St. Kitts and Nevis - Rule of Law 2008
0.95
+0.06 from 2007
St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law was 0.95 in 2008, increased +0.06 from 0.89 in 2007. This was the 38th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 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 St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law in 2008?▾
St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law in 2008 was 0.95. This ranked 38th globally.
How did St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law change in 2008?▾
St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law increased by 6.6% 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 St. Kitts and Nevis in 2008?▾
The rule of law of St. Kitts and Nevis in 2008 was 0.95. This ranked 38th globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law?▾
St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law went from 0.89 in 2007 to 0.95 in 2008, a 6.6% increase.
Related
2007
2009
All years
Full ranking 2008
Political Stability
Government Effectiveness
Regulatory Quality
Control of Corruption
Voice and Accountability
Peak: 2009
Lowest: 2014
Rule of Law 1990s
Rule of Law 2000s
Rule of Law 2010s
Rule of Law 2020s
Highest ever
Lowest ever
Average
vs Antigua and Barbuda
vs Seychelles
vs Romania
vs French Polynesia
Global Ranking