Nigeria - Rule of Law 2019
-0.94
−0.02 from 2018
Nigeria's rule of law was -0.94 in 2019, decreased +0.02 from -0.92 in 2018. This was the 165th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.01 | -1.1% |
| 2nd | Norway | 1.94 | 1.0% |
| 3rd | Switzerland | 1.86 | -1.3% |
| 4th | Austria | 1.86 | 0.5% |
| 5th | New Zealand | 1.84 | 0.5% |
| 6th | Singapore | 1.84 | 1.9% |
| 7th | Denmark | 1.83 | 3.4% |
| 8th | Sweden | 1.79 | 0.5% |
| 9th | Luxembourg | 1.75 | -1.0% |
| 10th | Netherlands | 1.73 | -0.6% |
| 11th | Iceland | 1.73 | 2.8% |
| 12th | Canada | 1.72 | 0.3% |
| 13th | Greenland | 1.71 | 0.5% |
| 14th | Australia | 1.69 | 1.2% |
| 15th | Liechtenstein | 1.64 | 0.1% |
| 16th | Germany | 1.58 | -0.6% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 1.57 | -2.1% |
| 18th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.57 | -9.5% |
| 19th | Andorra | 1.51 | -1.7% |
| 20th | Monaco | 1.51 | -1.7% |
| 21st | San Marino | 1.51 | -1.7% |
| 22nd | Japan | 1.50 | 0.2% |
| 23rd | United States | 1.42 | -3.5% |
| 24th | France | 1.37 | -1.8% |
| 25th | Ireland | 1.35 | -4.5% |
| 26th | Belgium | 1.34 | -0.2% |
| 27th | American Samoa | 1.27 | -2.2% |
| 28th | Guam | 1.27 | -2.2% |
| 29th | Estonia | 1.24 | 3.3% |
| 30th | Aruba | 1.23 | -2.5% |
| 31st | Samoa | 1.16 | 27.4% |
| 32nd | Korea | 1.16 | -3.6% |
| 33rd | Portugal | 1.11 | -0.1% |
| 34th | Slovenia | 1.09 | 5.9% |
| 35th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.03 | -2.9% |
| 36th | Czechia | 1.02 | -0.3% |
| 37th | Israel | 1.01 | 5.4% |
| 38th | Spain | 0.99 | 1.2% |
| 39th | Lithuania | 0.99 | 6.8% |
| 40th | Latvia | 0.98 | 6.1% |
| 41st | Chile | 0.92 | -1.7% |
| 42nd | Malta | 0.92 | -9.6% |
| 43rd | Macao SAR, China | 0.88 | -9.2% |
| 44th | Kiribati | 0.82 | 41.8% |
| 45th | United Arab Emirates | 0.81 | 4.4% |
| 46th | Bermuda | 0.78 | -4.0% |
| 47th | Palau | 0.78 | -21.9% |
| 48th | Cayman Islands | 0.73 | -0.8% |
| 49th | Cyprus | 0.73 | 0.8% |
| 50th | Dominica | 0.72 | 2.0% |
| 51st | Qatar | 0.71 | 0.3% |
| 52nd | Mauritius | 0.69 | -2.4% |
| 53rd | Uruguay | 0.60 | 5.7% |
| 54th | St. Lucia | 0.59 | -6.6% |
| 55th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.59 | -1.9% |
| 56th | Bhutan | 0.58 | 6.6% |
| 57th | Tuvalu | 0.56 | -8.5% |
| 58th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.56 | 0.4% |
| 59th | Costa Rica | 0.53 | 13.2% |
| 60th | Oman | 0.53 | 20.8% |
| 61st | Slovak Republic | 0.50 | 5.7% |
| 62nd | Hungary | 0.50 | -10.2% |
| 63rd | Tonga | 0.50 | 17.0% |
| 64th | Malaysia | 0.49 | -7.1% |
| 65th | Bahrain | 0.46 | 20.8% |
| 66th | Marshall Islands | 0.46 | 180.0% |
| 67th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.46 | 3.0% |
| 68th | Cabo Verde | 0.45 | 13.7% |
| 69th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.44 | -15.9% |
| 70th | Botswana | 0.43 | 12.8% |
| 71st | Fiji | 0.42 | 139.1% |
| 72nd | Romania | 0.42 | 13.0% |
| 73rd | Poland | 0.39 | 3.8% |
| 74th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.36 | -3.4% |
| 75th | Namibia | 0.36 | 9.8% |
