Canada - Rule of Law 2020
1.62
−0.10 from 2019
Canada's rule of law was 1.62 in 2020, decreased +0.10 from 1.72 in 2019. This was the 14th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.02 | 0.3% |
| 2nd | Norway | 1.93 | -0.6% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 1.84 | -0.3% |
| 4th | Singapore | 1.84 | -0.1% |
| 5th | Denmark | 1.81 | -1.4% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 1.78 | -4.6% |
| 7th | Austria | 1.77 | -4.9% |
| 8th | Sweden | 1.77 | -1.4% |
| 9th | Iceland | 1.75 | 1.4% |
| 10th | Luxembourg | 1.74 | -0.8% |
| 11th | Liechtenstein | 1.72 | 4.8% |
| 12th | Netherlands | 1.71 | -1.6% |
| 13th | Greenland | 1.70 | -0.6% |
| 14th | Canada | 1.62 | -5.9% |
| 15th | Andorra | 1.62 | 7.0% |
| 16th | San Marino | 1.62 | 7.0% |
| 17th | Australia | 1.62 | -4.7% |
| 18th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.55 | -1.0% |
| 19th | Germany | 1.52 | -3.9% |
| 20th | Japan | 1.47 | -1.7% |
| 21st | United Kingdom | 1.46 | -6.7% |
| 22nd | Ireland | 1.46 | 8.0% |
| 23rd | Monaco | 1.37 | -9.5% |
| 24th | United States | 1.34 | -6.2% |
| 25th | Estonia | 1.34 | 7.4% |
| 26th | Belgium | 1.33 | -0.6% |
| 27th | France | 1.30 | -5.3% |
| 28th | Aruba | 1.27 | 3.4% |
| 29th | Portugal | 1.16 | 4.5% |
| 30th | Korea | 1.15 | -0.8% |
| 31st | American Samoa | 1.12 | -11.8% |
| 32nd | Guam | 1.12 | -11.8% |
| 33rd | Slovenia | 1.04 | -4.2% |
| 34th | Czechia | 1.02 | 0.1% |
| 35th | Kiribati | 1.01 | 23.7% |
| 36th | Samoa | 1.01 | -13.0% |
| 37th | Qatar | 0.98 | 38.6% |
| 38th | Lithuania | 0.95 | -3.8% |
| 39th | Israel | 0.94 | -7.5% |
| 40th | Chile | 0.93 | 0.6% |
| 41st | Latvia | 0.92 | -5.8% |
| 42nd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.90 | 52.7% |
| 43rd | Mauritius | 0.89 | 28.0% |
| 44th | Malta | 0.88 | -4.1% |
| 45th | United Arab Emirates | 0.88 | 8.3% |
| 46th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.87 | -15.2% |
| 47th | Spain | 0.86 | -13.1% |
| 48th | Macao SAR, China | 0.81 | -8.0% |
| 49th | Dominica | 0.79 | 10.2% |
| 50th | Cayman Islands | 0.73 | -1.0% |
| 51st | Palau | 0.69 | -12.5% |
| 52nd | St. Lucia | 0.66 | 12.0% |
| 53rd | Slovak Republic | 0.66 | 31.1% |
| 54th | Tuvalu | 0.65 | 16.0% |
| 55th | Uruguay | 0.65 | 7.3% |
| 56th | Bermuda | 0.62 | -20.7% |
| 57th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.61 | 8.3% |
| 58th | Marshall Islands | 0.60 | 30.0% |
| 59th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.60 | 30.4% |
| 60th | Oman | 0.59 | 12.4% |
| 61st | Bhutan | 0.58 | -1.3% |
| 62nd | Malaysia | 0.57 | 16.6% |
| 63rd | Cyprus | 0.55 | -24.7% |
| 64th | Poland | 0.52 | 34.1% |
| 65th | Costa Rica | 0.50 | -5.8% |
| 66th | Tonga | 0.49 | -0.7% |
| 67th | Hungary | 0.49 | -1.3% |
| 68th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.48 | 10.5% |
| 69th | Bahrain | 0.45 | -2.0% |
| 70th | Cabo Verde | 0.43 | -3.6% |
| 71st | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.41 | 12.1% |
| 72nd | Botswana | 0.38 | -11.7% |
