Lao PDR - Rule of Law 2021
-0.66
+0.22 from 2020
Lao PDR's rule of law was -0.66 in 2021, increased +0.22 from -0.88 in 2020. This was the 148th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.01 | -0.3% |
| 2nd | Norway | 1.91 | -1.1% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 1.90 | 4.9% |
| 4th | Singapore | 1.82 | -0.9% |
| 5th | New Zealand | 1.78 | -3.1% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 1.77 | -0.5% |
| 7th | Austria | 1.75 | -1.1% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 1.75 | 0.7% |
| 9th | Iceland | 1.71 | -2.1% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.70 | -0.7% |
| 11th | Sweden | 1.70 | -3.9% |
| 12th | Netherlands | 1.70 | -0.5% |
| 13th | Greenland | 1.69 | -0.8% |
| 14th | Andorra | 1.64 | 1.7% |
| 15th | San Marino | 1.64 | 1.7% |
| 16th | Australia | 1.64 | 1.5% |
| 17th | Canada | 1.59 | -1.6% |
| 18th | Germany | 1.57 | 3.4% |
| 19th | Japan | 1.54 | 4.7% |
| 20th | Ireland | 1.49 | 2.5% |
| 21st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.41 | -8.9% |
| 22nd | United Kingdom | 1.40 | -4.7% |
| 23rd | Monaco | 1.39 | 1.7% |
| 24th | Estonia | 1.39 | 4.1% |
| 25th | United States | 1.39 | 3.9% |
| 26th | Belgium | 1.29 | -2.7% |
| 27th | France | 1.26 | -3.0% |
| 28th | Aruba | 1.25 | -1.9% |
| 29th | American Samoa | 1.14 | 1.8% |
| 30th | Guam | 1.14 | 1.8% |
| 31st | Portugal | 1.11 | -4.5% |
| 32nd | Korea | 1.10 | -4.5% |
| 33rd | Czechia | 1.09 | 7.1% |
| 34th | Lithuania | 1.07 | 13.3% |
| 35th | Slovenia | 1.00 | -3.6% |
| 36th | Latvia | 0.95 | 3.0% |
| 37th | Israel | 0.91 | -3.1% |
| 38th | Qatar | 0.90 | -7.8% |
| 39th | Chile | 0.89 | -4.3% |
| 40th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.89 | 2.0% |
| 41st | Kiribati | 0.89 | -12.4% |
| 42nd | Samoa | 0.89 | -12.4% |
| 43rd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.86 | -4.1% |
| 44th | Spain | 0.84 | -2.1% |
| 45th | Mauritius | 0.84 | -5.0% |
| 46th | Malta | 0.84 | -5.5% |
| 47th | United Arab Emirates | 0.80 | -8.7% |
| 48th | Macao SAR, China | 0.78 | -3.8% |
| 49th | Marshall Islands | 0.77 | 29.3% |
| 50th | Cayman Islands | 0.74 | 2.1% |
| 51st | Tuvalu | 0.73 | 11.2% |
| 52nd | Palau | 0.71 | 4.4% |
| 53rd | Uruguay | 0.70 | 7.8% |
| 54th | Dominica | 0.69 | -12.6% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 0.68 | 3.5% |
| 56th | Bermuda | 0.64 | 2.2% |
| 57th | Cyprus | 0.61 | 10.7% |
| 58th | Bhutan | 0.61 | 4.9% |
| 59th | St. Lucia | 0.61 | -8.4% |
| 60th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.58 | -2.7% |
| 61st | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.57 | -5.1% |
| 62nd | Malaysia | 0.53 | -7.2% |
| 63rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.52 | 174.0% |
| 64th | Hungary | 0.51 | 2.6% |
| 65th | Grenada | 0.49 | 49.7% |
| 66th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.45 | -5.7% |
| 67th | Botswana | 0.45 | 18.6% |
| 68th | Vanuatu | 0.45 | 50.3% |
| 69th | Bahrain | 0.44 | -2.9% |
| 70th | Tonga | 0.43 | -13.1% |
