United Arab Emirates - Rule of Law 2006
United Arab Emirates's rule of law was 0.31 in 2006, decreased +0.08 from 0.39 in 2005. This was the 76th highest globally.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 1.98 | 2.4% |
| 2nd | Norway | 1.97 | 2.8% |
| 3rd | Finland | 1.96 | 0.4% |
| 4th | Austria | 1.90 | 2.8% |
| 5th | Iceland | 1.88 | -3.0% |
| 6th | Sweden | 1.85 | 3.0% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 1.80 | -5.1% |
| 8th | Canada | 1.80 | 9.1% |
| 9th | New Zealand | 1.79 | -2.8% |
| 10th | United Kingdom | 1.77 | 13.7% |
| 11th | Germany | 1.77 | 7.1% |
| 12th | Netherlands | 1.77 | 1.0% |
| 13th | Australia | 1.76 | 2.6% |
| 14th | Ireland | 1.71 | 7.9% |
| 15th | Luxembourg | 1.69 | -7.3% |
| 16th | United States | 1.59 | 4.2% |
| 17th | Singapore | 1.57 | -7.2% |
| 18th | Malta | 1.56 | 9.9% |
| 19th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.54 | -3.9% |
| 20th | France | 1.46 | 3.9% |
| 21st | Japan | 1.35 | 10.4% |
| 22nd | Barbados | 1.23 | -8.2% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.22 | -2.6% |
| 24th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.18 | 4.4% |
| 25th | Chile | 1.18 | -2.4% |
| 26th | Estonia | 1.13 | 25.0% |
| 27th | Spain | 1.12 | 0.2% |
| 28th | Cyprus | 1.09 | 24.7% |
| 29th | Tuvalu | 1.08 | -14.4% |
| 30th | Bahamas, The | 1.08 | -21.3% |
| 31st | American Samoa | 1.07 | -3.6% |
| 32nd | Cayman Islands | 1.07 | 26.2% |
| 33rd | Guam | 1.07 | -3.6% |
| 34th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.07 | -3.6% |
| 35th | Liechtenstein | 1.06 | 9.7% |
| 36th | Samoa | 0.99 | -11.1% |
| 37th | Monaco | 0.98 | 26.8% |
| 38th | Nauru | 0.98 | 26.8% |
| 39th | Palau | 0.98 | 26.8% |
| 40th | San Marino | 0.98 | 26.8% |
| 41st | Hungary | 0.98 | 16.4% |
| 42nd | Portugal | 0.98 | -20.3% |
| 43rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.92 | 39.7% |
| 44th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.92 | 5.8% |
| 45th | Slovenia | 0.90 | 1.8% |
| 46th | Israel | 0.89 | 10.3% |
| 47th | Kiribati | 0.89 | 17.9% |
| 48th | St. Lucia | 0.87 | 5.7% |
| 49th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.87 | 5.7% |
| 50th | Greece | 0.86 | 10.0% |
| 51st | Czechia | 0.86 | 0.5% |
| 52nd | Andorra | 0.86 | -11.4% |
| 53rd | Korea | 0.84 | -14.0% |
| 54th | Mauritius | 0.83 | -11.8% |
| 55th | Aruba | 0.81 | -4.4% |
| 56th | Bermuda | 0.81 | -4.4% |
| 57th | Dominica | 0.74 | 9.4% |
| 58th | Lithuania | 0.71 | 22.4% |
| 59th | Cabo Verde | 0.64 | 71.1% |
| 60th | Marshall Islands | 0.63 | 25.9% |
| 61st | Qatar | 0.62 | 8.4% |
| 62nd | Tonga | 0.62 | 10.7% |
| 63rd | Latvia | 0.62 | 9.0% |
| 64th | Vanuatu | 0.57 | 9.7% |
| 65th | Uruguay | 0.55 | 20.2% |
| 66th | Kuwait | 0.53 | 0.3% |
| 67th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.52 | -11.4% |
| 68th | Botswana | 0.51 | -5.1% |
| 69th | Slovak Republic | 0.49 | -0.4% |
| 70th | Malaysia | 0.45 | 3.6% |
| 71st | Macao SAR, China | 0.43 | -39.7% |
| 72nd | Costa Rica | 0.39 | -21.6% |
