Lao PDR - Rule of Law 2000
-1.06
−0.06 from 1999
Lao PDR's rule of law was -1.06 in 2000. This was the 161st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2000▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 1.95 | 0.1% |
| 2nd | Switzerland | 1.95 | 0.9% |
| 3rd | Norway | 1.83 | -6.1% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 1.82 | 2.9% |
| 5th | Austria | 1.81 | 0.5% |
| 6th | Denmark | 1.81 | -1.6% |
| 7th | Sweden | 1.80 | 2.8% |
| 8th | Iceland | 1.80 | 8.3% |
| 9th | New Zealand | 1.80 | -3.0% |
| 10th | Netherlands | 1.74 | 0.1% |
| 11th | Australia | 1.72 | -2.0% |
| 12th | United Kingdom | 1.67 | -3.8% |
| 13th | Canada | 1.67 | -2.9% |
| 14th | Germany | 1.61 | -0.8% |
| 15th | United States | 1.56 | -0.1% |
| 16th | Ireland | 1.54 | -3.3% |
| 17th | Liechtenstein | 1.50 | 1.5% |
| 18th | Cayman Islands | 1.49 | 2.1% |
| 19th | France | 1.43 | 5.0% |
| 20th | Spain | 1.41 | 7.8% |
| 21st | Barbados | 1.40 | 13.2% |
| 22nd | Malta | 1.36 | 8.2% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.31 | 7.9% |
| 24th | Bahamas, The | 1.29 | 2.6% |
| 25th | Japan | 1.29 | -4.4% |
| 26th | Andorra | 1.29 | 9.3% |
| 27th | Singapore | 1.27 | 2.8% |
| 28th | Chile | 1.26 | 14.9% |
| 29th | Bermuda | 1.23 | 1.8% |
| 30th | Portugal | 1.20 | -3.4% |
| 31st | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.03 | -1.8% |
| 32nd | Cyprus | 1.02 | 7.5% |
| 33rd | Israel | 1.00 | 0.7% |
| 34th | Samoa | 0.98 | 1.9% |
| 35th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.97 | 1.4% |
| 36th | Slovenia | 0.97 | -17.9% |
| 37th | Mauritius | 0.94 | -7.1% |
| 38th | Vanuatu | 0.90 | 168.9% |
| 39th | Greece | 0.86 | 11.0% |
| 40th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.84 | -4.2% |
| 41st | Kiribati | 0.84 | -4.2% |
| 42nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.84 | -4.2% |
| 43rd | St. Lucia | 0.84 | -4.2% |
| 44th | Monaco | 0.84 | -4.2% |
| 45th | Marshall Islands | 0.84 | 620.9% |
| 46th | Nauru | 0.84 | -4.2% |
| 47th | Palau | 0.84 | -4.2% |
| 48th | San Marino | 0.84 | -4.2% |
| 49th | Tonga | 0.84 | -4.2% |
| 50th | Tuvalu | 0.84 | -4.2% |
| 51st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.84 | -4.2% |
| 52nd | Italy | 0.84 | 4.5% |
| 53rd | Hungary | 0.83 | 2.3% |
| 54th | Korea | 0.83 | 6.6% |
| 55th | Dominica | 0.80 | -4.7% |
| 56th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.80 | -19.1% |
| 57th | Seychelles | 0.73 | 16.9% |
| 58th | United Arab Emirates | 0.66 | -8.4% |
| 59th | Cabo Verde | 0.64 | -5.0% |
| 60th | Poland | 0.63 | -20.7% |
| 61st | Czechia | 0.61 | -29.9% |
| 62nd | Estonia | 0.59 | 0.4% |
| 63rd | Thailand | 0.58 | 13.7% |
| 64th | Botswana | 0.58 | -8.6% |
| 65th | Solomon Islands | 0.57 | -21.9% |
| 66th | Uruguay | 0.56 | -9.8% |
| 67th | Kuwait | 0.55 | -9.2% |
| 68th | Oman | 0.54 | 26.9% |
| 69th | Costa Rica | 0.54 | -15.2% |
| 70th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.52 | -2.6% |
