Benin - Rule of Law 2006
-0.53
+0.00 from 2005
Benin's rule of law was -0.53 in 2006, increased +0.00 from -0.53 in 2005. This was the 125th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2006▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 1.98 | 2.4% |
| 2nd | Norway | 1.97 | 2.8% |
| 3rd | Finland | 1.96 | 0.4% |
| 4th | Austria | 1.90 | 2.8% |
| 5th | Iceland | 1.88 | -3.0% |
| 6th | Sweden | 1.85 | 3.0% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 1.80 | -5.1% |
| 8th | Canada | 1.80 | 9.1% |
| 9th | New Zealand | 1.79 | -2.8% |
| 10th | United Kingdom | 1.77 | 13.7% |
| 11th | Germany | 1.77 | 7.1% |
| 12th | Netherlands | 1.77 | 1.0% |
| 13th | Australia | 1.76 | 2.6% |
| 14th | Ireland | 1.71 | 7.9% |
| 15th | Luxembourg | 1.69 | -7.3% |
| 16th | United States | 1.59 | 4.2% |
| 17th | Singapore | 1.57 | -7.2% |
| 18th | Malta | 1.56 | 9.9% |
| 19th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.54 | -3.9% |
| 20th | France | 1.46 | 3.9% |
| 21st | Japan | 1.35 | 10.4% |
| 22nd | Barbados | 1.23 | -8.2% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.22 | -2.6% |
| 24th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.18 | 4.4% |
| 25th | Chile | 1.18 | -2.4% |
| 26th | Estonia | 1.13 | 25.0% |
| 27th | Spain | 1.12 | 0.2% |
| 28th | Cyprus | 1.09 | 24.7% |
| 29th | Tuvalu | 1.08 | -14.4% |
| 30th | Bahamas, The | 1.08 | -21.3% |
| 31st | American Samoa | 1.07 | -3.6% |
| 32nd | Cayman Islands | 1.07 | 26.2% |
| 33rd | Guam | 1.07 | -3.6% |
| 34th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.07 | -3.6% |
| 35th | Liechtenstein | 1.06 | 9.7% |
| 36th | Samoa | 0.99 | -11.1% |
| 37th | Monaco | 0.98 | 26.8% |
| 38th | Nauru | 0.98 | 26.8% |
| 39th | Palau | 0.98 | 26.8% |
| 40th | San Marino | 0.98 | 26.8% |
| 41st | Hungary | 0.98 | 16.4% |
| 42nd | Portugal | 0.98 | -20.3% |
| 43rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.92 | 39.7% |
| 44th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.92 | 5.8% |
| 45th | Slovenia | 0.90 | 1.8% |
| 46th | Israel | 0.89 | 10.3% |
| 47th | Kiribati | 0.89 | 17.9% |
| 48th | St. Lucia | 0.87 | 5.7% |
| 49th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.87 | 5.7% |
| 50th | Greece | 0.86 | 10.0% |
| 51st | Czechia | 0.86 | 0.5% |
| 52nd | Andorra | 0.86 | -11.4% |
| 53rd | Korea | 0.84 | -14.0% |
| 54th | Mauritius | 0.83 | -11.8% |
| 55th | Aruba | 0.81 | -4.4% |
| 56th | Bermuda | 0.81 | -4.4% |
| 57th | Dominica | 0.74 | 9.4% |
| 58th | Lithuania | 0.71 | 22.4% |
| 59th | Cabo Verde | 0.64 | 71.1% |
| 60th | Marshall Islands | 0.63 | 25.9% |
| 61st | Qatar | 0.62 | 8.4% |
| 62nd | Tonga | 0.62 | 10.7% |
| 63rd | Latvia | 0.62 | 9.0% |
| 64th | Vanuatu | 0.57 | 9.7% |
| 65th | Uruguay | 0.55 | 20.2% |
| 66th | Kuwait | 0.53 | 0.3% |
| 67th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.52 | -11.4% |
| 68th | Botswana | 0.51 | -5.1% |
| 69th | Slovak Republic | 0.49 | -0.4% |
| 70th | Malaysia | 0.45 | 3.6% |
| 71st | Macao SAR, China | 0.43 | -39.7% |
| 72nd | Costa Rica | 0.39 | -21.6% |
