United Arab Emirates - Rule of Law 2013
0.61
+0.08 from 2012
United Arab Emirates's rule of law was 0.61 in 2013, increased +0.08 from 0.53 in 2012. This was the 60th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2013▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.97 | 1.0% |
| 2nd | Finland | 1.96 | 0.6% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 1.95 | 1.2% |
| 4th | Denmark | 1.90 | 1.5% |
| 5th | New Zealand | 1.87 | -0.7% |
| 6th | Austria | 1.83 | -1.2% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.83 | -1.5% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 1.81 | 0.9% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 1.80 | -0.9% |
| 10th | Australia | 1.77 | 0.6% |
| 11th | Canada | 1.75 | -0.5% |
| 12th | Ireland | 1.71 | -1.0% |
| 13th | Singapore | 1.70 | -1.6% |
| 14th | United Kingdom | 1.69 | -2.3% |
| 15th | Greenland | 1.69 | -1.4% |
| 16th | Iceland | 1.65 | -1.4% |
| 17th | Germany | 1.64 | -1.6% |
| 18th | Liechtenstein | 1.58 | -1.1% |
| 19th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.57 | -0.5% |
| 20th | United States | 1.55 | -4.4% |
| 21st | Belgium | 1.46 | 0.5% |
| 22nd | Japan | 1.44 | 6.3% |
| 23rd | France | 1.40 | -2.4% |
| 24th | Andorra | 1.40 | 0.0% |
| 25th | Malta | 1.33 | -0.9% |
| 26th | Aruba | 1.29 | -1.3% |
| 27th | Chile | 1.26 | -2.5% |
| 28th | Estonia | 1.19 | 3.5% |
| 29th | American Samoa | 1.10 | 0.5% |
| 30th | Bermuda | 1.10 | 0.5% |
| 31st | Guam | 1.10 | 0.5% |
| 32nd | Barbados | 1.04 | 1.3% |
| 33rd | Portugal | 1.04 | 0.2% |
| 34th | Cyprus | 1.03 | -5.8% |
| 35th | Spain | 1.03 | -1.2% |
| 36th | Czechia | 1.02 | 0.1% |
| 37th | Slovenia | 0.99 | -1.4% |
| 38th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.97 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Israel | 0.97 | 4.6% |
| 40th | Mauritius | 0.97 | -5.6% |
| 41st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.96 | -2.5% |
| 42nd | Qatar | 0.95 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Korea | 0.95 | -4.0% |
| 44th | Monaco | 0.93 | 0.2% |
| 45th | San Marino | 0.93 | 0.2% |
| 46th | Palau | 0.90 | -0.1% |
| 47th | Cayman Islands | 0.90 | 0.5% |
| 48th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.84 | 0.9% |
| 49th | Poland | 0.84 | 2.7% |
| 50th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.83 | -12.0% |
| 51st | Lithuania | 0.83 | -1.7% |
| 52nd | St. Lucia | 0.77 | 7.0% |
| 53rd | Latvia | 0.76 | -2.3% |
| 54th | Samoa | 0.75 | 2.1% |
| 55th | Dominica | 0.72 | 3.1% |
| 56th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.67 | -15.8% |
| 57th | Macao SAR, China | 0.64 | -1.4% |
| 58th | Bahamas, The | 0.63 | 2.9% |
| 59th | Nauru | 0.62 | -15.4% |
| 60th | United Arab Emirates | 0.61 | 14.8% |
| 61st | Tuvalu | 0.59 | 5.6% |
| 62nd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.59 | -25.1% |
| 63rd | Hungary | 0.58 | -4.6% |
| 64th | Uruguay | 0.58 | -6.2% |
| 65th | Costa Rica | 0.56 | 6.6% |
| 66th | Cabo Verde | 0.55 | 7.2% |
| 67th | Botswana | 0.49 | -16.8% |
| 68th | Oman | 0.49 | -6.1% |
| 69th | Greece | 0.47 | 20.4% |
| 70th | Slovak Republic | 0.46 | -4.6% |
| 71st | Italy | 0.44 | 2.4% |