| 71st | Poland | 0.43 | -18.9% |
| 72nd | Costa Rica | 0.42 | -15.1% |
| 73rd | Oman | 0.38 | -35.5% |
| 74th | Romania | 0.38 | 3.2% |
| 75th | Barbados | 0.34 | 15.9% |
| 76th | Namibia | 0.33 | 1.0% |
| 77th | Cabo Verde | 0.33 | -23.9% |
| 78th | Greece | 0.32 | 11.1% |
| 79th | Seychelles | 0.30 | 29.5% |
| 80th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.30 | -25.6% |
| 81st | Fiji | 0.30 | 52.2% |
| 82nd | Croatia | 0.28 | 16.6% |
| 83rd | Italy | 0.24 | 16.3% |
| 84th | Kuwait | 0.24 | -22.9% |
| 85th | Saudi Arabia | 0.21 | -4.6% |
| 86th | Jordan | 0.18 | -2.2% |
| 87th | Rwanda | 0.17 | 127.1% |
| 88th | Georgia | 0.14 | -35.2% |
| 89th | Thailand | 0.09 | -15.9% |
| 90th | Bahamas, The | 0.07 | 234.9% |
| 91st | Tunisia | 0.07 | -53.2% |
| 92nd | South Africa | 0.06 | 126.6% |
| 93rd | Sri Lanka | 0.02 | 389.4% |
| 94th | China | 0.01 | 110.0% |
| 95th | Bulgaria | -0.07 | 46.1% |
| 96th | Nauru | -0.07 | 28.6% |
| 97th | Montenegro | -0.08 | -107.1% |
| 98th | North Macedonia | -0.10 | 5.3% |
| 99th | Ghana | -0.11 | -31.1% |
| 100th | India | -0.11 | -85.6% |
| 101st | Maldives | -0.11 | 52.1% |
| 102nd | Serbia | -0.12 | 6.1% |
| 103rd | Dominican Republic | -0.12 | 32.0% |
| 104th | Armenia | -0.12 | 4.8% |
| 105th | Suriname | -0.13 | 4.4% |
| 106th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.16 | 7.1% |
| 107th | Viet Nam | -0.17 | 9.1% |
| 108th | Jamaica | -0.20 | 18.7% |
| 109th | Morocco | -0.24 | -30.3% |
| 110th | Malawi | -0.25 | 10.4% |
| 111th | Mongolia | -0.25 | 7.1% |
| 112th | Indonesia | -0.25 | 30.7% |
| 113th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.26 | 17.9% |
| 114th | Panama | -0.27 | 5.5% |
| 115th | Albania | -0.28 | 25.7% |
| 116th | Kosovo | -0.30 | 26.1% |
| 117th | Brazil | -0.30 | -30.0% |
| 118th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.30 | 4.1% |
| 119th | Ecuador | -0.35 | 34.4% |
| 120th | Moldova | -0.36 | 30.6% |
| 121st | Solomon Islands | -0.36 | -895.9% |
| 122nd | Uganda | -0.37 | -6.9% |
| 123rd | Senegal | -0.40 | -24.3% |
| 124th | Gambia, The | -0.41 | -3.1% |
| 125th | Guyana | -0.42 | 3.9% |
| 126th | Cuba | -0.42 | -47.1% |
| 127th | Kenya | -0.42 | 27.2% |
| 128th | Niger | -0.43 | 25.8% |
| 129th | Lesotho | -0.43 | 11.6% |
| 130th | Türkiye | -0.43 | -3.6% |
| 131st | Burkina Faso | -0.46 | 1.2% |
| 132nd | Colombia | -0.47 | 4.2% |
| 133rd | Argentina | -0.48 | 1.7% |
| 134th | Nepal | -0.49 | 4.8% |
| 135th | Kazakhstan | -0.51 | -9.0% |
| 136th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.51 | -8.3% |
| 137th | Peru | -0.53 | -39.1% |
| 138th | Tanzania | -0.55 | 10.4% |
| 139th | Eswatini | -0.58 | -15.3% |
| 140th | Paraguay | -0.58 | -34.6% |
| 141st | Togo | -0.59 | 13.1% |
| 142nd | Zambia | -0.61 | 6.5% |
| 143rd | Azerbaijan | -0.61 | 16.8% |
| 144th | Bangladesh | -0.63 | -10.6% |
| 145th | Benin | -0.63 | 18.2% |
| 146th | Pakistan | -0.66 | 7.6% |
| 147th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.66 | -0.6% |
| 148th | Lao PDR | -0.66 | 24.8% |
