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Samoa - Rule of Law 2002

Name: Samoa Rule of Law 2002
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

1.26 +0.28 from 2001 Global rank: 26th

Samoa's rule of law was 1.26 in 2002. This was the 26th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2002▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2002
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Switzerland	1.92	-1.4%
2nd	Finland	1.90	-2.5%
3rd	Denmark	1.88	4.1%
4th	Luxembourg	1.87	3.0%
5th	Iceland	1.86	3.5%
6th	Austria	1.86	2.5%
7th	Norway	1.85	1.0%
8th	Sweden	1.84	2.3%
9th	New Zealand	1.79	-0.2%
10th	Australia	1.77	2.6%
11th	Netherlands	1.71	-2.1%
12th	Canada	1.66	-0.2%
13th	United Kingdom	1.65	-0.9%
14th	Germany	1.63	1.6%
15th	Ireland	1.60	3.6%
16th	United States	1.52	-3.1%
17th	Barbados	1.49	7.0%
18th	Liechtenstein	1.48	-0.8%
19th	Malta	1.47	8.1%
20th	Cayman Islands	1.47	-1.5%
21st	Bahamas, The	1.40	8.5%
22nd	Singapore	1.38	8.2%
23rd	Belgium	1.34	2.4%
24th	Portugal	1.31	8.9%
25th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.27	58.9%
26th	Samoa	1.26	28.7%
27th	Chile	1.26	-0.3%
28th	Spain	1.23	-12.7%
29th	Andorra	1.22	-4.8%
30th	France	1.21	-15.3%
31st	Bermuda	1.21	-1.8%
32nd	Japan	1.15	-10.9%
33rd	Israel	1.07	6.9%
34th	Antigua and Barbuda	1.03	0.0%
35th	Mauritius	1.00	5.9%
36th	Cyprus	0.99	-2.6%
37th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.95	-2.2%
38th	Korea	0.92	10.8%
39th	Vanuatu	0.90	-0.3%
40th	Slovenia	0.88	-8.7%
41st	Hungary	0.87	4.3%
42nd	Czechia	0.86	41.6%
43rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.83	-0.7%
44th	Kiribati	0.83	-0.7%
45th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.83	-0.7%
46th	St. Lucia	0.83	-0.7%
47th	Monaco	0.83	-0.7%
48th	Marshall Islands	0.83	-0.7%
49th	Nauru	0.83	-0.7%
50th	Palau	0.83	-0.7%
51st	San Marino	0.83	-0.7%
52nd	Tonga	0.83	-0.7%
53rd	Tuvalu	0.83	-0.7%
54th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.83	-0.7%
55th	Dominica	0.81	0.7%
56th	Estonia	0.79	33.1%
57th	Italy	0.74	-11.7%
58th	Greece	0.72	-15.9%
59th	United Arab Emirates	0.70	7.2%
60th	Macao SAR, China	0.69	263.6%
61st	Seychelles	0.68	-6.9%
62nd	Uruguay	0.67	21.1%
63rd	Poland	0.67	5.9%
64th	Kuwait	0.59	7.1%
65th	Botswana	0.56	-3.1%
66th	Costa Rica	0.55	3.3%
67th	Bahrain	0.55	94.6%
68th	Qatar	0.52	7.3%
69th	Brunei Darussalam	0.48	-7.2%
70th	Oman	0.45	-16.2%
71st	Trinidad and Tobago	0.44	5.2%
72nd	Lithuania	0.40	82.2%
73rd	Malaysia	0.39	101.2%
74th	Thailand	0.39	-33.2%
75th	Grenada	0.36	5.3%
76th	Sri Lanka	0.34	112.4%
77th	Latvia	0.31	108.3%
78th	Slovak Republic	0.29	-4.8%
79th	Namibia	0.28	132.3%
80th	Montenegro	0.27	-13.5%
81st	Cabo Verde	0.27	-58.1%
82nd	Mongolia	0.24	47,280.4%
83rd	Solomon Islands	0.14	-75.4%
84th	Senegal	0.09	11.6%
85th	Lesotho	0.08	-16.0%
86th	Bhutan	0.07	-46.8%
87th	Jordan	0.06	-82.8%
88th	South Africa	0.03	-81.6%
89th	Ghana	0.02	-70.5%
90th	Fiji	0.01	102.5%
91st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.01	77.8%
92nd	India	-0.02	-105.0%
93rd	Saudi Arabia	-0.02	89.2%
94th	Belize	-0.05	-146.3%
95th	Morocco	-0.05	-149.9%
96th	Bulgaria	-0.06	54.7%
97th	Kosovo	-0.06	-162.7%
98th	Maldives	-0.07	-127.3%
99th	Türkiye	-0.08	-15.8%
100th	Panama	-0.09	52.9%
101st	Suriname	-0.13	-232.9%
102nd	Croatia	-0.14	-384.8%
103rd	Tunisia	-0.17	40.5%
104th	Gambia, The	-0.18	-23.9%
105th	São Tomé and Principe	-0.20	-196.5%
106th	Madagascar	-0.21	-8.4%
107th	Gabon	-0.25	-36.3%
