	1.64	16.9%
21st	United States	1.61	3.7%
22nd	Japan	1.60	11.3%
23rd	Belgium	1.55	6.3%
24th	France	1.45	3.6%
25th	American Samoa	1.41	27.8%
26th	Guam	1.41	27.8%
27th	Estonia	1.37	15.0%
28th	Chile	1.35	7.5%
29th	Malta	1.19	-10.2%
30th	Czechia	1.14	11.2%
31st	Portugal	1.12	7.8%
32nd	Israel	1.11	13.8%
33rd	Barbados	1.08	3.9%
34th	Cyprus	1.07	4.3%
35th	Aruba	1.04	-19.8%
36th	Korea	1.01	6.4%
37th	Slovenia	1.00	0.5%
38th	Spain	0.97	-5.7%
39th	Macao SAR, China	0.95	48.9%
40th	Mauritius	0.95	-1.8%
41st	Lithuania	0.94	12.9%
42nd	Poland	0.87	3.8%
43rd	Latvia	0.87	14.3%
44th	Qatar	0.86	-9.4%
45th	Samoa	0.80	5.8%
46th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.77	14.7%
47th	Uruguay	0.76	32.1%
48th	Bahamas, The	0.66	5.0%
49th	Cabo Verde	0.66	20.1%
50th	United Arab Emirates	0.65	6.1%
51st	St. Lucia	0.63	-18.8%
52nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.61	-36.3%
53rd	Cayman Islands	0.59	-34.5%
54th	Costa Rica	0.58	3.5%
55th	Dominica	0.55	-23.7%
56th	Botswana	0.54	9.1%
57th	Malaysia	0.52	53.5%
58th	Hungary	0.51	-12.7%
59th	Tuvalu	0.51	-14.2%
60th	Oman	0.49	-0.4%
61st	Slovak Republic	0.49	4.6%
62nd	Brunei Darussalam	0.47	-19.8%
63rd	Jordan	0.47	24.4%
64th	Italy	0.42	-3.2%
65th	Bhutan	0.42	31.6%
66th	Bahrain	0.41	26.6%
67th	Greece	0.37	-20.0%
68th	Palau	0.28	-69.3%
69th	Seychelles	0.25	49.6%
70th	Romania	0.24	27.3%
71st	Vanuatu	0.23	-37.2%
72nd	Georgia	0.22	4,477.4%
73rd	Croatia	0.22	22.6%
74th	Namibia	0.21	-35.3%
75th	South Africa	0.16	14.7%
76th	Saudi Arabia	0.13	-13.4%
77th	Rwanda	0.07	147.8%
78th	Ghana	0.06	-58.9%
79th	Kuwait	0.02	-93.6%
80th	Bermuda	0.02	-98.2%
81st	Virgin Islands (US)	0.02	-97.7%
82nd	Montenegro	0.01	140.7%
83rd	Brazil	-0.05	42.5%
84th	North Macedonia	-0.06	75.8%
85th	Panama	-0.06	74.5%
86th	Tunisia	-0.07	61.5%
87th	India	-0.07	-50.8%
88th	Senegal	-0.08	67.9%
89th	Türkiye	-0.08	-1,520.3%
90th	Bulgaria	-0.08	44.3%
91st	Serbia	-0.09	68.3%
92nd	Kiribati	-0.10	-145.5%
93rd	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.11	48.0%
94th	Morocco	-0.13	62.0%
95th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.13	5.1%
96th	Suriname	-0.14	-177.7%
97th	Grenada	-0.14	-169.0%
98th	Sri Lanka	-0.15	43.8%
99th	Tonga	-0.16	-970.4%
100th	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.18	-121.1%
101st	Marshall Islands	-0.20	-181.8%
102nd	Lesotho	-0.21	-3.1%
103rd	Thailand	-0.22	-58.2%
104th	Zambia	-0.22	14.3%
105th	Jamaica	-0.24	25.8%
106th	Micronesia, Federated States of	-0.24	-302.6%
107th	Moldova	-0.25	33.5%
108th	Colombia	-0.25	35.0%
109th	Malawi	-0.29	-77.6%
110th	Indonesia	-0.31	41.7%
111th	Albania	-0.31	40.0%
112th	Eswatini	-0.31	36.9%
113th	Mongolia	-0.33	8.6%
114th	Viet Nam	-0.36	30.1%
115th	Philippines	-0.37	21.2%
116th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.38	4.3%
117th	Dominican Republic	-0.38	28.2%
118th	Uganda	-0.39	-13.9%
119th	China	-0.40	24.7%
120th	Tanzania	-0.40	16.0%
121st	Mexico	-0.41	26.0%
122nd	Kenya	-0.41	42.4%
123rd	Armenia	-0.42	-22.5%
124th	Kosovo	-0.46	14.5%
125th	El Salvador	-0.47	26.3%
126th	Gabon	-0.47	9.4%
127th	Benin	-0.49	14.5%
128th	Maldives	-0.49	32.4%
129th	Solomon Islands	-0.49	4.4%
