Oman - Rule of Law 2018
0.44
+0.03 from 2017
Oman's rule of law was 0.44 in 2018, increased +0.03 from 0.41 in 2017. This was the 65th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.03 | 0.5% |
| 2nd | Norway | 1.92 | -3.0% |
| 3rd | Switzerland | 1.89 | -0.1% |
| 4th | Austria | 1.85 | 3.0% |
| 5th | New Zealand | 1.83 | -2.7% |
| 6th | Singapore | 1.80 | 1.0% |
| 7th | Sweden | 1.78 | -2.0% |
| 8th | Denmark | 1.77 | -1.7% |
| 9th | Luxembourg | 1.77 | 4.1% |
| 10th | Netherlands | 1.74 | -0.8% |
| 11th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.73 | 2.9% |
| 12th | Canada | 1.72 | -2.7% |
| 13th | Greenland | 1.70 | 0.7% |
| 14th | Iceland | 1.68 | 6.9% |
| 15th | Australia | 1.67 | 1.7% |
| 16th | Liechtenstein | 1.63 | 0.0% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 1.60 | -2.5% |
| 18th | Germany | 1.59 | 1.1% |
| 19th | Andorra | 1.54 | 0.1% |
| 20th | Monaco | 1.54 | 0.1% |
| 21st | San Marino | 1.54 | 0.1% |
| 22nd | Japan | 1.49 | -2.3% |
| 23rd | United States | 1.48 | -8.3% |
| 24th | Ireland | 1.41 | 2.3% |
| 25th | France | 1.40 | -0.1% |
| 26th | Belgium | 1.34 | 1.4% |
| 27th | American Samoa | 1.30 | 0.1% |
| 28th | Guam | 1.30 | 0.1% |
| 29th | Aruba | 1.26 | -2.8% |
| 30th | Estonia | 1.20 | -3.6% |
| 31st | Korea | 1.20 | 6.1% |
| 32nd | Portugal | 1.11 | 0.4% |
| 33rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.06 | 83.9% |
| 34th | Slovenia | 1.02 | 3.1% |
| 35th | Malta | 1.02 | -8.4% |
| 36th | Czechia | 1.02 | -6.3% |
| 37th | Palau | 1.00 | 4.8% |
| 38th | Spain | 0.98 | -4.5% |
| 39th | Macao SAR, China | 0.97 | 19.3% |
| 40th | Israel | 0.96 | -3.0% |
| 41st | Chile | 0.94 | -4.2% |
| 42nd | Latvia | 0.92 | 2.5% |
| 43rd | Lithuania | 0.92 | -4.0% |
| 44th | Samoa | 0.91 | -0.6% |
| 45th | Bermuda | 0.82 | 0.2% |
| 46th | United Arab Emirates | 0.77 | 0.8% |
| 47th | Cayman Islands | 0.74 | -0.6% |
| 48th | Cyprus | 0.72 | -15.6% |
| 49th | Mauritius | 0.71 | 6.0% |
| 50th | Qatar | 0.71 | 1.1% |
| 51st | Dominica | 0.70 | 8.2% |
| 52nd | St. Lucia | 0.63 | 5.6% |
| 53rd | Tuvalu | 0.61 | -1.2% |
| 54th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.60 | -3.3% |
| 55th | Kiribati | 0.58 | -1.6% |
| 56th | Uruguay | 0.57 | 2.4% |
| 57th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.56 | -6.3% |
| 58th | Hungary | 0.56 | 3.3% |
| 59th | Bhutan | 0.55 | -12.4% |
| 60th | Malaysia | 0.53 | 36.3% |
| 61st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.52 | 4.7% |
| 62nd | Slovak Republic | 0.47 | -7.9% |
| 63rd | Costa Rica | 0.47 | 9.1% |
| 64th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.44 | 6.2% |
| 65th | Oman | 0.44 | 7.1% |
| 66th | Tonga | 0.43 | 41.9% |
| 67th | Cabo Verde | 0.39 | 11.4% |
| 68th | Vanuatu | 0.39 | -26.4% |
| 69th | Bahrain | 0.38 | -8.5% |
| 70th | Botswana | 0.38 | 6.4% |
| 71st | Poland | 0.38 | -6.0% |
| 72nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.38 | -7.5% |
| 73rd | Romania | 0.37 | -15.8% |
| 74th | Barbados | 0.36 | -41.9% |
