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Russian Federation - Rule of Law 2016

Name: Russian Federation Rule of Law 2016
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

-0.85 −0.03 from 2015 Global rank: 164th

Russian Federation's rule of law was -0.85 in 2016, decreased +0.03 from -0.82 in 2015. This was the 164th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2016▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2016
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	2.01	-2.2%
2nd	Norway	1.99	1.0%
3rd	Sweden	1.95	-1.9%
4th	New Zealand	1.91	-2.6%
5th	Switzerland	1.91	-0.2%
6th	Denmark	1.88	-6.6%
7th	Netherlands	1.85	-3.2%
8th	Canada	1.80	-0.3%
9th	Singapore	1.79	0.4%
10th	Austria	1.76	-2.9%
11th	Luxembourg	1.72	-6.4%
12th	Australia	1.72	-4.1%
13th	Greenland	1.69	1.1%
14th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.68	-5.9%
15th	Liechtenstein	1.65	0.0%
16th	United Kingdom	1.64	-7.4%
17th	Germany	1.58	-10.0%
18th	United States	1.58	1.1%
19th	Andorra	1.51	0.0%
20th	Monaco	1.51	0.0%
21st	San Marino	1.51	0.0%
22nd	Iceland	1.48	-9.2%
23rd	Ireland	1.47	-15.2%
24th	Belgium	1.39	-4.3%
25th	Japan	1.38	-6.8%
26th	France	1.35	-1.1%
27th	American Samoa	1.28	-0.5%
28th	Aruba	1.23	0.0%
29th	Estonia	1.19	-8.3%
30th	Korea	1.13	24.8%
31st	Slovenia	1.05	11.1%
32nd	Guam	1.05	-18.7%
33rd	Portugal	1.04	-5.3%
34th	Israel	1.04	-8.1%
35th	Lithuania	1.00	1.9%
36th	Czechia	0.99	-10.7%
37th	Malta	0.97	-12.5%
38th	Spain	0.97	8.9%
39th	Chile	0.96	-21.3%
40th	Palau	0.93	1.6%
41st	Latvia	0.93	21.0%
42nd	Samoa	0.87	17.1%
43rd	Macao SAR, China	0.82	-7.9%
44th	United Arab Emirates	0.82	33.4%
45th	Bermuda	0.81	-2.2%
46th	Qatar	0.77	3.0%
47th	Cayman Islands	0.76	-2.5%
48th	Barbados	0.76	-28.2%
49th	Cyprus	0.69	-31.4%
50th	Mauritius	0.69	-18.4%
51st	Dominica	0.65	-7.4%
52nd	Puerto Rico (US)	0.63	-12.2%
53rd	Grenada	0.62	254.7%
54th	Uruguay	0.62	-16.0%
55th	Slovak Republic	0.60	28.0%
56th	Poland	0.59	-26.1%
57th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.58	-30.4%
58th	Tuvalu	0.56	28.7%
59th	St. Lucia	0.55	-21.4%
60th	Brunei Darussalam	0.54	39.8%
61st	Bhutan	0.51	-4.5%
62nd	Antigua and Barbuda	0.47	-14.5%
63rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.46	-5.2%
64th	Namibia	0.46	92.3%
65th	Romania	0.45	120.8%
66th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.43	-29.8%
67th	Costa Rica	0.43	-12.5%
68th	Bahrain	0.43	7.6%
69th	Hungary	0.41	8.3%
70th	Vanuatu	0.40	223.9%
71st	Malaysia	0.39	-3.6%
72nd	Oman	0.38	8.7%
73rd	Botswana	0.38	-21.4%
74th	Italy	0.37	27.1%
75th	Croatia	0.34	166.7%
76th	Georgia	0.34	50.7%
77th	Saudi Arabia	0.32	223.7%
78th	Tonga	0.30	238.5%
79th	Kiribati	0.30	295.3%
80th	Seychelles	0.29	-15.2%
81st	Cabo Verde	0.28	-49.8%
82nd	Jordan	0.25	-40.7%
83rd	Bahamas, The	0.23	-59.0%
84th	Marshall Islands	0.12	5,246.2%
85th	Greece	0.11	-55.5%
86th	Sri Lanka	0.11	231.7%
87th	Rwanda	0.10	148.0%
88th	Viet Nam	0.07	118.4%
89th	South Africa	0.04	176.1%
90th	Panama	0.03	123.9%
91st	Ghana	0.03	-73.0%
92nd	Tunisia	0.02	146.5%
93rd	Kuwait	0.01	141.4%
94th	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.00	99.1%
95th	Thailand	-0.03	85.0%
96th	India	-0.06	20.6%
97th	Fiji	-0.09	75.2%
98th	Senegal	-0.12	22.3%
99th	Serbia	-0.13	-67.6%
100th	Montenegro	-0.14	-195.8%
101st	Bulgaria	-0.14	11.9%
102nd	Armenia	-0.16	65.2%
103rd	Jamaica	-0.17	9.6%
104th	Suriname	-0.17	19.1%
105th	Lesotho	-0.19	4.1%
106th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.19	27.0%
107th	Brazil	-0.20	-7.5%
108th	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.21	-34.8%
109th	Mongolia	-0.23	42.0%
110th	Colombia	-0.27	-7.6%
111th	Uganda	-0.27	34.7%
112th	Morocco	-0.27	-50.4%
113th	Solomon Islands	-0.30	38.7%