| 73rd | Poland | 0.38 | -18.6% |
| 74th | Italy | 0.38 | -25.6% |
| 75th | Bahrain | 0.37 | -37.9% |
| 76th | United Arab Emirates | 0.31 | -20.0% |
| 77th | Jordan | 0.30 | 1.5% |
| 78th | Oman | 0.29 | -6.5% |
| 79th | Grenada | 0.26 | -31.4% |
| 80th | Bhutan | 0.21 | -36.2% |
| 81st | Namibia | 0.20 | 397.1% |
| 82nd | South Africa | 0.18 | 1,617.1% |
| 83rd | India | 0.18 | 34.4% |
| 84th | Sri Lanka | 0.18 | 12.2% |
| 85th | Seychelles | 0.17 | -57.3% |
| 86th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.12 | -50.7% |
| 87th | Tunisia | 0.11 | 411.5% |
| 88th | Ghana | 0.06 | 142.0% |
| 89th | Fiji | 0.05 | -50.0% |
| 90th | Belize | 0.02 | 149.1% |
| 91st | Saudi Arabia | 0.01 | 149.7% |
| 92nd | Türkiye | 0.00 | -102.9% |
| 93rd | Maldives | -0.03 | -138.6% |
| 94th | Croatia | -0.05 | -157.9% |
| 95th | Thailand | -0.07 | -817.8% |
| 96th | Bulgaria | -0.11 | -0.3% |
| 97th | Romania | -0.13 | 12.7% |
| 98th | Panama | -0.16 | -53.2% |
| 99th | Montenegro | -0.21 | -53.2% |
| 100th | Senegal | -0.22 | -2,354.4% |
| 101st | Malawi | -0.22 | -79.5% |
| 102nd | Suriname | -0.23 | -66.6% |
| 103rd | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.23 | -2,799.2% |
| 104th | Lesotho | -0.24 | -25.1% |
| 105th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.28 | -22,705.7% |
| 106th | Mali | -0.29 | -105.2% |
| 107th | Mongolia | -0.32 | -45.3% |
| 108th | Morocco | -0.32 | -18.0% |
| 109th | Uganda | -0.33 | 40.0% |
| 110th | Gambia, The | -0.37 | 18.8% |
| 111th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.39 | -14.1% |
| 112th | Jamaica | -0.40 | 3.5% |
| 113th | Brazil | -0.40 | 15.3% |
| 114th | Philippines | -0.41 | -22.0% |
| 115th | Burkina Faso | -0.43 | 13.3% |
| 116th | Tanzania | -0.44 | -55.3% |
| 117th | Madagascar | -0.45 | -27.1% |
| 118th | Georgia | -0.46 | 33.7% |
| 119th | Mexico | -0.47 | -23.4% |
| 120th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.50 | 4.5% |
| 121st | Colombia | -0.51 | 19.7% |
| 122nd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.51 | 4.3% |
| 123rd | Moldova | -0.52 | -47.3% |
| 124th | Viet Nam | -0.52 | -63.4% |
| 125th | Benin | -0.53 | 0.5% |
| 126th | Serbia | -0.54 | 43.4% |
| 127th | North Macedonia | -0.54 | -80.9% |
| 128th | Armenia | -0.54 | -40.1% |
| 129th | Zambia | -0.55 | -6.2% |
| 130th | Guyana | -0.56 | 15.0% |
| 131st | Argentina | -0.58 | -3.4% |
| 132nd | Dominican Republic | -0.58 | 14.7% |
| 133rd | Eswatini | -0.60 | 31.9% |
| 134th | Lebanon | -0.60 | -158.9% |
| 135th | Niger | -0.60 | 16.6% |
| 136th | Solomon Islands | -0.60 | 25.9% |
| 137th | Mozambique | -0.62 | 2.2% |
| 138th | Nepal | -0.62 | 24.7% |
| 139th | Rwanda | -0.68 | 21.7% |
| 140th | El Salvador | -0.69 | -36.9% |
| 141st | Indonesia | -0.69 | 13.0% |
| 142nd | China | -0.70 | -7.6% |
| 143rd | Albania | -0.70 | 7.9% |
| 144th | Peru | -0.70 | -0.6% |
| 145th | Nicaragua | -0.75 | -22.4% |
| 146th | Gabon | -0.75 | -90.2% |
| 147th | Cuba | -0.76 | 29.7% |
| 148th | Algeria | -0.78 | -0.2% |
