Iceland - Rule of Law 2005
1.94
+0.03 from 2004
Iceland's rule of law was 1.94 in 2005, increased +0.03 from 1.91 in 2004. This was the 2nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2005▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 1.95 | 0.6% |
| 2nd | Iceland | 1.94 | 1.7% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 1.94 | 0.3% |
| 4th | Norway | 1.91 | -2.5% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.90 | 0.8% |
| 6th | Austria | 1.85 | 1.7% |
| 7th | New Zealand | 1.85 | -0.1% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 1.82 | -1.4% |
| 9th | Sweden | 1.80 | -4.0% |
| 10th | Netherlands | 1.75 | 0.8% |
| 11th | Australia | 1.71 | -4.6% |
| 12th | Singapore | 1.70 | 3.5% |
| 13th | Germany | 1.65 | 2.0% |
| 14th | Canada | 1.65 | -2.2% |
| 15th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.60 | 2.2% |
| 16th | Ireland | 1.58 | 4.9% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 1.56 | -3.1% |
| 18th | United States | 1.53 | 7.8% |
| 19th | Malta | 1.42 | 7.8% |
| 20th | France | 1.41 | -1.2% |
| 21st | Bahamas, The | 1.37 | -1.1% |
| 22nd | Barbados | 1.33 | -6.3% |
| 23rd | Tuvalu | 1.26 | 65.4% |
| 24th | Belgium | 1.26 | -4.1% |
| 25th | Japan | 1.22 | -2.0% |
| 26th | Portugal | 1.22 | -0.7% |
| 27th | Chile | 1.21 | 3.8% |
| 28th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.13 | 12.0% |
| 29th | Spain | 1.12 | -1.0% |
| 30th | Samoa | 1.11 | 12.2% |
| 31st | American Samoa | 1.11 | 32.1% |
| 32nd | Guam | 1.11 | 11.9% |
| 33rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.11 | -7.1% |
| 34th | Korea | 0.97 | 7.1% |
| 35th | Andorra | 0.97 | -19.1% |
| 36th | Liechtenstein | 0.97 | -10.6% |
| 37th | Mauritius | 0.94 | 4.6% |
| 38th | Estonia | 0.90 | 2.3% |
| 39th | Slovenia | 0.88 | -3.3% |
| 40th | Cyprus | 0.88 | -3.5% |
| 41st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.87 | 0.5% |
| 42nd | Czechia | 0.86 | 13.1% |
| 43rd | Aruba | 0.85 | -7.4% |
| 44th | Bermuda | 0.85 | -22.4% |
| 45th | Cayman Islands | 0.85 | -25.9% |
| 46th | Hungary | 0.84 | -0.9% |
| 47th | St. Lucia | 0.83 | 2.8% |
| 48th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.83 | -4.6% |
| 49th | Israel | 0.81 | -4.8% |
| 50th | Greece | 0.78 | -12.7% |
| 51st | Monaco | 0.78 | -6.0% |
| 52nd | Nauru | 0.78 | -6.0% |
| 53rd | Palau | 0.78 | -6.0% |
| 54th | San Marino | 0.78 | -6.0% |
| 55th | Kiribati | 0.75 | 24.3% |
| 56th | Macao SAR, China | 0.72 | -47.5% |
| 57th | Dominica | 0.68 | -6.0% |
| 58th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.66 | -27.4% |
| 59th | Bahrain | 0.60 | -14.3% |
| 60th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.59 | -25.8% |
| 61st | Lithuania | 0.58 | 2.9% |
| 62nd | Qatar | 0.58 | 70.1% |
| 63rd | Latvia | 0.57 | 5.0% |
| 64th | Tonga | 0.56 | 3,859.3% |
| 65th | Botswana | 0.54 | -3.8% |
| 66th | Kuwait | 0.53 | 4.0% |
| 67th | Vanuatu | 0.52 | 12.2% |
| 68th | Italy | 0.51 | -13.7% |
| 69th | Marshall Islands | 0.50 | -39.6% |
| 70th | Costa Rica | 0.50 | -1.1% |
