Timor-Leste - Rule of Law 2011
-1.19
−0.00 from 2010
Timor-Leste's rule of law was -1.19 in 2011, decreased +0.00 from -1.19 in 2010. This was the 180th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2011▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 1.94 | -1.1% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 1.92 | 1.1% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 1.92 | -0.6% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 1.89 | 1.8% |
| 5th | Norway | 1.86 | -1.4% |
| 6th | Luxembourg | 1.82 | -1.1% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.81 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Austria | 1.80 | -0.1% |
| 9th | Ireland | 1.75 | -0.8% |
| 10th | Australia | 1.73 | -1.4% |
| 11th | Greenland | 1.73 | 0.3% |
| 12th | Canada | 1.73 | -4.0% |
| 13th | Switzerland | 1.72 | -1.6% |
| 14th | Iceland | 1.69 | -1.1% |
| 15th | Singapore | 1.66 | 2.6% |
| 16th | United Kingdom | 1.66 | -6.5% |
| 17th | Germany | 1.62 | -1.2% |
| 18th | Liechtenstein | 1.61 | -0.4% |
| 19th | United States | 1.59 | -2.5% |
| 20th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.55 | 0.6% |
| 21st | Belgium | 1.43 | 1.2% |
| 22nd | France | 1.43 | -4.7% |
| 23rd | Andorra | 1.40 | 16.8% |
| 24th | Aruba | 1.32 | -6.6% |
| 25th | Japan | 1.30 | -1.2% |
| 26th | Malta | 1.28 | -9.3% |
| 27th | Chile | 1.26 | 3.1% |
| 28th | Estonia | 1.18 | 2.0% |
| 29th | Spain | 1.17 | 1.1% |
| 30th | American Samoa | 1.09 | -1.8% |
| 31st | Bermuda | 1.09 | -1.8% |
| 32nd | Guam | 1.09 | -1.8% |
| 33rd | Barbados | 1.07 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Cyprus | 1.07 | -11.9% |
| 35th | Slovenia | 1.05 | 4.3% |
| 36th | Korea | 1.03 | 1.7% |
| 37th | Czechia | 1.02 | 9.3% |
| 38th | Israel | 1.01 | 10.5% |
| 39th | Portugal | 1.00 | -2.9% |
| 40th | Tuvalu | 0.99 | 0.0% |
| 41st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.98 | 0.3% |
| 42nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.97 | 9.3% |
| 43rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.94 | -1.1% |
| 44th | Monaco | 0.94 | 6.5% |
| 45th | San Marino | 0.94 | 6.5% |
| 46th | Mauritius | 0.94 | 5.4% |
| 47th | Palau | 0.89 | 18.7% |
| 48th | Cayman Islands | 0.88 | -2.0% |
| 49th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.84 | 9.0% |
| 50th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.83 | -2.0% |
| 51st | St. Lucia | 0.83 | -3.1% |
| 52nd | Poland | 0.79 | 11.6% |
| 53rd | Lithuania | 0.77 | -1.1% |
| 54th | Hungary | 0.76 | -2.1% |
| 55th | Qatar | 0.75 | -11.3% |
| 56th | Latvia | 0.74 | -2.4% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 0.73 | -7.0% |
| 58th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.73 | -4.5% |
| 59th | Samoa | 0.73 | 6.9% |
| 60th | Dominica | 0.69 | -4.2% |
| 61st | Macao SAR, China | 0.69 | -4.3% |
| 62nd | Bahamas, The | 0.61 | -14.8% |
| 63rd | Botswana | 0.60 | 0.7% |
| 64th | Slovak Republic | 0.60 | 6.2% |
| 65th | Nauru | 0.56 | 21.2% |
| 66th | Kuwait | 0.54 | -7.3% |
| 67th | Greece | 0.53 | -8.7% |
| 68th | Cabo Verde | 0.51 | 9.4% |
| 69th | United Arab Emirates | 0.50 | 57.1% |
| 70th | Italy | 0.48 | 6.3% |
| 71st | Oman | 0.46 | -14.0% |