114th	Zambia	-0.31	-28.6%
115th	Guyana	-0.31	42.1%
116th	Argentina	-0.32	57.2%
117th	Albania	-0.32	-0.9%
118th	China	-0.32	20.7%
119th	Maldives	-0.32	42.1%
120th	Indonesia	-0.34	20.2%
121st	Türkiye	-0.34	-47.0%
122nd	North Macedonia	-0.34	-44.8%
123rd	Kosovo	-0.36	25.2%
124th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.36	31.3%
125th	Eswatini	-0.38	-19.0%
126th	Dominican Republic	-0.39	25.6%
127th	Malawi	-0.40	-20.0%
128th	Tanzania	-0.40	-0.2%
129th	Philippines	-0.43	-3.4%
130th	Burkina Faso	-0.46	15.9%
131st	Kenya	-0.46	9.9%
132nd	Cuba	-0.46	36.1%
133rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.48	20.7%
134th	Peru	-0.50	0.7%
135th	Kazakhstan	-0.51	0.4%
136th	Moldova	-0.53	-37.9%
137th	Azerbaijan	-0.54	24.7%
138th	Nauru	-0.55	8.6%
139th	Mexico	-0.58	-27.5%
140th	Gabon	-0.61	-8.4%
141st	Benin	-0.63	-12.9%
142nd	Ecuador	-0.65	32.1%
143rd	Togo	-0.65	20.3%
144th	Nicaragua	-0.66	13.0%
145th	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.66	-1.8%
146th	Bangladesh	-0.67	13.0%
147th	Niger	-0.69	-15.5%
148th	São Tomé and Principe	-0.69	11.2%
149th	Paraguay	-0.69	-7.0%
150th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.70	26.0%
151st	Mauritania	-0.75	16.3%
152nd	El Salvador	-0.76	-22.9%
153rd	Belarus	-0.77	12.7%
154th	Papua New Guinea	-0.78	10.2%
155th	Gambia, The	-0.80	-7.1%
156th	Mali	-0.80	-6.3%
157th	Sierra Leone	-0.80	8.8%
158th	Lebanon	-0.81	-0.4%
159th	Lao PDR	-0.81	0.9%
160th	Nepal	-0.81	-17.1%
161st	Pakistan	-0.82	-5.0%
162nd	Ukraine	-0.82	6.4%
163rd	Madagascar	-0.83	-18.0%
164th	Russian Federation	-0.85	-3.7%
165th	Myanmar	-0.90	28.3%
166th	Algeria	-0.92	2.7%
167th	Liberia	-0.97	-10.3%
168th	Belize	-0.97	-22.2%
169th	Djibouti	-1.00	-5.9%
170th	Angola	-1.00	2.6%
171st	Haiti	-1.01	15.3%
172nd	Guatemala	-1.03	-8.2%
173rd	Nigeria	-1.04	-5.6%
174th	Kyrgyz Republic	-1.05	-3.0%
175th	Comoros	-1.05	-22.9%
176th	Cameroon	-1.06	-6.1%
177th	Mozambique	-1.08	-23.7%
178th	Cambodia	-1.08	-8.5%
179th	Uzbekistan	-1.13	0.8%
180th	Honduras	-1.14	-20.6%
181st	Congo, Republic of	-1.15	-1.2%
182nd	Tajikistan	-1.17	-8.5%
183rd	Timor-Leste	-1.18	-3.7%
184th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-1.24	-6.6%
185th	Guinea	-1.24	-4.8%
186th	Sudan	-1.28	-3.9%
187th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.39	-4.2%
188th	Zimbabwe	-1.39	-3.9%
189th	Chad	-1.41	-16.2%
190th	Burundi	-1.48	-25.2%
191st	Turkmenistan	-1.49	-4.8%
192nd	Afghanistan	-1.52	-0.4%
193rd	Guinea-Bissau	-1.54	-17.2%
194th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.65	-3.0%
195th	Eritrea	-1.66	-9.0%
196th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.67	-29.8%
197th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.67	-1.1%
198th	Libya	-1.70	-11.5%
199th	Iraq	-1.77	-13.2%
200th	Central African Republic	-1.85	-8.1%
201st	South Sudan	-1.98	-4.3%
202nd	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.99	-38.8%
203rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.32	0.0%

FAQ

What was Russian Federation's rule of law in 2016?▾

Russian Federation's rule of law in 2016 was -0.85. This ranked 164th globally.

How did Russian Federation's rule of law change in 2016?▾

Russian Federation's rule of law decreased by 3.7% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2016?▾

Finland had the highest rule of law in 2016 at 2.01.

What is the rule of law of Russian Federation in 2016?▾

The rule of law of Russian Federation in 2016 was -0.85. This ranked 164th globally.

How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Russian Federation's rule of law?▾

Russian Federation's rule of law went from -0.82 in 2015 to -0.85 in 2016, a 3.7% decrease.

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