Sudan - Rule of Law 2009
-1.27
+0.17 from 2008
Sudan's rule of law was -1.27 in 2009, increased +0.17 from -1.45 in 2008. This was the 185th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 1.96 | 2.7% |
| 2nd | Sweden | 1.96 | 2.0% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 1.92 | 3.9% |
| 4th | Denmark | 1.92 | -1.9% |
| 5th | Norway | 1.87 | -4.3% |
| 6th | Luxembourg | 1.82 | 1.7% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.81 | 3.3% |
| 8th | Canada | 1.80 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Austria | 1.78 | -7.0% |
| 10th | Switzerland | 1.74 | -3.4% |
| 11th | Ireland | 1.74 | 2.3% |
| 12th | Australia | 1.73 | -1.5% |
| 13th | United Kingdom | 1.73 | 2.1% |
| 14th | Greenland | 1.72 | - |
| 15th | Iceland | 1.71 | -7.9% |
| 16th | Germany | 1.65 | -4.9% |
| 17th | Liechtenstein | 1.61 | 13.4% |
| 18th | United States | 1.59 | -2.3% |
| 19th | Singapore | 1.56 | -2.3% |
| 20th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.49 | 0.7% |
| 21st | Malta | 1.47 | -8.7% |
| 22nd | France | 1.45 | -3.4% |
| 23rd | Aruba | 1.43 | 68.3% |
| 24th | Belgium | 1.38 | 3.1% |
| 25th | Japan | 1.29 | -1.6% |
| 26th | Andorra | 1.22 | 2.6% |
| 27th | Cyprus | 1.21 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Chile | 1.19 | -1.3% |
| 29th | Spain | 1.16 | -2.3% |
| 30th | American Samoa | 1.13 | 0.6% |
| 31st | Guam | 1.13 | 0.6% |
| 32nd | Estonia | 1.12 | -2.7% |
| 33rd | Slovenia | 1.07 | 6.1% |
| 34th | Portugal | 1.06 | 4.7% |
| 35th | Tuvalu | 1.02 | 3.9% |
| 36th | Barbados | 1.01 | -22.4% |
| 37th | Korea | 0.99 | 15.5% |
| 38th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.99 | 4.4% |
| 39th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.97 | 3.7% |
| 40th | Czechia | 0.96 | 6.2% |
| 41st | Monaco | 0.94 | 4.6% |
| 42nd | San Marino | 0.94 | 4.6% |
| 43rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.92 | -4.9% |
| 44th | Qatar | 0.90 | 34.7% |
| 45th | Mauritius | 0.90 | -4.4% |
| 46th | Cayman Islands | 0.89 | -20.3% |
| 47th | St. Lucia | 0.89 | -2.4% |
| 48th | Bermuda | 0.86 | 1.1% |
| 49th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.86 | 1.1% |
| 50th | Israel | 0.84 | -0.3% |
| 51st | Palau | 0.81 | 4.4% |
| 52nd | Bahamas, The | 0.79 | -33.3% |
| 53rd | Latvia | 0.79 | 1.6% |
| 54th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.78 | 70.9% |
| 55th | Hungary | 0.77 | -15.6% |
| 56th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.76 | 41.6% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 0.76 | 23.2% |
| 58th | Dominica | 0.74 | 7.0% |
| 59th | Lithuania | 0.72 | 5.6% |
| 60th | Macao SAR, China | 0.71 | 54.3% |
| 61st | Samoa | 0.67 | -21.5% |
| 62nd | Greece | 0.65 | -24.2% |
| 63rd | Poland | 0.65 | 17.3% |
| 64th | Botswana | 0.59 | -4.0% |
| 65th | Kuwait | 0.58 | 0.0% |
| 66th | Costa Rica | 0.58 | 27.6% |
| 67th | Oman | 0.55 | -6.3% |
| 68th | Slovak Republic | 0.53 | 1.1% |
| 69th | Cabo Verde | 0.53 | -6.7% |
| 70th | Bahrain | 0.51 | -2.6% |
| 71st | Nauru | 0.47 | 29.6% |
| 72nd | Vanuatu | 0.41 | -19.9% |
