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São Tomé and Principe - Rule of Law 2004

Name: São Tomé and Principe Rule of Law 2004
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

-0.23 −0.01 from 2003 Global rank: 110th

São Tomé and Principe's rule of law was -0.23 in 2004, decreased +0.01 from -0.22 in 2003. This was the 110th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2004▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2004
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Norway	1.96	4.3%
2nd	Finland	1.94	-1.0%
3rd	Denmark	1.93	0.5%
4th	Iceland	1.91	-0.7%
5th	Switzerland	1.89	-0.7%
6th	Sweden	1.87	-0.7%
7th	New Zealand	1.85	0.0%
8th	Luxembourg	1.84	1.0%
9th	Austria	1.82	-1.7%
10th	Australia	1.80	-2.6%
11th	Netherlands	1.74	1.7%
12th	Canada	1.69	-0.6%
13th	Singapore	1.64	6.6%
14th	Germany	1.62	-1.1%
15th	United Kingdom	1.61	-3.6%
16th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.57	2.0%
17th	Ireland	1.51	1.9%
18th	France	1.43	6.9%
19th	Barbados	1.42	-6.3%
20th	United States	1.42	-8.8%
21st	Bahamas, The	1.38	-2.6%
22nd	Macao SAR, China	1.37	11.6%
23rd	Malta	1.31	-14.7%
24th	Belgium	1.31	-1.5%
25th	Japan	1.25	7.3%
26th	Portugal	1.23	-3.4%
27th	Andorra	1.19	13.1%
28th	Virgin Islands (US)	1.19	-
29th	Chile	1.17	-1.0%
30th	Cayman Islands	1.14	-6.9%
31st	Spain	1.13	-9.5%
32nd	Bermuda	1.09	-11.1%
33rd	Liechtenstein	1.08	-15.0%
34th	Micronesia, Federated States of	1.01	21.5%
35th	Guam	0.99	-
36th	Samoa	0.99	-22.1%
37th	Aruba	0.92	-
38th	Slovenia	0.91	7.6%
39th	Korea	0.91	13.7%
40th	Cyprus	0.91	-3.2%
41st	Antigua and Barbuda	0.91	-12.5%
42nd	Mauritius	0.90	-2.7%
43rd	Greece	0.90	13.9%
44th	Estonia	0.88	14.6%
45th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.87	4.0%
46th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.87	4.0%
47th	Israel	0.85	-6.9%
48th	Hungary	0.85	5.1%
49th	American Samoa	0.84	-
50th	Monaco	0.83	-0.8%
51st	Marshall Islands	0.83	-0.8%
52nd	Nauru	0.83	-0.8%
53rd	Palau	0.83	-0.8%
54th	San Marino	0.83	-0.8%
55th	St. Lucia	0.80	-3.5%
56th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.79	12.2%
57th	Tuvalu	0.76	-8.4%
58th	Czechia	0.76	-13.2%
59th	Dominica	0.72	-10.5%
60th	Bahrain	0.70	17.3%
61st	Kiribati	0.60	-27.5%
62nd	Italy	0.59	-14.3%
63rd	Botswana	0.56	-16.1%
64th	Lithuania	0.56	15.6%
65th	Latvia	0.54	-7.4%
66th	Oman	0.51	9.6%
67th	Seychelles	0.51	-33.2%
68th	Kuwait	0.51	-7.5%
69th	Costa Rica	0.50	-4.5%
70th	Slovak Republic	0.46	39.9%
71st	Vanuatu	0.46	-49.4%
72nd	Malaysia	0.46	-1.5%
73rd	Uruguay	0.46	-30.5%
74th	United Arab Emirates	0.43	-20.5%
75th	Poland	0.42	-18.4%
76th	Brunei Darussalam	0.37	-34.3%
77th	Cabo Verde	0.34	33.3%
78th	Qatar	0.34	-20.1%
79th	Jordan	0.30	-8.4%
80th	Grenada	0.28	-16.9%
81st	Bhutan	0.22	64.3%
82nd	Sri Lanka	0.21	-13.8%
83rd	Mongolia	0.18	-40.1%
84th	Türkiye	0.08	-17.8%
85th	Fiji	0.07	585.6%
86th	Thailand	0.06	-59.4%
87th	India	0.05	-55.6%
88th	Tunisia	0.05	124.5%
89th	Croatia	0.04	189.6%
90th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.04	-84.6%
91st	Senegal	0.02	138.8%
92nd	Tonga	0.01	108.1%
93rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.01	665.6%
94th	Saudi Arabia	0.01	-88.9%
95th	South Africa	0.00	-88.0%
96th	Namibia	-0.02	-107.8%
97th	Morocco	-0.05	56.6%
98th	Belize	-0.05	-127.8%
99th	Panama	-0.11	23.4%
100th	Bulgaria	-0.12	31.3%
101st	Lesotho	-0.13	-248.7%
102nd	Ghana	-0.13	-1,706.6%
103rd	Malawi	-0.13	27.7%
104th	Suriname	-0.18	-240.0%
105th	Romania	-0.19	11.1%
106th	North Macedonia	-0.19	62.0%
107th	Mali	-0.19	-745.3%
108th	Lebanon	-0.20	41.8%
109th	Montenegro	-0.22	-23.0%
110th	São Tomé and Principe	-0.23	-6.1%
111th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.27	-151.2%
