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Korea - Rule of Law 2022

Name: Korea Rule of Law 2022
Creator: World Bank WGI
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

1.16 +0.06 from 2021 Global rank: 31st

Korea's rule of law was 1.16 in 2022, increased +0.06 from 1.10 in 2021. This was the 31st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2022▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2022
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	1.96	-2.8%
2nd	Denmark	1.90	0.2%
3rd	Singapore	1.78	-2.3%
4th	Luxembourg	1.77	1.2%
5th	Norway	1.76	-7.7%
6th	Switzerland	1.75	-1.0%
7th	San Marino	1.75	6.6%
8th	New Zealand	1.73	-2.9%
9th	Liechtenstein	1.72	0.9%
10th	Austria	1.70	-2.7%
11th	Iceland	1.70	-0.6%
12th	Greenland	1.69	0.2%
13th	Sweden	1.69	-0.6%
14th	Netherlands	1.66	-2.5%
15th	Canada	1.56	-1.8%
16th	Japan	1.56	1.1%
17th	Germany	1.53	-2.5%
18th	Ireland	1.53	2.3%
19th	Australia	1.51	-7.9%
20th	Andorra	1.49	-9.5%
21st	Monaco	1.49	6.8%
22nd	Estonia	1.43	2.7%
23rd	United Kingdom	1.41	1.3%
24th	United States	1.37	-1.4%
25th	Belgium	1.35	4.4%
26th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.28	-9.5%
27th	Aruba	1.28	2.5%
28th	American Samoa	1.22	7.2%
29th	Guam	1.22	7.2%
30th	France	1.18	-6.2%
31st	Korea	1.16	5.7%
32nd	Portugal	1.11	0.7%
33rd	Czechia	1.10	0.9%
34th	Lithuania	1.06	-1.3%
35th	Slovenia	0.97	-3.1%
36th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.96	7.8%
37th	Palau	0.95	33.3%
38th	Samoa	0.95	7.0%
39th	Israel	0.94	4.2%
40th	Brunei Darussalam	0.93	8.5%
41st	Latvia	0.92	-3.0%
42nd	Qatar	0.92	1.5%
43rd	United Arab Emirates	0.84	4.6%
44th	Tuvalu	0.82	12.6%
45th	Spain	0.80	-5.2%
46th	Mauritius	0.80	-5.5%
47th	Macao SAR, China	0.79	1.4%
48th	Malta	0.79	-6.0%
49th	Uruguay	0.77	10.0%
50th	Dominica	0.73	6.1%
51st	Marshall Islands	0.73	-5.5%
52nd	Cayman Islands	0.72	-2.7%
53rd	Bermuda	0.69	9.0%
54th	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.69	32.2%
55th	Chile	0.69	-22.6%
56th	Bhutan	0.67	11.3%
57th	St. Lucia	0.66	9.4%
58th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.64	11.1%
59th	Kiribati	0.63	-29.4%
60th	Slovak Republic	0.62	-8.5%
61st	Tonga	0.60	38.6%
62nd	Cyprus	0.57	-5.9%
63rd	Malaysia	0.56	5.5%
64th	Grenada	0.56	13.3%
65th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.53	-7.6%
66th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.50	10.3%
67th	Oman	0.50	30.3%
68th	Seychelles	0.46	51.9%
69th	Botswana	0.46	1.3%
70th	Bahrain	0.44	-0.7%
71st	Costa Rica	0.44	2.9%
72nd	Poland	0.43	0.6%
73rd	Hungary	0.42	-16.5%
74th	Namibia	0.41	23.9%
75th	Romania	0.40	6.0%
76th	Cabo Verde	0.40	21.6%
77th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.39	28.9%
78th	Croatia	0.37	33.5%
79th	Barbados	0.36	5.3%
80th	Fiji	0.33	8.2%
81st	Greece	0.33	1.2%
82nd	Vanuatu	0.32	-28.3%
83rd	Italy	0.30	23.6%
84th	Saudi Arabia	0.29	41.0%
85th	Kuwait	0.28	16.5%
86th	Jordan	0.22	19.1%
87th	Georgia	0.17	17.3%
88th	Rwanda	0.15	-14.2%
89th	Bahamas, The	0.13	90.4%
90th	India	0.11	205.1%
91st	Thailand	0.07	-29.9%
92nd	Maldives	0.04	138.6%
93rd	South Africa	0.04	-37.2%
94th	Nauru	-0.02	68.4%
95th	China	-0.04	-510.7%
96th	Sri Lanka	-0.06	-443.0%
97th	Jamaica	-0.07	63.9%
98th	Ghana	-0.08	26.1%
99th	Dominican Republic	-0.09	19.8%
100th	North Macedonia	-0.10	3.6%
101st	Bulgaria	-0.11	-56.7%
102nd	Tunisia	-0.11	-270.1%
103rd	Serbia	-0.11	1.3%
104th	Montenegro	-0.13	-50.0%
105th	Suriname	-0.13	-1.7%
106th	Viet Nam	-0.16	8.0%
107th	Albania	-0.17	41.0%
108th	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.17	-6.5%
109th	Armenia	-0.17	-41.5%
110th	Mongolia	-0.19	24.9%
111th	Indonesia	-0.19	25.8%
112th	Morocco	-0.21	15.2%
