Iraq - Rule of Law 2003
-1.64
−0.13 from 2002
Iraq's rule of law was -1.64 in 2003, decreased +0.13 from -1.51 in 2002. This was the 193rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 1.96 | 2.9% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 1.92 | 2.0% |
| 3rd | Iceland | 1.92 | 3.2% |
| 4th | Switzerland | 1.90 | -1.0% |
| 5th | Sweden | 1.89 | 2.4% |
| 6th | Norway | 1.88 | 1.7% |
| 7th | New Zealand | 1.85 | 3.2% |
| 8th | Austria | 1.85 | -0.5% |
| 9th | Australia | 1.84 | 4.3% |
| 10th | Luxembourg | 1.83 | -2.3% |
| 11th | Netherlands | 1.71 | 0.1% |
| 12th | Canada | 1.70 | 2.1% |
| 13th | United Kingdom | 1.67 | 0.9% |
| 14th | Germany | 1.64 | 0.2% |
| 15th | United States | 1.55 | 2.5% |
| 16th | Malta | 1.54 | 4.4% |
| 17th | Singapore | 1.54 | 11.6% |
| 18th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.54 | 21.4% |
| 19th | Barbados | 1.52 | 1.7% |
| 20th | Ireland | 1.48 | -7.1% |
| 21st | Bahamas, The | 1.42 | 1.3% |
| 22nd | France | 1.33 | 9.9% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.33 | -1.0% |
| 24th | Portugal | 1.28 | -2.4% |
| 25th | Liechtenstein | 1.27 | -14.4% |
| 26th | Samoa | 1.27 | 0.9% |
| 27th | Spain | 1.25 | 1.5% |
| 28th | Bermuda | 1.23 | 1.6% |
| 29th | Cayman Islands | 1.23 | -16.4% |
| 30th | Macao SAR, China | 1.23 | 78.4% |
| 31st | Chile | 1.18 | -6.4% |
| 32nd | Japan | 1.16 | 1.3% |
| 33rd | Andorra | 1.06 | -13.7% |
| 34th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.04 | 0.3% |
| 35th | Cyprus | 0.94 | -5.1% |
| 36th | Mauritius | 0.92 | -7.6% |
| 37th | Vanuatu | 0.91 | 1.8% |
| 38th | Israel | 0.91 | -14.8% |
| 39th | Czechia | 0.87 | 1.6% |
| 40th | Slovenia | 0.85 | -3.8% |
| 41st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.83 | -0.1% |
| 42nd | Kiribati | 0.83 | -0.1% |
| 43rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.83 | -0.1% |
| 44th | St. Lucia | 0.83 | -0.1% |
| 45th | Monaco | 0.83 | -0.1% |
| 46th | Marshall Islands | 0.83 | -0.1% |
| 47th | Nauru | 0.83 | -0.1% |
| 48th | Palau | 0.83 | -0.1% |
| 49th | San Marino | 0.83 | -0.1% |
| 50th | Tuvalu | 0.83 | -0.1% |
| 51st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.83 | -0.1% |
| 52nd | Hungary | 0.81 | -7.3% |
| 53rd | Dominica | 0.80 | -0.6% |
| 54th | Korea | 0.80 | -13.0% |
| 55th | Greece | 0.79 | 9.1% |
| 56th | Estonia | 0.77 | -2.7% |
| 57th | Seychelles | 0.76 | 13.2% |
| 58th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.70 | -25.9% |
| 59th | Italy | 0.69 | -7.0% |
| 60th | Botswana | 0.67 | 20.0% |
| 61st | Uruguay | 0.66 | -2.6% |
| 62nd | Bahrain | 0.59 | 8.8% |
| 63rd | Latvia | 0.58 | 87.6% |
| 64th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.56 | 17.5% |
| 65th | Kuwait | 0.55 | -7.3% |
| 66th | United Arab Emirates | 0.54 | -22.5% |
| 67th | Costa Rica | 0.53 | -5.1% |
| 68th | Poland | 0.51 | -23.9% |
| 69th | Lithuania | 0.49 | 22.0% |
| 70th | Oman | 0.47 | 3.4% |
| 71st | Malaysia | 0.47 | 18.6% |
| 72nd | Qatar | 0.42 | -19.0% |
