Switzerland - Rule of Law 2016
1.91
−0.00 from 2015
Switzerland's rule of law was 1.91 in 2016, decreased +0.00 from 1.91 in 2015. This was the 5th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 2.01 | -2.2% |
| 2nd | Norway | 1.99 | 1.0% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 1.95 | -1.9% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 1.91 | -2.6% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.91 | -0.2% |
| 6th | Denmark | 1.88 | -6.6% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.85 | -3.2% |
| 8th | Canada | 1.80 | -0.3% |
| 9th | Singapore | 1.79 | 0.4% |
| 10th | Austria | 1.76 | -2.9% |
| 11th | Luxembourg | 1.72 | -6.4% |
| 12th | Australia | 1.72 | -4.1% |
| 13th | Greenland | 1.69 | 1.1% |
| 14th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.68 | -5.9% |
| 15th | Liechtenstein | 1.65 | 0.0% |
| 16th | United Kingdom | 1.64 | -7.4% |
| 17th | Germany | 1.58 | -10.0% |
| 18th | United States | 1.58 | 1.1% |
| 19th | Andorra | 1.51 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Monaco | 1.51 | 0.0% |
| 21st | San Marino | 1.51 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Iceland | 1.48 | -9.2% |
| 23rd | Ireland | 1.47 | -15.2% |
| 24th | Belgium | 1.39 | -4.3% |
| 25th | Japan | 1.38 | -6.8% |
| 26th | France | 1.35 | -1.1% |
| 27th | American Samoa | 1.28 | -0.5% |
| 28th | Aruba | 1.23 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Estonia | 1.19 | -8.3% |
| 30th | Korea | 1.13 | 24.8% |
| 31st | Slovenia | 1.05 | 11.1% |
| 32nd | Guam | 1.05 | -18.7% |
| 33rd | Portugal | 1.04 | -5.3% |
| 34th | Israel | 1.04 | -8.1% |
| 35th | Lithuania | 1.00 | 1.9% |
| 36th | Czechia | 0.99 | -10.7% |
| 37th | Malta | 0.97 | -12.5% |
| 38th | Spain | 0.97 | 8.9% |
| 39th | Chile | 0.96 | -21.3% |
| 40th | Palau | 0.93 | 1.6% |
| 41st | Latvia | 0.93 | 21.0% |
| 42nd | Samoa | 0.87 | 17.1% |
| 43rd | Macao SAR, China | 0.82 | -7.9% |
| 44th | United Arab Emirates | 0.82 | 33.4% |
| 45th | Bermuda | 0.81 | -2.2% |
| 46th | Qatar | 0.77 | 3.0% |
| 47th | Cayman Islands | 0.76 | -2.5% |
| 48th | Barbados | 0.76 | -28.2% |
| 49th | Cyprus | 0.69 | -31.4% |
| 50th | Mauritius | 0.69 | -18.4% |
| 51st | Dominica | 0.65 | -7.4% |
| 52nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.63 | -12.2% |
| 53rd | Grenada | 0.62 | 254.7% |
| 54th | Uruguay | 0.62 | -16.0% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 0.60 | 28.0% |
| 56th | Poland | 0.59 | -26.1% |
| 57th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.58 | -30.4% |
| 58th | Tuvalu | 0.56 | 28.7% |
| 59th | St. Lucia | 0.55 | -21.4% |
| 60th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.54 | 39.8% |
| 61st | Bhutan | 0.51 | -4.5% |
| 62nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.47 | -14.5% |
| 63rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.46 | -5.2% |
| 64th | Namibia | 0.46 | 92.3% |
| 65th | Romania | 0.45 | 120.8% |
| 66th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.43 | -29.8% |
| 67th | Costa Rica | 0.43 | -12.5% |
| 68th | Bahrain | 0.43 | 7.6% |
| 69th | Hungary | 0.41 | 8.3% |
| 70th | Vanuatu | 0.40 | 223.9% |
| 71st | Malaysia | 0.39 | -3.6% |
