Saudi Arabia - Rule of Law 2023
0.41
+0.12 from 2022
Saudi Arabia's rule of law was 0.41 in 2023, increased +0.12 from 0.29 in 2022. This was the 74th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 1.97 | 0.5% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 1.91 | 0.5% |
| 3rd | Norway | 1.83 | 4.2% |
| 4th | Switzerland | 1.76 | 0.6% |
| 5th | Singapore | 1.75 | -1.4% |
| 6th | Luxembourg | 1.75 | -0.9% |
| 7th | Austria | 1.75 | 2.5% |
| 8th | Iceland | 1.72 | 1.1% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 1.71 | -0.4% |
| 10th | New Zealand | 1.71 | -1.4% |
| 11th | Greenland | 1.68 | -0.3% |
| 12th | Netherlands | 1.64 | -0.9% |
| 13th | Ireland | 1.63 | 7.0% |
| 14th | Sweden | 1.60 | -5.0% |
| 15th | Germany | 1.55 | 1.3% |
| 16th | Japan | 1.54 | -1.4% |
| 17th | Australia | 1.52 | 1.0% |
| 18th | Andorra | 1.48 | -0.6% |
| 19th | Monaco | 1.48 | -0.6% |
| 20th | San Marino | 1.48 | -15.6% |
| 21st | Canada | 1.47 | -5.9% |
| 22nd | Estonia | 1.43 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | United Kingdom | 1.40 | -1.1% |
| 24th | United States | 1.33 | -3.0% |
| 25th | Belgium | 1.30 | -3.9% |
| 26th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.29 | 1.2% |
| 27th | Aruba | 1.27 | -0.6% |
| 28th | Lithuania | 1.27 | 19.5% |
| 29th | Korea | 1.25 | 7.8% |
| 30th | American Samoa | 1.21 | -0.7% |
| 31st | France | 1.18 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Czechia | 1.14 | 3.8% |
| 33rd | Portugal | 1.07 | -4.0% |
| 34th | Latvia | 1.04 | 12.9% |
| 35th | Slovenia | 1.04 | 7.0% |
| 36th | Tuvalu | 1.01 | 23.7% |
| 37th | Guam | 0.95 | -22.4% |
| 38th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.95 | -0.9% |
| 39th | Palau | 0.94 | -1.8% |
| 40th | Qatar | 0.93 | 1.7% |
| 41st | Samoa | 0.90 | -5.0% |
| 42nd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.89 | -5.0% |
| 43rd | United Arab Emirates | 0.88 | 5.5% |
| 44th | Spain | 0.82 | 3.0% |
| 45th | Mauritius | 0.81 | 1.1% |
| 46th | Israel | 0.78 | -17.0% |
| 47th | Macao SAR, China | 0.78 | -1.0% |
| 48th | Cayman Islands | 0.72 | 0.1% |
| 49th | Uruguay | 0.72 | -6.5% |
| 50th | Malta | 0.70 | -10.6% |
| 51st | Bermuda | 0.68 | -1.3% |
| 52nd | Marshall Islands | 0.68 | -7.2% |
| 53rd | Bhutan | 0.67 | -0.9% |
| 54th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.64 | -6.6% |
| 55th | Cyprus | 0.63 | 10.2% |
| 56th | Chile | 0.63 | -9.2% |
| 57th | Dominica | 0.62 | -14.9% |
| 58th | Oman | 0.61 | 22.8% |
| 59th | St. Lucia | 0.61 | -8.6% |
| 60th | Grenada | 0.60 | 8.9% |
| 61st | Slovak Republic | 0.60 | -2.8% |
| 62nd | Kiribati | 0.59 | -6.1% |
| 63rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.57 | -11.3% |
| 64th | Malaysia | 0.57 | 1.9% |
| 65th | Tonga | 0.55 | -7.9% |
| 66th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.49 | -7.1% |
| 67th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.48 | -4.4% |
| 68th | Bahrain | 0.47 | 6.9% |
| 69th | Poland | 0.46 | 7.1% |
| 70th | Namibia | 0.45 | 7.4% |
| 71st | Romania | 0.44 | 8.4% |