| 71st | Qatar | 0.49 | 183.9% |
| 72nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.41 | -30.4% |
| 73rd | Jordan | 0.36 | 19.4% |
| 74th | India | 0.35 | 3.9% |
| 75th | Grenada | 0.34 | -19.1% |
| 76th | Montenegro | 0.32 | 139.9% |
| 77th | Slovak Republic | 0.30 | 77.7% |
| 78th | Bahrain | 0.28 | -20.5% |
| 79th | Timor-Leste | 0.27 | 117.5% |
| 80th | Maldives | 0.25 | 243.5% |
| 81st | Lithuania | 0.22 | -60.5% |
| 82nd | São Tomé and Principe | 0.21 | -21.2% |
| 83rd | Malaysia | 0.20 | -30.8% |
| 84th | Macao SAR, China | 0.19 | -5.9% |
| 85th | Sri Lanka | 0.16 | 148.2% |
| 86th | Latvia | 0.15 | -37.0% |
| 87th | South Africa | 0.15 | -5.7% |
| 88th | Bhutan | 0.13 | 240.5% |
| 89th | Namibia | 0.12 | -32.6% |
| 90th | Belize | 0.10 | 192.6% |
| 91st | Morocco | 0.10 | -24.1% |
| 92nd | Lesotho | 0.10 | -41.4% |
| 93rd | Senegal | 0.08 | 16.2% |
| 94th | Ghana | 0.08 | 117.9% |
| 95th | Mongolia | 0.00 | -99.8% |
| 96th | Kosovo | -0.02 | - |
| 97th | Croatia | -0.03 | 92.6% |
| 98th | Suriname | -0.04 | -829.4% |
| 99th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.05 | 59.4% |
| 100th | Türkiye | -0.07 | 28.7% |
| 101st | West Bank and Gaza | -0.10 | -86.1% |
| 102nd | Bulgaria | -0.12 | 44.3% |
| 103rd | Gambia, The | -0.15 | -5,455.2% |
| 104th | Saudi Arabia | -0.17 | -454.2% |
| 105th | Lebanon | -0.17 | 59.9% |
| 106th | Benin | -0.18 | -459.1% |
| 107th | Romania | -0.18 | -64.5% |
| 108th | Gabon | -0.18 | 50.7% |
| 109th | Panama | -0.19 | -44.0% |
| 110th | Madagascar | -0.19 | 47.8% |
| 111th | Nepal | -0.21 | -2,387.8% |
| 112th | Argentina | -0.21 | -451.4% |
| 113th | Mali | -0.24 | -6.2% |
| 114th | Brazil | -0.24 | -20.6% |
| 115th | Fiji | -0.28 | -180.6% |
| 116th | Tunisia | -0.28 | 12.2% |
| 117th | Tanzania | -0.34 | -102.7% |
| 118th | Viet Nam | -0.35 | 14.2% |
| 119th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.37 | -62.0% |
| 120th | Philippines | -0.39 | -1,525.3% |
| 121st | Mauritania | -0.41 | 11.3% |
| 122nd | Guyana | -0.42 | -15.4% |
| 123rd | Mexico | -0.43 | 19.8% |
| 124th | Moldova | -0.47 | -637.6% |
| 125th | Jamaica | -0.48 | -94.1% |
| 126th | Armenia | -0.50 | -31.5% |
| 127th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.51 | 5.8% |
| 128th | China | -0.52 | -8.2% |
| 129th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.52 | 24.0% |
| 130th | Malawi | -0.53 | -24.3% |
| 131st | Zambia | -0.53 | -13.7% |
| 132nd | North Macedonia | -0.60 | -79.9% |
| 133rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.60 | 10.4% |
| 134th | Togo | -0.65 | 14.6% |
| 135th | Ecuador | -0.67 | -23.5% |
| 136th | Dominican Republic | -0.68 | -17.3% |
| 137th | Indonesia | -0.70 | 7.2% |
| 138th | Eswatini | -0.72 | -8.0% |
| 139th | Peru | -0.72 | 2.8% |
| 140th | Burkina Faso | -0.73 | 19.8% |
| 141st | Papua New Guinea | -0.76 | -46.4% |
| 142nd | Niger | -0.77 | -12.0% |
| 143rd | Eritrea | -0.80 | -25.3% |
| 144th | Mozambique | -0.80 | 3.6% |
