Mauritania - Rule of Law 2015
-0.89
−0.02 from 2014
Mauritania's rule of law was -0.89 in 2015, decreased +0.02 from -0.87 in 2014. This was the 166th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.05 | -3.4% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 2.02 | -4.1% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 1.99 | 0.8% |
| 4th | Norway | 1.98 | -2.4% |
| 5th | New Zealand | 1.97 | -1.9% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 1.91 | -4.1% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.91 | -3.4% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 1.84 | -3.4% |
| 9th | Austria | 1.81 | -6.4% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.81 | -4.2% |
| 11th | Australia | 1.79 | -6.7% |
| 12th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.79 | -3.6% |
| 13th | Singapore | 1.78 | -2.3% |
| 14th | United Kingdom | 1.77 | -5.5% |
| 15th | Germany | 1.76 | -4.9% |
| 16th | Ireland | 1.73 | -1.8% |
| 17th | Greenland | 1.67 | -3.6% |
| 18th | Liechtenstein | 1.65 | -5.4% |
| 19th | Iceland | 1.63 | -4.2% |
| 20th | United States | 1.56 | -2.7% |
| 21st | Andorra | 1.51 | -7.7% |
| 22nd | Monaco | 1.51 | 62.9% |
| 23rd | San Marino | 1.51 | 62.9% |
| 24th | Japan | 1.49 | -7.1% |
| 25th | Belgium | 1.46 | -6.0% |
| 26th | France | 1.37 | -6.0% |
| 27th | Estonia | 1.30 | -5.1% |
| 28th | American Samoa | 1.29 | -8.7% |
| 29th | Guam | 1.29 | -8.7% |
| 30th | Aruba | 1.23 | 18.4% |
| 31st | Chile | 1.22 | -9.6% |
| 32nd | Israel | 1.13 | 2.3% |
| 33rd | Czechia | 1.11 | -2.8% |
| 34th | Malta | 1.11 | -7.1% |
| 35th | Portugal | 1.10 | -1.6% |
| 36th | Barbados | 1.06 | -1.6% |
| 37th | Cyprus | 1.01 | -6.0% |
| 38th | Lithuania | 0.98 | 4.3% |
| 39th | Slovenia | 0.95 | -5.4% |
| 40th | Palau | 0.92 | 233.3% |
| 41st | Korea | 0.90 | -10.3% |
| 42nd | Macao SAR, China | 0.89 | -6.2% |
| 43rd | Spain | 0.89 | -8.3% |
| 44th | Mauritius | 0.84 | -11.1% |
| 45th | Bermuda | 0.83 | 4,144.4% |
| 46th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.83 | 4,144.4% |
| 47th | Poland | 0.80 | -7.8% |
| 48th | Cayman Islands | 0.78 | 33.6% |
| 49th | Latvia | 0.77 | -12.0% |
| 50th | Samoa | 0.74 | -6.7% |
| 51st | Qatar | 0.74 | -13.7% |
| 52nd | Uruguay | 0.74 | -3.3% |
| 53rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.72 | -6.4% |
| 54th | Dominica | 0.70 | 27.7% |
| 55th | St. Lucia | 0.70 | 11.6% |
| 56th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.62 | 0.4% |
| 57th | United Arab Emirates | 0.61 | -5.7% |
| 58th | Bahamas, The | 0.57 | -14.4% |
| 59th | Cabo Verde | 0.57 | -14.2% |
| 60th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.55 | 414.6% |
| 61st | Bhutan | 0.53 | 28.2% |
| 62nd | Costa Rica | 0.49 | -15.5% |
| 63rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.49 | 172.1% |
| 64th | Botswana | 0.48 | -10.4% |
| 65th | Slovak Republic | 0.47 | -3.8% |
| 66th | Tuvalu | 0.44 | -14.0% |
| 67th | Jordan | 0.41 | -11.2% |
| 68th | Malaysia | 0.40 | -23.2% |
| 69th | Bahrain | 0.40 | -3.1% |
| 70th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.38 | -18.9% |