| 72nd | Costa Rica | 0.44 | -17.3% |
| 73rd | Malaysia | 0.40 | 2.2% |
| 74th | Bahrain | 0.35 | -19.4% |
| 75th | Vanuatu | 0.30 | 13.0% |
| 76th | Bhutan | 0.21 | 27.1% |
| 77th | Jordan | 0.20 | 37.2% |
| 78th | Marshall Islands | 0.17 | -57.2% |
| 79th | Grenada | 0.17 | 45.6% |
| 80th | Namibia | 0.16 | -23.8% |
| 81st | South Africa | 0.13 | 32.6% |
| 82nd | Kiribati | 0.12 | 95.8% |
| 83rd | Croatia | 0.11 | 35.9% |
| 84th | Romania | 0.10 | -1.6% |
| 85th | Saudi Arabia | 0.05 | -68.9% |
| 86th | Brazil | 0.05 | -20.0% |
| 87th | Panama | 0.03 | 132.2% |
| 88th | Türkiye | 0.02 | -69.1% |
| 89th | Tonga | 0.01 | -89.3% |
| 90th | Seychelles | 0.00 | -101.7% |
| 91st | Ghana | 0.00 | 90.6% |
| 92nd | Suriname | -0.05 | 17.3% |
| 93rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.05 | -135.0% |
| 94th | Montenegro | -0.06 | 7.5% |
| 95th | India | -0.09 | -141.0% |
| 96th | Sri Lanka | -0.12 | 1.1% |
| 97th | Georgia | -0.12 | 41.9% |
| 98th | Bulgaria | -0.14 | -45.9% |
| 99th | Malawi | -0.17 | -20.4% |
| 100th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.18 | 9.7% |
| 101st | Tunisia | -0.19 | -596.4% |
| 102nd | Colombia | -0.22 | 19.9% |
| 103rd | Thailand | -0.23 | 1.7% |
| 104th | Mongolia | -0.26 | 28.1% |
| 105th | North Macedonia | -0.27 | 10.8% |
| 106th | Lesotho | -0.27 | 6.9% |
| 107th | Morocco | -0.28 | -29.0% |
| 108th | Rwanda | -0.30 | 8.1% |
| 109th | Serbia | -0.33 | 24.4% |
| 110th | Moldova | -0.33 | 8.4% |
| 111th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.33 | 6.7% |
| 112th | Burkina Faso | -0.35 | -79.8% |
| 113th | Uganda | -0.36 | 9.4% |
| 114th | Jamaica | -0.37 | 14.2% |
| 115th | Gabon | -0.40 | 12.6% |
| 116th | Niger | -0.41 | 18.3% |
| 117th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.44 | -108.7% |
| 118th | Armenia | -0.44 | 9.1% |
| 119th | Albania | -0.44 | -14.8% |
| 120th | China | -0.45 | 4.0% |
| 121st | Senegal | -0.46 | -14.7% |
| 122nd | Zambia | -0.46 | 8.1% |
| 123rd | Belize | -0.47 | -67.1% |
| 124th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.48 | -176.7% |
| 125th | Mali | -0.50 | -11.8% |
| 126th | Philippines | -0.51 | 8.6% |
| 127th | Guyana | -0.51 | -6.9% |
| 128th | Tanzania | -0.51 | -5.9% |
| 129th | Solomon Islands | -0.52 | 19.9% |
| 130th | Kosovo | -0.52 | 14.9% |
| 131st | Eswatini | -0.53 | -13.4% |
| 132nd | Viet Nam | -0.54 | 6.8% |
| 133rd | Maldives | -0.54 | -69.9% |
| 134th | Mexico | -0.55 | 0.4% |
| 135th | Gambia, The | -0.56 | 2.1% |
| 136th | Argentina | -0.56 | 5.8% |
| 137th | Mozambique | -0.58 | -18.9% |
| 138th | Peru | -0.58 | -2.6% |
| 139th | Indonesia | -0.60 | 8.6% |
| 140th | Lebanon | -0.63 | 1.6% |
| 141st | Kazakhstan | -0.64 | 7.8% |
| 142nd | Benin | -0.66 | 2.2% |
| 143rd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.67 | 2.0% |
| 144th | Cuba | -0.69 | 4.0% |
| 145th | Fiji | -0.71 | 4.4% |
| 146th | Nicaragua | -0.73 | 13.4% |
| 147th | Bangladesh | -0.73 | 8.4% |
| 148th | Russian Federation | -0.75 | 6.1% |
| 149th | El Salvador | -0.75 | 13.2% |
| 150th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.78 | -31.3% |
| 151st | Paraguay | -0.80 | 3.7% |