| 145th | El Salvador | -0.80 | -16.3% |
| 146th | Nicaragua | -0.86 | -42.6% |
| 147th | Uganda | -0.87 | -34.0% |
| 148th | Djibouti | -0.88 | 2.9% |
| 149th | Guatemala | -0.89 | 14.9% |
| 150th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.91 | -13.9% |
| 151st | Kenya | -0.92 | 10.3% |
| 152nd | Colombia | -0.93 | -39.5% |
| 153rd | Georgia | -0.94 | 23.0% |
| 154th | Paraguay | -0.99 | -18.6% |
| 155th | Bangladesh | -0.99 | -5.9% |
| 156th | Libya | -1.00 | 10.8% |
| 157th | Honduras | -1.00 | -12.7% |
| 158th | Pakistan | -1.00 | -26.1% |
| 159th | Albania | -1.02 | -9.8% |
| 160th | Cuba | -1.05 | -0.4% |
| 161st | Lao PDR | -1.06 | -6.5% |
| 162nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.07 | 7.5% |
| 163rd | Russian Federation | -1.08 | -26.6% |
| 164th | Cambodia | -1.08 | 8.0% |
| 165th | Ukraine | -1.09 | -11.3% |
| 166th | Belarus | -1.10 | -23.4% |
| 167th | Chad | -1.13 | 5.0% |
| 168th | Azerbaijan | -1.15 | -2.1% |
| 169th | Kazakhstan | -1.15 | -3.4% |
| 170th | Nigeria | -1.16 | 2.4% |
| 171st | Comoros | -1.17 | -32.6% |
| 172nd | Cameroon | -1.19 | -4.8% |
| 173rd | Uzbekistan | -1.20 | 4.5% |
| 174th | Algeria | -1.25 | -4.0% |
| 175th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.25 | -35.2% |
| 176th | Serbia | -1.28 | -1.1% |
| 177th | Sierra Leone | -1.29 | 1.9% |
| 178th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.32 | 29.8% |
| 179th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.34 | 1.3% |
| 180th | Congo, Republic of | -1.35 | 16.7% |
| 181st | Turkmenistan | -1.37 | 2.9% |
| 182nd | Rwanda | -1.37 | 6.2% |
| 183rd | Central African Republic | -1.38 | -18.0% |
| 184th | Tajikistan | -1.38 | 9.9% |
| 185th | Zimbabwe | -1.38 | -78.5% |
| 186th | Guinea | -1.39 | 0.2% |
| 187th | Iraq | -1.39 | 10.0% |
| 188th | Myanmar | -1.43 | 6.9% |
| 189th | Haiti | -1.46 | -2.1% |
| 190th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.46 | -4.7% |
| 191st | Burundi | -1.57 | -13.8% |
| 192nd | Angola | -1.60 | -4.9% |
| 193rd | Sudan | -1.63 | 2.3% |
| 194th | Afghanistan | -1.78 | -2.6% |
| 195th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.82 | 5.1% |
| 196th | Liberia | -1.88 | -4.4% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.19 | -2.5% |
FAQ
What was Lao PDR's rule of law in 2000?▾
Lao PDR's rule of law in 2000 was -1.06. This ranked 161st globally.
How did Lao PDR's rule of law change in 2000?▾
Lao PDR's rule of law decreased by 6.5% in 2000 compared to 1999.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2000?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2000 at 1.95.
What is the rule of law of Lao PDR in 2000?▾
The rule of law of Lao PDR in 2000 was -1.06. This ranked 161st globally.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Lao PDR matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2000. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 10.6%. View full analysis →
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