| 73rd | Poland | 0.38 | -18.6% |
| 74th | Italy | 0.38 | -25.6% |
| 75th | Bahrain | 0.37 | -37.9% |
| 76th | United Arab Emirates | 0.31 | -20.0% |
| 77th | Jordan | 0.30 | 1.5% |
| 78th | Oman | 0.29 | -6.5% |
| 79th | Grenada | 0.26 | -31.4% |
| 80th | Bhutan | 0.21 | -36.2% |
| 81st | Namibia | 0.20 | 397.1% |
| 82nd | South Africa | 0.18 | 1,617.1% |
| 83rd | India | 0.18 | 34.4% |
| 84th | Sri Lanka | 0.18 | 12.2% |
| 85th | Seychelles | 0.17 | -57.3% |
| 86th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.12 | -50.7% |
| 87th | Tunisia | 0.11 | 411.5% |
| 88th | Ghana | 0.06 | 142.0% |
| 89th | Fiji | 0.05 | -50.0% |
| 90th | Belize | 0.02 | 149.1% |
| 91st | Saudi Arabia | 0.01 | 149.7% |
| 92nd | Türkiye | 0.00 | -102.9% |
| 93rd | Maldives | -0.03 | -138.6% |
| 94th | Croatia | -0.05 | -157.9% |
| 95th | Thailand | -0.07 | -817.8% |
| 96th | Bulgaria | -0.11 | -0.3% |
| 97th | Romania | -0.13 | 12.7% |
| 98th | Panama | -0.16 | -53.2% |
| 99th | Montenegro | -0.21 | -53.2% |
| 100th | Senegal | -0.22 | -2,354.4% |
| 101st | Malawi | -0.22 | -79.5% |
| 102nd | Suriname | -0.23 | -66.6% |
| 103rd | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.23 | -2,799.2% |
| 104th | Lesotho | -0.24 | -25.1% |
| 105th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.28 | -22,705.7% |
| 106th | Mali | -0.29 | -105.2% |
| 107th | Mongolia | -0.32 | -45.3% |
| 108th | Morocco | -0.32 | -18.0% |
| 109th | Uganda | -0.33 | 40.0% |
| 110th | Gambia, The | -0.37 | 18.8% |
| 111th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.39 | -14.1% |
| 112th | Jamaica | -0.40 | 3.5% |
| 113th | Brazil | -0.40 | 15.3% |
| 114th | Philippines | -0.41 | -22.0% |
| 115th | Burkina Faso | -0.43 | 13.3% |
| 116th | Tanzania | -0.44 | -55.3% |
| 117th | Madagascar | -0.45 | -27.1% |
| 118th | Georgia | -0.46 | 33.7% |
| 119th | Mexico | -0.47 | -23.4% |
| 120th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.50 | 4.5% |
| 121st | Colombia | -0.51 | 19.7% |
| 122nd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.51 | 4.3% |
| 123rd | Moldova | -0.52 | -47.3% |
| 124th | Viet Nam | -0.52 | -63.4% |
| 125th | Benin | -0.53 | 0.5% |
| 126th | Serbia | -0.54 | 43.4% |
| 127th | North Macedonia | -0.54 | -80.9% |
| 128th | Armenia | -0.54 | -40.1% |
| 129th | Zambia | -0.55 | -6.2% |
| 130th | Guyana | -0.56 | 15.0% |
| 131st | Argentina | -0.58 | -3.4% |
| 132nd | Dominican Republic | -0.58 | 14.7% |
| 133rd | Eswatini | -0.60 | 31.9% |
| 134th | Lebanon | -0.60 | -158.9% |
| 135th | Niger | -0.60 | 16.6% |
| 136th | Solomon Islands | -0.60 | 25.9% |
| 137th | Mozambique | -0.62 | 2.2% |
| 138th | Nepal | -0.62 | 24.7% |
| 139th | Rwanda | -0.68 | 21.7% |
| 140th | El Salvador | -0.69 | -36.9% |
| 141st | Indonesia | -0.69 | 13.0% |
| 142nd | China | -0.70 | -7.6% |
| 143rd | Albania | -0.70 | 7.9% |
| 144th | Peru | -0.70 | -0.6% |
| 145th | Nicaragua | -0.75 | -22.4% |
| 146th | Gabon | -0.75 | -90.2% |
| 147th | Cuba | -0.76 | 29.7% |