| 73rd | Grenada | 0.34 | -6.0% |
| 74th | Slovak Republic | 0.33 | 16.1% |
| 75th | Jordan | 0.32 | 426.9% |
| 76th | Mongolia | 0.30 | 23.9% |
| 77th | Namibia | 0.29 | 3.3% |
| 78th | Cabo Verde | 0.26 | -4.1% |
| 79th | Sri Lanka | 0.24 | -27.7% |
| 80th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.23 | -46.2% |
| 81st | Solomon Islands | 0.21 | 49.2% |
| 82nd | Belize | 0.19 | 518.7% |
| 83rd | Gambia, The | 0.16 | 190.4% |
| 84th | Thailand | 0.15 | -60.3% |
| 85th | Bhutan | 0.14 | 96.1% |
| 86th | India | 0.12 | 790.7% |
| 87th | Saudi Arabia | 0.11 | 711.1% |
| 88th | Türkiye | 0.10 | 225.4% |
| 89th | Lesotho | 0.08 | 2.7% |
| 90th | Maldives | 0.08 | 214.6% |
| 91st | South Africa | 0.04 | 37.3% |
| 92nd | Mali | 0.03 | 111.4% |
| 93rd | Fiji | 0.01 | 44.4% |
| 94th | Ghana | 0.01 | -66.1% |
| 95th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.00 | 79.5% |
| 96th | Croatia | -0.05 | 68.2% |
| 97th | Senegal | -0.05 | -158.3% |
| 98th | Suriname | -0.05 | 58.7% |
| 99th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.11 | 69.2% |
| 100th | Morocco | -0.11 | -130.4% |
| 101st | Panama | -0.14 | -59.1% |
| 102nd | Bulgaria | -0.17 | -206.9% |
| 103rd | Tonga | -0.17 | -120.9% |
| 104th | Montenegro | -0.18 | -164.0% |
| 105th | Malawi | -0.18 | 53.9% |
| 106th | Tunisia | -0.19 | -14.3% |
| 107th | Romania | -0.21 | 20.9% |
| 108th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.22 | -9.2% |
| 109th | Madagascar | -0.25 | -17.6% |
| 110th | Armenia | -0.30 | 30.9% |
| 111th | Tanzania | -0.31 | 9.6% |
| 112th | Lebanon | -0.35 | -24.4% |
| 113th | Brazil | -0.37 | -38.0% |
| 114th | Mexico | -0.38 | -8.2% |
| 115th | Zambia | -0.38 | -9.4% |
| 116th | Gabon | -0.41 | -63.0% |
| 117th | Benin | -0.43 | -63.4% |
| 118th | Timor-Leste | -0.43 | 48.7% |
| 119th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.47 | -24.2% |
| 120th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.48 | 13.8% |
| 121st | Jamaica | -0.50 | -45.4% |
| 122nd | North Macedonia | -0.51 | 12.1% |
| 123rd | El Salvador | -0.52 | 8.8% |
| 124th | Niger | -0.52 | 19.2% |
| 125th | Moldova | -0.54 | 13.8% |
| 126th | Uganda | -0.54 | 22.5% |
| 127th | Philippines | -0.55 | -42.4% |
| 128th | China | -0.55 | -7.0% |
| 129th | Nicaragua | -0.56 | 17.3% |
| 130th | Guyana | -0.58 | -11.2% |
| 131st | Peru | -0.59 | -5.5% |
| 132nd | Algeria | -0.61 | 4.9% |
| 133rd | Nepal | -0.61 | -18.0% |
| 134th | Eswatini | -0.61 | 21.5% |
| 135th | Mauritania | -0.62 | -26.8% |
| 136th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.62 | 6.0% |
| 137th | Burkina Faso | -0.62 | 22.0% |
| 138th | Viet Nam | -0.64 | 6.2% |
| 139th | Dominican Republic | -0.64 | 9.2% |
| 140th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.68 | 17.2% |
| 141st | Mozambique | -0.70 | 4.2% |
| 142nd | Albania | -0.72 | 6.0% |
| 143rd | Colombia | -0.74 | 1.3% |
| 144th | Comoros | -0.75 | -0.9% |
| 145th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.76 | 11.0% |
| 146th | Argentina | -0.78 | -2.1% |
