Iceland - Rule of Law 2002
1.86
+0.06 from 2001
Iceland's rule of law was 1.86 in 2002. This was the 5th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Switzerland | 1.92 | -1.4% |
| 2nd | Finland | 1.90 | -2.5% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 1.88 | 4.1% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 1.87 | 3.0% |
| 5th | Iceland | 1.86 | 3.5% |
| 6th | Austria | 1.86 | 2.5% |
| 7th | Norway | 1.85 | 1.0% |
| 8th | Sweden | 1.84 | 2.3% |
| 9th | New Zealand | 1.79 | -0.2% |
| 10th | Australia | 1.77 | 2.6% |
| 11th | Netherlands | 1.71 | -2.1% |
| 12th | Canada | 1.66 | -0.2% |
| 13th | United Kingdom | 1.65 | -0.9% |
| 14th | Germany | 1.63 | 1.6% |
| 15th | Ireland | 1.60 | 3.6% |
| 16th | United States | 1.52 | -3.1% |
| 17th | Barbados | 1.49 | 7.0% |
| 18th | Liechtenstein | 1.48 | -0.8% |
| 19th | Malta | 1.47 | 8.1% |
| 20th | Cayman Islands | 1.47 | -1.5% |
| 21st | Bahamas, The | 1.40 | 8.5% |
| 22nd | Singapore | 1.38 | 8.2% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.34 | 2.4% |
| 24th | Portugal | 1.31 | 8.9% |
| 25th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.27 | 58.9% |
| 26th | Samoa | 1.26 | 28.7% |
| 27th | Chile | 1.26 | -0.3% |
| 28th | Spain | 1.23 | -12.7% |
| 29th | Andorra | 1.22 | -4.8% |
| 30th | France | 1.21 | -15.3% |
| 31st | Bermuda | 1.21 | -1.8% |
| 32nd | Japan | 1.15 | -10.9% |
| 33rd | Israel | 1.07 | 6.9% |
| 34th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.03 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Mauritius | 1.00 | 5.9% |
| 36th | Cyprus | 0.99 | -2.6% |
| 37th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.95 | -2.2% |
| 38th | Korea | 0.92 | 10.8% |
| 39th | Vanuatu | 0.90 | -0.3% |
| 40th | Slovenia | 0.88 | -8.7% |
| 41st | Hungary | 0.87 | 4.3% |
| 42nd | Czechia | 0.86 | 41.6% |
| 43rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.83 | -0.7% |
| 44th | Kiribati | 0.83 | -0.7% |
| 45th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.83 | -0.7% |
| 46th | St. Lucia | 0.83 | -0.7% |
| 47th | Monaco | 0.83 | -0.7% |
| 48th | Marshall Islands | 0.83 | -0.7% |
| 49th | Nauru | 0.83 | -0.7% |
| 50th | Palau | 0.83 | -0.7% |
| 51st | San Marino | 0.83 | -0.7% |
| 52nd | Tonga | 0.83 | -0.7% |
| 53rd | Tuvalu | 0.83 | -0.7% |
| 54th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.83 | -0.7% |
| 55th | Dominica | 0.81 | 0.7% |
| 56th | Estonia | 0.79 | 33.1% |
| 57th | Italy | 0.74 | -11.7% |
| 58th | Greece | 0.72 | -15.9% |
| 59th | United Arab Emirates | 0.70 | 7.2% |
| 60th | Macao SAR, China | 0.69 | 263.6% |
| 61st | Seychelles | 0.68 | -6.9% |
| 62nd | Uruguay | 0.67 | 21.1% |
| 63rd | Poland | 0.67 | 5.9% |
| 64th | Kuwait | 0.59 | 7.1% |
| 65th | Botswana | 0.56 | -3.1% |
| 66th | Costa Rica | 0.55 | 3.3% |
| 67th | Bahrain | 0.55 | 94.6% |
| 68th | Qatar | 0.52 | 7.3% |
| 69th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.48 | -7.2% |
