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Mauritania - Rule of Law 2003

Name: Mauritania Rule of Law 2003
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

-0.62 −0.13 from 2002 Global rank: 135th

Mauritania's rule of law was -0.62 in 2003, decreased +0.13 from -0.49 in 2002. This was the 135th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2003▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2003
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	1.96	2.9%
2nd	Denmark	1.92	2.0%
3rd	Iceland	1.92	3.2%
4th	Switzerland	1.90	-1.0%
5th	Sweden	1.89	2.4%
6th	Norway	1.88	1.7%
7th	New Zealand	1.85	3.2%
8th	Austria	1.85	-0.5%
9th	Australia	1.84	4.3%
10th	Luxembourg	1.83	-2.3%
11th	Netherlands	1.71	0.1%
12th	Canada	1.70	2.1%
13th	United Kingdom	1.67	0.9%
14th	Germany	1.64	0.2%
15th	United States	1.55	2.5%
16th	Malta	1.54	4.4%
17th	Singapore	1.54	11.6%
18th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.54	21.4%
19th	Barbados	1.52	1.7%
20th	Ireland	1.48	-7.1%
21st	Bahamas, The	1.42	1.3%
22nd	France	1.33	9.9%
23rd	Belgium	1.33	-1.0%
24th	Portugal	1.28	-2.4%
25th	Liechtenstein	1.27	-14.4%
26th	Samoa	1.27	0.9%
27th	Spain	1.25	1.5%
28th	Bermuda	1.23	1.6%
29th	Cayman Islands	1.23	-16.4%
30th	Macao SAR, China	1.23	78.4%
31st	Chile	1.18	-6.4%
32nd	Japan	1.16	1.3%
33rd	Andorra	1.06	-13.7%
34th	Antigua and Barbuda	1.04	0.3%
35th	Cyprus	0.94	-5.1%
36th	Mauritius	0.92	-7.6%
37th	Vanuatu	0.91	1.8%
38th	Israel	0.91	-14.8%
39th	Czechia	0.87	1.6%
40th	Slovenia	0.85	-3.8%
41st	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.83	-0.1%
42nd	Kiribati	0.83	-0.1%
43rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.83	-0.1%
44th	St. Lucia	0.83	-0.1%
45th	Monaco	0.83	-0.1%
46th	Marshall Islands	0.83	-0.1%
47th	Nauru	0.83	-0.1%
48th	Palau	0.83	-0.1%
49th	San Marino	0.83	-0.1%
50th	Tuvalu	0.83	-0.1%
51st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.83	-0.1%
52nd	Hungary	0.81	-7.3%
53rd	Dominica	0.80	-0.6%
54th	Korea	0.80	-13.0%
55th	Greece	0.79	9.1%
56th	Estonia	0.77	-2.7%
57th	Seychelles	0.76	13.2%
58th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.70	-25.9%
59th	Italy	0.69	-7.0%
60th	Botswana	0.67	20.0%
61st	Uruguay	0.66	-2.6%
62nd	Bahrain	0.59	8.8%
63rd	Latvia	0.58	87.6%
64th	Brunei Darussalam	0.56	17.5%
65th	Kuwait	0.55	-7.3%
66th	United Arab Emirates	0.54	-22.5%
67th	Costa Rica	0.53	-5.1%
68th	Poland	0.51	-23.9%
69th	Lithuania	0.49	22.0%
70th	Oman	0.47	3.4%
71st	Malaysia	0.47	18.6%
72nd	Qatar	0.42	-19.0%
73rd	Grenada	0.34	-6.0%
74th	Slovak Republic	0.33	16.1%
75th	Jordan	0.32	426.9%
76th	Mongolia	0.30	23.9%
77th	Namibia	0.29	3.3%
78th	Cabo Verde	0.26	-4.1%
79th	Sri Lanka	0.24	-27.7%
80th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.23	-46.2%
81st	Solomon Islands	0.21	49.2%
82nd	Belize	0.19	518.7%
83rd	Gambia, The	0.16	190.4%
84th	Thailand	0.15	-60.3%
85th	Bhutan	0.14	96.1%
86th	India	0.12	790.7%
87th	Saudi Arabia	0.11	711.1%
88th	Türkiye	0.10	225.4%
89th	Lesotho	0.08	2.7%
90th	Maldives	0.08	214.6%
91st	South Africa	0.04	37.3%
92nd	Mali	0.03	111.4%
93rd	Fiji	0.01	44.4%
94th	Ghana	0.01	-66.1%
95th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.00	79.5%
96th	Croatia	-0.05	68.2%
97th	Senegal	-0.05	-158.3%
98th	Suriname	-0.05	58.7%
99th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.11	69.2%
100th	Morocco	-0.11	-130.4%
101st	Panama	-0.14	-59.1%
102nd	Bulgaria	-0.17	-206.9%
103rd	Tonga	-0.17	-120.9%
104th	Montenegro	-0.18	-164.0%
105th	Malawi	-0.18	53.9%
106th	Tunisia	-0.19	-14.3%
107th	Romania	-0.21	20.9%
108th	São Tomé and Principe	-0.22	-9.2%
