United Arab Emirates - Rule of Law 2008
0.42
+0.14 from 2007
United Arab Emirates's rule of law was 0.42 in 2008, increased +0.14 from 0.27 in 2007. This was the 76th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.96 | 1.5% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 1.95 | -2.1% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 1.92 | 1.4% |
| 4th | Austria | 1.91 | -1.6% |
| 5th | Finland | 1.91 | 0.7% |
| 6th | Iceland | 1.85 | 1.4% |
| 7th | New Zealand | 1.85 | 1.3% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 1.80 | -1.3% |
| 9th | Canada | 1.80 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Luxembourg | 1.79 | 2.4% |
| 11th | Australia | 1.76 | 0.9% |
| 12th | Netherlands | 1.75 | -1.1% |
| 13th | Germany | 1.73 | -1.2% |
| 14th | Ireland | 1.70 | -1.4% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 1.70 | -1.4% |
| 16th | United States | 1.63 | 1.1% |
| 17th | Malta | 1.61 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Singapore | 1.59 | -0.1% |
| 19th | France | 1.50 | 2.7% |
| 20th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.48 | -2.1% |
| 21st | Liechtenstein | 1.42 | 1.8% |
| 22nd | Belgium | 1.34 | 1.5% |
| 23rd | Japan | 1.31 | -0.8% |
| 24th | Barbados | 1.30 | -1.1% |
| 25th | Chile | 1.21 | 1.3% |
| 26th | Cyprus | 1.21 | 9.1% |
| 27th | Andorra | 1.19 | 1.6% |
| 28th | Bahamas, The | 1.19 | -5.2% |
| 29th | Spain | 1.18 | 2.6% |
| 30th | Estonia | 1.16 | 3.0% |
| 31st | American Samoa | 1.12 | 2.5% |
| 32nd | Cayman Islands | 1.12 | 2.5% |
| 33rd | Guam | 1.12 | 2.5% |
| 34th | Portugal | 1.01 | 0.8% |
| 35th | Slovenia | 1.01 | 6.6% |
| 36th | Tuvalu | 0.98 | -1.3% |
| 37th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.97 | 38.8% |
| 38th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.95 | 6.6% |
| 39th | Mauritius | 0.94 | 10.2% |
| 40th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.94 | 5.0% |
| 41st | Hungary | 0.91 | -3.0% |
| 42nd | St. Lucia | 0.91 | 7.5% |
| 43rd | Monaco | 0.90 | 2.9% |
| 44th | San Marino | 0.90 | 2.9% |
| 45th | Czechia | 0.90 | 2.4% |
| 46th | Korea | 0.86 | -14.8% |
| 47th | Greece | 0.85 | -0.7% |
| 48th | Samoa | 0.85 | -10.5% |
| 49th | Aruba | 0.85 | 2.5% |
| 50th | Bermuda | 0.85 | 2.5% |
| 51st | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.85 | 2.5% |
| 52nd | Israel | 0.84 | 2.6% |
| 53rd | Marshall Islands | 0.79 | -9.5% |
| 54th | Latvia | 0.78 | 8.6% |
| 55th | Palau | 0.77 | -12.1% |
| 56th | Dominica | 0.69 | -1.1% |
| 57th | Lithuania | 0.68 | -0.3% |
| 58th | Qatar | 0.67 | 28.9% |
| 59th | Uruguay | 0.61 | 2.2% |
| 60th | Botswana | 0.61 | 12.0% |
| 61st | Oman | 0.59 | 46.0% |
| 62nd | Kuwait | 0.58 | -2.1% |
| 63rd | Cabo Verde | 0.57 | -6.5% |
| 64th | Poland | 0.55 | 34.6% |
| 65th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.54 | -6.7% |
| 66th | Slovak Republic | 0.53 | 23.2% |
| 67th | Bahrain | 0.53 | 0.8% |
| 68th | Vanuatu | 0.51 | -13.7% |
| 69th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.51 | -56.3% |
| 70th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.46 | 14.0% |