| 71st | Hungary | 0.38 | -25.0% |
| 72nd | Oman | 0.35 | -27.4% |
| 73rd | Seychelles | 0.34 | 35.0% |
| 74th | Italy | 0.29 | -31.7% |
| 75th | Greece | 0.25 | -32.5% |
| 76th | Namibia | 0.24 | 15.0% |
| 77th | Georgia | 0.22 | -0.9% |
| 78th | Romania | 0.20 | -15.4% |
| 79th | Grenada | 0.17 | 227.1% |
| 80th | Croatia | 0.13 | -41.6% |
| 81st | Vanuatu | 0.12 | -45.9% |
| 82nd | Ghana | 0.12 | 94.1% |
| 83rd | Saudi Arabia | 0.10 | -26.5% |
| 84th | Rwanda | 0.04 | -44.5% |
| 85th | Sri Lanka | 0.03 | 121.7% |
| 86th | South Africa | 0.02 | -89.8% |
| 87th | Marshall Islands | 0.00 | 101.1% |
| 88th | Kuwait | -0.02 | -186.5% |
| 89th | Montenegro | -0.05 | -426.3% |
| 90th | Tunisia | -0.05 | 32.5% |
| 91st | India | -0.07 | -2.2% |
| 92nd | Serbia | -0.08 | 20.1% |
| 93rd | Panama | -0.14 | -118.0% |
| 94th | Kiribati | -0.15 | -47.1% |
| 95th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.16 | -46.9% |
| 96th | Senegal | -0.16 | -110.3% |
| 97th | Bulgaria | -0.16 | -94.4% |
| 98th | Morocco | -0.18 | -38.5% |
| 99th | Brazil | -0.19 | -253.7% |
| 100th | Thailand | -0.19 | 14.6% |
| 101st | Jamaica | -0.19 | 19.2% |
| 102nd | Lesotho | -0.19 | 7.4% |
| 103rd | Suriname | -0.22 | -58.5% |
| 104th | Tonga | -0.22 | -37.0% |
| 105th | Türkiye | -0.23 | -205.4% |
| 106th | North Macedonia | -0.24 | -326.1% |
| 107th | Zambia | -0.24 | -8.0% |
| 108th | Colombia | -0.25 | 2.0% |
| 109th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.26 | -100.1% |
| 110th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.28 | -16.0% |
| 111th | Eswatini | -0.32 | -2.4% |
| 112th | Albania | -0.32 | -2.7% |
| 113th | Malawi | -0.33 | -14.0% |
| 114th | Viet Nam | -0.36 | 1.5% |
| 115th | Fiji | -0.36 | 29.4% |
| 116th | Moldova | -0.38 | -55.8% |
| 117th | Mongolia | -0.39 | -17.8% |
| 118th | Tanzania | -0.40 | 1.3% |
| 119th | China | -0.41 | -3.1% |
| 120th | Uganda | -0.41 | -5.0% |
| 121st | Philippines | -0.42 | -12.9% |
| 122nd | Indonesia | -0.42 | -36.5% |
| 123rd | Mexico | -0.45 | -11.8% |
| 124th | Armenia | -0.46 | -10.7% |
| 125th | Kosovo | -0.48 | -3.1% |
| 126th | Solomon Islands | -0.49 | 0.1% |
| 127th | Peru | -0.50 | 4.4% |
| 128th | Kenya | -0.51 | -23.1% |
| 129th | Kazakhstan | -0.52 | 15.5% |
| 130th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.53 | -37.1% |
| 131st | Dominican Republic | -0.53 | -37.9% |
| 132nd | Guyana | -0.54 | 12.0% |
| 133rd | Burkina Faso | -0.54 | 0.9% |
| 134th | Benin | -0.56 | -14.4% |
| 135th | Maldives | -0.56 | -14.6% |
| 136th | Gabon | -0.56 | -19.2% |
| 137th | Niger | -0.59 | 8.9% |
| 138th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.60 | 13.8% |
| 139th | Nauru | -0.60 | 40.2% |
| 140th | El Salvador | -0.62 | -31.4% |
| 141st | Paraguay | -0.64 | -6.6% |
| 142nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.65 | -9.8% |
| 143rd | Nepal | -0.69 | -6.8% |
| 144th | Madagascar | -0.71 | 4.3% |
| 145th | Azerbaijan | -0.72 | -2.8% |
| 146th | Cuba | -0.72 | -9.7% |
| 147th | Gambia, The | -0.75 | -7.0% |
| 148th | Argentina | -0.75 | 13.6% |
| 149th | Mali | -0.75 | -18.3% |