| 70th | Oman | 0.45 | -16.2% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.44 | 5.2% |
| 72nd | Lithuania | 0.40 | 82.2% |
| 73rd | Malaysia | 0.39 | 101.2% |
| 74th | Thailand | 0.39 | -33.2% |
| 75th | Grenada | 0.36 | 5.3% |
| 76th | Sri Lanka | 0.34 | 112.4% |
| 77th | Latvia | 0.31 | 108.3% |
| 78th | Slovak Republic | 0.29 | -4.8% |
| 79th | Namibia | 0.28 | 132.3% |
| 80th | Montenegro | 0.27 | -13.5% |
| 81st | Cabo Verde | 0.27 | -58.1% |
| 82nd | Mongolia | 0.24 | 47,280.4% |
| 83rd | Solomon Islands | 0.14 | -75.4% |
| 84th | Senegal | 0.09 | 11.6% |
| 85th | Lesotho | 0.08 | -16.0% |
| 86th | Bhutan | 0.07 | -46.8% |
| 87th | Jordan | 0.06 | -82.8% |
| 88th | South Africa | 0.03 | -81.6% |
| 89th | Ghana | 0.02 | -70.5% |
| 90th | Fiji | 0.01 | 102.5% |
| 91st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.01 | 77.8% |
| 92nd | India | -0.02 | -105.0% |
| 93rd | Saudi Arabia | -0.02 | 89.2% |
| 94th | Belize | -0.05 | -146.3% |
| 95th | Morocco | -0.05 | -149.9% |
| 96th | Bulgaria | -0.06 | 54.7% |
| 97th | Kosovo | -0.06 | -162.7% |
| 98th | Maldives | -0.07 | -127.3% |
| 99th | Türkiye | -0.08 | -15.8% |
| 100th | Panama | -0.09 | 52.9% |
| 101st | Suriname | -0.13 | -232.9% |
| 102nd | Croatia | -0.14 | -384.8% |
| 103rd | Tunisia | -0.17 | 40.5% |
| 104th | Gambia, The | -0.18 | -23.9% |
| 105th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.20 | -196.5% |
| 106th | Madagascar | -0.21 | -8.4% |
| 107th | Gabon | -0.25 | -36.3% |
| 108th | Benin | -0.26 | -43.6% |
| 109th | Mali | -0.26 | -9.1% |
| 110th | Romania | -0.27 | -46.1% |
| 111th | Brazil | -0.27 | -8.9% |
| 112th | Lebanon | -0.28 | -67.9% |
| 113th | Tanzania | -0.34 | -1.3% |
| 114th | Jamaica | -0.34 | 28.6% |
| 115th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.35 | -261.0% |
| 116th | Zambia | -0.35 | 34.5% |
| 117th | Mexico | -0.35 | 18.1% |
| 118th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.38 | -2.7% |
| 119th | Philippines | -0.39 | 0.5% |
| 120th | Malawi | -0.39 | 25.9% |
| 121st | Armenia | -0.44 | 12.5% |
| 122nd | Mauritania | -0.49 | -19.9% |
| 123rd | China | -0.52 | -0.2% |
| 124th | Nepal | -0.52 | -145.3% |
| 125th | Guyana | -0.52 | -22.3% |
| 126th | Peru | -0.56 | 22.3% |
| 127th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.56 | -10.7% |
| 128th | El Salvador | -0.57 | 29.5% |
| 129th | North Macedonia | -0.58 | 3.4% |
| 130th | Moldova | -0.63 | -33.6% |
| 131st | Algeria | -0.64 | 48.9% |
| 132nd | Niger | -0.65 | 15.5% |
| 133rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.66 | -8.9% |
| 134th | Nicaragua | -0.68 | 21.5% |
| 135th | Viet Nam | -0.68 | -96.5% |
| 136th | Uganda | -0.70 | 19.4% |
| 137th | Dominican Republic | -0.71 | -4.2% |
| 138th | Mozambique | -0.73 | 8.7% |
| 139th | Eritrea | -0.73 | 7.6% |
| 140th | Comoros | -0.74 | 36.3% |
| 141st | Papua New Guinea | -0.75 | 1.5% |
