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Spain - Rule of Law 2008

Name: Spain Rule of Law 2008
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1.18 +0.03 from 2007 Global rank: 29th

Spain's rule of law was 1.18 in 2008, increased +0.03 from 1.15 in 2007. This was the 29th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Norway	1.96	1.5%
2nd	Denmark	1.95	-2.1%
3rd	Sweden	1.92	1.4%
4th	Austria	1.91	-1.6%
5th	Finland	1.91	0.7%
6th	Iceland	1.85	1.4%
7th	New Zealand	1.85	1.3%
8th	Switzerland	1.80	-1.3%
9th	Canada	1.80	0.0%
10th	Luxembourg	1.79	2.4%
11th	Australia	1.76	0.9%
12th	Netherlands	1.75	-1.1%
13th	Germany	1.73	-1.2%
14th	Ireland	1.70	-1.4%
15th	United Kingdom	1.70	-1.4%
16th	United States	1.63	1.1%
17th	Malta	1.61	0.0%
18th	Singapore	1.59	-0.1%
19th	France	1.50	2.7%
20th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.48	-2.1%
21st	Liechtenstein	1.42	1.8%
22nd	Belgium	1.34	1.5%
23rd	Japan	1.31	-0.8%
24th	Barbados	1.30	-1.1%
25th	Chile	1.21	1.3%
26th	Cyprus	1.21	9.1%
27th	Andorra	1.19	1.6%
28th	Bahamas, The	1.19	-5.2%
29th	Spain	1.18	2.6%
30th	Estonia	1.16	3.0%
31st	American Samoa	1.12	2.5%
32nd	Cayman Islands	1.12	2.5%
33rd	Guam	1.12	2.5%
34th	Portugal	1.01	0.8%
35th	Slovenia	1.01	6.6%
36th	Tuvalu	0.98	-1.3%
37th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.97	38.8%
38th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.95	6.6%
39th	Mauritius	0.94	10.2%
40th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.94	5.0%
41st	Hungary	0.91	-3.0%
42nd	St. Lucia	0.91	7.5%
43rd	Monaco	0.90	2.9%
44th	San Marino	0.90	2.9%
45th	Czechia	0.90	2.4%
46th	Korea	0.86	-14.8%
47th	Greece	0.85	-0.7%
48th	Samoa	0.85	-10.5%
49th	Aruba	0.85	2.5%
50th	Bermuda	0.85	2.5%
51st	Virgin Islands (US)	0.85	2.5%
52nd	Israel	0.84	2.6%
53rd	Marshall Islands	0.79	-9.5%
54th	Latvia	0.78	8.6%
55th	Palau	0.77	-12.1%
56th	Dominica	0.69	-1.1%
57th	Lithuania	0.68	-0.3%
58th	Qatar	0.67	28.9%
59th	Uruguay	0.61	2.2%
60th	Botswana	0.61	12.0%
61st	Oman	0.59	46.0%
62nd	Kuwait	0.58	-2.1%
63rd	Cabo Verde	0.57	-6.5%
64th	Poland	0.55	34.6%
65th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.54	-6.7%
66th	Slovak Republic	0.53	23.2%
67th	Bahrain	0.53	0.8%
68th	Vanuatu	0.51	-13.7%
69th	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.51	-56.3%
70th	Brunei Darussalam	0.46	14.0%
71st	Macao SAR, China	0.46	47.9%
72nd	Costa Rica	0.45	28.0%
73rd	Italy	0.45	-4.2%
74th	Namibia	0.44	172.3%
75th	Bhutan	0.42	14.6%
76th	United Arab Emirates	0.42	51.8%
77th	Kiribati	0.40	-50.6%
78th	Jordan	0.40	9.6%
79th	Nauru	0.37	-27.4%
80th	Seychelles	0.36	15.3%
81st	Malaysia	0.25	-32.6%
82nd	Grenada	0.13	-33.2%
83rd	Tonga	0.11	-78.8%
84th	India	0.10	-1.1%
85th	Tunisia	0.08	-1.6%
86th	Saudi Arabia	0.07	1.1%
87th	Croatia	0.03	-35.0%
88th	Türkiye	0.02	163.8%
89th	South Africa	0.01	2,019.8%
90th	Sri Lanka	0.00	-100.6%
91st	Romania	-0.02	85.3%
92nd	Ghana	-0.06	-259.0%
93rd	Montenegro	-0.09	54.2%
94th	Malawi	-0.12	29.1%
95th	Bulgaria	-0.12	-109.9%
96th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.13	47.3%
97th	Belize	-0.13	-197.0%
98th	Thailand	-0.16	-16.2%
99th	Maldives	-0.17	-31.0%
100th	Panama	-0.20	-17.2%
101st	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.23	-48.6%
102nd	Suriname	-0.23	5.1%
103rd	Lesotho	-0.25	21.1%
104th	Georgia	-0.26	23.7%
105th	Senegal	-0.28	-16.9%
106th	Brazil	-0.29	29.7%
107th	Jamaica	-0.30	15.1%
108th	Mali	-0.32	-75.2%
109th	North Macedonia	-0.32	24.0%
110th	Mongolia	-0.33	1.7%