| 72nd | Jordan | 0.38 | 7.0% |
| 73rd | Vanuatu | 0.37 | 9.3% |
| 74th | Kuwait | 0.36 | -0.5% |
| 75th | Malaysia | 0.34 | -10.1% |
| 76th | Bahrain | 0.33 | 28.7% |
| 77th | Namibia | 0.32 | 4.9% |
| 78th | Bhutan | 0.32 | 21.5% |
| 79th | Marshall Islands | 0.24 | 129.2% |
| 80th | Kiribati | 0.23 | 25.7% |
| 81st | Grenada | 0.20 | 6.9% |
| 82nd | Romania | 0.19 | 104.8% |
| 83rd | Croatia | 0.18 | 22.7% |
| 84th | Seychelles | 0.17 | 187.1% |
| 85th | Ghana | 0.15 | 824.6% |
| 86th | Saudi Arabia | 0.15 | 6.2% |
| 87th | South Africa | 0.14 | 60.2% |
| 88th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.12 | 268.6% |
| 89th | Tonga | 0.02 | 179.5% |
| 90th | Georgia | 0.00 | 179.0% |
| 91st | Türkiye | 0.00 | 87.2% |
| 92nd | Montenegro | -0.03 | 41.2% |
| 93rd | India | -0.05 | 27.0% |
| 94th | Suriname | -0.05 | 20.4% |
| 95th | Brazil | -0.09 | -19.6% |
| 96th | Thailand | -0.14 | 19.2% |
| 97th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.14 | 29.3% |
| 98th | Rwanda | -0.15 | 41.4% |
| 99th | Bulgaria | -0.15 | -28.0% |
| 100th | Malawi | -0.16 | 32.4% |
| 101st | Tunisia | -0.18 | -9.1% |
| 102nd | Lesotho | -0.20 | 24.5% |
| 103rd | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.20 | -22.8% |
| 104th | North Macedonia | -0.23 | 8.2% |
| 105th | Senegal | -0.24 | 16.2% |
| 106th | Panama | -0.25 | -14.1% |
| 107th | Zambia | -0.26 | 27.2% |
| 108th | Sri Lanka | -0.27 | -132.7% |
| 109th | Serbia | -0.30 | 10.2% |
| 110th | Jamaica | -0.32 | 7.9% |
| 111th | Armenia | -0.34 | 18.5% |
| 112th | Morocco | -0.34 | -17.9% |
| 113th | Uganda | -0.35 | 2.8% |
| 114th | Mongolia | -0.36 | 1.4% |
| 115th | Moldova | -0.37 | -14.6% |
| 116th | Colombia | -0.39 | -19.1% |
| 117th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.40 | 10.0% |
| 118th | Belize | -0.45 | -3.6% |
| 119th | Philippines | -0.47 | 10.2% |
| 120th | Tanzania | -0.48 | 11.2% |
| 121st | Eswatini | -0.49 | 7.9% |
| 122nd | Solomon Islands | -0.51 | 2.9% |
| 123rd | Viet Nam | -0.52 | 7.2% |
| 124th | Albania | -0.52 | 0.2% |
| 125th | Gabon | -0.52 | -26.0% |
| 126th | Guyana | -0.52 | -1.2% |
| 127th | China | -0.53 | 3.6% |
| 128th | Burkina Faso | -0.53 | -23.7% |
| 129th | Indonesia | -0.53 | 8.6% |
| 130th | Dominican Republic | -0.53 | 25.4% |
| 131st | Kosovo | -0.54 | -3.1% |
| 132nd | Mexico | -0.55 | -2.7% |
| 133rd | Benin | -0.57 | 1.2% |
| 134th | Peru | -0.57 | 1.3% |
| 135th | El Salvador | -0.64 | 12.5% |
| 136th | Gambia, The | -0.65 | -8.3% |
| 137th | Argentina | -0.66 | -5.3% |
| 138th | Niger | -0.67 | -0.4% |
| 139th | Nicaragua | -0.67 | 8.1% |
| 140th | Algeria | -0.69 | 14.7% |
| 141st | Cuba | -0.70 | 1.4% |
| 142nd | Kenya | -0.72 | 14.0% |
| 143rd | Kazakhstan | -0.72 | 7.3% |
| 144th | Nepal | -0.72 | 2.5% |
| 145th | Maldives | -0.72 | -33.0% |
| 146th | Fiji | -0.73 | -8.1% |
| 147th | Lebanon | -0.73 | -4.5% |
| 148th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.74 | -37.2% |
| 149th | Mali | -0.75 | -12.4% |
| 150th | Azerbaijan | -0.76 | 14.0% |
| 151st | Paraguay | -0.77 | 5.4% |
| 152nd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.77 | -3.2% |
| 153rd | Djibouti | -0.77 | 3.6% |
