Hong Kong SAR, China - Rule of Law 2012
1.57
+0.03 from 2011
Hong Kong SAR, China's rule of law was 1.57 in 2012, increased +0.03 from 1.55 in 2011. This was the 20th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.95 | 4.7% |
| 2nd | Finland | 1.94 | 0.2% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 1.93 | 0.5% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 1.88 | -0.6% |
| 5th | Denmark | 1.88 | -2.3% |
| 6th | Austria | 1.86 | 3.2% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.85 | 2.2% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 1.81 | 5.2% |
| 9th | Luxembourg | 1.79 | -1.7% |
| 10th | Australia | 1.76 | 1.5% |
| 11th | Canada | 1.76 | 1.7% |
| 12th | United Kingdom | 1.73 | 4.3% |
| 13th | Ireland | 1.73 | -1.1% |
| 14th | Singapore | 1.72 | 3.8% |
| 15th | Greenland | 1.71 | -1.2% |
| 16th | Iceland | 1.68 | -0.6% |
| 17th | Germany | 1.67 | 3.2% |
| 18th | United States | 1.62 | 1.8% |
| 19th | Liechtenstein | 1.59 | -0.9% |
| 20th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.57 | 1.8% |
| 21st | Belgium | 1.45 | 1.0% |
| 22nd | France | 1.44 | 0.5% |
| 23rd | Andorra | 1.40 | 0.1% |
| 24th | Japan | 1.35 | 3.7% |
| 25th | Malta | 1.34 | 4.7% |
| 26th | Aruba | 1.31 | -1.0% |
| 27th | Chile | 1.29 | 1.9% |
| 28th | Estonia | 1.15 | -2.1% |
| 29th | American Samoa | 1.10 | 0.5% |
| 30th | Bermuda | 1.10 | 0.5% |
| 31st | Guam | 1.10 | 0.5% |
| 32nd | Cyprus | 1.09 | 2.7% |
| 33rd | Spain | 1.04 | -11.3% |
| 34th | Portugal | 1.04 | 4.0% |
| 35th | Barbados | 1.03 | -4.5% |
| 36th | Mauritius | 1.02 | 9.5% |
| 37th | Czechia | 1.02 | 0.5% |
| 38th | Slovenia | 1.01 | -3.5% |
| 39th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.99 | 2.2% |
| 40th | Korea | 0.98 | -4.0% |
| 41st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.97 | -0.7% |
| 42nd | Qatar | 0.95 | 26.9% |
| 43rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.95 | 0.4% |
| 44th | Israel | 0.93 | -7.6% |
| 45th | Monaco | 0.93 | -1.4% |
| 46th | San Marino | 0.93 | -1.4% |
| 47th | Palau | 0.90 | 1.2% |
| 48th | Cayman Islands | 0.89 | 1.7% |
| 49th | Lithuania | 0.84 | 10.0% |
| 50th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.83 | 0.6% |
| 51st | Poland | 0.82 | 2.9% |
| 52nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.79 | 9.2% |
| 53rd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.79 | -6.6% |
| 54th | Latvia | 0.78 | 5.4% |
| 55th | Samoa | 0.74 | 1.6% |
| 56th | Nauru | 0.73 | 30.8% |
| 57th | St. Lucia | 0.72 | -12.8% |
| 58th | Dominica | 0.70 | 1.7% |
| 59th | Macao SAR, China | 0.65 | -5.7% |
| 60th | Uruguay | 0.61 | -16.0% |
| 61st | Bahamas, The | 0.61 | 0.6% |
| 62nd | Hungary | 0.61 | -19.2% |
| 63rd | Botswana | 0.59 | -1.1% |
| 64th | Tuvalu | 0.56 | -43.6% |
| 65th | United Arab Emirates | 0.53 | 7.2% |
| 66th | Costa Rica | 0.53 | 19.3% |
| 67th | Oman | 0.52 | 12.3% |
| 68th | Cabo Verde | 0.51 | 1.4% |
| 69th | Slovak Republic | 0.49 | -18.7% |
| 70th | Italy | 0.43 | -11.9% |
| 71st | Greece | 0.39 | -27.2% |
| 72nd | Malaysia | 0.38 | -5.7% |
| 73rd | Kuwait | 0.36 | -33.2% |
