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United Kingdom - Rule of Law 2005

Name: United Kingdom Rule of Law 2005
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

1.56 −0.05 from 2004 Global rank: 17th

United Kingdom's rule of law was 1.56 in 2005, decreased +0.05 from 1.61 in 2004. This was the 17th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2005▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2005
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	1.95	0.6%
2nd	Iceland	1.94	1.7%
3rd	Denmark	1.94	0.3%
4th	Norway	1.91	-2.5%
5th	Switzerland	1.90	0.8%
6th	Austria	1.85	1.7%
7th	New Zealand	1.85	-0.1%
8th	Luxembourg	1.82	-1.4%
9th	Sweden	1.80	-4.0%
10th	Netherlands	1.75	0.8%
11th	Australia	1.71	-4.6%
12th	Singapore	1.70	3.5%
13th	Germany	1.65	2.0%
14th	Canada	1.65	-2.2%
15th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.60	2.2%
16th	Ireland	1.58	4.9%
17th	United Kingdom	1.56	-3.1%
18th	United States	1.53	7.8%
19th	Malta	1.42	7.8%
20th	France	1.41	-1.2%
21st	Bahamas, The	1.37	-1.1%
22nd	Barbados	1.33	-6.3%
23rd	Tuvalu	1.26	65.4%
24th	Belgium	1.26	-4.1%
25th	Japan	1.22	-2.0%
26th	Portugal	1.22	-0.7%
27th	Chile	1.21	3.8%
28th	Micronesia, Federated States of	1.13	12.0%
29th	Spain	1.12	-1.0%
30th	Samoa	1.11	12.2%
31st	American Samoa	1.11	32.1%
32nd	Guam	1.11	11.9%
33rd	Virgin Islands (US)	1.11	-7.1%
34th	Korea	0.97	7.1%
35th	Andorra	0.97	-19.1%
36th	Liechtenstein	0.97	-10.6%
37th	Mauritius	0.94	4.6%
38th	Estonia	0.90	2.3%
39th	Slovenia	0.88	-3.3%
40th	Cyprus	0.88	-3.5%
41st	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.87	0.5%
42nd	Czechia	0.86	13.1%
43rd	Aruba	0.85	-7.4%
44th	Bermuda	0.85	-22.4%
45th	Cayman Islands	0.85	-25.9%
46th	Hungary	0.84	-0.9%
47th	St. Lucia	0.83	2.8%
48th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.83	-4.6%
49th	Israel	0.81	-4.8%
50th	Greece	0.78	-12.7%
51st	Monaco	0.78	-6.0%
52nd	Nauru	0.78	-6.0%
53rd	Palau	0.78	-6.0%
54th	San Marino	0.78	-6.0%
55th	Kiribati	0.75	24.3%
56th	Macao SAR, China	0.72	-47.5%
57th	Dominica	0.68	-6.0%
58th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.66	-27.4%
59th	Bahrain	0.60	-14.3%
60th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.59	-25.8%
61st	Lithuania	0.58	2.9%
62nd	Qatar	0.58	70.1%
63rd	Latvia	0.57	5.0%
64th	Tonga	0.56	3,859.3%
65th	Botswana	0.54	-3.8%
66th	Kuwait	0.53	4.0%
67th	Vanuatu	0.52	12.2%
68th	Italy	0.51	-13.7%
69th	Marshall Islands	0.50	-39.6%
70th	Costa Rica	0.50	-1.1%
71st	Slovak Republic	0.49	5.7%
72nd	Poland	0.47	12.9%
73rd	Uruguay	0.46	0.5%
74th	Malaysia	0.43	-5.6%
75th	Seychelles	0.40	-21.4%
76th	United Arab Emirates	0.39	-10.1%
77th	Grenada	0.38	34.9%
78th	Cabo Verde	0.37	9.4%
79th	Bhutan	0.33	48.8%
80th	Oman	0.31	-40.1%
81st	Jordan	0.30	0.6%
82nd	Brunei Darussalam	0.23	-37.0%
83rd	Sri Lanka	0.16	-24.9%
84th	India	0.13	149.5%
85th	Türkiye	0.12	38.7%
86th	Fiji	0.10	51.1%
87th	Maldives	0.09	130.3%
88th	Croatia	0.08	102.2%
89th	Senegal	0.01	-51.4%