| 72nd | Oman | 0.38 | 8.7% |
| 73rd | Botswana | 0.38 | -21.4% |
| 74th | Italy | 0.37 | 27.1% |
| 75th | Croatia | 0.34 | 166.7% |
| 76th | Georgia | 0.34 | 50.7% |
| 77th | Saudi Arabia | 0.32 | 223.7% |
| 78th | Tonga | 0.30 | 238.5% |
| 79th | Kiribati | 0.30 | 295.3% |
| 80th | Seychelles | 0.29 | -15.2% |
| 81st | Cabo Verde | 0.28 | -49.8% |
| 82nd | Jordan | 0.25 | -40.7% |
| 83rd | Bahamas, The | 0.23 | -59.0% |
| 84th | Marshall Islands | 0.12 | 5,246.2% |
| 85th | Greece | 0.11 | -55.5% |
| 86th | Sri Lanka | 0.11 | 231.7% |
| 87th | Rwanda | 0.10 | 148.0% |
| 88th | Viet Nam | 0.07 | 118.4% |
| 89th | South Africa | 0.04 | 176.1% |
| 90th | Panama | 0.03 | 123.9% |
| 91st | Ghana | 0.03 | -73.0% |
| 92nd | Tunisia | 0.02 | 146.5% |
| 93rd | Kuwait | 0.01 | 141.4% |
| 94th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.00 | 99.1% |
| 95th | Thailand | -0.03 | 85.0% |
| 96th | India | -0.06 | 20.6% |
| 97th | Fiji | -0.09 | 75.2% |
| 98th | Senegal | -0.12 | 22.3% |
| 99th | Serbia | -0.13 | -67.6% |
| 100th | Montenegro | -0.14 | -195.8% |
| 101st | Bulgaria | -0.14 | 11.9% |
| 102nd | Armenia | -0.16 | 65.2% |
| 103rd | Jamaica | -0.17 | 9.6% |
| 104th | Suriname | -0.17 | 19.1% |
| 105th | Lesotho | -0.19 | 4.1% |
| 106th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.19 | 27.0% |
| 107th | Brazil | -0.20 | -7.5% |
| 108th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.21 | -34.8% |
| 109th | Mongolia | -0.23 | 42.0% |
| 110th | Colombia | -0.27 | -7.6% |
| 111th | Uganda | -0.27 | 34.7% |
| 112th | Morocco | -0.27 | -50.4% |
| 113th | Solomon Islands | -0.30 | 38.7% |
| 114th | Zambia | -0.31 | -28.6% |
| 115th | Guyana | -0.31 | 42.1% |
| 116th | Argentina | -0.32 | 57.2% |
| 117th | Albania | -0.32 | -0.9% |
| 118th | China | -0.32 | 20.7% |
| 119th | Maldives | -0.32 | 42.1% |
| 120th | Indonesia | -0.34 | 20.2% |
| 121st | Türkiye | -0.34 | -47.0% |
| 122nd | North Macedonia | -0.34 | -44.8% |
| 123rd | Kosovo | -0.36 | 25.2% |
| 124th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.36 | 31.3% |
| 125th | Eswatini | -0.38 | -19.0% |
| 126th | Dominican Republic | -0.39 | 25.6% |
| 127th | Malawi | -0.40 | -20.0% |
| 128th | Tanzania | -0.40 | -0.2% |
| 129th | Philippines | -0.43 | -3.4% |
| 130th | Burkina Faso | -0.46 | 15.9% |
| 131st | Kenya | -0.46 | 9.9% |
| 132nd | Cuba | -0.46 | 36.1% |
| 133rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.48 | 20.7% |
| 134th | Peru | -0.50 | 0.7% |
| 135th | Kazakhstan | -0.51 | 0.4% |
| 136th | Moldova | -0.53 | -37.9% |
| 137th | Azerbaijan | -0.54 | 24.7% |
| 138th | Nauru | -0.55 | 8.6% |
| 139th | Mexico | -0.58 | -27.5% |
| 140th | Gabon | -0.61 | -8.4% |
| 141st | Benin | -0.63 | -12.9% |
| 142nd | Ecuador | -0.65 | 32.1% |
| 143rd | Togo | -0.65 | 20.3% |
| 144th | Nicaragua | -0.66 | 13.0% |
| 145th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.66 | -1.8% |
| 146th | Bangladesh | -0.67 | 13.0% |
| 147th | Niger | -0.69 | -15.5% |
| 148th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.69 | 11.2% |
| 149th | Paraguay | -0.69 | -7.0% |
| 150th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.70 | 26.0% |
| 151st | Mauritania | -0.75 | 16.3% |