| 71st | Slovak Republic | 0.49 | 5.7% |
| 72nd | Poland | 0.47 | 12.9% |
| 73rd | Uruguay | 0.46 | 0.5% |
| 74th | Malaysia | 0.43 | -5.6% |
| 75th | Seychelles | 0.40 | -21.4% |
| 76th | United Arab Emirates | 0.39 | -10.1% |
| 77th | Grenada | 0.38 | 34.9% |
| 78th | Cabo Verde | 0.37 | 9.4% |
| 79th | Bhutan | 0.33 | 48.8% |
| 80th | Oman | 0.31 | -40.1% |
| 81st | Jordan | 0.30 | 0.6% |
| 82nd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.23 | -37.0% |
| 83rd | Sri Lanka | 0.16 | -24.9% |
| 84th | India | 0.13 | 149.5% |
| 85th | Türkiye | 0.12 | 38.7% |
| 86th | Fiji | 0.10 | 51.1% |
| 87th | Maldives | 0.09 | 130.3% |
| 88th | Croatia | 0.08 | 102.2% |
| 89th | Senegal | 0.01 | -51.4% |
| 90th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.00 | -109.2% |
| 91st | Thailand | -0.01 | -112.1% |
| 92nd | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.01 | -121.7% |
| 93rd | South Africa | -0.01 | -364.6% |
| 94th | Saudi Arabia | -0.02 | -287.1% |
| 95th | Tunisia | -0.04 | -177.7% |
| 96th | Belize | -0.05 | 8.2% |
| 97th | Namibia | -0.07 | -193.4% |
| 98th | Panama | -0.10 | 5.9% |
| 99th | Bulgaria | -0.11 | 8.1% |
| 100th | Malawi | -0.12 | 5.1% |
| 101st | Ghana | -0.13 | -6.5% |
| 102nd | Suriname | -0.14 | 24.4% |
| 103rd | Montenegro | -0.14 | 35.6% |
| 104th | Mali | -0.14 | 27.9% |
| 105th | Romania | -0.15 | 17.4% |
| 106th | Lesotho | -0.19 | -50.3% |
| 107th | Mongolia | -0.22 | -221.9% |
| 108th | Lebanon | -0.23 | -15.0% |
| 109th | Morocco | -0.27 | -449.9% |
| 110th | Tanzania | -0.29 | 26.5% |
| 111th | North Macedonia | -0.30 | -54.2% |
| 112th | Viet Nam | -0.32 | 47.4% |
| 113th | Philippines | -0.33 | 47.0% |
| 114th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.34 | -27.4% |
| 115th | Moldova | -0.35 | 4.2% |
| 116th | Madagascar | -0.35 | -28.6% |
| 117th | Mexico | -0.38 | 6.6% |
| 118th | Armenia | -0.39 | 19.3% |
| 119th | Gabon | -0.40 | 18.0% |
| 120th | Jamaica | -0.41 | 0.3% |
| 121st | Gambia, The | -0.46 | -17.3% |
| 122nd | Brazil | -0.48 | -18.6% |
| 123rd | Burkina Faso | -0.50 | 6.6% |
| 124th | El Salvador | -0.51 | -2.9% |
| 125th | Timor-Leste | -0.51 | 14.1% |
| 126th | Zambia | -0.52 | -7.9% |
| 127th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.52 | -5.9% |
| 128th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.53 | -130.5% |
| 129th | Benin | -0.53 | -12.0% |
| 130th | Uganda | -0.54 | 21.9% |
| 131st | Argentina | -0.56 | 27.3% |
| 132nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.59 | -24.8% |
| 133rd | Nicaragua | -0.61 | 22.0% |
| 134th | Colombia | -0.63 | 8.9% |
| 135th | Mozambique | -0.63 | 6.8% |
| 136th | China | -0.65 | -11.1% |
| 137th | Guyana | -0.66 | -7.1% |
| 138th | Dominican Republic | -0.69 | -0.7% |
| 139th | Georgia | -0.70 | 7.2% |
| 140th | Peru | -0.70 | -28.5% |
| 141st | Niger | -0.72 | -11.1% |
| 142nd | Mauritania | -0.73 | 4.3% |
| 143rd | Albania | -0.76 | -9.0% |
| 144th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.77 | -22.1% |
| 145th | Honduras | -0.77 | 9.3% |