| 71st | Macao SAR, China | 0.46 | 47.9% |
| 72nd | Costa Rica | 0.45 | 28.0% |
| 73rd | Italy | 0.45 | -4.2% |
| 74th | Namibia | 0.44 | 172.3% |
| 75th | Bhutan | 0.42 | 14.6% |
| 76th | United Arab Emirates | 0.42 | 51.8% |
| 77th | Kiribati | 0.40 | -50.6% |
| 78th | Jordan | 0.40 | 9.6% |
| 79th | Nauru | 0.37 | -27.4% |
| 80th | Seychelles | 0.36 | 15.3% |
| 81st | Malaysia | 0.25 | -32.6% |
| 82nd | Grenada | 0.13 | -33.2% |
| 83rd | Tonga | 0.11 | -78.8% |
| 84th | India | 0.10 | -1.1% |
| 85th | Tunisia | 0.08 | -1.6% |
| 86th | Saudi Arabia | 0.07 | 1.1% |
| 87th | Croatia | 0.03 | -35.0% |
| 88th | Türkiye | 0.02 | 163.8% |
| 89th | South Africa | 0.01 | 2,019.8% |
| 90th | Sri Lanka | 0.00 | -100.6% |
| 91st | Romania | -0.02 | 85.3% |
| 92nd | Ghana | -0.06 | -259.0% |
| 93rd | Montenegro | -0.09 | 54.2% |
| 94th | Malawi | -0.12 | 29.1% |
| 95th | Bulgaria | -0.12 | -109.9% |
| 96th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.13 | 47.3% |
| 97th | Belize | -0.13 | -197.0% |
| 98th | Thailand | -0.16 | -16.2% |
| 99th | Maldives | -0.17 | -31.0% |
| 100th | Panama | -0.20 | -17.2% |
| 101st | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.23 | -48.6% |
| 102nd | Suriname | -0.23 | 5.1% |
| 103rd | Lesotho | -0.25 | 21.1% |
| 104th | Georgia | -0.26 | 23.7% |
| 105th | Senegal | -0.28 | -16.9% |
| 106th | Brazil | -0.29 | 29.7% |
| 107th | Jamaica | -0.30 | 15.1% |
| 108th | Mali | -0.32 | -75.2% |
| 109th | North Macedonia | -0.32 | 24.0% |
| 110th | Mongolia | -0.33 | 1.7% |
| 111th | Armenia | -0.34 | 32.0% |
| 112th | Burkina Faso | -0.34 | 12.9% |
| 113th | Uganda | -0.34 | 3.6% |
| 114th | Tanzania | -0.36 | 6.2% |
| 115th | Colombia | -0.38 | 12.0% |
| 116th | Morocco | -0.39 | -17.0% |
| 117th | Zambia | -0.40 | 23.6% |
| 118th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.41 | 13.3% |
| 119th | Moldova | -0.42 | 16.3% |
| 120th | Gambia, The | -0.43 | -28.7% |
| 121st | Madagascar | -0.46 | -17.0% |
| 122nd | Viet Nam | -0.46 | 5.3% |
| 123rd | Rwanda | -0.47 | 18.5% |
| 124th | China | -0.48 | 19.8% |
| 125th | Serbia | -0.49 | -5.9% |
| 126th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.49 | -8.2% |
| 127th | Benin | -0.53 | -3.4% |
| 128th | Eswatini | -0.53 | 23.5% |
| 129th | Philippines | -0.55 | -18.8% |
| 130th | Fiji | -0.57 | 7.5% |
| 131st | Guyana | -0.58 | -27.0% |
| 132nd | Albania | -0.60 | 9.3% |
| 133rd | Lebanon | -0.61 | 7.7% |
| 134th | Mozambique | -0.62 | -1.2% |
| 135th | Gabon | -0.62 | 11.6% |
| 136th | Kosovo | -0.63 | 17.2% |
| 137th | Solomon Islands | -0.63 | 19.0% |
| 138th | Djibouti | -0.66 | 14.8% |
| 139th | Nepal | -0.67 | -13.7% |
| 140th | Indonesia | -0.67 | 3.6% |
| 141st | Niger | -0.68 | -11.1% |
| 142nd | Dominican Republic | -0.68 | -9.1% |
| 143rd | Mexico | -0.69 | -27.0% |
| 144th | El Salvador | -0.69 | 4.0% |
| 145th | Argentina | -0.70 | -16.3% |
| 146th | Ukraine | -0.70 | 5.8% |
| 147th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.72 | 13.5% |
| 148th | Peru | -0.73 | 2.8% |
