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Papua New Guinea - Rule of Law 2021

Name: Papua New Guinea Rule of Law 2021
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

-0.75 −0.04 from 2020 Global rank: 154th

Papua New Guinea's rule of law was -0.75 in 2021, decreased +0.04 from -0.71 in 2020. This was the 154th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2021▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2021
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	2.01	-0.3%
2nd	Norway	1.91	-1.1%
3rd	Denmark	1.90	4.9%
4th	Singapore	1.82	-0.9%
5th	New Zealand	1.78	-3.1%
6th	Switzerland	1.77	-0.5%
7th	Austria	1.75	-1.1%
8th	Luxembourg	1.75	0.7%
9th	Iceland	1.71	-2.1%
10th	Liechtenstein	1.70	-0.7%
11th	Sweden	1.70	-3.9%
12th	Netherlands	1.70	-0.5%
13th	Greenland	1.69	-0.8%
14th	Andorra	1.64	1.7%
15th	San Marino	1.64	1.7%
16th	Australia	1.64	1.5%
17th	Canada	1.59	-1.6%
18th	Germany	1.57	3.4%
19th	Japan	1.54	4.7%
20th	Ireland	1.49	2.5%
21st	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.41	-8.9%
22nd	United Kingdom	1.40	-4.7%
23rd	Monaco	1.39	1.7%
24th	Estonia	1.39	4.1%
25th	United States	1.39	3.9%
26th	Belgium	1.29	-2.7%
27th	France	1.26	-3.0%
28th	Aruba	1.25	-1.9%
29th	American Samoa	1.14	1.8%
30th	Guam	1.14	1.8%
31st	Portugal	1.11	-4.5%
32nd	Korea	1.10	-4.5%
33rd	Czechia	1.09	7.1%
34th	Lithuania	1.07	13.3%
35th	Slovenia	1.00	-3.6%
36th	Latvia	0.95	3.0%
37th	Israel	0.91	-3.1%
38th	Qatar	0.90	-7.8%
39th	Chile	0.89	-4.3%
40th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.89	2.0%
41st	Kiribati	0.89	-12.4%
42nd	Samoa	0.89	-12.4%
43rd	Brunei Darussalam	0.86	-4.1%
44th	Spain	0.84	-2.1%
45th	Mauritius	0.84	-5.0%
46th	Malta	0.84	-5.5%
47th	United Arab Emirates	0.80	-8.7%
48th	Macao SAR, China	0.78	-3.8%
49th	Marshall Islands	0.77	29.3%
50th	Cayman Islands	0.74	2.1%
51st	Tuvalu	0.73	11.2%
52nd	Palau	0.71	4.4%
53rd	Uruguay	0.70	7.8%
54th	Dominica	0.69	-12.6%
55th	Slovak Republic	0.68	3.5%
56th	Bermuda	0.64	2.2%
57th	Cyprus	0.61	10.7%
58th	Bhutan	0.61	4.9%
59th	St. Lucia	0.61	-8.4%
60th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.58	-2.7%
61st	Puerto Rico (US)	0.57	-5.1%
62nd	Malaysia	0.53	-7.2%
63rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.52	174.0%
64th	Hungary	0.51	2.6%
65th	Grenada	0.49	49.7%
66th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.45	-5.7%
67th	Botswana	0.45	18.6%
68th	Vanuatu	0.45	50.3%
69th	Bahrain	0.44	-2.9%
70th	Tonga	0.43	-13.1%
71st	Poland	0.43	-18.9%
72nd	Costa Rica	0.42	-15.1%
73rd	Oman	0.38	-35.5%
74th	Romania	0.38	3.2%
75th	Barbados	0.34	15.9%
76th	Namibia	0.33	1.0%
77th	Cabo Verde	0.33	-23.9%
78th	Greece	0.32	11.1%
79th	Seychelles	0.30	29.5%
80th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.30	-25.6%
81st	Fiji	0.30	52.2%
82nd	Croatia	0.28	16.6%
83rd	Italy	0.24	16.3%
84th	Kuwait	0.24	-22.9%
85th	Saudi Arabia	0.21	-4.6%
86th	Jordan	0.18	-2.2%
87th	Rwanda	0.17	127.1%
88th	Georgia	0.14	-35.2%
89th	Thailand	0.09	-15.9%
90th	Bahamas, The	0.07	234.9%
91st	Tunisia	0.07	-53.2%
92nd	South Africa	0.06	126.6%
93rd	Sri Lanka	0.02	389.4%
94th	China	0.01	110.0%
95th	Bulgaria	-0.07	46.1%
96th	Nauru	-0.07	28.6%
97th	Montenegro	-0.08	-107.1%
98th	North Macedonia	-0.10	5.3%
99th	Ghana	-0.11	-31.1%
100th	India	-0.11	-85.6%
101st	Maldives	-0.11	52.1%
102nd	Serbia	-0.12	6.1%
103rd	Dominican Republic	-0.12	32.0%
104th	Armenia	-0.12	4.8%
105th	Suriname	-0.13	4.4%
106th	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.16	7.1%
107th	Viet Nam	-0.17	9.1%
108th	Jamaica	-0.20	18.7%
109th	Morocco	-0.24	-30.3%
110th	Malawi	-0.25	10.4%
111th	Mongolia	-0.25	7.1%
112th	Indonesia	-0.25	30.7%