| 75th | Namibia | 0.33 | 19.1% |
| 76th | Croatia | 0.30 | -2.4% |
| 77th | Seychelles | 0.28 | 66.2% |
| 78th | Georgia | 0.27 | 3.0% |
| 79th | Grenada | 0.25 | -45.0% |
| 80th | Italy | 0.24 | -24.6% |
| 81st | Jordan | 0.23 | -1.9% |
| 82nd | Kuwait | 0.19 | 130.6% |
| 83rd | Fiji | 0.18 | 316.7% |
| 84th | Marshall Islands | 0.16 | -41.3% |
| 85th | Saudi Arabia | 0.12 | 52.4% |
| 86th | Greece | 0.11 | 124.8% |
| 87th | Rwanda | 0.11 | -4.3% |
| 88th | Bahamas, The | 0.07 | -57.5% |
| 89th | Tunisia | 0.05 | -43.2% |
| 90th | Ghana | 0.05 | -51.6% |
| 91st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.03 | -30.2% |
| 92nd | Montenegro | 0.00 | 102.5% |
| 93rd | Sri Lanka | 0.00 | -100.5% |
| 94th | India | 0.00 | 95.2% |
| 95th | Thailand | 0.00 | -129.1% |
| 96th | Viet Nam | -0.04 | -187.8% |
| 97th | Nauru | -0.06 | 5.5% |
| 98th | Suriname | -0.09 | 48.9% |
| 99th | Bulgaria | -0.11 | 15.3% |
| 100th | Panama | -0.16 | -2,206.7% |
| 101st | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.17 | -28.2% |
| 102nd | Serbia | -0.17 | 5.2% |
| 103rd | China | -0.19 | 26.9% |
| 104th | Armenia | -0.20 | 5.8% |
| 105th | Solomon Islands | -0.20 | -5.3% |
| 106th | Jamaica | -0.22 | -62.6% |
| 107th | Argentina | -0.22 | 7.6% |
| 108th | South Africa | -0.22 | -42.0% |
| 109th | Senegal | -0.22 | -30.9% |
| 110th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.23 | -11.8% |
| 111th | Morocco | -0.25 | 10.7% |
| 112th | Eswatini | -0.28 | -0.6% |
| 113th | Mongolia | -0.28 | 12.0% |
| 114th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.30 | 32.7% |
| 115th | Brazil | -0.30 | 1.0% |
| 116th | North Macedonia | -0.31 | 0.7% |
| 117th | Indonesia | -0.31 | 10.5% |
| 118th | Uganda | -0.32 | -0.6% |
| 119th | Zambia | -0.36 | -5.4% |
| 120th | Dominican Republic | -0.37 | 14.7% |
| 121st | Lesotho | -0.37 | -21.9% |
| 122nd | Guyana | -0.38 | -28.2% |
| 123rd | Colombia | -0.38 | -4.7% |
| 124th | Kosovo | -0.38 | 11.9% |
| 125th | Türkiye | -0.39 | -23.0% |
| 126th | Malawi | -0.41 | -2.9% |
| 127th | Albania | -0.41 | -0.1% |
| 128th | Kenya | -0.43 | 0.8% |
| 129th | Moldova | -0.44 | 2.9% |
| 130th | Gambia, The | -0.46 | -0.4% |
| 131st | Burkina Faso | -0.46 | -10.7% |
| 132nd | Cuba | -0.46 | -3.1% |
| 133rd | Nepal | -0.49 | 29.2% |
| 134th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.50 | -16.0% |
| 135th | Kazakhstan | -0.50 | -3.3% |
| 136th | Maldives | -0.54 | 6.1% |
| 137th | Philippines | -0.57 | -12.7% |
| 138th | Peru | -0.57 | -8.3% |
| 139th | Tanzania | -0.57 | -21.8% |
| 140th | Paraguay | -0.60 | 9.8% |
| 141st | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.60 | 7.4% |
| 142nd | Niger | -0.61 | 14.1% |
| 143rd | Togo | -0.62 | 15.3% |
| 144th | Azerbaijan | -0.62 | -6.0% |
| 145th | Mexico | -0.64 | -9.7% |
| 146th | Bangladesh | -0.65 | 4.5% |
| 147th | Ecuador | -0.66 | 7.6% |
| 148th | Pakistan | -0.68 | 6.6% |
| 149th | Benin | -0.69 | -7.2% |
| 150th | Mauritania | -0.71 | -14.5% |