| 74th | Jordan | 0.35 | 74.9% |
| 75th | Vanuatu | 0.34 | 12.6% |
| 76th | Namibia | 0.30 | 86.4% |
| 77th | Bhutan | 0.26 | 26.9% |
| 78th | Bahrain | 0.25 | -26.8% |
| 79th | Grenada | 0.19 | 8.3% |
| 80th | Kiribati | 0.18 | 51.0% |
| 81st | Croatia | 0.15 | 32.6% |
| 82nd | Saudi Arabia | 0.14 | 210.2% |
| 83rd | Marshall Islands | 0.11 | -38.5% |
| 84th | Romania | 0.09 | -11.3% |
| 85th | South Africa | 0.08 | -34.9% |
| 86th | Seychelles | 0.06 | 5,720.2% |
| 87th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.03 | 165.5% |
| 88th | Ghana | 0.02 | 630.2% |
| 89th | Georgia | -0.01 | 94.8% |
| 90th | Tonga | -0.02 | -315.0% |
| 91st | Türkiye | -0.04 | -336.8% |
| 92nd | Montenegro | -0.06 | 0.6% |
| 93rd | Suriname | -0.06 | -28.9% |
| 94th | India | -0.06 | 27.1% |
| 95th | Brazil | -0.08 | -270.4% |
| 96th | Sri Lanka | -0.11 | 2.5% |
| 97th | Bulgaria | -0.12 | 18.7% |
| 98th | Tunisia | -0.16 | 15.0% |
| 99th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.17 | 7.0% |
| 100th | Thailand | -0.17 | 25.0% |
| 101st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.20 | 40.6% |
| 102nd | Panama | -0.22 | -958.2% |
| 103rd | Malawi | -0.24 | -45.3% |
| 104th | Rwanda | -0.25 | 17.6% |
| 105th | North Macedonia | -0.25 | 6.7% |
| 106th | Lesotho | -0.27 | 0.3% |
| 107th | Senegal | -0.28 | 38.2% |
| 108th | Morocco | -0.29 | -6.1% |
| 109th | Moldova | -0.32 | 1.4% |
| 110th | Colombia | -0.33 | -49.9% |
| 111th | Serbia | -0.33 | -2.4% |
| 112th | Jamaica | -0.35 | 6.5% |
| 113th | Uganda | -0.36 | 0.9% |
| 114th | Zambia | -0.36 | 21.1% |
| 115th | Mongolia | -0.37 | -40.0% |
| 116th | Gabon | -0.41 | -2.9% |
| 117th | Armenia | -0.42 | 4.4% |
| 118th | Burkina Faso | -0.43 | -21.5% |
| 119th | Belize | -0.44 | 7.2% |
| 120th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.45 | -2.1% |
| 121st | Guyana | -0.52 | -1.6% |
| 122nd | Albania | -0.52 | -17.4% |
| 123rd | Philippines | -0.52 | -3.2% |
| 124th | Kosovo | -0.53 | -1.4% |
| 125th | Solomon Islands | -0.53 | -1.8% |
| 126th | Mexico | -0.54 | 2.7% |
| 127th | Eswatini | -0.54 | -0.3% |
| 128th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.54 | -10.9% |
| 129th | Tanzania | -0.54 | -4.4% |
| 130th | Maldives | -0.54 | -0.4% |
| 131st | China | -0.55 | -20.2% |
| 132nd | Viet Nam | -0.55 | -2.4% |
| 133rd | Benin | -0.57 | 12.7% |
| 134th | Peru | -0.58 | -0.2% |
| 135th | Indonesia | -0.58 | 2.7% |
| 136th | Mozambique | -0.60 | -3.3% |
| 137th | Gambia, The | -0.60 | -7.3% |
| 138th | Argentina | -0.62 | -10.6% |
| 139th | Niger | -0.66 | -62.9% |
| 140th | Mali | -0.66 | -32.9% |
| 141st | Fiji | -0.67 | 5.7% |
| 142nd | Lebanon | -0.70 | -10.4% |
| 143rd | Cuba | -0.71 | -2.1% |
| 144th | Dominican Republic | -0.72 | 11.3% |
| 145th | El Salvador | -0.73 | 3.1% |
| 146th | Nicaragua | -0.73 | -1.1% |
| 147th | Nepal | -0.74 | 17.3% |
| 148th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.75 | -11.5% |
| 149th | Kazakhstan | -0.77 | -20.5% |
| 150th | Djibouti | -0.80 | 2.2% |
| 151st | Paraguay | -0.81 | -1.4% |
| 152nd | Algeria | -0.81 | 3.9% |
| 153rd | Ukraine | -0.82 | 4.0% |
