Ireland - Rule of Law 2007
1.73
+0.02 from 2006
Ireland's rule of law was 1.73 in 2007, increased +0.02 from 1.71 in 2006. This was the 14th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2007▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 2.00 | 0.6% |
| 2nd | Austria | 1.94 | 2.2% |
| 3rd | Norway | 1.93 | -1.9% |
| 4th | Finland | 1.90 | -3.2% |
| 5th | Sweden | 1.89 | 2.2% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 1.83 | 1.3% |
| 7th | Iceland | 1.83 | -2.9% |
| 8th | New Zealand | 1.83 | 1.8% |
| 9th | Canada | 1.80 | -0.2% |
| 10th | Netherlands | 1.77 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Germany | 1.76 | -0.8% |
| 12th | Luxembourg | 1.75 | 3.6% |
| 13th | Australia | 1.74 | -0.7% |
| 14th | Ireland | 1.73 | 1.1% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 1.72 | -2.9% |
| 16th | Malta | 1.61 | 3.7% |
| 17th | United States | 1.61 | 1.2% |
| 18th | Singapore | 1.60 | 1.4% |
| 19th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.51 | -1.9% |
| 20th | France | 1.46 | -0.4% |
| 21st | Liechtenstein | 1.39 | 31.7% |
| 22nd | Japan | 1.32 | -2.3% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.32 | 7.4% |
| 24th | Barbados | 1.31 | 7.2% |
| 25th | Bahamas, The | 1.25 | 16.3% |
| 26th | Chile | 1.20 | 1.2% |
| 27th | Andorra | 1.17 | 36.5% |
| 28th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.16 | -2.1% |
| 29th | Spain | 1.15 | 3.0% |
| 30th | Estonia | 1.12 | -0.7% |
| 31st | Cyprus | 1.11 | 1.1% |
| 32nd | American Samoa | 1.09 | 2.0% |
| 33rd | Cayman Islands | 1.09 | 2.0% |
| 34th | Guam | 1.09 | 2.0% |
| 35th | Korea | 1.01 | 20.6% |
| 36th | Portugal | 1.00 | 2.9% |
| 37th | Tuvalu | 0.99 | -8.2% |
| 38th | Samoa | 0.95 | -3.6% |
| 39th | Slovenia | 0.95 | 5.1% |
| 40th | Hungary | 0.94 | -3.6% |
| 41st | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.89 | -3.0% |
| 42nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.89 | -3.0% |
| 43rd | Czechia | 0.88 | 1.9% |
| 44th | Monaco | 0.88 | -10.9% |
| 45th | Palau | 0.88 | -10.9% |
| 46th | San Marino | 0.88 | -10.9% |
| 47th | Marshall Islands | 0.87 | 39.1% |
| 48th | Greece | 0.86 | -0.5% |
| 49th | Mauritius | 0.85 | 2.5% |
| 50th | St. Lucia | 0.85 | -2.9% |
| 51st | Aruba | 0.83 | 2.0% |
| 52nd | Bermuda | 0.83 | 2.0% |
| 53rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.83 | -22.7% |
| 54th | Israel | 0.82 | -8.4% |
| 55th | Kiribati | 0.81 | -8.5% |
| 56th | Latvia | 0.72 | 16.0% |
| 57th | Dominica | 0.70 | -5.4% |
| 58th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.70 | -20.4% |
| 59th | Lithuania | 0.69 | -2.9% |
| 60th | Cabo Verde | 0.61 | -4.6% |
| 61st | Uruguay | 0.60 | 8.9% |
| 62nd | Kuwait | 0.59 | 12.0% |
| 63rd | Vanuatu | 0.59 | 4.0% |
| 64th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.58 | 11.0% |
| 65th | Botswana | 0.54 | 6.1% |
| 66th | Bahrain | 0.52 | 40.5% |
| 67th | Qatar | 0.52 | -16.8% |
| 68th | Tonga | 0.50 | -18.7% |
| 69th | Nauru | 0.50 | -48.9% |
| 70th | Italy | 0.47 | 23.4% |