108th	Benin	-0.26	-43.6%
109th	Mali	-0.26	-9.1%
110th	Romania	-0.27	-46.1%
111th	Brazil	-0.27	-8.9%
112th	Lebanon	-0.28	-67.9%
113th	Tanzania	-0.34	-1.3%
114th	Jamaica	-0.34	28.6%
115th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.35	-261.0%
116th	Zambia	-0.35	34.5%
117th	Mexico	-0.35	18.1%
118th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.38	-2.7%
119th	Philippines	-0.39	0.5%
120th	Malawi	-0.39	25.9%
121st	Armenia	-0.44	12.5%
122nd	Mauritania	-0.49	-19.9%
123rd	China	-0.52	-0.2%
124th	Nepal	-0.52	-145.3%
125th	Guyana	-0.52	-22.3%
126th	Peru	-0.56	22.3%
127th	Syrian Arab Republic	-0.56	-10.7%
128th	El Salvador	-0.57	29.5%
129th	North Macedonia	-0.58	3.4%
130th	Moldova	-0.63	-33.6%
131st	Algeria	-0.64	48.9%
132nd	Niger	-0.65	15.5%
133rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.66	-8.9%
134th	Nicaragua	-0.68	21.5%
135th	Viet Nam	-0.68	-96.5%
136th	Uganda	-0.70	19.4%
137th	Dominican Republic	-0.71	-4.2%
138th	Mozambique	-0.73	8.7%
139th	Eritrea	-0.73	7.6%
140th	Comoros	-0.74	36.3%
141st	Papua New Guinea	-0.75	1.5%
142nd	Colombia	-0.75	19.0%
143rd	Ecuador	-0.76	-13.5%
144th	Argentina	-0.76	-255.0%
145th	Albania	-0.76	25.3%
146th	Eswatini	-0.78	-9.3%
147th	Burkina Faso	-0.80	-9.2%
148th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.82	-58.2%
149th	Togo	-0.83	-27.9%
150th	Timor-Leste	-0.84	-405.5%
151st	Ukraine	-0.84	22.8%
152nd	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.85	5.8%
153rd	Russian Federation	-0.87	19.3%
154th	Honduras	-0.88	11.9%
155th	Serbia	-0.90	29.3%
156th	Indonesia	-0.91	-30.7%
157th	Pakistan	-0.93	6.9%
158th	Djibouti	-0.94	-6.4%
159th	Central African Republic	-0.96	30.6%
160th	Azerbaijan	-0.96	15.8%
161st	Kenya	-0.97	-4.9%
162nd	Guatemala	-0.99	-11.9%
163rd	Bangladesh	-0.99	0.0%
164th	Rwanda	-1.07	21.9%
165th	Guinea	-1.08	22.2%
166th	Tajikistan	-1.08	21.6%
167th	Georgia	-1.08	-15.5%
168th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.11	16.1%
169th	Chad	-1.11	1.9%
170th	Paraguay	-1.12	-13.5%
171st	Libya	-1.14	-14.6%
172nd	Cambodia	-1.16	-7.3%
173rd	Cuba	-1.17	-11.8%
174th	Kazakhstan	-1.20	-4.5%
175th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.24	6.9%
176th	Belarus	-1.25	-13.6%
177th	Lao PDR	-1.25	-18.5%
178th	Cameroon	-1.27	-6.1%
179th	Congo, Republic of	-1.29	4.3%
180th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.32	-23.3%
181st	Sudan	-1.32	19.1%
182nd	Côte d'Ivoire	-1.33	-6.5%
183rd	Sierra Leone	-1.34	-4.3%
184th	Burundi	-1.40	10.9%
185th	Turkmenistan	-1.42	-4.0%
186th	Uzbekistan	-1.44	-19.9%
187th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.47	-1.1%
188th	Nigeria	-1.50	-28.9%
189th	Iraq	-1.51	-8.6%
190th	Zimbabwe	-1.60	-15.5%
191st	Liberia	-1.63	13.3%
192nd	Angola	-1.63	-2.0%
193rd	Afghanistan	-1.67	6.0%
194th	Haiti	-1.71	-17.8%
195th	Myanmar	-1.72	-20.1%
196th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.77	2.9%
197th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-1.94	11.6%

FAQ

What was Samoa's rule of law in 2002?▾

Samoa's rule of law in 2002 was 1.26. This ranked 26th globally.

How did Samoa's rule of law change in 2002?▾

Samoa's rule of law increased by 28.7% in 2002 compared to 2001.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2002?▾

Switzerland had the highest rule of law in 2002 at 1.92.

What is the rule of law of Samoa in 2002?▾

The rule of law of Samoa in 2002 was 1.26. This ranked 26th globally.

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