109th	Madagascar	-0.25	-17.6%
110th	Armenia	-0.30	30.9%
111th	Tanzania	-0.31	9.6%
112th	Lebanon	-0.35	-24.4%
113th	Brazil	-0.37	-38.0%
114th	Mexico	-0.38	-8.2%
115th	Zambia	-0.38	-9.4%
116th	Gabon	-0.41	-63.0%
117th	Benin	-0.43	-63.4%
118th	Timor-Leste	-0.43	48.7%
119th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.47	-24.2%
120th	Syrian Arab Republic	-0.48	13.8%
121st	Jamaica	-0.50	-45.4%
122nd	North Macedonia	-0.51	12.1%
123rd	El Salvador	-0.52	8.8%
124th	Niger	-0.52	19.2%
125th	Moldova	-0.54	13.8%
126th	Uganda	-0.54	22.5%
127th	Philippines	-0.55	-42.4%
128th	China	-0.55	-7.0%
129th	Nicaragua	-0.56	17.3%
130th	Guyana	-0.58	-11.2%
131st	Peru	-0.59	-5.5%
132nd	Algeria	-0.61	4.9%
133rd	Nepal	-0.61	-18.0%
134th	Eswatini	-0.61	21.5%
135th	Mauritania	-0.62	-26.8%
136th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.62	6.0%
137th	Burkina Faso	-0.62	22.0%
138th	Viet Nam	-0.64	6.2%
139th	Dominican Republic	-0.64	9.2%
140th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.68	17.2%
141st	Mozambique	-0.70	4.2%
142nd	Albania	-0.72	6.0%
143rd	Colombia	-0.74	1.3%
144th	Comoros	-0.75	-0.9%
145th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.76	11.0%
146th	Argentina	-0.78	-2.1%
147th	Ecuador	-0.78	-3.2%
148th	Eritrea	-0.82	-11.3%
149th	Ukraine	-0.82	2.5%
150th	Kosovo	-0.83	-1,232.1%
151st	Indonesia	-0.86	5.6%
152nd	Djibouti	-0.88	6.4%
153rd	Azerbaijan	-0.88	8.3%
154th	Serbia	-0.90	-0.1%
155th	Libya	-0.91	20.6%
156th	Georgia	-0.91	15.8%
157th	Pakistan	-0.92	1.2%
158th	Kenya	-0.92	4.5%
159th	Honduras	-0.94	-6.5%
160th	Papua New Guinea	-0.95	-26.5%
161st	Togo	-0.96	-15.2%
162nd	Russian Federation	-0.96	-9.5%
163rd	Rwanda	-0.96	10.6%
164th	Paraguay	-1.05	6.3%
165th	Tajikistan	-1.07	1.6%
166th	Belarus	-1.07	14.2%
167th	Kazakhstan	-1.10	8.8%
168th	Guatemala	-1.10	-11.1%
169th	Bangladesh	-1.15	-16.2%
170th	Guinea	-1.15	-6.8%
171st	Cambodia	-1.16	0.7%
172nd	Cameroon	-1.16	8.1%
173rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.17	11.3%
174th	Sierra Leone	-1.19	11.1%
175th	Cuba	-1.22	-4.2%
176th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.23	-10.7%
177th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.23	1.4%
178th	Uzbekistan	-1.25	13.4%
179th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.26	14.5%
180th	Congo, Republic of	-1.27	1.8%
181st	Turkmenistan	-1.32	7.4%
182nd	Côte d'Ivoire	-1.36	-2.2%
183rd	Lao PDR	-1.38	-10.2%
184th	Central African Republic	-1.43	-50.0%
185th	Angola	-1.48	9.2%
186th	Burundi	-1.48	-6.2%
187th	Nigeria	-1.51	-1.1%
188th	Chad	-1.52	-36.9%
189th	Liberia	-1.53	6.0%
190th	Sudan	-1.56	-17.9%
191st	Afghanistan	-1.56	6.9%
192nd	Zimbabwe	-1.61	-0.7%
193rd	Iraq	-1.64	-8.7%
194th	Myanmar	-1.70	0.7%
195th	Haiti	-1.74	-1.4%
196th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.85	-4.7%
197th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.05	-5.7%

FAQ

What was Mauritania's rule of law in 2003?▾

Mauritania's rule of law in 2003 was -0.62. This ranked 135th globally.

How did Mauritania's rule of law change in 2003?▾

Mauritania's rule of law decreased by 26.8% in 2003 compared to 2002.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2003?▾

Finland had the highest rule of law in 2003 at 1.96.

What is the rule of law of Mauritania in 2003?▾

The rule of law of Mauritania in 2003 was -0.62. This ranked 135th globally.

How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Mauritania's rule of law?▾

Mauritania's rule of law went from -0.49 in 2002 to -0.62 in 2003, a 26.8% decrease.

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