| 149th | Mauritania | -0.79 | -9.0% |
| 150th | Ukraine | -0.82 | -2.1% |
| 151st | Papua New Guinea | -0.83 | 17.6% |
| 152nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.85 | -11.5% |
| 153rd | Pakistan | -0.86 | 3.7% |
| 154th | Kosovo | -0.86 | -4.5% |
| 155th | Kenya | -0.88 | -0.2% |
| 156th | Liberia | -0.88 | 33.0% |
| 157th | Azerbaijan | -0.89 | -11.8% |
| 158th | Djibouti | -0.89 | 7.2% |
| 159th | Bangladesh | -0.91 | 7.3% |
| 160th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.93 | -56.6% |
| 161st | Togo | -0.95 | 10.9% |
| 162nd | Paraguay | -0.97 | -0.8% |
| 163rd | Comoros | -0.98 | 6.4% |
| 164th | Burundi | -0.98 | 12.9% |
| 165th | Russian Federation | -0.99 | -2.4% |
| 166th | Honduras | -0.99 | -28.2% |
| 167th | Sierra Leone | -0.99 | 13.8% |
| 168th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.99 | -14.8% |
| 169th | Lao PDR | -1.01 | 13.5% |
| 170th | Ecuador | -1.03 | -25.5% |
| 171st | Yemen, Republic of | -1.04 | 18.0% |
| 172nd | Nigeria | -1.08 | 20.6% |
| 173rd | Libya | -1.08 | -10.1% |
| 174th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.09 | 11.7% |
| 175th | Guatemala | -1.10 | -4.7% |
| 176th | Kazakhstan | -1.10 | -15.6% |
| 177th | Timor-Leste | -1.11 | -118.1% |
| 178th | Cameroon | -1.16 | 2.3% |
| 179th | Eritrea | -1.18 | -21.0% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | -1.18 | -7.4% |
| 181st | Cambodia | -1.24 | 0.3% |
| 182nd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.26 | 0.3% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.27 | 13.9% |
| 184th | Belarus | -1.30 | -12.8% |
| 185th | Angola | -1.31 | 10.5% |
| 186th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.32 | -17.3% |
| 187th | Sudan | -1.38 | 16.6% |
| 188th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.39 | -22.1% |
| 189th | Haiti | -1.41 | 15.0% |
| 190th | Guinea | -1.42 | 0.2% |
| 191st | Uzbekistan | -1.45 | 1.7% |
| 192nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.46 | 5.0% |
| 193rd | Myanmar | -1.54 | 11.5% |
| 194th | Central African Republic | -1.54 | -6.4% |
| 195th | Chad | -1.55 | -3.3% |
| 196th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.62 | -5.0% |
| 197th | Turkmenistan | -1.64 | -1.8% |
| 198th | Iraq | -1.68 | 2.1% |
| 199th | Zimbabwe | -1.75 | 4.5% |
| 200th | Afghanistan | -1.88 | -13.0% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.35 | -5.9% |
FAQ
What was Benin's rule of law in 2006?▾
Benin's rule of law in 2006 was -0.53. This ranked 125th globally.
How did Benin's rule of law change in 2006?▾
Benin's rule of law increased by 0.5% in 2006 compared to 2005.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2006?▾
Denmark had the highest rule of law in 2006 at 1.98.
What is the rule of law of Benin in 2006?▾
The rule of law of Benin in 2006 was -0.53. This ranked 125th globally.
How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Benin's rule of law?▾
Benin's rule of law went from -0.53 in 2005 to -0.53 in 2006, a 0.5% increase.
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