| 142nd | Colombia | -0.75 | 19.0% |
| 143rd | Ecuador | -0.76 | -13.5% |
| 144th | Argentina | -0.76 | -255.0% |
| 145th | Albania | -0.76 | 25.3% |
| 146th | Eswatini | -0.78 | -9.3% |
| 147th | Burkina Faso | -0.80 | -9.2% |
| 148th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.82 | -58.2% |
| 149th | Togo | -0.83 | -27.9% |
| 150th | Timor-Leste | -0.84 | -405.5% |
| 151st | Ukraine | -0.84 | 22.8% |
| 152nd | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.85 | 5.8% |
| 153rd | Russian Federation | -0.87 | 19.3% |
| 154th | Honduras | -0.88 | 11.9% |
| 155th | Serbia | -0.90 | 29.3% |
| 156th | Indonesia | -0.91 | -30.7% |
| 157th | Pakistan | -0.93 | 6.9% |
| 158th | Djibouti | -0.94 | -6.4% |
| 159th | Central African Republic | -0.96 | 30.6% |
| 160th | Azerbaijan | -0.96 | 15.8% |
| 161st | Kenya | -0.97 | -4.9% |
| 162nd | Guatemala | -0.99 | -11.9% |
| 163rd | Bangladesh | -0.99 | 0.0% |
| 164th | Rwanda | -1.07 | 21.9% |
| 165th | Guinea | -1.08 | 22.2% |
| 166th | Tajikistan | -1.08 | 21.6% |
| 167th | Georgia | -1.08 | -15.5% |
| 168th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.11 | 16.1% |
| 169th | Chad | -1.11 | 1.9% |
| 170th | Paraguay | -1.12 | -13.5% |
| 171st | Libya | -1.14 | -14.6% |
| 172nd | Cambodia | -1.16 | -7.3% |
| 173rd | Cuba | -1.17 | -11.8% |
| 174th | Kazakhstan | -1.20 | -4.5% |
| 175th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.24 | 6.9% |
| 176th | Belarus | -1.25 | -13.6% |
| 177th | Lao PDR | -1.25 | -18.5% |
| 178th | Cameroon | -1.27 | -6.1% |
| 179th | Congo, Republic of | -1.29 | 4.3% |
| 180th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.32 | -23.3% |
| 181st | Sudan | -1.32 | 19.1% |
| 182nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.33 | -6.5% |
| 183rd | Sierra Leone | -1.34 | -4.3% |
| 184th | Burundi | -1.40 | 10.9% |
| 185th | Turkmenistan | -1.42 | -4.0% |
| 186th | Uzbekistan | -1.44 | -19.9% |
| 187th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.47 | -1.1% |
| 188th | Nigeria | -1.50 | -28.9% |
| 189th | Iraq | -1.51 | -8.6% |
| 190th | Zimbabwe | -1.60 | -15.5% |
| 191st | Liberia | -1.63 | 13.3% |
| 192nd | Angola | -1.63 | -2.0% |
| 193rd | Afghanistan | -1.67 | 6.0% |
| 194th | Haiti | -1.71 | -17.8% |
| 195th | Myanmar | -1.72 | -20.1% |
| 196th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.77 | 2.9% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.94 | 11.6% |
FAQ
What was Iceland's rule of law in 2002?▾
Iceland's rule of law in 2002 was 1.86. This ranked 5th globally.
How did Iceland's rule of law change in 2002?▾
Iceland's rule of law increased by 3.5% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2002?▾
Switzerland had the highest rule of law in 2002 at 1.92.
What is the rule of law of Iceland in 2002?▾
The rule of law of Iceland in 2002 was 1.86. This ranked 5th globally.
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