| 72nd | Seychelles | 0.43 | -6.2% |
| 73rd | Hungary | 0.43 | 1.2% |
| 74th | Saudi Arabia | 0.41 | 43.0% |
| 75th | Barbados | 0.41 | 15.2% |
| 76th | Cabo Verde | 0.40 | 0.4% |
| 77th | Botswana | 0.39 | -15.0% |
| 78th | Italy | 0.39 | 31.4% |
| 79th | Costa Rica | 0.39 | -10.7% |
| 80th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.38 | -3.1% |
| 81st | Croatia | 0.36 | -2.0% |
| 82nd | Kuwait | 0.34 | 22.6% |
| 83rd | Fiji | 0.30 | -6.3% |
| 84th | Jordan | 0.26 | 18.6% |
| 85th | Thailand | 0.24 | 272.4% |
| 86th | Greece | 0.21 | -34.4% |
| 87th | Rwanda | 0.21 | 38.9% |
| 88th | India | 0.19 | 65.3% |
| 89th | Bahamas, The | 0.18 | 33.5% |
| 90th | Georgia | 0.18 | 4.6% |
| 91st | Vanuatu | 0.14 | -56.1% |
| 92nd | South Africa | 0.09 | 111.5% |
| 93rd | Bulgaria | -0.01 | 93.6% |
| 94th | Nauru | -0.02 | 21.3% |
| 95th | China | -0.04 | 4.9% |
| 96th | Montenegro | -0.04 | 66.6% |
| 97th | Suriname | -0.06 | 51.5% |
| 98th | Serbia | -0.07 | 34.6% |
| 99th | Maldives | -0.08 | -277.6% |
| 100th | Viet Nam | -0.09 | 46.1% |
| 101st | Sri Lanka | -0.09 | -56.3% |
| 102nd | Ghana | -0.10 | -25.3% |
| 103rd | Armenia | -0.12 | 28.0% |
| 104th | Morocco | -0.13 | 38.3% |
| 105th | Dominican Republic | -0.13 | -37.7% |
| 106th | Tunisia | -0.14 | -23.3% |
| 107th | Moldova | -0.15 | 46.7% |
| 108th | Indonesia | -0.15 | 18.4% |
| 109th | Malawi | -0.16 | 29.9% |
| 110th | Albania | -0.16 | 0.9% |
| 111th | North Macedonia | -0.17 | -73.4% |
| 112th | Jamaica | -0.17 | -146.0% |
| 113th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.18 | 30.7% |
| 114th | Mongolia | -0.18 | 1.8% |
| 115th | Solomon Islands | -0.26 | -9.2% |
| 116th | Senegal | -0.27 | -1.8% |
| 117th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.28 | -68.2% |
| 118th | Brazil | -0.31 | -19.7% |
| 119th | Kosovo | -0.31 | 14.7% |
| 120th | Kenya | -0.33 | -2.6% |
| 121st | Guyana | -0.34 | -9.2% |
| 122nd | Panama | -0.35 | 3.9% |
| 123rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.35 | -14.6% |
| 124th | El Salvador | -0.37 | 50.2% |
| 125th | Tanzania | -0.37 | 19.2% |
| 126th | Gambia, The | -0.37 | 17.8% |
| 127th | Argentina | -0.41 | 14.8% |
| 128th | Philippines | -0.42 | 19.3% |
| 129th | Kazakhstan | -0.45 | 5.9% |
| 130th | Cuba | -0.45 | 1.8% |
| 131st | Colombia | -0.46 | -7.1% |
| 132nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.46 | 2.7% |
| 133rd | Nepal | -0.46 | -3.2% |
| 134th | Uganda | -0.47 | -27.0% |
| 135th | Lesotho | -0.48 | -1.4% |
| 136th | Bangladesh | -0.50 | 16.5% |
| 137th | Benin | -0.51 | 15.2% |
| 138th | Türkiye | -0.51 | -11.4% |
| 139th | Togo | -0.53 | 4.2% |
| 140th | Zambia | -0.53 | -2.3% |
| 141st | Peru | -0.54 | 2.7% |
| 142nd | Papua New Guinea | -0.54 | 12.4% |
| 143rd | Azerbaijan | -0.57 | 9.4% |
| 144th | Paraguay | -0.58 | 1.6% |
| 145th | Eswatini | -0.60 | 7.4% |
| 146th | Belize | -0.64 | 11.7% |
| 147th | Mauritania | -0.64 | 1.1% |
| 148th | Algeria | -0.68 | 18.6% |
| 149th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.68 | -23.0% |