| 151st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.71 | -1.5% |
| 152nd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.71 | 1.7% |
| 153rd | Gabon | -0.72 | 0.5% |
| 154th | Ukraine | -0.76 | -0.6% |
| 155th | Papua New Guinea | -0.76 | 6.4% |
| 156th | Lebanon | -0.78 | 3.4% |
| 157th | Sierra Leone | -0.80 | 1.2% |
| 158th | Algeria | -0.81 | 12.8% |
| 159th | Mali | -0.82 | -2.9% |
| 160th | Russian Federation | -0.83 | 1.6% |
| 161st | Madagascar | -0.84 | 4.5% |
| 162nd | Belize | -0.84 | 13.6% |
| 163rd | Lao PDR | -0.86 | 4.3% |
| 164th | Belarus | -0.89 | -1.3% |
| 165th | Nigeria | -0.92 | -3.4% |
| 166th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.93 | 1.9% |
| 167th | El Salvador | -0.93 | -6.5% |
| 168th | Djibouti | -0.95 | -2.0% |
| 169th | Angola | -1.00 | 3.7% |
| 170th | Liberia | -1.00 | -3.3% |
| 171st | Myanmar | -1.04 | -8.8% |
| 172nd | Honduras | -1.06 | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Haiti | -1.06 | 2.8% |
| 174th | Mozambique | -1.07 | -6.0% |
| 175th | Guatemala | -1.08 | 0.1% |
| 176th | Nicaragua | -1.08 | -63.2% |
| 177th | Uzbekistan | -1.10 | 3.1% |
| 178th | Cameroon | -1.10 | -4.9% |
| 179th | Congo, Republic of | -1.13 | 2.0% |
| 180th | Cambodia | -1.14 | -5.7% |
| 181st | Sudan | -1.14 | -1.5% |
| 182nd | Timor-Leste | -1.14 | 2.9% |
| 183rd | Comoros | -1.14 | -3.7% |
| 184th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.21 | 2.7% |
| 185th | Guinea | -1.23 | 1.8% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.27 | 13.5% |
| 187th | Zimbabwe | -1.29 | 7.3% |
| 188th | Tajikistan | -1.30 | 5.1% |
| 189th | Chad | -1.33 | -1.0% |
| 190th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.42 | -4.0% |
| 191st | Turkmenistan | -1.46 | 1.1% |
| 192nd | Burundi | -1.51 | -7.3% |
| 193rd | Eritrea | -1.62 | -1.7% |
| 194th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.64 | 4.7% |
| 195th | Afghanistan | -1.69 | -6.8% |
| 196th | Libya | -1.69 | -0.4% |
| 197th | Central African Republic | -1.72 | 2.3% |
| 198th | Iraq | -1.80 | -2.6% |
| 199th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.80 | -5.4% |
| 200th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.81 | -2.8% |
| 201st | South Sudan | -1.99 | -1.2% |
| 202nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -2.05 | 2.1% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.30 | 1.4% |
FAQ
What was Oman's rule of law in 2018?▾
Oman's rule of law in 2018 was 0.44. This ranked 65th globally.
How did Oman's rule of law change in 2018?▾
Oman's rule of law increased by 7.1% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2018?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2018 at 2.03.
What is the rule of law of Oman in 2018?▾
The rule of law of Oman in 2018 was 0.44. This ranked 65th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Oman's rule of law?▾
Oman's rule of law went from 0.41 in 2017 to 0.44 in 2018, a 7.1% increase.
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