130th	Fiji	-0.51	29.2%
131st	Peru	-0.52	9.0%
132nd	Burkina Faso	-0.55	-3.6%
133rd	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.59	35.1%
134th	Paraguay	-0.60	21.2%
135th	Kazakhstan	-0.61	14.9%
136th	Guyana	-0.61	-17.2%
137th	Mali	-0.64	15.0%
138th	Nepal	-0.65	9.7%
139th	Niger	-0.65	2.3%
140th	Cuba	-0.65	6.3%
141st	St. Kitts and Nevis	-0.67	-169.3%
142nd	Gambia, The	-0.70	-7.3%
143rd	Azerbaijan	-0.70	7.8%
144th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.70	5.1%
145th	Nicaragua	-0.71	-5.9%
146th	Lebanon	-0.72	1.5%
147th	Madagascar	-0.74	20.0%
148th	Pakistan	-0.75	12.3%
149th	Lao PDR	-0.76	5.9%
150th	Russian Federation	-0.77	5.9%
151st	Papua New Guinea	-0.77	17.8%
152nd	Bangladesh	-0.78	10.2%
153rd	São Tomé and Principe	-0.79	-2.7%
154th	Liberia	-0.80	8.9%
155th	Algeria	-0.80	-16.0%
156th	Mozambique	-0.81	1.3%
157th	Belize	-0.81	-80.4%
158th	Belarus	-0.82	7.6%
159th	Ukraine	-0.83	1.8%
160th	Togo	-0.86	12.8%
161st	Argentina	-0.87	-32.0%
162nd	Mauritania	-0.87	13.4%
163rd	Djibouti	-0.88	-13.1%
164th	Cameroon	-0.90	15.2%
165th	Comoros	-0.90	5.9%
166th	Sierra Leone	-0.94	-7.8%
167th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.94	16.1%
168th	Honduras	-0.94	19.6%
169th	Cambodia	-0.95	5.3%
170th	Guatemala	-0.96	12.6%
171st	Burundi	-0.97	9.9%
172nd	Ecuador	-0.97	-11.5%
173rd	Nauru	-1.01	-263.8%
174th	Tajikistan	-1.01	19.9%
175th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-1.05	-5.6%
176th	Nigeria	-1.06	5.8%
177th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-1.06	-0.7%
178th	Angola	-1.07	16.7%
179th	Timor-Leste	-1.11	8.3%
180th	Congo, Republic of	-1.12	0.2%
181st	Uzbekistan	-1.13	8.2%
182nd	Chad	-1.15	17.7%
183rd	Sudan	-1.17	8.8%
184th	Haiti	-1.18	9.2%
185th	Myanmar	-1.19	4.0%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.20	-0.8%
187th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.32	-12.7%
188th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.34	16.9%
189th	Turkmenistan	-1.34	1.3%
190th	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.36	3.4%
191st	Guinea	-1.37	1.1%
192nd	Libya	-1.39	-10.2%
193rd	Afghanistan	-1.44	10.7%
194th	Zimbabwe	-1.44	9.2%
195th	Iraq	-1.45	7.4%
196th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.46	7.7%
197th	Eritrea	-1.57	-9.5%
198th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.62	-17.2%
199th	Central African Republic	-1.71	5.7%
200th	South Sudan	-1.85	-20.5%
201st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.36	2.1%

FAQ

What was Belgium's rule of law in 2014?▾

Belgium's rule of law in 2014 was 1.55. This ranked 23rd globally.

How did Belgium's rule of law change in 2014?▾

Belgium's rule of law increased by 6.3% in 2014 compared to 2013.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2014?▾

Finland had the highest rule of law in 2014 at 2.12.

What is the rule of law of Belgium in 2014?▾

The rule of law of Belgium in 2014 was 1.55. This ranked 23rd globally.

How does 2014 compare to 2013 for Belgium's rule of law?▾

Belgium's rule of law went from 1.46 in 2013 to 1.55 in 2014, a 6.3% increase.

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