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Korea - Rule of Law 2012

Name: Korea Rule of Law 2012
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

0.98 −0.04 from 2011 Global rank: 40th

Korea's rule of law was 0.98 in 2012, decreased +0.04 from 1.03 in 2011. This was the 40th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2012▾

Rule of Law by Country - 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 Korea's rule of law in 2012?▾

Korea's rule of law in 2012 was 0.98. This ranked 40th globally.

How did Korea's rule of law change in 2012?▾

Korea's rule of law decreased by 4.0% 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 Korea in 2012?▾

The rule of law of Korea in 2012 was 0.98. This ranked 40th globally.

How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Korea's rule of law?▾

Korea's rule of law went from 1.03 in 2011 to 0.98 in 2012, a 4.0% decrease.

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