Greenland - Rule of Law 2022
1.69
+0.00 from 2021
Greenland's rule of law was 1.69 in 2022, increased +0.00 from 1.69 in 2021. This was the 12th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 1.96 | -2.8% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 1.90 | 0.2% |
| 3rd | Singapore | 1.78 | -2.3% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 1.77 | 1.2% |
| 5th | Norway | 1.76 | -7.7% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 1.75 | -1.0% |
| 7th | San Marino | 1.75 | 6.6% |
| 8th | New Zealand | 1.73 | -2.9% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 1.72 | 0.9% |
| 10th | Austria | 1.70 | -2.7% |
| 11th | Iceland | 1.70 | -0.6% |
| 12th | Greenland | 1.69 | 0.2% |
| 13th | Sweden | 1.69 | -0.6% |
| 14th | Netherlands | 1.66 | -2.5% |
| 15th | Canada | 1.56 | -1.8% |
| 16th | Japan | 1.56 | 1.1% |
| 17th | Germany | 1.53 | -2.5% |
| 18th | Ireland | 1.53 | 2.3% |
| 19th | Australia | 1.51 | -7.9% |
| 20th | Andorra | 1.49 | -9.5% |
| 21st | Monaco | 1.49 | 6.8% |
| 22nd | Estonia | 1.43 | 2.7% |
| 23rd | United Kingdom | 1.41 | 1.3% |
| 24th | United States | 1.37 | -1.4% |
| 25th | Belgium | 1.35 | 4.4% |
| 26th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.28 | -9.5% |
| 27th | Aruba | 1.28 | 2.5% |
| 28th | American Samoa | 1.22 | 7.2% |
| 29th | Guam | 1.22 | 7.2% |
| 30th | France | 1.18 | -6.2% |
| 31st | Korea | 1.16 | 5.7% |
| 32nd | Portugal | 1.11 | 0.7% |
| 33rd | Czechia | 1.10 | 0.9% |
| 34th | Lithuania | 1.06 | -1.3% |
| 35th | Slovenia | 0.97 | -3.1% |
| 36th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.96 | 7.8% |
| 37th | Palau | 0.95 | 33.3% |
| 38th | Samoa | 0.95 | 7.0% |
| 39th | Israel | 0.94 | 4.2% |
| 40th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.93 | 8.5% |
| 41st | Latvia | 0.92 | -3.0% |
| 42nd | Qatar | 0.92 | 1.5% |
| 43rd | United Arab Emirates | 0.84 | 4.6% |
| 44th | Tuvalu | 0.82 | 12.6% |
| 45th | Spain | 0.80 | -5.2% |
| 46th | Mauritius | 0.80 | -5.5% |
| 47th | Macao SAR, China | 0.79 | 1.4% |
| 48th | Malta | 0.79 | -6.0% |
| 49th | Uruguay | 0.77 | 10.0% |
| 50th | Dominica | 0.73 | 6.1% |
| 51st | Marshall Islands | 0.73 | -5.5% |
| 52nd | Cayman Islands | 0.72 | -2.7% |
| 53rd | Bermuda | 0.69 | 9.0% |
| 54th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.69 | 32.2% |
| 55th | Chile | 0.69 | -22.6% |
| 56th | Bhutan | 0.67 | 11.3% |
| 57th | St. Lucia | 0.66 | 9.4% |
| 58th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.64 | 11.1% |
| 59th | Kiribati | 0.63 | -29.4% |
| 60th | Slovak Republic | 0.62 | -8.5% |
| 61st | Tonga | 0.60 | 38.6% |
| 62nd | Cyprus | 0.57 | -5.9% |
| 63rd | Malaysia | 0.56 | 5.5% |
| 64th | Grenada | 0.56 | 13.3% |
| 65th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.53 | -7.6% |
| 66th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.50 | 10.3% |
| 67th | Oman | 0.50 | 30.3% |
| 68th | Seychelles | 0.46 | 51.9% |
| 69th | Botswana | 0.46 | 1.3% |
| 70th | Bahrain | 0.44 | -0.7% |
| 71st | Costa Rica | 0.44 | 2.9% |
| 72nd | Poland | 0.43 | 0.6% |
