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St. Kitts and Nevis - Rule of Law 2017

Name: St. Kitts and Nevis Rule of Law 2017
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

0.50 +0.04 from 2016 Global rank: 63rd

St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law was 0.50 in 2017, increased +0.04 from 0.46 in 2016. This was the 63rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	2.02	0.8%
2nd	Norway	1.98	-0.7%
3rd	Switzerland	1.89	-0.9%
4th	New Zealand	1.88	-1.5%
5th	Sweden	1.82	-6.8%
6th	Denmark	1.80	-4.2%
7th	Austria	1.80	2.2%
8th	Singapore	1.79	0.0%
9th	Canada	1.76	-2.1%
10th	Netherlands	1.76	-4.7%
11th	Luxembourg	1.70	-1.2%
12th	Greenland	1.69	0.0%
13th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.68	-0.2%
14th	Australia	1.65	-4.1%
15th	United Kingdom	1.65	0.3%
16th	Liechtenstein	1.63	-0.7%
17th	United States	1.61	1.8%
18th	Germany	1.57	-0.6%
19th	Iceland	1.57	5.9%
20th	Andorra	1.54	1.5%
21st	Monaco	1.54	1.5%
22nd	San Marino	1.54	1.5%
23rd	Japan	1.53	10.5%
24th	France	1.40	3.4%
25th	Ireland	1.38	-5.8%
26th	Belgium	1.32	-5.3%
27th	Aruba	1.30	5.6%
28th	American Samoa	1.30	1.3%
29th	Guam	1.30	23.9%
30th	Estonia	1.25	4.7%
31st	Korea	1.13	0.4%
32nd	Malta	1.11	14.9%
33rd	Portugal	1.10	5.8%
34th	Czechia	1.09	10.1%
35th	Spain	1.02	6.1%
36th	Slovenia	0.99	-5.5%
37th	Israel	0.99	-4.8%
38th	Chile	0.98	2.2%
39th	Lithuania	0.96	-3.5%
40th	Palau	0.96	2.5%
41st	Samoa	0.92	5.3%
42nd	Latvia	0.90	-2.9%
43rd	Cyprus	0.85	23.3%
44th	Bermuda	0.81	0.4%
45th	Macao SAR, China	0.81	-0.8%
46th	United Arab Emirates	0.77	-6.2%
47th	Cayman Islands	0.74	-2.6%
48th	Qatar	0.70	-9.1%
49th	Mauritius	0.67	-2.6%
50th	Dominica	0.65	0.2%
51st	Bhutan	0.63	22.6%
52nd	Barbados	0.63	-18.1%
53rd	Tuvalu	0.62	10.8%
54th	Brunei Darussalam	0.62	15.7%
55th	St. Lucia	0.60	9.0%
56th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.59	-5.6%
57th	Kiribati	0.59	94.9%
58th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.57	-0.6%
59th	Uruguay	0.56	-10.0%
60th	Hungary	0.54	29.9%
61st	Vanuatu	0.53	31.9%
62nd	Slovak Republic	0.51	-14.0%
63rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.50	7.7%
64th	Grenada	0.45	-26.8%
65th	Romania	0.44	-3.5%
66th	Costa Rica	0.43	-0.5%
67th	Bahrain	0.42	-2.5%
68th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.42	-3.3%
69th	Oman	0.41	6.3%
70th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.41	-13.9%
71st	Poland	0.40	-32.5%
72nd	Malaysia	0.39	0.1%
73rd	Botswana	0.36	-5.1%
74th	Cabo Verde	0.35	23.9%
75th	Italy	0.32	-12.9%
76th	Croatia	0.31	-9.1%
77th	Tonga	0.30	-0.7%
78th	Marshall Islands	0.28	134.8%
79th	Namibia	0.28	-39.5%
80th	Georgia	0.26	-21.7%
81st	Jordan	0.24	-4.1%
82nd	Seychelles	0.17	-41.0%
83rd	Bahamas, The	0.16	-30.3%
84th	Rwanda	0.11	18.2%
85th	Ghana	0.11	217.5%
86th	Tunisia	0.09	334.2%
87th	Kuwait	0.08	874.8%
88th	Saudi Arabia	0.08	-75.5%
89th	Greece	0.05	-55.3%
90th	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.05	2,022.6%
91st	Viet Nam	0.04	-38.2%
92nd	Sri Lanka	0.03	-74.4%
93rd	Thailand	0.01	149.1%
94th	Panama	0.01	-77.6%
95th	India	-0.03	47.0%
96th	Nauru	-0.07	87.9%
97th	Fiji	-0.08	9.5%
98th	Montenegro	-0.11	17.4%
99th	Bulgaria	-0.12	11.0%
100th	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.13	37.3%
101st	Jamaica	-0.13	22.5%
102nd	South Africa	-0.16	-458.7%
103rd	Senegal	-0.17	-38.5%
104th	Suriname	-0.17	1.6%
105th	Serbia	-0.18	-41.5%
106th	Solomon Islands	-0.19	36.1%
107th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.20	-4.6%
108th	Armenia	-0.21	-30.1%
109th	Argentina	-0.24	25.9%
110th	China	-0.26	21.2%
111th	Eswatini	-0.27	27.6%
112th	Morocco	-0.28	-2.1%
113th	Guyana	-0.30	4.5%
114th	Lesotho	-0.30	-61.3%
115th	Brazil	-0.31	-51.7%