| 150th | Nicaragua | -0.75 | -5.7% |
| 151st | Bangladesh | -0.77 | 1.6% |
| 152nd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.77 | 2.0% |
| 153rd | Pakistan | -0.78 | -3.4% |
| 154th | Belize | -0.79 | 2.5% |
| 155th | Lebanon | -0.81 | -11.9% |
| 156th | Russian Federation | -0.82 | -5.4% |
| 157th | Lao PDR | -0.82 | -8.3% |
| 158th | Togo | -0.82 | 4.6% |
| 159th | Comoros | -0.85 | 5.1% |
| 160th | Papua New Guinea | -0.87 | -12.2% |
| 161st | Mozambique | -0.87 | -7.4% |
| 162nd | Ukraine | -0.87 | -5.3% |
| 163rd | Liberia | -0.88 | -9.1% |
| 164th | Belarus | -0.88 | -7.9% |
| 165th | Sierra Leone | -0.88 | 5.9% |
| 166th | Mauritania | -0.89 | -2.1% |
| 167th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.94 | 10.7% |
| 168th | Algeria | -0.94 | -17.1% |
| 169th | Honduras | -0.94 | 0.1% |
| 170th | Djibouti | -0.94 | -7.9% |
| 171st | Guatemala | -0.95 | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Ecuador | -0.96 | 1.5% |
| 173rd | Nigeria | -0.98 | 6.9% |
| 174th | Cambodia | -1.00 | -4.5% |
| 175th | Cameroon | -1.00 | -11.2% |
| 176th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.01 | -8.4% |
| 177th | Angola | -1.03 | 4.1% |
| 178th | Tajikistan | -1.08 | -6.2% |
| 179th | Timor-Leste | -1.13 | -1.9% |
| 180th | Congo, Republic of | -1.14 | -1.5% |
| 181st | Uzbekistan | -1.14 | -0.4% |
| 182nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.16 | -9.8% |
| 183rd | Burundi | -1.19 | -22.2% |
| 184th | Guinea | -1.19 | 13.1% |
| 185th | Haiti | -1.20 | -1.3% |
| 186th | Chad | -1.21 | -5.3% |
| 187th | Sudan | -1.23 | -5.4% |
| 188th | Myanmar | -1.26 | -5.4% |
| 189th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.29 | -7.7% |
| 190th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.31 | 2.0% |
| 191st | Equatorial Guinea | -1.33 | -1.3% |
| 192nd | Zimbabwe | -1.34 | 7.1% |
| 193rd | Turkmenistan | -1.42 | -5.6% |
| 194th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.44 | -5.8% |
| 195th | Afghanistan | -1.52 | -5.5% |
| 196th | Libya | -1.52 | -9.5% |
| 197th | Eritrea | -1.53 | 2.7% |
| 198th | Iraq | -1.56 | -7.8% |
| 199th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.60 | -9.4% |
| 200th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.66 | -2.3% |
| 201st | Central African Republic | -1.71 | -0.3% |
| 202nd | South Sudan | -1.90 | -2.4% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.32 | 1.7% |
FAQ
What was Mauritania's rule of law in 2015?▾
Mauritania's rule of law in 2015 was -0.89. This ranked 166th globally.
How did Mauritania's rule of law change in 2015?▾
Mauritania's rule of law decreased by 2.1% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2015?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2015 at 2.05.
What is the rule of law of Mauritania in 2015?▾
The rule of law of Mauritania in 2015 was -0.89. This ranked 166th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Mauritania's rule of law?▾
Mauritania's rule of law went from -0.87 in 2014 to -0.89 in 2015, a 2.1% decrease.
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