| 73rd | Hungary | 0.42 | -16.5% |
| 74th | Namibia | 0.41 | 23.9% |
| 75th | Romania | 0.40 | 6.0% |
| 76th | Cabo Verde | 0.40 | 21.6% |
| 77th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.39 | 28.9% |
| 78th | Croatia | 0.37 | 33.5% |
| 79th | Barbados | 0.36 | 5.3% |
| 80th | Fiji | 0.33 | 8.2% |
| 81st | Greece | 0.33 | 1.2% |
| 82nd | Vanuatu | 0.32 | -28.3% |
| 83rd | Italy | 0.30 | 23.6% |
| 84th | Saudi Arabia | 0.29 | 41.0% |
| 85th | Kuwait | 0.28 | 16.5% |
| 86th | Jordan | 0.22 | 19.1% |
| 87th | Georgia | 0.17 | 17.3% |
| 88th | Rwanda | 0.15 | -14.2% |
| 89th | Bahamas, The | 0.13 | 90.4% |
| 90th | India | 0.11 | 205.1% |
| 91st | Thailand | 0.07 | -29.9% |
| 92nd | Maldives | 0.04 | 138.6% |
| 93rd | South Africa | 0.04 | -37.2% |
| 94th | Nauru | -0.02 | 68.4% |
| 95th | China | -0.04 | -510.7% |
| 96th | Sri Lanka | -0.06 | -443.0% |
| 97th | Jamaica | -0.07 | 63.9% |
| 98th | Ghana | -0.08 | 26.1% |
| 99th | Dominican Republic | -0.09 | 19.8% |
| 100th | North Macedonia | -0.10 | 3.6% |
| 101st | Bulgaria | -0.11 | -56.7% |
| 102nd | Tunisia | -0.11 | -270.1% |
| 103rd | Serbia | -0.11 | 1.3% |
| 104th | Montenegro | -0.13 | -50.0% |
| 105th | Suriname | -0.13 | -1.7% |
| 106th | Viet Nam | -0.16 | 8.0% |
| 107th | Albania | -0.17 | 41.0% |
| 108th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.17 | -6.5% |
| 109th | Armenia | -0.17 | -41.5% |
| 110th | Mongolia | -0.19 | 24.9% |
| 111th | Indonesia | -0.19 | 25.8% |
| 112th | Morocco | -0.21 | 15.2% |
| 113th | Malawi | -0.22 | 10.7% |
| 114th | Solomon Islands | -0.24 | 33.8% |
| 115th | Brazil | -0.26 | 14.4% |
| 116th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.27 | -1.9% |
| 117th | Senegal | -0.27 | 32.6% |
| 118th | Moldova | -0.29 | 19.9% |
| 119th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.31 | -1.2% |
| 120th | Guyana | -0.31 | 24.8% |
| 121st | Kenya | -0.32 | 24.5% |
| 122nd | Panama | -0.36 | -33.6% |
| 123rd | Kosovo | -0.37 | -21.7% |
| 124th | Uganda | -0.37 | -1.3% |
| 125th | Colombia | -0.43 | 9.1% |
| 126th | Nepal | -0.45 | 8.3% |
| 127th | Gambia, The | -0.46 | -12.2% |
| 128th | Türkiye | -0.46 | -6.0% |
| 129th | Cuba | -0.46 | -9.9% |
| 130th | Tanzania | -0.46 | 16.2% |
| 131st | Lesotho | -0.47 | -9.7% |
| 132nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.47 | 28.3% |
| 133rd | Kazakhstan | -0.47 | 6.7% |
| 134th | Argentina | -0.48 | -0.9% |
| 135th | Niger | -0.50 | -17.0% |
| 136th | Zambia | -0.52 | 14.7% |
| 137th | Philippines | -0.52 | 22.3% |
| 138th | Togo | -0.55 | 6.1% |
| 139th | Peru | -0.55 | -3.8% |
| 140th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.56 | -8.3% |
| 141st | Paraguay | -0.59 | -2.7% |
| 142nd | Benin | -0.60 | 4.9% |
| 143rd | Bangladesh | -0.60 | 3.8% |
| 144th | Burkina Faso | -0.61 | -32.1% |
| 145th | Papua New Guinea | -0.62 | 18.1% |
| 146th | Ecuador | -0.62 | -74.9% |
| 147th | Azerbaijan | -0.63 | -3.1% |
| 148th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.63 | 12.8% |
| 149th | Eswatini | -0.65 | -12.1% |