| 152nd | El Salvador | -0.76 | -22.9% |
| 153rd | Belarus | -0.77 | 12.7% |
| 154th | Papua New Guinea | -0.78 | 10.2% |
| 155th | Gambia, The | -0.80 | -7.1% |
| 156th | Mali | -0.80 | -6.3% |
| 157th | Sierra Leone | -0.80 | 8.8% |
| 158th | Lebanon | -0.81 | -0.4% |
| 159th | Lao PDR | -0.81 | 0.9% |
| 160th | Nepal | -0.81 | -17.1% |
| 161st | Pakistan | -0.82 | -5.0% |
| 162nd | Ukraine | -0.82 | 6.4% |
| 163rd | Madagascar | -0.83 | -18.0% |
| 164th | Russian Federation | -0.85 | -3.7% |
| 165th | Myanmar | -0.90 | 28.3% |
| 166th | Algeria | -0.92 | 2.7% |
| 167th | Liberia | -0.97 | -10.3% |
| 168th | Belize | -0.97 | -22.2% |
| 169th | Djibouti | -1.00 | -5.9% |
| 170th | Angola | -1.00 | 2.6% |
| 171st | Haiti | -1.01 | 15.3% |
| 172nd | Guatemala | -1.03 | -8.2% |
| 173rd | Nigeria | -1.04 | -5.6% |
| 174th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.05 | -3.0% |
| 175th | Comoros | -1.05 | -22.9% |
| 176th | Cameroon | -1.06 | -6.1% |
| 177th | Mozambique | -1.08 | -23.7% |
| 178th | Cambodia | -1.08 | -8.5% |
| 179th | Uzbekistan | -1.13 | 0.8% |
| 180th | Honduras | -1.14 | -20.6% |
| 181st | Congo, Republic of | -1.15 | -1.2% |
| 182nd | Tajikistan | -1.17 | -8.5% |
| 183rd | Timor-Leste | -1.18 | -3.7% |
| 184th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.24 | -6.6% |
| 185th | Guinea | -1.24 | -4.8% |
| 186th | Sudan | -1.28 | -3.9% |
| 187th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.39 | -4.2% |
| 188th | Zimbabwe | -1.39 | -3.9% |
| 189th | Chad | -1.41 | -16.2% |
| 190th | Burundi | -1.48 | -25.2% |
| 191st | Turkmenistan | -1.49 | -4.8% |
| 192nd | Afghanistan | -1.52 | -0.4% |
| 193rd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.54 | -17.2% |
| 194th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.65 | -3.0% |
| 195th | Eritrea | -1.66 | -9.0% |
| 196th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.67 | -29.8% |
| 197th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.67 | -1.1% |
| 198th | Libya | -1.70 | -11.5% |
| 199th | Iraq | -1.77 | -13.2% |
| 200th | Central African Republic | -1.85 | -8.1% |
| 201st | South Sudan | -1.98 | -4.3% |
| 202nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.99 | -38.8% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.32 | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Switzerland's rule of law in 2016?▾
Switzerland's rule of law in 2016 was 1.91. This ranked 5th globally.
How did Switzerland's rule of law change in 2016?▾
Switzerland's rule of law decreased by 0.2% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2016?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2016 at 2.01.
What is the rule of law of Switzerland in 2016?▾
The rule of law of Switzerland in 2016 was 1.91. This ranked 5th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Switzerland's rule of law?▾
Switzerland's rule of law went from 1.91 in 2015 to 1.91 in 2016, a 0.2% decrease.
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Switzerland matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2016. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →
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