| 73rd | Romania | 0.37 | -11.2% |
| 74th | Namibia | 0.33 | -8.3% |
| 75th | Grenada | 0.33 | 74.9% |
| 76th | Kuwait | 0.31 | 60.6% |
| 77th | Vanuatu | 0.30 | 42.3% |
| 78th | Barbados | 0.29 | -8.9% |
| 79th | Greece | 0.29 | 82.8% |
| 80th | Croatia | 0.24 | -32.2% |
| 81st | Seychelles | 0.23 | -6.1% |
| 82nd | Georgia | 0.22 | -10.4% |
| 83rd | Saudi Arabia | 0.22 | 48.3% |
| 84th | Italy | 0.21 | -24.1% |
| 85th | Fiji | 0.20 | -53.2% |
| 86th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.19 | 133.2% |
| 87th | Jordan | 0.19 | 41.1% |
| 88th | Tunisia | 0.14 | 62.4% |
| 89th | Thailand | 0.11 | 25.7% |
| 90th | Rwanda | 0.08 | 20.7% |
| 91st | Bahamas, The | 0.02 | -53.4% |
| 92nd | Sri Lanka | -0.01 | -114.7% |
| 93rd | Solomon Islands | -0.04 | 66.5% |
| 94th | Montenegro | -0.04 | -446.4% |
| 95th | India | -0.06 | 13.1% |
| 96th | Ghana | -0.08 | -744.6% |
| 97th | China | -0.10 | 60.8% |
| 98th | Nauru | -0.10 | 24.0% |
| 99th | North Macedonia | -0.11 | 65.4% |
| 100th | Serbia | -0.12 | 14.5% |
| 101st | Armenia | -0.13 | 29.1% |
| 102nd | Bulgaria | -0.13 | -241.2% |
| 103rd | Suriname | -0.13 | -58.3% |
| 104th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.17 | -0.2% |
| 105th | Dominican Republic | -0.17 | 46.6% |
| 106th | Morocco | -0.19 | 19.9% |
| 107th | Viet Nam | -0.19 | -276.0% |
| 108th | Brazil | -0.23 | -3.4% |
| 109th | Maldives | -0.24 | 37.4% |
| 110th | Jamaica | -0.24 | 22.5% |
| 111th | South Africa | -0.24 | -29.6% |
| 112th | Mongolia | -0.27 | -4.3% |
| 113th | Malawi | -0.28 | 18.9% |
| 114th | Panama | -0.28 | -48.5% |
| 115th | Cuba | -0.29 | 16.2% |
| 116th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.32 | -40.0% |
| 117th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.32 | 4.4% |
| 118th | Senegal | -0.32 | -49.1% |
| 119th | Uganda | -0.35 | 0.0% |
| 120th | Indonesia | -0.37 | -5.2% |
| 121st | Albania | -0.38 | 11.3% |
| 122nd | Peru | -0.38 | 26.4% |
| 123rd | Gambia, The | -0.39 | 3.0% |
| 124th | Kosovo | -0.41 | 0.9% |
| 125th | Türkiye | -0.42 | -20.7% |
| 126th | Paraguay | -0.43 | 24.6% |
| 127th | Guyana | -0.43 | 2.6% |
| 128th | Kazakhstan | -0.47 | 8.4% |
| 129th | Burkina Faso | -0.47 | -1.1% |
| 130th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.47 | 6.2% |
| 131st | Argentina | -0.49 | -13.8% |
| 132nd | Lesotho | -0.49 | -14.3% |
| 133rd | Colombia | -0.49 | -25.6% |
| 134th | Eswatini | -0.50 | -4.3% |
| 135th | Nepal | -0.51 | 7.3% |
| 136th | Moldova | -0.52 | -12.4% |
| 137th | Ecuador | -0.54 | 0.4% |
| 138th | Bangladesh | -0.57 | 12.1% |
| 139th | Niger | -0.57 | -3.8% |
| 140th | Kenya | -0.58 | -24.6% |
| 141st | Mauritania | -0.60 | 0.7% |
| 142nd | Tanzania | -0.62 | -8.4% |
| 143rd | Mexico | -0.64 | 2.4% |
| 144th | Zambia | -0.65 | -37.0% |
| 145th | Philippines | -0.65 | -13.5% |
| 146th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.66 | -7.6% |
| 147th | Togo | -0.67 | -14.2% |
| 148th | Gabon | -0.68 | 10.1% |
| 149th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.71 | -2.1% |