| 154th | Kenya | -0.83 | 8.9% |
| 155th | Papua New Guinea | -0.83 | -2.7% |
| 156th | Lao PDR | -0.86 | 14.5% |
| 157th | Russian Federation | -0.86 | -14.8% |
| 158th | Sierra Leone | -0.87 | -0.6% |
| 159th | Azerbaijan | -0.88 | 6.3% |
| 160th | Pakistan | -0.88 | 2.6% |
| 161st | Liberia | -0.89 | 5.2% |
| 162nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.92 | 5.1% |
| 163rd | Belarus | -0.92 | 17.1% |
| 164th | Madagascar | -0.93 | -3.7% |
| 165th | Bangladesh | -0.94 | -27.7% |
| 166th | Mauritania | -0.94 | -1.1% |
| 167th | Togo | -0.95 | -6.1% |
| 168th | Libya | -0.98 | 9.0% |
| 169th | Cambodia | -0.98 | 6.6% |
| 170th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.02 | -3.5% |
| 171st | Cameroon | -1.04 | 3.5% |
| 172nd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.05 | -4.1% |
| 173rd | Ecuador | -1.06 | 7.0% |
| 174th | Comoros | -1.08 | -3.1% |
| 175th | Guatemala | -1.08 | -5.1% |
| 176th | Burundi | -1.08 | 6.1% |
| 177th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.09 | 14.7% |
| 178th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.13 | -44.9% |
| 179th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.13 | 5.1% |
| 180th | Nigeria | -1.14 | 3.4% |
| 181st | Congo, Republic of | -1.14 | 5.4% |
| 182nd | Timor-Leste | -1.14 | 3.6% |
| 183rd | Honduras | -1.15 | -26.6% |
| 184th | Tajikistan | -1.21 | 2.0% |
| 185th | Sudan | -1.24 | 4.4% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.28 | 1.1% |
| 187th | Uzbekistan | -1.30 | 10.5% |
| 188th | Angola | -1.30 | -2.2% |
| 189th | Haiti | -1.33 | 6.1% |
| 190th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.35 | 2.3% |
| 191st | Myanmar | -1.36 | 5.8% |
| 192nd | Turkmenistan | -1.38 | 3.7% |
| 193rd | Guinea | -1.40 | 3.4% |
| 194th | South Sudan | -1.42 | -11.2% |
| 195th | Eritrea | -1.43 | -4.7% |
| 196th | Central African Republic | -1.44 | -10.2% |
| 197th | Chad | -1.46 | 1.4% |
| 198th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.54 | -16.5% |
| 199th | Iraq | -1.57 | -0.9% |
| 200th | Zimbabwe | -1.63 | 9.1% |
| 201st | Afghanistan | -1.65 | 14.1% |
| 202nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.66 | -2.3% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.42 | -3.4% |
FAQ
What was Hong Kong SAR, China's rule of law in 2012?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China's rule of law in 2012 was 1.57. This ranked 20th globally.
How did Hong Kong SAR, China's rule of law change in 2012?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China's rule of law increased by 1.8% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2012?▾
Norway had the highest rule of law in 2012 at 1.95.
What is the rule of law of Hong Kong SAR, China in 2012?▾
The rule of law of Hong Kong SAR, China in 2012 was 1.57. This ranked 20th globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Hong Kong SAR, China's rule of law?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China's rule of law went from 1.55 in 2011 to 1.57 in 2012, a 1.8% increase.
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