| 146th | Algeria | -0.77 | -25.5% |
| 147th | Azerbaijan | -0.79 | 12.0% |
| 148th | Indonesia | -0.80 | -8.9% |
| 149th | Ukraine | -0.80 | -3.8% |
| 150th | Solomon Islands | -0.81 | -3.2% |
| 151st | Ecuador | -0.82 | -7.4% |
| 152nd | Kosovo | -0.82 | -3.3% |
| 153rd | Nepal | -0.83 | -9.6% |
| 154th | Rwanda | -0.86 | -1.3% |
| 155th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.87 | -28.5% |
| 156th | Eswatini | -0.88 | -9.8% |
| 157th | Kenya | -0.88 | -1.9% |
| 158th | Pakistan | -0.89 | 10.5% |
| 159th | Serbia | -0.95 | -28.5% |
| 160th | Kazakhstan | -0.95 | 15.4% |
| 161st | Djibouti | -0.95 | -23.5% |
| 162nd | Paraguay | -0.96 | 1.9% |
| 163rd | Russian Federation | -0.96 | -5.3% |
| 164th | Eritrea | -0.98 | -4.5% |
| 165th | Bangladesh | -0.98 | 12.8% |
| 166th | Libya | -0.98 | -7.7% |
| 167th | Papua New Guinea | -1.01 | -32.8% |
| 168th | Comoros | -1.04 | -2.7% |
| 169th | Guatemala | -1.05 | 1.3% |
| 170th | Togo | -1.06 | 3.5% |
| 171st | Cuba | -1.09 | 1.9% |
| 172nd | Tajikistan | -1.10 | 7.0% |
| 173rd | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.12 | -41.6% |
| 174th | Burundi | -1.13 | 23.7% |
| 175th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.14 | 10.5% |
| 176th | Sierra Leone | -1.15 | -0.1% |
| 177th | Belarus | -1.16 | 2.8% |
| 178th | Lao PDR | -1.17 | 6.8% |
| 179th | Cameroon | -1.19 | -1.5% |
| 180th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.24 | -3.5% |
| 181st | Cambodia | -1.24 | -2.2% |
| 182nd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.26 | -5.1% |
| 183rd | Yemen, Republic of | -1.27 | -2.7% |
| 184th | Liberia | -1.32 | 15.6% |
| 185th | Nigeria | -1.35 | 5.9% |
| 186th | Guinea | -1.42 | -9.3% |
| 187th | Central African Republic | -1.45 | 7.1% |
| 188th | Angola | -1.46 | 3.7% |
| 189th | Congo, Republic of | -1.47 | -23.6% |
| 190th | Uzbekistan | -1.48 | -10.6% |
| 191st | Chad | -1.50 | -12.8% |
| 192nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.54 | -8.1% |
| 193rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.54 | 10.1% |
| 194th | Turkmenistan | -1.61 | 1.0% |
| 195th | Sudan | -1.65 | -7.7% |
| 196th | Afghanistan | -1.66 | 1.8% |
| 197th | Haiti | -1.66 | 3.8% |
| 198th | Iraq | -1.72 | 5.9% |
| 199th | Myanmar | -1.74 | 0.0% |
| 200th | Zimbabwe | -1.83 | -8.6% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.22 | 3.0% |
FAQ
What was Iceland's rule of law in 2005?▾
Iceland's rule of law in 2005 was 1.94. This ranked 2nd globally.
How did Iceland's rule of law change in 2005?▾
Iceland's rule of law increased by 1.7% in 2005 compared to 2004.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2005?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2005 at 1.95.
What is the rule of law of Iceland in 2005?▾
The rule of law of Iceland in 2005 was 1.94. This ranked 2nd globally.
How does 2005 compare to 2004 for Iceland's rule of law?▾
Iceland's rule of law went from 1.91 in 2004 to 1.94 in 2005, a 1.7% increase.
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