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New Zealand - Rule of Law 1996

Name: New Zealand Rule of Law 1996
Creator: World Bank WGI
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

1.86 Global rank: 4th

New Zealand's rule of law was 1.86 in 1996. This was the 4th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1996▾

Rule of Law by Country - 1996
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Switzerland	1.93	-
2nd	Norway	1.92	-
3rd	Finland	1.91	-
4th	New Zealand	1.86	-
5th	Denmark	1.82	-
6th	Austria	1.81	-
7th	Sweden	1.80	-
8th	Australia	1.71	-
9th	Luxembourg	1.71	-
10th	Netherlands	1.70	-
11th	Canada	1.65	-
12th	United Kingdom	1.63	-
13th	Germany	1.61	-
14th	Iceland	1.60	-
15th	Ireland	1.50	-
16th	United States	1.50	-
17th	France	1.48	-
18th	Liechtenstein	1.47	-
19th	Cayman Islands	1.46	-
20th	Spain	1.44	-
21st	Belgium	1.37	-
22nd	Japan	1.35	-
23rd	Portugal	1.29	-
24th	Israel	1.28	-
25th	Singapore	1.24	-
26th	Bermuda	1.21	-
27th	Andorra	1.16	-
28th	Bahamas, The	1.15	-
29th	Chile	1.11	-
30th	Slovenia	1.07	-
31st	Italy	1.06	-
32nd	Malta	1.05	-
33rd	Greece	1.05	-
34th	Antigua and Barbuda	1.05	-
35th	Barbados	1.05	-
36th	Cabo Verde	1.04	-
37th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.96	-
38th	Samoa	0.95	-
39th	Czechia	0.92	-
40th	Hungary	0.91	-
41st	Mauritius	0.90	-
42nd	Cyprus	0.86	-
43rd	Dominica	0.84	-
44th	Brunei Darussalam	0.82	-
45th	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.81	-
46th	Kiribati	0.81	-
47th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.81	-
48th	St. Lucia	0.81	-
49th	Monaco	0.81	-
50th	Nauru	0.81	-
51st	Palau	0.81	-
52nd	San Marino	0.81	-
53rd	Tonga	0.81	-
54th	Tuvalu	0.81	-
55th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.81	-
56th	Korea	0.80	-
57th	Poland	0.77	-
58th	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.75	-
59th	Solomon Islands	0.74	-
60th	United Arab Emirates	0.69	-
61st	Costa Rica	0.62	-
62nd	Seychelles	0.60	-
63rd	Kuwait	0.60	-
64th	Botswana	0.58	-
65th	Estonia	0.57	-
66th	Uruguay	0.56	-
67th	Oman	0.55	-
68th	Thailand	0.54	-
69th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.53	-
70th	Malaysia	0.52	-
71st	Lithuania	0.45	-
72nd	Grenada	0.43	-
73rd	Vanuatu	0.32	-
74th	Fiji	0.32	-
75th	India	0.31	-
76th	Jordan	0.28	-
77th	São Tomé and Principe	0.27	-
78th	Namibia	0.25	-
79th	Morocco	0.22	-
80th	Macao SAR, China	0.21	-
81st	Mongolia	0.20	-
82nd	Sri Lanka	0.16	-
83rd	Slovak Republic	0.16	-
84th	Latvia	0.13	-
85th	Saudi Arabia	0.11	-
86th	Lesotho	0.10	-
87th	South Africa	0.09	-
88th	Belize	0.08	-
89th	Argentina	0.08	-
90th	Philippines	0.07	-
91st	Benin	0.05	-
92nd	Maldives	0.02	-
93rd	Gambia, The	0.02	-
94th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.00	-
95th	Nepal	-0.01	-
96th	Bahrain	-0.01	-
97th	Romania	-0.02	-
98th	Bhutan	-0.03	-
99th	Qatar	-0.04	-
100th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.04	-
101st	Suriname	-0.08	-
102nd	Moldova	-0.12	-
103rd	Türkiye	-0.14	-
104th	Panama	-0.17	-