| 152nd | Dominican Republic | -0.81 | 5.5% |
| 153rd | Papua New Guinea | -0.81 | 13.1% |
| 154th | Djibouti | -0.82 | -9.3% |
| 155th | Algeria | -0.85 | -3.5% |
| 156th | Ukraine | -0.85 | -0.8% |
| 157th | Sierra Leone | -0.86 | 8.9% |
| 158th | Nepal | -0.89 | 7.0% |
| 159th | Togo | -0.89 | 4.5% |
| 160th | Madagascar | -0.89 | -1.9% |
| 161st | Honduras | -0.91 | -3.4% |
| 162nd | Pakistan | -0.91 | -22.9% |
| 163rd | Kenya | -0.91 | 4.3% |
| 164th | Mauritania | -0.93 | -3.6% |
| 165th | Liberia | -0.94 | 3.7% |
| 166th | Azerbaijan | -0.94 | -5.3% |
| 167th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.97 | 5.7% |
| 168th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.98 | 4.4% |
| 169th | Lao PDR | -1.00 | -2.9% |
| 170th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.01 | 0.2% |
| 171st | Guatemala | -1.03 | -9.2% |
| 172nd | Comoros | -1.05 | 2.8% |
| 173rd | Cambodia | -1.05 | 6.5% |
| 174th | Libya | -1.08 | -6.8% |
| 175th | Cameroon | -1.08 | -0.2% |
| 176th | Belarus | -1.11 | -3.8% |
| 177th | Ecuador | -1.14 | -0.1% |
| 178th | Burundi | -1.15 | 4.3% |
| 179th | Nigeria | -1.18 | -1.7% |
| 180th | Timor-Leste | -1.19 | -0.1% |
| 181st | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.20 | 5.8% |
| 182nd | Congo, Republic of | -1.21 | 0.9% |
| 183rd | Tajikistan | -1.23 | -1.6% |
| 184th | South Sudan | -1.27 | - |
| 185th | Angola | -1.28 | -0.3% |
| 186th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.28 | -3.8% |
| 187th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.29 | -18.3% |
| 188th | Sudan | -1.30 | 2.7% |
| 189th | Central African Republic | -1.31 | 0.5% |
| 190th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.32 | 1.0% |
| 191st | Eritrea | -1.36 | -0.6% |
| 192nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.39 | -0.2% |
| 193rd | Haiti | -1.42 | -2.5% |
| 194th | Turkmenistan | -1.43 | 2.7% |
| 195th | Myanmar | -1.44 | 7.2% |
| 196th | Guinea | -1.45 | 2.5% |
| 197th | Uzbekistan | -1.45 | -2.5% |
| 198th | Chad | -1.48 | 1.9% |
| 199th | Iraq | -1.56 | 8.8% |
| 200th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.63 | 0.1% |
| 201st | Zimbabwe | -1.79 | 2.4% |
| 202nd | Afghanistan | -1.92 | -2.8% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.34 | 2.8% |
FAQ
What was Timor-Leste's rule of law in 2011?▾
Timor-Leste's rule of law in 2011 was -1.19. This ranked 180th globally.
How did Timor-Leste's rule of law change in 2011?▾
Timor-Leste's rule of law decreased by 0.1% in 2011 compared to 2010.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2011?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2011 at 1.94.
What is the rule of law of Timor-Leste in 2011?▾
The rule of law of Timor-Leste in 2011 was -1.19. This ranked 180th globally.
How does 2011 compare to 2010 for Timor-Leste's rule of law?▾
Timor-Leste's rule of law went from -1.19 in 2010 to -1.19 in 2011, a 0.1% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Timor-Leste matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2011. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 11.1%. View full analysis →
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