| 150th | Papua New Guinea | -0.71 | 11.3% |
| 151st | Pakistan | -0.71 | -3.6% |
| 152nd | Ukraine | -0.71 | 4.3% |
| 153rd | Azerbaijan | -0.73 | -19.5% |
| 154th | Benin | -0.77 | -13.5% |
| 155th | El Salvador | -0.78 | 10.3% |
| 156th | Sierra Leone | -0.79 | 1.2% |
| 157th | Algeria | -0.80 | 7.3% |
| 158th | Russian Federation | -0.81 | -4.4% |
| 159th | Belize | -0.83 | 3.4% |
| 160th | Nigeria | -0.84 | 10.3% |
| 161st | Madagascar | -0.88 | 13.2% |
| 162nd | Lao PDR | -0.88 | 8.9% |
| 163rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.89 | -15.0% |
| 164th | Lebanon | -0.91 | -6.2% |
| 165th | Mali | -0.95 | -9.7% |
| 166th | Angola | -0.95 | 7.1% |
| 167th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.96 | -5.2% |
| 168th | Cambodia | -0.96 | -1.0% |
| 169th | Honduras | -1.01 | 3.0% |
| 170th | Haiti | -1.03 | -5.8% |
| 171st | Liberia | -1.03 | -3.0% |
| 172nd | Djibouti | -1.04 | -10.2% |
| 173rd | Mozambique | -1.08 | -0.3% |
| 174th | Belarus | -1.09 | -26.3% |
| 175th | Sudan | -1.09 | 7.4% |
| 176th | Guatemala | -1.10 | 0.0% |
| 177th | Uzbekistan | -1.12 | -3.2% |
| 178th | Congo, Republic of | -1.12 | -0.8% |
| 179th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.16 | 9.8% |
| 180th | Cameroon | -1.17 | -2.3% |
| 181st | Myanmar | -1.20 | -10.8% |
| 182nd | Nicaragua | -1.20 | 0.2% |
| 183rd | Timor-Leste | -1.20 | -6.2% |
| 184th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.22 | -2.5% |
| 185th | Tajikistan | -1.25 | 0.3% |
| 186th | Comoros | -1.28 | -10.3% |
| 187th | Guinea | -1.30 | -5.4% |
| 188th | Chad | -1.33 | -1.3% |
| 189th | Zimbabwe | -1.34 | -2.0% |
| 190th | Burundi | -1.34 | 7.8% |
| 191st | Turkmenistan | -1.40 | 0.7% |
| 192nd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.40 | -7.4% |
| 193rd | Eritrea | -1.49 | 8.6% |
| 194th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.61 | 3.2% |
| 195th | Central African Republic | -1.75 | 0.6% |
| 196th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.77 | 0.9% |
| 197th | Iraq | -1.80 | -1.6% |
| 198th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.82 | -0.5% |
| 199th | Afghanistan | -1.83 | -5.1% |
| 200th | Libya | -1.88 | -6.8% |
| 201st | South Sudan | -1.97 | 1.8% |
| 202nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -2.09 | 0.0% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.31 | 2.9% |
FAQ
What was Canada's rule of law in 2020?▾
Canada's rule of law in 2020 was 1.62. This ranked 14th globally.
How did Canada's rule of law change in 2020?▾
Canada's rule of law decreased by 5.9% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2020?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2020 at 2.02.
What is the rule of law of Canada in 2020?▾
The rule of law of Canada in 2020 was 1.62. This ranked 14th globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Canada's rule of law?▾
Canada's rule of law went from 1.72 in 2019 to 1.62 in 2020, a 5.9% decrease.
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