111th	Armenia	-0.34	32.0%
112th	Burkina Faso	-0.34	12.9%
113th	Uganda	-0.34	3.6%
114th	Tanzania	-0.36	6.2%
115th	Colombia	-0.38	12.0%
116th	Morocco	-0.39	-17.0%
117th	Zambia	-0.40	23.6%
118th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.41	13.3%
119th	Moldova	-0.42	16.3%
120th	Gambia, The	-0.43	-28.7%
121st	Madagascar	-0.46	-17.0%
122nd	Viet Nam	-0.46	5.3%
123rd	Rwanda	-0.47	18.5%
124th	China	-0.48	19.8%
125th	Serbia	-0.49	-5.9%
126th	São Tomé and Principe	-0.49	-8.2%
127th	Benin	-0.53	-3.4%
128th	Eswatini	-0.53	23.5%
129th	Philippines	-0.55	-18.8%
130th	Fiji	-0.57	7.5%
131st	Guyana	-0.58	-27.0%
132nd	Albania	-0.60	9.3%
133rd	Lebanon	-0.61	7.7%
134th	Mozambique	-0.62	-1.2%
135th	Gabon	-0.62	11.6%
136th	Kosovo	-0.63	17.2%
137th	Solomon Islands	-0.63	19.0%
138th	Djibouti	-0.66	14.8%
139th	Nepal	-0.67	-13.7%
140th	Indonesia	-0.67	3.6%
141st	Niger	-0.68	-11.1%
142nd	Dominican Republic	-0.68	-9.1%
143rd	Mexico	-0.69	-27.0%
144th	El Salvador	-0.69	4.0%
145th	Argentina	-0.70	-16.3%
146th	Ukraine	-0.70	5.8%
147th	Syrian Arab Republic	-0.72	13.5%
148th	Peru	-0.73	2.8%
149th	Bangladesh	-0.75	9.0%
150th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.76	-21.2%
151st	Algeria	-0.77	3.0%
152nd	Nicaragua	-0.81	-2.5%
153rd	Libya	-0.82	13.8%
154th	Cuba	-0.83	-19.9%
155th	Togo	-0.83	10.4%
156th	Azerbaijan	-0.84	5.0%
157th	Equatorial Guinea	-0.87	11.6%
158th	Lao PDR	-0.87	8.6%
159th	Paraguay	-0.91	5.6%
160th	Papua New Guinea	-0.92	-6.4%
161st	Kazakhstan	-0.93	10.2%
162nd	Sierra Leone	-0.94	5.0%
163rd	Honduras	-0.97	-4.6%
164th	Pakistan	-0.97	-9.6%
165th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.98	4.8%
166th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.98	-17.6%
167th	Yemen, Republic of	-0.98	-1.6%
168th	Kenya	-1.00	-3.0%
169th	Russian Federation	-1.01	-0.4%
170th	Burundi	-1.04	3.8%
171st	Nigeria	-1.04	2.1%
172nd	Timor-Leste	-1.05	12.7%
173rd	Belarus	-1.07	8.3%
174th	Comoros	-1.07	-2.9%
175th	Ecuador	-1.11	-7.0%
176th	Cameroon	-1.11	6.7%
177th	Liberia	-1.11	-22.0%
178th	Guatemala	-1.12	-0.1%
179th	Cambodia	-1.16	-0.9%
180th	Mauritania	-1.16	-65.2%
181st	Uzbekistan	-1.17	4.2%
182nd	Congo, Republic of	-1.19	2.4%
183rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.24	2.0%
184th	Haiti	-1.29	4.8%
185th	Tajikistan	-1.30	0.0%
186th	Eritrea	-1.31	-2.6%
187th	Angola	-1.38	-0.2%
188th	Kyrgyz Republic	-1.38	-4.6%
189th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.41	-6.1%
190th	Central African Republic	-1.43	9.0%
191st	Côte d'Ivoire	-1.44	2.3%
192nd	Sudan	-1.45	-1.4%
193rd	Turkmenistan	-1.46	6.8%
194th	Guinea	-1.54	-6.1%
195th	Myanmar	-1.54	0.5%
196th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.57	2.5%
197th	Chad	-1.63	-5.3%
198th	Iraq	-1.77	3.8%
199th	Zimbabwe	-1.79	0.9%
200th	Afghanistan	-1.90	-2.7%
201st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.59	-7.1%

FAQ

What was Spain's rule of law in 2008?▾

Spain's rule of law in 2008 was 1.18. This ranked 29th globally.

How did Spain's rule of law change in 2008?▾

Spain's rule of law increased by 2.6% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2008?▾

Norway had the highest rule of law in 2008 at 1.96.

What is the rule of law of Spain in 2008?▾

The rule of law of Spain in 2008 was 1.18. This ranked 29th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Spain's rule of law?▾

Spain's rule of law went from 1.15 in 2007 to 1.18 in 2008, a 2.6% increase.

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