| 76th | Croatia | 0.35 | 15.5% |
| 77th | Barbados | 0.32 | -11.0% |
| 78th | Italy | 0.27 | 13.2% |
| 79th | Seychelles | 0.25 | -10.8% |
| 80th | Georgia | 0.25 | -8.1% |
| 81st | Vanuatu | 0.21 | -46.3% |
| 82nd | Kuwait | 0.19 | 3.7% |
| 83rd | Grenada | 0.19 | -24.9% |
| 84th | Greece | 0.16 | 39.9% |
| 85th | Saudi Arabia | 0.15 | 23.4% |
| 86th | Jordan | 0.13 | -42.9% |
| 87th | Thailand | 0.09 | 2,301.4% |
| 88th | Tunisia | 0.09 | 63.5% |
| 89th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.08 | 135.4% |
| 90th | Rwanda | 0.06 | -42.5% |
| 91st | Bahamas, The | 0.05 | -34.3% |
| 92nd | Sri Lanka | 0.04 | 27,448.3% |
| 93rd | Ghana | 0.01 | -75.1% |
| 94th | Montenegro | -0.01 | -368.4% |
| 95th | Bulgaria | -0.04 | 64.7% |
| 96th | Viet Nam | -0.05 | -42.1% |
| 97th | India | -0.07 | -4,627.4% |
| 98th | Suriname | -0.08 | 4.9% |
| 99th | Solomon Islands | -0.11 | 46.1% |
| 100th | Nauru | -0.14 | -116.4% |
| 101st | Serbia | -0.14 | 15.5% |
| 102nd | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.17 | -0.5% |
| 103rd | Armenia | -0.18 | 10.0% |
| 104th | South Africa | -0.19 | 15.1% |
| 105th | Panama | -0.19 | -20.6% |
| 106th | Senegal | -0.22 | 4.2% |
| 107th | Brazil | -0.22 | 25.8% |
| 108th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.23 | -0.1% |
| 109th | Morocco | -0.23 | 6.1% |
| 110th | Mongolia | -0.26 | 7.3% |
| 111th | China | -0.26 | -40.3% |
| 112th | North Macedonia | -0.31 | 0.6% |
| 113th | Jamaica | -0.31 | -42.7% |
| 114th | Dominican Republic | -0.32 | 12.3% |
| 115th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.33 | -10.2% |
| 116th | Cuba | -0.34 | 26.6% |
| 117th | Malawi | -0.34 | 15.6% |
| 118th | Uganda | -0.35 | -7.5% |
| 119th | Türkiye | -0.35 | 11.1% |
| 120th | Indonesia | -0.35 | -10.6% |
| 121st | Maldives | -0.38 | 29.0% |
| 122nd | Colombia | -0.39 | -1.9% |
| 123rd | Gambia, The | -0.41 | 11.0% |
| 124th | Kosovo | -0.41 | -6.8% |
| 125th | Albania | -0.43 | -2.8% |
| 126th | Lesotho | -0.43 | -16.5% |
| 127th | Argentina | -0.43 | -94.8% |
| 128th | Guyana | -0.45 | -16.0% |
| 129th | Moldova | -0.46 | -4.4% |
| 130th | Burkina Faso | -0.46 | -1.0% |
| 131st | Kenya | -0.46 | -8.5% |
| 132nd | Zambia | -0.47 | -32.0% |
| 133rd | Eswatini | -0.48 | -73.1% |
| 134th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.50 | -0.2% |
| 135th | Kazakhstan | -0.51 | -1.3% |
| 136th | Peru | -0.52 | 8.2% |
| 137th | Ecuador | -0.54 | 18.1% |
| 138th | Niger | -0.55 | 8.7% |
| 139th | Nepal | -0.55 | -12.7% |
| 140th | Paraguay | -0.57 | 5.8% |
| 141st | Tanzania | -0.57 | 0.9% |
| 142nd | Philippines | -0.57 | -1.6% |
| 143rd | Togo | -0.59 | 4.6% |
| 144th | Mauritania | -0.61 | 14.0% |
| 145th | Azerbaijan | -0.61 | 1.5% |
| 146th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.61 | -1.3% |
| 147th | Bangladesh | -0.64 | 0.9% |
| 148th | Mexico | -0.66 | -2.6% |
| 149th | Benin | -0.68 | 2.4% |
| 150th | Pakistan | -0.69 | -0.7% |
| 151st | São Tomé and Principe | -0.69 | 2.9% |
| 152nd | Ukraine | -0.75 | 2.0% |
| 153rd | Gabon | -0.76 | -5.1% |