| 149th | Bangladesh | -0.75 | 9.0% |
| 150th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.76 | -21.2% |
| 151st | Algeria | -0.77 | 3.0% |
| 152nd | Nicaragua | -0.81 | -2.5% |
| 153rd | Libya | -0.82 | 13.8% |
| 154th | Cuba | -0.83 | -19.9% |
| 155th | Togo | -0.83 | 10.4% |
| 156th | Azerbaijan | -0.84 | 5.0% |
| 157th | Equatorial Guinea | -0.87 | 11.6% |
| 158th | Lao PDR | -0.87 | 8.6% |
| 159th | Paraguay | -0.91 | 5.6% |
| 160th | Papua New Guinea | -0.92 | -6.4% |
| 161st | Kazakhstan | -0.93 | 10.2% |
| 162nd | Sierra Leone | -0.94 | 5.0% |
| 163rd | Honduras | -0.97 | -4.6% |
| 164th | Pakistan | -0.97 | -9.6% |
| 165th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.98 | 4.8% |
| 166th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.98 | -17.6% |
| 167th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.98 | -1.6% |
| 168th | Kenya | -1.00 | -3.0% |
| 169th | Russian Federation | -1.01 | -0.4% |
| 170th | Burundi | -1.04 | 3.8% |
| 171st | Nigeria | -1.04 | 2.1% |
| 172nd | Timor-Leste | -1.05 | 12.7% |
| 173rd | Belarus | -1.07 | 8.3% |
| 174th | Comoros | -1.07 | -2.9% |
| 175th | Ecuador | -1.11 | -7.0% |
| 176th | Cameroon | -1.11 | 6.7% |
| 177th | Liberia | -1.11 | -22.0% |
| 178th | Guatemala | -1.12 | -0.1% |
| 179th | Cambodia | -1.16 | -0.9% |
| 180th | Mauritania | -1.16 | -65.2% |
| 181st | Uzbekistan | -1.17 | 4.2% |
| 182nd | Congo, Republic of | -1.19 | 2.4% |
| 183rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.24 | 2.0% |
| 184th | Haiti | -1.29 | 4.8% |
| 185th | Tajikistan | -1.30 | 0.0% |
| 186th | Eritrea | -1.31 | -2.6% |
| 187th | Angola | -1.38 | -0.2% |
| 188th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.38 | -4.6% |
| 189th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.41 | -6.1% |
| 190th | Central African Republic | -1.43 | 9.0% |
| 191st | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.44 | 2.3% |
| 192nd | Sudan | -1.45 | -1.4% |
| 193rd | Turkmenistan | -1.46 | 6.8% |
| 194th | Guinea | -1.54 | -6.1% |
| 195th | Myanmar | -1.54 | 0.5% |
| 196th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.57 | 2.5% |
| 197th | Chad | -1.63 | -5.3% |
| 198th | Iraq | -1.77 | 3.8% |
| 199th | Zimbabwe | -1.79 | 0.9% |
| 200th | Afghanistan | -1.90 | -2.7% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.59 | -7.1% |
FAQ
What was United Arab Emirates's rule of law in 2008?▾
United Arab Emirates's rule of law in 2008 was 0.42. This ranked 76th globally.
How did United Arab Emirates's rule of law change in 2008?▾
United Arab Emirates's rule of law increased by 51.8% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2008?▾
Norway had the highest rule of law in 2008 at 1.96.
What is the rule of law of United Arab Emirates in 2008?▾
The rule of law of United Arab Emirates in 2008 was 0.42. This ranked 76th globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for United Arab Emirates's rule of law?▾
United Arab Emirates's rule of law went from 0.27 in 2007 to 0.42 in 2008, a 51.8% increase.
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