113th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.26	17.9%
114th	Panama	-0.27	5.5%
115th	Albania	-0.28	25.7%
116th	Kosovo	-0.30	26.1%
117th	Brazil	-0.30	-30.0%
118th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.30	4.1%
119th	Ecuador	-0.35	34.4%
120th	Moldova	-0.36	30.6%
121st	Solomon Islands	-0.36	-895.9%
122nd	Uganda	-0.37	-6.9%
123rd	Senegal	-0.40	-24.3%
124th	Gambia, The	-0.41	-3.1%
125th	Guyana	-0.42	3.9%
126th	Cuba	-0.42	-47.1%
127th	Kenya	-0.42	27.2%
128th	Niger	-0.43	25.8%
129th	Lesotho	-0.43	11.6%
130th	Türkiye	-0.43	-3.6%
131st	Burkina Faso	-0.46	1.2%
132nd	Colombia	-0.47	4.2%
133rd	Argentina	-0.48	1.7%
134th	Nepal	-0.49	4.8%
135th	Kazakhstan	-0.51	-9.0%
136th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.51	-8.3%
137th	Peru	-0.53	-39.1%
138th	Tanzania	-0.55	10.4%
139th	Eswatini	-0.58	-15.3%
140th	Paraguay	-0.58	-34.6%
141st	Togo	-0.59	13.1%
142nd	Zambia	-0.61	6.5%
143rd	Azerbaijan	-0.61	16.8%
144th	Bangladesh	-0.63	-10.6%
145th	Benin	-0.63	18.2%
146th	Pakistan	-0.66	7.6%
147th	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.66	-0.6%
148th	Lao PDR	-0.66	24.8%
149th	Philippines	-0.67	-2.3%
150th	Ukraine	-0.68	4.4%
151st	Mauritania	-0.69	-13.8%
152nd	Gabon	-0.71	-4.2%
153rd	São Tomé and Principe	-0.73	-2.9%
154th	Papua New Guinea	-0.75	-5.9%
155th	Belize	-0.80	3.2%
156th	Mexico	-0.81	-25.8%
157th	Algeria	-0.83	-4.4%
158th	Sierra Leone	-0.84	-5.7%
159th	El Salvador	-0.87	-11.5%
160th	Nigeria	-0.87	-3.4%
161st	Madagascar	-0.89	-0.7%
162nd	Russian Federation	-0.89	-10.1%
163rd	Cambodia	-0.92	4.7%
164th	Mali	-0.92	3.1%
165th	Uzbekistan	-0.92	17.6%
166th	Liberia	-0.94	8.9%
167th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.97	-9.0%
168th	Angola	-0.98	-3.4%
169th	Timor-Leste	-1.03	14.5%
170th	Djibouti	-1.03	1.3%
171st	Mozambique	-1.06	2.0%
172nd	Honduras	-1.09	-7.7%
173rd	Lebanon	-1.09	-20.5%
174th	Kyrgyz Republic	-1.10	-14.2%
175th	Congo, Republic of	-1.10	1.8%
176th	Guatemala	-1.11	-0.9%
177th	Cameroon	-1.12	4.4%
178th	Belarus	-1.12	-3.3%
179th	Guinea	-1.16	11.1%
180th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-1.18	3.4%
181st	Equatorial Guinea	-1.20	-3.8%
182nd	Tajikistan	-1.21	3.5%
183rd	Sudan	-1.22	-12.3%
184th	Comoros	-1.26	1.5%
185th	Haiti	-1.26	-22.5%
186th	Zimbabwe	-1.28	4.1%
187th	Burundi	-1.31	2.1%
188th	Chad	-1.34	-0.8%
189th	Nicaragua	-1.37	-14.0%
190th	Turkmenistan	-1.46	-4.2%
191st	Guinea-Bissau	-1.46	-4.4%
192nd	Myanmar	-1.47	-22.8%
193rd	Eritrea	-1.58	-6.3%
194th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.64	-1.7%
195th	Central African Republic	-1.69	3.7%
196th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.72	5.5%
197th	Iraq	-1.75	2.8%
198th	Libya	-1.80	4.2%
199th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.80	-1.8%
200th	Afghanistan	-1.88	-2.5%
201st	South Sudan	-2.07	-5.0%
202nd	Syrian Arab Republic	-2.08	0.3%
203rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.28	1.3%

FAQ

What was Papua New Guinea's rule of law in 2021?▾

Papua New Guinea's rule of law in 2021 was -0.75. This ranked 154th globally.

How did Papua New Guinea's rule of law change in 2021?▾

Papua New Guinea's rule of law decreased by 5.9% in 2021 compared to 2020.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2021?▾

Finland had the highest rule of law in 2021 at 2.01.

What is the rule of law of Papua New Guinea in 2021?▾

The rule of law of Papua New Guinea in 2021 was -0.75. This ranked 154th globally.

How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Papua New Guinea's rule of law?▾

Papua New Guinea's rule of law went from -0.71 in 2020 to -0.75 in 2021, a 5.9% decrease.

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