113th	Malawi	-0.22	10.7%
114th	Solomon Islands	-0.24	33.8%
115th	Brazil	-0.26	14.4%
116th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.27	-1.9%
117th	Senegal	-0.27	32.6%
118th	Moldova	-0.29	19.9%
119th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.31	-1.2%
120th	Guyana	-0.31	24.8%
121st	Kenya	-0.32	24.5%
122nd	Panama	-0.36	-33.6%
123rd	Kosovo	-0.37	-21.7%
124th	Uganda	-0.37	-1.3%
125th	Colombia	-0.43	9.1%
126th	Nepal	-0.45	8.3%
127th	Gambia, The	-0.46	-12.2%
128th	Türkiye	-0.46	-6.0%
129th	Cuba	-0.46	-9.9%
130th	Tanzania	-0.46	16.2%
131st	Lesotho	-0.47	-9.7%
132nd	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.47	28.3%
133rd	Kazakhstan	-0.47	6.7%
134th	Argentina	-0.48	-0.9%
135th	Niger	-0.50	-17.0%
136th	Zambia	-0.52	14.7%
137th	Philippines	-0.52	22.3%
138th	Togo	-0.55	6.1%
139th	Peru	-0.55	-3.8%
140th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.56	-8.3%
141st	Paraguay	-0.59	-2.7%
142nd	Benin	-0.60	4.9%
143rd	Bangladesh	-0.60	3.8%
144th	Burkina Faso	-0.61	-32.1%
145th	Papua New Guinea	-0.62	18.1%
146th	Ecuador	-0.62	-74.9%
147th	Azerbaijan	-0.63	-3.1%
148th	São Tomé and Principe	-0.63	12.8%
149th	Eswatini	-0.65	-12.1%
150th	Mauritania	-0.65	5.9%
151st	Pakistan	-0.67	-2.0%
152nd	Belize	-0.72	10.0%
153rd	El Salvador	-0.74	14.3%
154th	Lao PDR	-0.80	-21.2%
155th	Gabon	-0.82	-16.3%
156th	Sierra Leone	-0.83	1.0%
157th	Algeria	-0.83	0.0%
158th	Uzbekistan	-0.85	7.5%
159th	Cambodia	-0.87	5.8%
160th	Mexico	-0.87	-7.6%
161st	Timor-Leste	-0.88	14.1%
162nd	Nigeria	-0.91	-5.0%
163rd	Liberia	-0.92	2.8%
164th	Ukraine	-0.92	-34.6%
165th	Madagascar	-0.95	-7.3%
166th	Mali	-0.98	-6.9%
167th	Honduras	-1.02	6.5%
168th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-1.02	-5.3%
169th	Angola	-1.02	-3.9%
170th	Mozambique	-1.02	2.9%
171st	Cameroon	-1.04	6.9%
172nd	Congo, Republic of	-1.09	0.8%
173rd	Guinea	-1.10	5.3%
174th	Djibouti	-1.10	-7.1%
175th	Lebanon	-1.10	-1.0%
176th	Guatemala	-1.13	-1.5%
177th	Kyrgyz Republic	-1.15	-4.5%
178th	Russian Federation	-1.20	-35.0%
179th	Belarus	-1.22	-8.9%
180th	Zimbabwe	-1.24	3.5%
181st	Tajikistan	-1.26	-4.0%
182nd	Sudan	-1.26	-3.4%
183rd	Burundi	-1.28	2.7%
184th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-1.30	-10.5%
185th	Nicaragua	-1.31	4.1%
186th	Comoros	-1.31	-4.5%
187th	Chad	-1.37	-2.3%
188th	Haiti	-1.38	-9.1%
189th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.41	-17.1%
190th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.45	0.6%
191st	Turkmenistan	-1.49	-2.3%
192nd	Myanmar	-1.53	-4.1%
193rd	Afghanistan	-1.66	11.6%
194th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.66	-1.6%
195th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.67	3.0%
196th	Central African Republic	-1.70	-0.7%
197th	Iraq	-1.75	-0.1%
198th	Eritrea	-1.77	-12.0%
199th	Libya	-1.80	0.1%
200th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.85	-2.6%
201st	South Sudan	-2.06	0.8%
202nd	Syrian Arab Republic	-2.07	0.6%
203rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.29	-0.2%

FAQ

What was Korea's rule of law in 2022?▾

Korea's rule of law in 2022 was 1.16. This ranked 31st globally.

How did Korea's rule of law change in 2022?▾

Korea's rule of law increased by 5.7% in 2022 compared to 2021.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2022?▾

Finland had the highest rule of law in 2022 at 1.96.

What is the rule of law of Korea in 2022?▾

The rule of law of Korea in 2022 was 1.16. This ranked 31st globally.

How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Korea's rule of law?▾

Korea's rule of law went from 1.10 in 2021 to 1.16 in 2022, a 5.7% increase.

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