112th	Madagascar	-0.27	-11.3%
113th	Maldives	-0.30	-475.6%
114th	Moldova	-0.37	32.0%
115th	Gambia, The	-0.39	-338.9%
116th	Tanzania	-0.39	-26.2%
117th	Brazil	-0.40	-9.0%
118th	Mexico	-0.41	-8.5%
119th	Jamaica	-0.41	17.7%
120th	Syrian Arab Republic	-0.48	1.4%
121st	Benin	-0.48	-12.0%
122nd	Zambia	-0.48	-25.6%
123rd	Armenia	-0.48	-59.1%
124th	Gabon	-0.48	-19.1%
125th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.49	20.5%
126th	El Salvador	-0.49	5.0%
127th	Burkina Faso	-0.54	14.2%
128th	Peru	-0.55	7.3%
129th	China	-0.59	-5.9%
130th	Timor-Leste	-0.59	-37.8%
131st	Viet Nam	-0.60	5.1%
132nd	Algeria	-0.62	-1.8%
133rd	Guyana	-0.62	-7.6%
134th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.63	-33.5%
135th	Philippines	-0.63	-14.3%
136th	Niger	-0.65	-24.3%
137th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.67	1.0%
138th	Mozambique	-0.68	3.1%
139th	Dominican Republic	-0.68	-6.3%
140th	Uganda	-0.69	-28.4%
141st	Colombia	-0.70	5.9%
142nd	Albania	-0.70	2.1%
143rd	Indonesia	-0.73	14.7%
144th	Serbia	-0.74	18.4%
145th	Georgia	-0.75	17.8%
146th	Nepal	-0.75	-23.3%
147th	Mauritania	-0.76	-22.9%
148th	Papua New Guinea	-0.76	19.3%
149th	Ecuador	-0.76	2.0%
150th	Argentina	-0.77	1.3%
151st	Djibouti	-0.77	12.1%
152nd	Ukraine	-0.78	5.8%
153rd	Nicaragua	-0.79	-40.7%
154th	Solomon Islands	-0.79	-475.6%
155th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.79	-4.3%
156th	Kosovo	-0.80	4.6%
157th	Eswatini	-0.80	-30.4%
158th	Honduras	-0.85	9.2%
159th	Rwanda	-0.85	11.1%
160th	Kenya	-0.86	6.4%
161st	Azerbaijan	-0.90	-1.8%
162nd	Libya	-0.91	-0.3%
163rd	Russian Federation	-0.92	4.4%
164th	Eritrea	-0.93	-14.1%
165th	Paraguay	-0.98	6.7%
166th	Pakistan	-0.99	-8.0%
167th	Comoros	-1.02	-35.3%
168th	Guatemala	-1.06	3.5%
169th	Togo	-1.10	-15.4%
170th	Cuba	-1.11	9.5%
171st	Bangladesh	-1.12	2.6%
172nd	Kazakhstan	-1.13	-2.7%
173rd	Sierra Leone	-1.15	3.7%
174th	Cameroon	-1.17	-0.9%
175th	Tajikistan	-1.18	-10.9%
176th	Belarus	-1.19	-10.8%
177th	Congo, Republic of	-1.19	6.1%
178th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.20	2.5%
179th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.20	2.3%
180th	Cambodia	-1.21	-5.1%
181st	Yemen, Republic of	-1.23	2.1%
182nd	Lao PDR	-1.26	8.7%
183rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.28	-9.3%
184th	Guinea	-1.30	-12.8%
185th	Chad	-1.33	12.2%
186th	Uzbekistan	-1.34	-7.2%
187th	Côte d'Ivoire	-1.42	-4.9%
188th	Nigeria	-1.44	4.8%
189th	Burundi	-1.48	0.3%
190th	Angola	-1.52	-2.6%
191st	Sudan	-1.53	1.6%
192nd	Central African Republic	-1.56	-9.0%
193rd	Liberia	-1.56	-1.9%
194th	Turkmenistan	-1.63	-23.4%
195th	Zimbabwe	-1.69	-5.1%
196th	Afghanistan	-1.69	-8.7%
197th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.72	7.1%
198th	Haiti	-1.73	0.5%
199th	Myanmar	-1.74	-1.9%
200th	Iraq	-1.82	-10.9%
201st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.29	-11.7%

FAQ

What was São Tomé and Principe's rule of law in 2004?▾

São Tomé and Principe's rule of law in 2004 was -0.23. This ranked 110th globally.

How did São Tomé and Principe's rule of law change in 2004?▾

São Tomé and Principe's rule of law decreased by 6.1% in 2004 compared to 2003.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2004?▾

Norway had the highest rule of law in 2004 at 1.96.

What is the rule of law of São Tomé and Principe in 2004?▾

The rule of law of São Tomé and Principe in 2004 was -0.23. This ranked 110th globally.

How does 2004 compare to 2003 for São Tomé and Principe's rule of law?▾

São Tomé and Principe's rule of law went from -0.22 in 2003 to -0.23 in 2004, a 6.1% decrease.

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