| 154th | Russian Federation | -0.77 | 7.4% |
| 155th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.77 | -8.2% |
| 156th | Papua New Guinea | -0.80 | -4.6% |
| 157th | Sierra Leone | -0.80 | -0.9% |
| 158th | Lebanon | -0.85 | -9.0% |
| 159th | Belize | -0.86 | -1.6% |
| 160th | Belarus | -0.86 | 3.8% |
| 161st | Algeria | -0.86 | -6.7% |
| 162nd | Mali | -0.86 | -6.0% |
| 163rd | El Salvador | -0.87 | 6.9% |
| 164th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.91 | 1.5% |
| 165th | Nigeria | -0.94 | -2.3% |
| 166th | Djibouti | -0.95 | 0.4% |
| 167th | Cambodia | -0.95 | 15.9% |
| 168th | Lao PDR | -0.97 | -12.2% |
| 169th | Haiti | -0.97 | 8.2% |
| 170th | Liberia | -1.00 | -0.3% |
| 171st | Madagascar | -1.01 | -21.2% |
| 172nd | Angola | -1.02 | -2.2% |
| 173rd | Honduras | -1.04 | 1.5% |
| 174th | Mozambique | -1.07 | -0.5% |
| 175th | Myanmar | -1.08 | -3.4% |
| 176th | Uzbekistan | -1.08 | 1.5% |
| 177th | Guatemala | -1.10 | -2.3% |
| 178th | Congo, Republic of | -1.11 | 2.1% |
| 179th | Timor-Leste | -1.13 | 0.9% |
| 180th | Cameroon | -1.14 | -3.5% |
| 181st | Comoros | -1.16 | -1.3% |
| 182nd | Sudan | -1.17 | -3.0% |
| 183rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.19 | 1.9% |
| 184th | Nicaragua | -1.20 | -11.4% |
| 185th | Guinea | -1.24 | -0.4% |
| 186th | Tajikistan | -1.25 | 3.8% |
| 187th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.28 | 9.7% |
| 188th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.30 | -3.0% |
| 189th | Zimbabwe | -1.31 | -1.4% |
| 190th | Chad | -1.31 | 1.3% |
| 191st | Turkmenistan | -1.41 | 3.7% |
| 192nd | Burundi | -1.45 | 4.0% |
| 193rd | Eritrea | -1.63 | -0.7% |
| 194th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.66 | -1.1% |
| 195th | Afghanistan | -1.74 | -3.1% |
| 196th | Libya | -1.76 | -4.3% |
| 197th | Central African Republic | -1.77 | -2.8% |
| 198th | Iraq | -1.77 | 1.6% |
| 199th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.79 | 0.9% |
| 200th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.81 | -0.6% |
| 201st | South Sudan | -2.01 | -1.1% |
| 202nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -2.09 | -1.6% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.38 | -3.6% |
FAQ
What was Nigeria's rule of law in 2019?▾
Nigeria's rule of law in 2019 was -0.94. This ranked 165th globally.
How did Nigeria's rule of law change in 2019?▾
Nigeria's rule of law decreased by 2.3% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2019?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2019 at 2.01.
What is the rule of law of Nigeria in 2019?▾
The rule of law of Nigeria in 2019 was -0.94. This ranked 165th globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Nigeria's rule of law?▾
Nigeria's rule of law went from -0.92 in 2018 to -0.94 in 2019, a 2.3% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Nigeria matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2019. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 17.0%. View full analysis →
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