| 73rd | United Arab Emirates | 0.40 | -4.3% |
| 74th | Italy | 0.40 | -10.9% |
| 75th | Malaysia | 0.37 | 51.2% |
| 76th | Marshall Islands | 0.34 | -57.5% |
| 77th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.33 | -35.2% |
| 78th | Namibia | 0.25 | -42.4% |
| 79th | Bhutan | 0.22 | -48.0% |
| 80th | Jordan | 0.22 | -45.6% |
| 81st | Grenada | 0.16 | 23.3% |
| 82nd | Kiribati | 0.14 | -64.4% |
| 83rd | Tunisia | 0.12 | 50.8% |
| 84th | Seychelles | 0.12 | -67.3% |
| 85th | South Africa | 0.07 | 1,236.8% |
| 86th | Romania | 0.05 | 446.4% |
| 87th | Türkiye | 0.05 | 114.1% |
| 88th | Saudi Arabia | 0.05 | -34.4% |
| 89th | Croatia | 0.04 | 75.5% |
| 90th | India | 0.02 | -81.2% |
| 91st | Montenegro | -0.02 | 81.4% |
| 92nd | Bulgaria | -0.04 | 66.7% |
| 93rd | Ghana | -0.04 | 32.1% |
| 94th | Tonga | -0.07 | -166.1% |
| 95th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.08 | 35.8% |
| 96th | Panama | -0.10 | 52.3% |
| 97th | Sri Lanka | -0.10 | -13,070.9% |
| 98th | Brazil | -0.10 | 63.9% |
| 99th | Malawi | -0.12 | 0.4% |
| 100th | Suriname | -0.12 | 46.8% |
| 101st | Maldives | -0.15 | 11.7% |
| 102nd | Georgia | -0.20 | 24.2% |
| 103rd | Burkina Faso | -0.20 | 40.8% |
| 104th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.21 | 7.7% |
| 105th | Lesotho | -0.22 | 10.0% |
| 106th | Thailand | -0.26 | -62.8% |
| 107th | Morocco | -0.26 | 31.9% |
| 108th | Mongolia | -0.26 | 21.3% |
| 109th | North Macedonia | -0.29 | 8.9% |
| 110th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.31 | 58.5% |
| 111th | Belize | -0.32 | -142.8% |
| 112th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.36 | 11.6% |
| 113th | Mali | -0.36 | -13.7% |
| 114th | Senegal | -0.37 | -31.0% |
| 115th | Colombia | -0.37 | 3.5% |
| 116th | Jamaica | -0.40 | -35.1% |
| 117th | Uganda | -0.41 | -19.3% |
| 118th | Moldova | -0.43 | -2.5% |
| 119th | China | -0.46 | 3.3% |
| 120th | Armenia | -0.47 | -38.8% |
| 121st | Serbia | -0.47 | 3.5% |
| 122nd | Zambia | -0.48 | -18.5% |
| 123rd | Tanzania | -0.48 | -35.2% |
| 124th | Eswatini | -0.48 | 9.7% |
| 125th | Niger | -0.49 | 27.8% |
| 126th | Albania | -0.49 | 17.6% |
| 127th | Gabon | -0.50 | 19.3% |
| 128th | Rwanda | -0.50 | -6.7% |
| 129th | Gambia, The | -0.52 | -22.0% |
| 130th | Viet Nam | -0.53 | -14.4% |
| 131st | Guyana | -0.56 | 4.3% |
| 132nd | Mexico | -0.56 | 18.3% |
| 133rd | Philippines | -0.57 | -4.5% |
| 134th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.58 | 19.8% |
| 135th | Kosovo | -0.59 | 5.3% |
| 136th | Mozambique | -0.60 | 2.6% |
| 137th | Indonesia | -0.61 | 9.2% |
| 138th | Lebanon | -0.61 | -1.5% |
| 139th | Peru | -0.62 | 14.5% |
| 140th | Benin | -0.65 | -23.3% |
| 141st | Solomon Islands | -0.68 | -6.6% |
| 142nd | Argentina | -0.69 | 0.8% |
| 143rd | Djibouti | -0.70 | -6.2% |
| 144th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.70 | -41.2% |
| 145th | Cuba | -0.71 | 13.9% |
| 146th | Kazakhstan | -0.72 | 21.9% |
| 147th | Madagascar | -0.73 | -60.8% |
| 148th | El Salvador | -0.78 | -12.8% |
| 149th | Bangladesh | -0.78 | -4.3% |
| 150th | Ukraine | -0.79 | -11.9% |