| 71st | Slovak Republic | 0.43 | -12.2% |
| 72nd | Poland | 0.41 | 6.9% |
| 73rd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.40 | 248.9% |
| 74th | Oman | 0.40 | 40.2% |
| 75th | Bhutan | 0.37 | 73.1% |
| 76th | Malaysia | 0.37 | -18.3% |
| 77th | Jordan | 0.36 | 19.6% |
| 78th | Costa Rica | 0.35 | -9.1% |
| 79th | Seychelles | 0.31 | 82.6% |
| 80th | Macao SAR, China | 0.31 | -28.8% |
| 81st | United Arab Emirates | 0.27 | -11.8% |
| 82nd | Grenada | 0.19 | -26.3% |
| 83rd | Namibia | 0.16 | -18.2% |
| 84th | Sri Lanka | 0.13 | -25.8% |
| 85th | India | 0.10 | -45.9% |
| 86th | Tunisia | 0.08 | -28.4% |
| 87th | Saudi Arabia | 0.07 | 503.4% |
| 88th | Ghana | 0.04 | -30.6% |
| 89th | Croatia | 0.04 | 179.8% |
| 90th | South Africa | 0.00 | -99.9% |
| 91st | Türkiye | -0.04 | -961.1% |
| 92nd | Belize | -0.04 | -287.7% |
| 93rd | Bulgaria | -0.06 | 47.0% |
| 94th | Romania | -0.11 | 21.5% |
| 95th | Maldives | -0.13 | -275.6% |
| 96th | Thailand | -0.14 | -98.2% |
| 97th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.15 | 33.2% |
| 98th | Malawi | -0.17 | 25.2% |
| 99th | Panama | -0.17 | -12.1% |
| 100th | Mali | -0.18 | 36.5% |
| 101st | Montenegro | -0.19 | 8.7% |
| 102nd | Senegal | -0.24 | -8.4% |
| 103rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.25 | 11.7% |
| 104th | Suriname | -0.25 | -9.0% |
| 105th | Lesotho | -0.31 | -32.0% |
| 106th | Morocco | -0.33 | -3.6% |
| 107th | Gambia, The | -0.33 | 10.9% |
| 108th | Mongolia | -0.34 | -7.6% |
| 109th | Georgia | -0.34 | 25.4% |
| 110th | Jamaica | -0.35 | 11.6% |
| 111th | Uganda | -0.36 | -9.9% |
| 112th | Tanzania | -0.38 | 14.8% |
| 113th | Madagascar | -0.39 | 13.2% |
| 114th | Burkina Faso | -0.40 | 8.8% |
| 115th | Brazil | -0.41 | -1.8% |
| 116th | North Macedonia | -0.42 | 21.6% |
| 117th | Colombia | -0.43 | 14.8% |
| 118th | Guyana | -0.46 | 19.0% |
| 119th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.46 | 10.5% |
| 120th | Philippines | -0.46 | -13.8% |
| 121st | Serbia | -0.46 | 13.5% |
| 122nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.47 | 5.4% |
| 123rd | Viet Nam | -0.49 | 5.5% |
| 124th | Armenia | -0.50 | 8.8% |
| 125th | Moldova | -0.51 | 2.1% |
| 126th | Benin | -0.51 | 3.5% |
| 127th | Zambia | -0.53 | 3.7% |
| 128th | Mexico | -0.54 | -14.9% |
| 129th | Rwanda | -0.58 | 14.2% |
| 130th | Nepal | -0.59 | 5.2% |
| 131st | China | -0.60 | 14.6% |
| 132nd | Argentina | -0.60 | -4.2% |
| 133rd | Mozambique | -0.61 | 1.7% |
| 134th | Niger | -0.61 | -1.9% |
| 135th | Fiji | -0.62 | -1,301.8% |
| 136th | Dominican Republic | -0.63 | -7.0% |
| 137th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.63 | -59.8% |
| 138th | Lebanon | -0.66 | -9.3% |
| 139th | Albania | -0.66 | 5.9% |
| 140th | Cuba | -0.69 | 9.6% |
| 141st | Eswatini | -0.69 | -16.0% |
| 142nd | Indonesia | -0.70 | -0.7% |
| 143rd | Mauritania | -0.70 | 11.2% |
| 144th | Gabon | -0.71 | 6.4% |
| 145th | El Salvador | -0.72 | -4.5% |
| 146th | Ukraine | -0.75 | 9.1% |
| 147th | Peru | -0.75 | -6.7% |
