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Marshall Islands - Rule of Law 2009

Name: Marshall Islands Rule of Law 2009
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

0.34 −0.45 from 2008 Global rank: 76th

Marshall Islands's rule of law was 0.34 in 2009, decreased +0.45 from 0.79 in 2008. This was the 76th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2009▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2009
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	1.96	2.7%
2nd	Sweden	1.96	2.0%
3rd	New Zealand	1.92	3.9%
4th	Denmark	1.92	-1.9%
5th	Norway	1.87	-4.3%
6th	Luxembourg	1.82	1.7%
7th	Netherlands	1.81	3.3%
8th	Canada	1.80	0.0%
9th	Austria	1.78	-7.0%
10th	Switzerland	1.74	-3.4%
11th	Ireland	1.74	2.3%
12th	Australia	1.73	-1.5%
13th	United Kingdom	1.73	2.1%
14th	Greenland	1.72	-
15th	Iceland	1.71	-7.9%
16th	Germany	1.65	-4.9%
17th	Liechtenstein	1.61	13.4%
18th	United States	1.59	-2.3%
19th	Singapore	1.56	-2.3%
20th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.49	0.7%
21st	Malta	1.47	-8.7%
22nd	France	1.45	-3.4%
23rd	Aruba	1.43	68.3%
24th	Belgium	1.38	3.1%
25th	Japan	1.29	-1.6%
26th	Andorra	1.22	2.6%
27th	Cyprus	1.21	0.0%
28th	Chile	1.19	-1.3%
29th	Spain	1.16	-2.3%
30th	American Samoa	1.13	0.6%
31st	Guam	1.13	0.6%
32nd	Estonia	1.12	-2.7%
33rd	Slovenia	1.07	6.1%
34th	Portugal	1.06	4.7%
35th	Tuvalu	1.02	3.9%
36th	Barbados	1.01	-22.4%
37th	Korea	0.99	15.5%
38th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.99	4.4%
39th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.97	3.7%
40th	Czechia	0.96	6.2%
41st	Monaco	0.94	4.6%
42nd	San Marino	0.94	4.6%
43rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.92	-4.9%
44th	Qatar	0.90	34.7%
45th	Mauritius	0.90	-4.4%
46th	Cayman Islands	0.89	-20.3%
47th	St. Lucia	0.89	-2.4%
48th	Bermuda	0.86	1.1%
49th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.86	1.1%
50th	Israel	0.84	-0.3%
51st	Palau	0.81	4.4%
52nd	Bahamas, The	0.79	-33.3%
53rd	Latvia	0.79	1.6%
54th	Brunei Darussalam	0.78	70.9%
55th	Hungary	0.77	-15.6%
56th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.76	41.6%
57th	Uruguay	0.76	23.2%
58th	Dominica	0.74	7.0%
59th	Lithuania	0.72	5.6%
60th	Macao SAR, China	0.71	54.3%
61st	Samoa	0.67	-21.5%
62nd	Greece	0.65	-24.2%
63rd	Poland	0.65	17.3%
64th	Botswana	0.59	-4.0%
65th	Kuwait	0.58	0.0%
66th	Costa Rica	0.58	27.6%
67th	Oman	0.55	-6.3%
68th	Slovak Republic	0.53	1.1%
69th	Cabo Verde	0.53	-6.7%
70th	Bahrain	0.51	-2.6%
71st	Nauru	0.47	29.6%
72nd	Vanuatu	0.41	-19.9%
73rd	United Arab Emirates	0.40	-4.3%
74th	Italy	0.40	-10.9%
75th	Malaysia	0.37	51.2%
76th	Marshall Islands	0.34	-57.5%
77th	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.33	-35.2%
78th	Namibia	0.25	-42.4%
79th	Bhutan	0.22	-48.0%
80th	Jordan	0.22	-45.6%
81st	Grenada	0.16	23.3%
82nd	Kiribati	0.14	-64.4%
83rd	Tunisia	0.12	50.8%
84th	Seychelles	0.12	-67.3%
85th	South Africa	0.07	1,236.8%
86th	Romania	0.05	446.4%
87th	Türkiye	0.05	114.1%
88th	Saudi Arabia	0.05	-34.4%
89th	Croatia	0.04	75.5%
90th	India	0.02	-81.2%
91st	Montenegro	-0.02	81.4%
92nd	Bulgaria	-0.04	66.7%
93rd	Ghana	-0.04	32.1%
94th	Tonga	-0.07	-166.1%
95th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.08	35.8%
96th	Panama	-0.10	52.3%
97th	Sri Lanka	-0.10	-13,070.9%
98th	Brazil	-0.10	63.9%
99th	Malawi	-0.12	0.4%
100th	Suriname	-0.12	46.8%
101st	Maldives	-0.15	11.7%
102nd	Georgia	-0.20	24.2%
103rd	Burkina Faso	-0.20	40.8%
104th	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.21	7.7%
105th	Lesotho	-0.22	10.0%
106th	Thailand	-0.26	-62.8%
107th	Morocco	-0.26	31.9%
108th	Mongolia	-0.26	21.3%
109th	North Macedonia	-0.29	8.9%