| 151st | Nicaragua | -0.79 | 2.6% |
| 152nd | Russian Federation | -0.81 | 20.3% |
| 153rd | Dominican Republic | -0.81 | -18.5% |
| 154th | Mauritania | -0.81 | 29.8% |
| 155th | Algeria | -0.83 | -7.5% |
| 156th | Pakistan | -0.84 | 13.7% |
| 157th | Paraguay | -0.86 | 5.8% |
| 158th | Fiji | -0.87 | -50.5% |
| 159th | Nepal | -0.87 | -29.7% |
| 160th | Azerbaijan | -0.88 | -5.1% |
| 161st | Honduras | -0.90 | 7.8% |
| 162nd | Togo | -0.90 | -7.5% |
| 163rd | Papua New Guinea | -0.91 | 0.5% |
| 164th | Sierra Leone | -0.91 | 3.2% |
| 165th | Libya | -0.94 | -14.6% |
| 166th | Equatorial Guinea | -0.99 | -13.4% |
| 167th | Guatemala | -1.01 | 9.7% |
| 168th | Kenya | -1.02 | -2.3% |
| 169th | Liberia | -1.03 | 7.3% |
| 170th | Belarus | -1.03 | 4.0% |
| 171st | Lao PDR | -1.05 | -20.1% |
| 172nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.05 | -7.7% |
| 173rd | Yemen, Republic of | -1.09 | -11.1% |
| 174th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.11 | -13.8% |
| 175th | Cambodia | -1.12 | 2.7% |
| 176th | Cameroon | -1.13 | -2.3% |
| 177th | Nigeria | -1.16 | -11.3% |
| 178th | Comoros | -1.16 | -8.2% |
| 179th | Burundi | -1.16 | -11.7% |
| 180th | Timor-Leste | -1.20 | -14.5% |
| 181st | Ecuador | -1.21 | -9.0% |
| 182nd | Congo, Republic of | -1.22 | -2.2% |
| 183rd | Angola | -1.24 | 10.3% |
| 184th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.25 | 12.9% |
| 185th | Sudan | -1.27 | 12.1% |
| 186th | Tajikistan | -1.27 | 1.8% |
| 187th | Eritrea | -1.31 | -0.5% |
| 188th | Central African Republic | -1.32 | 7.5% |
| 189th | Uzbekistan | -1.33 | -13.0% |
| 190th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.33 | 3.8% |
| 191st | Haiti | -1.33 | -3.8% |
| 192nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.34 | -8.8% |
| 193rd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.35 | 4.2% |
| 194th | Turkmenistan | -1.45 | 0.4% |
| 195th | Chad | -1.53 | 6.1% |
| 196th | Myanmar | -1.54 | 0.5% |
| 197th | Guinea | -1.55 | -0.8% |
| 198th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.64 | -4.5% |
| 199th | Iraq | -1.70 | 3.8% |
| 200th | Zimbabwe | -1.87 | -4.4% |
| 201st | Afghanistan | -1.88 | 1.4% |
| 202nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.45 | 5.4% |
FAQ
What was Sudan's rule of law in 2009?▾
Sudan's rule of law in 2009 was -1.27. This ranked 185th globally.
How did Sudan's rule of law change in 2009?▾
Sudan's rule of law increased by 12.1% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2009?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2009 at 1.96.
What is the rule of law of Sudan in 2009?▾
The rule of law of Sudan in 2009 was -1.27. This ranked 185th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Sudan's rule of law?▾
Sudan's rule of law went from -1.45 in 2008 to -1.27 in 2009, a 12.1% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Sudan matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2009. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 18.1%. View full analysis →
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