105th	Senegal	-0.18	-
106th	Tanzania	-0.19	-
107th	Marshall Islands	-0.20	-
108th	Guyana	-0.20	-
109th	Brazil	-0.22	-
110th	Ghana	-0.23	-
111th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.24	-
112th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.26	-
113th	Lebanon	-0.28	-
114th	Mali	-0.30	-
115th	Tunisia	-0.30	-
116th	North Macedonia	-0.31	-
117th	Jamaica	-0.34	-
118th	Bulgaria	-0.34	-
119th	Malawi	-0.38	-
120th	Madagascar	-0.40	-
121st	Ecuador	-0.45	-
122nd	Armenia	-0.47	-
123rd	Eswatini	-0.47	-
124th	Viet Nam	-0.48	-
125th	Indonesia	-0.49	-
126th	Mauritania	-0.50	-
127th	Nicaragua	-0.52	-
128th	Dominican Republic	-0.52	-
129th	Zambia	-0.53	-
130th	China	-0.55	-
131st	Syrian Arab Republic	-0.55	-
132nd	Uganda	-0.58	-
133rd	Papua New Guinea	-0.62	-
134th	Pakistan	-0.63	-
135th	Croatia	-0.63	-
136th	Gabon	-0.65	-
137th	Niger	-0.66	-
138th	Eritrea	-0.66	-
139th	Paraguay	-0.66	-
140th	Albania	-0.68	-
141st	Peru	-0.70	-
142nd	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.73	-
143rd	Mexico	-0.73	-
144th	Togo	-0.73	-
145th	Colombia	-0.75	-
146th	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.79	-
147th	Russian Federation	-0.79	-
148th	Belarus	-0.80	-
149th	Mozambique	-0.81	-
150th	Zimbabwe	-0.81	-
151st	Ukraine	-0.82	-
152nd	El Salvador	-0.87	-
153rd	Comoros	-0.88	-
154th	Honduras	-0.93	-
155th	Burkina Faso	-0.93	-
156th	Bangladesh	-0.93	-
157th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.94	-
158th	Djibouti	-0.97	-
159th	Kenya	-1.02	-
160th	Congo, Republic of	-1.04	-
161st	Lao PDR	-1.05	-
162nd	Guatemala	-1.13	-
163rd	Cuba	-1.14	-
164th	Central African Republic	-1.15	-
165th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.15	-
166th	Libya	-1.18	-
167th	Kazakhstan	-1.19	-
168th	Cambodia	-1.19	-
169th	Azerbaijan	-1.20	-
170th	Algeria	-1.22	-
171st	Uzbekistan	-1.24	-
172nd	Chad	-1.26	-
173rd	Georgia	-1.26	-
174th	Serbia	-1.26	-
175th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.28	-
176th	Nigeria	-1.29	-
177th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.38	-
178th	Sierra Leone	-1.38	-
179th	Haiti	-1.39	-
180th	Burundi	-1.42	-
181st	Cameroon	-1.44	-
182nd	Guinea	-1.45	-
183rd	Turkmenistan	-1.49	-
184th	Rwanda	-1.50	-
185th	Iraq	-1.56	-
186th	Timor-Leste	-1.57	-
187th	Myanmar	-1.58	-
188th	Angola	-1.63	-
189th	Tajikistan	-1.65	-
190th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.67	-
191st	Sudan	-1.71	-
192nd	Afghanistan	-1.79	-
193rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.88	-
194th	Liberia	-1.93	-
195th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.14	-

FAQ

What was New Zealand's rule of law in 1996?▾

New Zealand's rule of law in 1996 was 1.86. This ranked 4th globally.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 1996?▾

Switzerland had the highest rule of law in 1996 at 1.93.

What is the rule of law of New Zealand in 1996?▾

The rule of law of New Zealand in 1996 was 1.86. This ranked 4th globally.

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