116th	North Macedonia	-0.31	9.8%
117th	Mongolia	-0.32	-39.9%
118th	Türkiye	-0.32	7.1%
119th	Uganda	-0.32	-18.0%
120th	Zambia	-0.34	-8.8%
121st	Indonesia	-0.35	-3.7%
122nd	Colombia	-0.37	-37.8%
123rd	Malawi	-0.39	0.3%
124th	Albania	-0.41	-28.4%
125th	Burkina Faso	-0.41	8.9%
126th	Dominican Republic	-0.43	-8.6%
127th	Kenya	-0.43	5.5%
128th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.43	-20.1%
129th	Kosovo	-0.44	-21.7%
130th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.45	6.2%
131st	Cuba	-0.45	2.0%
132nd	Moldova	-0.45	14.6%
133rd	Gambia, The	-0.45	43.2%
134th	Tanzania	-0.47	-18.7%
135th	Kazakhstan	-0.49	5.0%
136th	Philippines	-0.50	-16.2%
137th	Peru	-0.52	-5.5%
138th	Maldives	-0.57	-76.7%
139th	Mexico	-0.58	-0.8%
140th	Azerbaijan	-0.58	-8.4%
141st	Mauritania	-0.62	17.2%
142nd	Benin	-0.65	-2.9%
143rd	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.65	1.8%
144th	Nicaragua	-0.66	-0.6%
145th	Paraguay	-0.67	3.1%
146th	Bangladesh	-0.68	-1.5%
147th	Nepal	-0.69	14.5%
148th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.70	-0.9%
149th	Niger	-0.70	-2.9%
150th	Ecuador	-0.72	-10.6%
151st	Gabon	-0.72	-18.3%
152nd	São Tomé and Principe	-0.73	-5.6%
153rd	Togo	-0.73	-12.0%
154th	Pakistan	-0.73	10.3%
155th	Ukraine	-0.76	7.5%
156th	Mali	-0.79	0.8%
157th	Sierra Leone	-0.81	-0.4%
158th	Lebanon	-0.81	0.1%
159th	Papua New Guinea	-0.82	-4.8%
160th	Russian Federation	-0.85	-0.1%
161st	El Salvador	-0.87	-15.2%
162nd	Madagascar	-0.88	-5.3%
163rd	Belarus	-0.88	-14.9%
164th	Nigeria	-0.89	14.6%
165th	Lao PDR	-0.90	-11.2%
166th	Algeria	-0.93	-0.9%
167th	Djibouti	-0.93	6.9%
168th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.95	9.4%
169th	Myanmar	-0.96	-6.3%
170th	Liberia	-0.97	-0.2%
171st	Belize	-0.97	-0.4%
172nd	Mozambique	-1.01	6.3%
173rd	Angola	-1.04	-3.6%
174th	Cameroon	-1.05	0.7%
175th	Honduras	-1.06	6.7%
176th	Cambodia	-1.07	0.7%
177th	Guatemala	-1.08	-4.4%
178th	Haiti	-1.09	-7.9%
179th	Comoros	-1.10	-5.2%
180th	Sudan	-1.12	12.5%
181st	Uzbekistan	-1.13	-0.5%
182nd	Congo, Republic of	-1.16	-0.7%
183rd	Timor-Leste	-1.17	0.2%
184th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-1.25	-0.5%
185th	Guinea	-1.25	-0.8%
186th	Chad	-1.32	6.4%
187th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.37	1.6%
188th	Tajikistan	-1.37	-17.8%
189th	Zimbabwe	-1.40	-0.3%
190th	Burundi	-1.41	4.9%
191st	Guinea-Bissau	-1.46	4.8%
192nd	Turkmenistan	-1.48	0.5%
193rd	Afghanistan	-1.58	-3.9%
194th	Eritrea	-1.59	4.2%
195th	Libya	-1.68	0.8%
196th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.71	-3.8%
197th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.72	-2.9%
198th	Iraq	-1.76	0.7%
199th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.76	-5.0%
200th	Central African Republic	-1.76	5.0%
201st	South Sudan	-1.96	0.7%
202nd	Syrian Arab Republic	-2.10	-5.2%
203rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.33	-0.7%

FAQ

What was St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law in 2017?▾

St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law in 2017 was 0.50. This ranked 63rd globally.

How did St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law change in 2017?▾

St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law increased by 7.7% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2017?▾

Finland had the highest rule of law in 2017 at 2.02.

What is the rule of law of St. Kitts and Nevis in 2017?▾

The rule of law of St. Kitts and Nevis in 2017 was 0.50. This ranked 63rd globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law?▾

St. Kitts and Nevis's rule of law went from 0.46 in 2016 to 0.50 in 2017, a 7.7% increase.

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