| 150th | Mauritania | -0.65 | 5.9% |
| 151st | Pakistan | -0.67 | -2.0% |
| 152nd | Belize | -0.72 | 10.0% |
| 153rd | El Salvador | -0.74 | 14.3% |
| 154th | Lao PDR | -0.80 | -21.2% |
| 155th | Gabon | -0.82 | -16.3% |
| 156th | Sierra Leone | -0.83 | 1.0% |
| 157th | Algeria | -0.83 | 0.0% |
| 158th | Uzbekistan | -0.85 | 7.5% |
| 159th | Cambodia | -0.87 | 5.8% |
| 160th | Mexico | -0.87 | -7.6% |
| 161st | Timor-Leste | -0.88 | 14.1% |
| 162nd | Nigeria | -0.91 | -5.0% |
| 163rd | Liberia | -0.92 | 2.8% |
| 164th | Ukraine | -0.92 | -34.6% |
| 165th | Madagascar | -0.95 | -7.3% |
| 166th | Mali | -0.98 | -6.9% |
| 167th | Honduras | -1.02 | 6.5% |
| 168th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.02 | -5.3% |
| 169th | Angola | -1.02 | -3.9% |
| 170th | Mozambique | -1.02 | 2.9% |
| 171st | Cameroon | -1.04 | 6.9% |
| 172nd | Congo, Republic of | -1.09 | 0.8% |
| 173rd | Guinea | -1.10 | 5.3% |
| 174th | Djibouti | -1.10 | -7.1% |
| 175th | Lebanon | -1.10 | -1.0% |
| 176th | Guatemala | -1.13 | -1.5% |
| 177th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.15 | -4.5% |
| 178th | Russian Federation | -1.20 | -35.0% |
| 179th | Belarus | -1.22 | -8.9% |
| 180th | Zimbabwe | -1.24 | 3.5% |
| 181st | Tajikistan | -1.26 | -4.0% |
| 182nd | Sudan | -1.26 | -3.4% |
| 183rd | Burundi | -1.28 | 2.7% |
| 184th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.30 | -10.5% |
| 185th | Nicaragua | -1.31 | 4.1% |
| 186th | Comoros | -1.31 | -4.5% |
| 187th | Chad | -1.37 | -2.3% |
| 188th | Haiti | -1.38 | -9.1% |
| 189th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.41 | -17.1% |
| 190th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.45 | 0.6% |
| 191st | Turkmenistan | -1.49 | -2.3% |
| 192nd | Myanmar | -1.53 | -4.1% |
| 193rd | Afghanistan | -1.66 | 11.6% |
| 194th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.66 | -1.6% |
| 195th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.67 | 3.0% |
| 196th | Central African Republic | -1.70 | -0.7% |
| 197th | Iraq | -1.75 | -0.1% |
| 198th | Eritrea | -1.77 | -12.0% |
| 199th | Libya | -1.80 | 0.1% |
| 200th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.85 | -2.6% |
| 201st | South Sudan | -2.06 | 0.8% |
| 202nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -2.07 | 0.6% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.29 | -0.2% |
FAQ
What was Greenland's rule of law in 2022?▾
Greenland's rule of law in 2022 was 1.69. This ranked 12th globally.
How did Greenland's rule of law change in 2022?▾
Greenland's rule of law increased by 0.2% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2022?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2022 at 1.96.
What is the rule of law of Greenland in 2022?▾
The rule of law of Greenland in 2022 was 1.69. This ranked 12th globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Greenland's rule of law?▾
Greenland's rule of law went from 1.69 in 2021 to 1.69 in 2022, a 0.2% increase.
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