| 148th | Algeria | -0.78 | -0.2% |
| 149th | Mauritania | -0.79 | -9.0% |
| 150th | Ukraine | -0.82 | -2.1% |
| 151st | Papua New Guinea | -0.83 | 17.6% |
| 152nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.85 | -11.5% |
| 153rd | Pakistan | -0.86 | 3.7% |
| 154th | Kosovo | -0.86 | -4.5% |
| 155th | Kenya | -0.88 | -0.2% |
| 156th | Liberia | -0.88 | 33.0% |
| 157th | Azerbaijan | -0.89 | -11.8% |
| 158th | Djibouti | -0.89 | 7.2% |
| 159th | Bangladesh | -0.91 | 7.3% |
| 160th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.93 | -56.6% |
| 161st | Togo | -0.95 | 10.9% |
| 162nd | Paraguay | -0.97 | -0.8% |
| 163rd | Comoros | -0.98 | 6.4% |
| 164th | Burundi | -0.98 | 12.9% |
| 165th | Russian Federation | -0.99 | -2.4% |
| 166th | Honduras | -0.99 | -28.2% |
| 167th | Sierra Leone | -0.99 | 13.8% |
| 168th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.99 | -14.8% |
| 169th | Lao PDR | -1.01 | 13.5% |
| 170th | Ecuador | -1.03 | -25.5% |
| 171st | Yemen, Republic of | -1.04 | 18.0% |
| 172nd | Nigeria | -1.08 | 20.6% |
| 173rd | Libya | -1.08 | -10.1% |
| 174th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.09 | 11.7% |
| 175th | Guatemala | -1.10 | -4.7% |
| 176th | Kazakhstan | -1.10 | -15.6% |
| 177th | Timor-Leste | -1.11 | -118.1% |
| 178th | Cameroon | -1.16 | 2.3% |
| 179th | Eritrea | -1.18 | -21.0% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | -1.18 | -7.4% |
| 181st | Cambodia | -1.24 | 0.3% |
| 182nd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.26 | 0.3% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.27 | 13.9% |
| 184th | Belarus | -1.30 | -12.8% |
| 185th | Angola | -1.31 | 10.5% |
| 186th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.32 | -17.3% |
| 187th | Sudan | -1.38 | 16.6% |
| 188th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.39 | -22.1% |
| 189th | Haiti | -1.41 | 15.0% |
| 190th | Guinea | -1.42 | 0.2% |
| 191st | Uzbekistan | -1.45 | 1.7% |
| 192nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.46 | 5.0% |
| 193rd | Myanmar | -1.54 | 11.5% |
| 194th | Central African Republic | -1.54 | -6.4% |
| 195th | Chad | -1.55 | -3.3% |
| 196th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.62 | -5.0% |
| 197th | Turkmenistan | -1.64 | -1.8% |
| 198th | Iraq | -1.68 | 2.1% |
| 199th | Zimbabwe | -1.75 | 4.5% |
| 200th | Afghanistan | -1.88 | -13.0% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.35 | -5.9% |
FAQ
United Arab Emirates's rule of law in 2006 was 0.31. This ranked 76th globally.
United Arab Emirates's rule of law decreased by 20.0% in 2006 compared to 2005.
Denmark had the highest rule of law in 2006 at 1.98.
The rule of law of United Arab Emirates in 2006 was 0.31. This ranked 76th globally.
United Arab Emirates's rule of law went from 0.39 in 2005 to 0.31 in 2006, a 20.0% decrease.
United Arab Emirates matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2006. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 3.2%. View full analysis →