| 148th | Kosovo | -0.76 | 11.7% |
| 149th | Djibouti | -0.77 | 13.0% |
| 150th | Solomon Islands | -0.78 | -29.5% |
| 151st | Nicaragua | -0.79 | -4.8% |
| 152nd | Algeria | -0.79 | -2.2% |
| 153rd | Bangladesh | -0.83 | 8.9% |
| 154th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.83 | 2.5% |
| 155th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.83 | 10.3% |
| 156th | Papua New Guinea | -0.86 | -3.2% |
| 157th | Azerbaijan | -0.88 | 0.7% |
| 158th | Pakistan | -0.89 | -3.5% |
| 159th | Liberia | -0.91 | -2.5% |
| 160th | Honduras | -0.93 | 6.0% |
| 161st | Togo | -0.93 | 1.9% |
| 162nd | Libya | -0.96 | 11.5% |
| 163rd | Lao PDR | -0.96 | 5.7% |
| 164th | Paraguay | -0.96 | 0.7% |
| 165th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.97 | 6.8% |
| 166th | Kenya | -0.97 | -10.1% |
| 167th | Equatorial Guinea | -0.99 | 9.8% |
| 168th | Sierra Leone | -0.99 | -0.2% |
| 169th | Russian Federation | -1.01 | -2.0% |
| 170th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.03 | -3.3% |
| 171st | Kazakhstan | -1.03 | 6.4% |
| 172nd | Ecuador | -1.03 | -0.2% |
| 173rd | Comoros | -1.04 | -6.4% |
| 174th | Nigeria | -1.06 | 1.3% |
| 175th | Burundi | -1.08 | -9.7% |
| 176th | Guatemala | -1.12 | -2.1% |
| 177th | Cambodia | -1.15 | 7.5% |
| 178th | Belarus | -1.17 | 10.6% |
| 179th | Cameroon | -1.19 | -2.0% |
| 180th | Timor-Leste | -1.20 | -8.4% |
| 181st | Congo, Republic of | -1.22 | 3.4% |
| 182nd | Uzbekistan | -1.22 | 15.7% |
| 183rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.26 | 9.6% |
| 184th | Eritrea | -1.28 | -8.1% |
| 185th | Tajikistan | -1.30 | -9.6% |
| 186th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.32 | -0.4% |
| 187th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.33 | -5.5% |
| 188th | Haiti | -1.35 | 4.5% |
| 189th | Angola | -1.38 | -4.9% |
| 190th | Sudan | -1.42 | -3.5% |
| 191st | Guinea | -1.45 | -2.2% |
| 192nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.47 | -0.6% |
| 193rd | Chad | -1.54 | 0.6% |
| 194th | Myanmar | -1.55 | -0.9% |
| 195th | Turkmenistan | -1.57 | 4.6% |
| 196th | Central African Republic | -1.57 | -1.9% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.61 | 0.4% |
| 198th | Zimbabwe | -1.81 | -3.3% |
| 199th | Iraq | -1.84 | -9.4% |
| 200th | Afghanistan | -1.85 | 1.4% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.42 | -2.9% |
FAQ
What was Ireland's rule of law in 2007?▾
Ireland's rule of law in 2007 was 1.73. This ranked 14th globally.
How did Ireland's rule of law change in 2007?▾
Ireland's rule of law increased by 1.1% in 2007 compared to 2006.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2007?▾
Denmark had the highest rule of law in 2007 at 2.00.
What is the rule of law of Ireland in 2007?▾
The rule of law of Ireland in 2007 was 1.73. This ranked 14th globally.
How does 2007 compare to 2006 for Ireland's rule of law?▾
Ireland's rule of law went from 1.71 in 2006 to 1.73 in 2007, a 1.1% increase.
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