| 147th | Ecuador | -0.78 | -3.2% |
| 148th | Eritrea | -0.82 | -11.3% |
| 149th | Ukraine | -0.82 | 2.5% |
| 150th | Kosovo | -0.83 | -1,232.1% |
| 151st | Indonesia | -0.86 | 5.6% |
| 152nd | Djibouti | -0.88 | 6.4% |
| 153rd | Azerbaijan | -0.88 | 8.3% |
| 154th | Serbia | -0.90 | -0.1% |
| 155th | Libya | -0.91 | 20.6% |
| 156th | Georgia | -0.91 | 15.8% |
| 157th | Pakistan | -0.92 | 1.2% |
| 158th | Kenya | -0.92 | 4.5% |
| 159th | Honduras | -0.94 | -6.5% |
| 160th | Papua New Guinea | -0.95 | -26.5% |
| 161st | Togo | -0.96 | -15.2% |
| 162nd | Russian Federation | -0.96 | -9.5% |
| 163rd | Rwanda | -0.96 | 10.6% |
| 164th | Paraguay | -1.05 | 6.3% |
| 165th | Tajikistan | -1.07 | 1.6% |
| 166th | Belarus | -1.07 | 14.2% |
| 167th | Kazakhstan | -1.10 | 8.8% |
| 168th | Guatemala | -1.10 | -11.1% |
| 169th | Bangladesh | -1.15 | -16.2% |
| 170th | Guinea | -1.15 | -6.8% |
| 171st | Cambodia | -1.16 | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Cameroon | -1.16 | 8.1% |
| 173rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.17 | 11.3% |
| 174th | Sierra Leone | -1.19 | 11.1% |
| 175th | Cuba | -1.22 | -4.2% |
| 176th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.23 | -10.7% |
| 177th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.23 | 1.4% |
| 178th | Uzbekistan | -1.25 | 13.4% |
| 179th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.26 | 14.5% |
| 180th | Congo, Republic of | -1.27 | 1.8% |
| 181st | Turkmenistan | -1.32 | 7.4% |
| 182nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.36 | -2.2% |
| 183rd | Lao PDR | -1.38 | -10.2% |
| 184th | Central African Republic | -1.43 | -50.0% |
| 185th | Angola | -1.48 | 9.2% |
| 186th | Burundi | -1.48 | -6.2% |
| 187th | Nigeria | -1.51 | -1.1% |
| 188th | Chad | -1.52 | -36.9% |
| 189th | Liberia | -1.53 | 6.0% |
| 190th | Sudan | -1.56 | -17.9% |
| 191st | Afghanistan | -1.56 | 6.9% |
| 192nd | Zimbabwe | -1.61 | -0.7% |
| 193rd | Iraq | -1.64 | -8.7% |
| 194th | Myanmar | -1.70 | 0.7% |
| 195th | Haiti | -1.74 | -1.4% |
| 196th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.85 | -4.7% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.05 | -5.7% |
FAQ
What was Iraq's rule of law in 2003?▾
Iraq's rule of law in 2003 was -1.64. This ranked 193rd globally.
How did Iraq's rule of law change in 2003?▾
Iraq's rule of law decreased by 8.7% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2003?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2003 at 1.96.
What is the rule of law of Iraq in 2003?▾
The rule of law of Iraq in 2003 was -1.64. This ranked 193rd globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Iraq's rule of law?▾
Iraq's rule of law went from -1.51 in 2002 to -1.64 in 2003, a 8.7% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Iraq matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2003. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 37.0%. View full analysis →
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