| 149th | Philippines | -0.67 | -2.3% |
| 150th | Ukraine | -0.68 | 4.4% |
| 151st | Mauritania | -0.69 | -13.8% |
| 152nd | Gabon | -0.71 | -4.2% |
| 153rd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.73 | -2.9% |
| 154th | Papua New Guinea | -0.75 | -5.9% |
| 155th | Belize | -0.80 | 3.2% |
| 156th | Mexico | -0.81 | -25.8% |
| 157th | Algeria | -0.83 | -4.4% |
| 158th | Sierra Leone | -0.84 | -5.7% |
| 159th | El Salvador | -0.87 | -11.5% |
| 160th | Nigeria | -0.87 | -3.4% |
| 161st | Madagascar | -0.89 | -0.7% |
| 162nd | Russian Federation | -0.89 | -10.1% |
| 163rd | Cambodia | -0.92 | 4.7% |
| 164th | Mali | -0.92 | 3.1% |
| 165th | Uzbekistan | -0.92 | 17.6% |
| 166th | Liberia | -0.94 | 8.9% |
| 167th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.97 | -9.0% |
| 168th | Angola | -0.98 | -3.4% |
| 169th | Timor-Leste | -1.03 | 14.5% |
| 170th | Djibouti | -1.03 | 1.3% |
| 171st | Mozambique | -1.06 | 2.0% |
| 172nd | Honduras | -1.09 | -7.7% |
| 173rd | Lebanon | -1.09 | -20.5% |
| 174th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.10 | -14.2% |
| 175th | Congo, Republic of | -1.10 | 1.8% |
| 176th | Guatemala | -1.11 | -0.9% |
| 177th | Cameroon | -1.12 | 4.4% |
| 178th | Belarus | -1.12 | -3.3% |
| 179th | Guinea | -1.16 | 11.1% |
| 180th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.18 | 3.4% |
| 181st | Equatorial Guinea | -1.20 | -3.8% |
| 182nd | Tajikistan | -1.21 | 3.5% |
| 183rd | Sudan | -1.22 | -12.3% |
| 184th | Comoros | -1.26 | 1.5% |
| 185th | Haiti | -1.26 | -22.5% |
| 186th | Zimbabwe | -1.28 | 4.1% |
| 187th | Burundi | -1.31 | 2.1% |
| 188th | Chad | -1.34 | -0.8% |
| 189th | Nicaragua | -1.37 | -14.0% |
| 190th | Turkmenistan | -1.46 | -4.2% |
| 191st | Guinea-Bissau | -1.46 | -4.4% |
| 192nd | Myanmar | -1.47 | -22.8% |
| 193rd | Eritrea | -1.58 | -6.3% |
| 194th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.64 | -1.7% |
| 195th | Central African Republic | -1.69 | 3.7% |
| 196th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.72 | 5.5% |
| 197th | Iraq | -1.75 | 2.8% |
| 198th | Libya | -1.80 | 4.2% |
| 199th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.80 | -1.8% |
| 200th | Afghanistan | -1.88 | -2.5% |
| 201st | South Sudan | -2.07 | -5.0% |
| 202nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -2.08 | 0.3% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.28 | 1.3% |
FAQ
What was Lao PDR's rule of law in 2021?▾
Lao PDR's rule of law in 2021 was -0.66. This ranked 148th globally.
How did Lao PDR's rule of law change in 2021?▾
Lao PDR's rule of law increased by 24.8% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2021?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2021 at 2.01.
What is the rule of law of Lao PDR in 2021?▾
The rule of law of Lao PDR in 2021 was -0.66. This ranked 148th globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Lao PDR's rule of law?▾
Lao PDR's rule of law went from -0.88 in 2020 to -0.66 in 2021, a 24.8% increase.
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