| 154th | Lao PDR | -0.80 | 6.2% |
| 155th | Mozambique | -0.82 | -37.0% |
| 156th | Russian Federation | -0.82 | 4.2% |
| 157th | Ukraine | -0.84 | -3.4% |
| 158th | Pakistan | -0.86 | 3.1% |
| 159th | Sierra Leone | -0.87 | 0.0% |
| 160th | Ecuador | -0.87 | 18.2% |
| 161st | Bangladesh | -0.87 | 6.9% |
| 162nd | Belarus | -0.88 | 4.4% |
| 163rd | Liberia | -0.88 | 0.7% |
| 164th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.91 | 16.4% |
| 165th | Madagascar | -0.92 | 0.8% |
| 166th | Papua New Guinea | -0.94 | -13.2% |
| 167th | Comoros | -0.96 | 11.5% |
| 168th | Togo | -0.98 | -3.8% |
| 169th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.00 | -8.5% |
| 170th | Cambodia | -1.01 | -2.7% |
| 171st | Mauritania | -1.01 | -7.4% |
| 172nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.05 | -3.2% |
| 173rd | Cameroon | -1.06 | -1.5% |
| 174th | Burundi | -1.08 | 0.7% |
| 175th | Guatemala | -1.09 | -1.0% |
| 176th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.12 | 1.7% |
| 177th | Nigeria | -1.12 | 1.6% |
| 178th | Congo, Republic of | -1.12 | 1.8% |
| 179th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.17 | -11.3% |
| 180th | Honduras | -1.17 | -2.3% |
| 181st | Yemen, Republic of | -1.19 | 7.1% |
| 182nd | Timor-Leste | -1.21 | -6.0% |
| 183rd | Uzbekistan | -1.24 | 4.9% |
| 184th | Myanmar | -1.24 | 8.3% |
| 185th | Libya | -1.26 | -28.6% |
| 186th | Tajikistan | -1.26 | -4.6% |
| 187th | Sudan | -1.28 | -3.2% |
| 188th | Angola | -1.29 | 1.1% |
| 189th | Haiti | -1.30 | 2.4% |
| 190th | Turkmenistan | -1.36 | 1.4% |
| 191st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.38 | -2.1% |
| 192nd | Guinea | -1.38 | 1.1% |
| 193rd | Chad | -1.40 | 4.5% |
| 194th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.41 | -24.7% |
| 195th | Eritrea | -1.43 | -0.4% |
| 196th | South Sudan | -1.54 | -8.4% |
| 197th | Iraq | -1.56 | 0.4% |
| 198th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.59 | 4.7% |
| 199th | Zimbabwe | -1.59 | 2.6% |
| 200th | Afghanistan | -1.61 | 2.6% |
| 201st | Guinea-Bissau | -1.61 | -4.5% |
| 202nd | Central African Republic | -1.81 | -25.8% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.41 | 0.5% |
FAQ
What was United Arab Emirates's rule of law in 2013?▾
United Arab Emirates's rule of law in 2013 was 0.61. This ranked 60th globally.
How did United Arab Emirates's rule of law change in 2013?▾
United Arab Emirates's rule of law increased by 14.8% in 2013 compared to 2012.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2013?▾
Norway had the highest rule of law in 2013 at 1.97.
What is the rule of law of United Arab Emirates in 2013?▾
The rule of law of United Arab Emirates in 2013 was 0.61. This ranked 60th globally.
How does 2013 compare to 2012 for United Arab Emirates's rule of law?▾
United Arab Emirates's rule of law went from 0.53 in 2012 to 0.61 in 2013, a 14.8% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
United Arab Emirates matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2013. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 7.1%. View full analysis →
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