110th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.31	58.5%
111th	Belize	-0.32	-142.8%
112th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.36	11.6%
113th	Mali	-0.36	-13.7%
114th	Senegal	-0.37	-31.0%
115th	Colombia	-0.37	3.5%
116th	Jamaica	-0.40	-35.1%
117th	Uganda	-0.41	-19.3%
118th	Moldova	-0.43	-2.5%
119th	China	-0.46	3.3%
120th	Armenia	-0.47	-38.8%
121st	Serbia	-0.47	3.5%
122nd	Zambia	-0.48	-18.5%
123rd	Tanzania	-0.48	-35.2%
124th	Eswatini	-0.48	9.7%
125th	Niger	-0.49	27.8%
126th	Albania	-0.49	17.6%
127th	Gabon	-0.50	19.3%
128th	Rwanda	-0.50	-6.7%
129th	Gambia, The	-0.52	-22.0%
130th	Viet Nam	-0.53	-14.4%
131st	Guyana	-0.56	4.3%
132nd	Mexico	-0.56	18.3%
133rd	Philippines	-0.57	-4.5%
134th	Syrian Arab Republic	-0.58	19.8%
135th	Kosovo	-0.59	5.3%
136th	Mozambique	-0.60	2.6%
137th	Indonesia	-0.61	9.2%
138th	Lebanon	-0.61	-1.5%
139th	Peru	-0.62	14.5%
140th	Benin	-0.65	-23.3%
141st	Solomon Islands	-0.68	-6.6%
142nd	Argentina	-0.69	0.8%
143rd	Djibouti	-0.70	-6.2%
144th	São Tomé and Principe	-0.70	-41.2%
145th	Cuba	-0.71	13.9%
146th	Kazakhstan	-0.72	21.9%
147th	Madagascar	-0.73	-60.8%
148th	El Salvador	-0.78	-12.8%
149th	Bangladesh	-0.78	-4.3%
150th	Ukraine	-0.79	-11.9%
151st	Nicaragua	-0.79	2.6%
152nd	Russian Federation	-0.81	20.3%
153rd	Dominican Republic	-0.81	-18.5%
154th	Mauritania	-0.81	29.8%
155th	Algeria	-0.83	-7.5%
156th	Pakistan	-0.84	13.7%
157th	Paraguay	-0.86	5.8%
158th	Fiji	-0.87	-50.5%
159th	Nepal	-0.87	-29.7%
160th	Azerbaijan	-0.88	-5.1%
161st	Honduras	-0.90	7.8%
162nd	Togo	-0.90	-7.5%
163rd	Papua New Guinea	-0.91	0.5%
164th	Sierra Leone	-0.91	3.2%
165th	Libya	-0.94	-14.6%
166th	Equatorial Guinea	-0.99	-13.4%
167th	Guatemala	-1.01	9.7%
168th	Kenya	-1.02	-2.3%
169th	Liberia	-1.03	7.3%
170th	Belarus	-1.03	4.0%
171st	Lao PDR	-1.05	-20.1%
172nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-1.05	-7.7%
173rd	Yemen, Republic of	-1.09	-11.1%
174th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-1.11	-13.8%
175th	Cambodia	-1.12	2.7%
176th	Cameroon	-1.13	-2.3%
177th	Nigeria	-1.16	-11.3%
178th	Comoros	-1.16	-8.2%
179th	Burundi	-1.16	-11.7%
180th	Timor-Leste	-1.20	-14.5%
181st	Ecuador	-1.21	-9.0%
182nd	Congo, Republic of	-1.22	-2.2%
183rd	Angola	-1.24	10.3%
184th	Côte d'Ivoire	-1.25	12.9%
185th	Sudan	-1.27	12.1%
186th	Tajikistan	-1.27	1.8%
187th	Eritrea	-1.31	-0.5%
188th	Central African Republic	-1.32	7.5%
189th	Uzbekistan	-1.33	-13.0%
190th	Kyrgyz Republic	-1.33	3.8%
191st	Haiti	-1.33	-3.8%
192nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.34	-8.8%
193rd	Guinea-Bissau	-1.35	4.2%
194th	Turkmenistan	-1.45	0.4%
195th	Chad	-1.53	6.1%
196th	Myanmar	-1.54	0.5%
197th	Guinea	-1.55	-0.8%
198th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.64	-4.5%
199th	Iraq	-1.70	3.8%
200th	Zimbabwe	-1.87	-4.4%
201st	Afghanistan	-1.88	1.4%
202nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.45	5.4%

FAQ

What was Marshall Islands's rule of law in 2009?▾

Marshall Islands's rule of law in 2009 was 0.34. This ranked 76th globally.

How did Marshall Islands's rule of law change in 2009?▾

Marshall Islands's rule of law decreased by 57.5% in 2009 compared to 2008.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2009?▾

Finland had the highest rule of law in 2009 at 1.96.

What is the rule of law of Marshall Islands in 2009?▾

The rule of law of Marshall Islands in 2009 was 0.34. This ranked 76th globally.

How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Marshall Islands's rule of law?▾

Marshall Islands's rule of law went from 0.79 in 2008 to 0.34 in 2009, a 57.5% decrease.

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