| 150th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.69 | -9.5% |
| 151st | Niger | -0.71 | -42.2% |
| 152nd | Burkina Faso | -0.74 | -21.2% |
| 153rd | Mexico | -0.81 | 7.2% |
| 154th | Cambodia | -0.82 | 5.4% |
| 155th | Uzbekistan | -0.83 | 2.3% |
| 156th | Lao PDR | -0.83 | -3.5% |
| 157th | Sierra Leone | -0.83 | -0.2% |
| 158th | Timor-Leste | -0.83 | 5.3% |
| 159th | Pakistan | -0.86 | -27.9% |
| 160th | Gabon | -0.87 | -5.9% |
| 161st | Nigeria | -0.89 | 2.9% |
| 162nd | Ukraine | -0.89 | 3.2% |
| 163rd | Ecuador | -0.96 | -54.3% |
| 164th | Madagascar | -0.97 | -2.6% |
| 165th | Mali | -0.98 | 0.5% |
| 166th | Congo, Republic of | -1.02 | 6.4% |
| 167th | Mozambique | -1.03 | -0.2% |
| 168th | Liberia | -1.03 | -12.6% |
| 169th | Cameroon | -1.04 | 0.1% |
| 170th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.06 | -4.3% |
| 171st | Guatemala | -1.08 | 4.6% |
| 172nd | Honduras | -1.10 | -7.6% |
| 173rd | Angola | -1.10 | -7.5% |
| 174th | Guinea | -1.11 | -1.5% |
| 175th | Djibouti | -1.13 | -2.0% |
| 176th | Lebanon | -1.17 | -5.6% |
| 177th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.17 | -2.3% |
| 178th | Russian Federation | -1.19 | 0.7% |
| 179th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.22 | 6.3% |
| 180th | Belarus | -1.25 | -2.5% |
| 181st | Burundi | -1.25 | 2.0% |
| 182nd | Zimbabwe | -1.28 | -3.2% |
| 183rd | Tajikistan | -1.28 | -1.7% |
| 184th | Nicaragua | -1.28 | 2.5% |
| 185th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.34 | 4.9% |
| 186th | Comoros | -1.34 | -2.0% |
| 187th | Chad | -1.35 | 1.4% |
| 188th | Haiti | -1.36 | 1.0% |
| 189th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.44 | 1.2% |
| 190th | Turkmenistan | -1.49 | 0.4% |
| 191st | Myanmar | -1.62 | -5.8% |
| 192nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.64 | 1.2% |
| 193rd | Afghanistan | -1.65 | 0.6% |
| 194th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.67 | 0.1% |
| 195th | Sudan | -1.67 | -32.9% |
| 196th | Iraq | -1.69 | 3.2% |
| 197th | Central African Republic | -1.76 | -3.5% |
| 198th | Eritrea | -1.76 | 0.6% |
| 199th | Libya | -1.77 | 1.8% |
| 200th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.84 | 0.7% |
| 201st | Syrian Arab Republic | -2.04 | 1.6% |
| 202nd | South Sudan | -2.14 | -4.0% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.21 | 3.3% |
FAQ
What was Saudi Arabia's rule of law in 2023?▾
Saudi Arabia's rule of law in 2023 was 0.41. This ranked 74th globally.
How did Saudi Arabia's rule of law change in 2023?▾
Saudi Arabia's rule of law increased by 43.0% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2023?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2023 at 1.97.
What is the rule of law of Saudi Arabia in 2023?▾
The rule of law of Saudi Arabia in 2023 was 0.41. This ranked 74th globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Saudi Arabia's rule of law?▾
Saudi Arabia's rule of law went from 0.29 in 2022 to 0.41 in 2023, a 43.0% increase.
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