90th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.00	-109.2%
91st	Thailand	-0.01	-112.1%
92nd	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.01	-121.7%
93rd	South Africa	-0.01	-364.6%
94th	Saudi Arabia	-0.02	-287.1%
95th	Tunisia	-0.04	-177.7%
96th	Belize	-0.05	8.2%
97th	Namibia	-0.07	-193.4%
98th	Panama	-0.10	5.9%
99th	Bulgaria	-0.11	8.1%
100th	Malawi	-0.12	5.1%
101st	Ghana	-0.13	-6.5%
102nd	Suriname	-0.14	24.4%
103rd	Montenegro	-0.14	35.6%
104th	Mali	-0.14	27.9%
105th	Romania	-0.15	17.4%
106th	Lesotho	-0.19	-50.3%
107th	Mongolia	-0.22	-221.9%
108th	Lebanon	-0.23	-15.0%
109th	Morocco	-0.27	-449.9%
110th	Tanzania	-0.29	26.5%
111th	North Macedonia	-0.30	-54.2%
112th	Viet Nam	-0.32	47.4%
113th	Philippines	-0.33	47.0%
114th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.34	-27.4%
115th	Moldova	-0.35	4.2%
116th	Madagascar	-0.35	-28.6%
117th	Mexico	-0.38	6.6%
118th	Armenia	-0.39	19.3%
119th	Gabon	-0.40	18.0%
120th	Jamaica	-0.41	0.3%
121st	Gambia, The	-0.46	-17.3%
122nd	Brazil	-0.48	-18.6%
123rd	Burkina Faso	-0.50	6.6%
124th	El Salvador	-0.51	-2.9%
125th	Timor-Leste	-0.51	14.1%
126th	Zambia	-0.52	-7.9%
127th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.52	-5.9%
128th	São Tomé and Principe	-0.53	-130.5%
129th	Benin	-0.53	-12.0%
130th	Uganda	-0.54	21.9%
131st	Argentina	-0.56	27.3%
132nd	Syrian Arab Republic	-0.59	-24.8%
133rd	Nicaragua	-0.61	22.0%
134th	Colombia	-0.63	8.9%
135th	Mozambique	-0.63	6.8%
136th	China	-0.65	-11.1%
137th	Guyana	-0.66	-7.1%
138th	Dominican Republic	-0.69	-0.7%
139th	Georgia	-0.70	7.2%
140th	Peru	-0.70	-28.5%
141st	Niger	-0.72	-11.1%
142nd	Mauritania	-0.73	4.3%
143rd	Albania	-0.76	-9.0%
144th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.77	-22.1%
145th	Honduras	-0.77	9.3%
146th	Algeria	-0.77	-25.5%
147th	Azerbaijan	-0.79	12.0%
148th	Indonesia	-0.80	-8.9%
149th	Ukraine	-0.80	-3.8%
150th	Solomon Islands	-0.81	-3.2%
151st	Ecuador	-0.82	-7.4%
152nd	Kosovo	-0.82	-3.3%
153rd	Nepal	-0.83	-9.6%
154th	Rwanda	-0.86	-1.3%
155th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.87	-28.5%
156th	Eswatini	-0.88	-9.8%
157th	Kenya	-0.88	-1.9%
158th	Pakistan	-0.89	10.5%
159th	Serbia	-0.95	-28.5%
160th	Kazakhstan	-0.95	15.4%
161st	Djibouti	-0.95	-23.5%
162nd	Paraguay	-0.96	1.9%
163rd	Russian Federation	-0.96	-5.3%
164th	Eritrea	-0.98	-4.5%
165th	Bangladesh	-0.98	12.8%
166th	Libya	-0.98	-7.7%
167th	Papua New Guinea	-1.01	-32.8%
168th	Comoros	-1.04	-2.7%
169th	Guatemala	-1.05	1.3%
170th	Togo	-1.06	3.5%
171st	Cuba	-1.09	1.9%
172nd	Tajikistan	-1.10	7.0%
173rd	Kyrgyz Republic	-1.12	-41.6%
174th	Burundi	-1.13	23.7%
175th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.14	10.5%
176th	Sierra Leone	-1.15	-0.1%
177th	Belarus	-1.16	2.8%
178th	Lao PDR	-1.17	6.8%
179th	Cameroon	-1.19	-1.5%
180th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.24	-3.5%
181st	Cambodia	-1.24	-2.2%
182nd	Guinea-Bissau	-1.26	-5.1%
183rd	Yemen, Republic of	-1.27	-2.7%
184th	Liberia	-1.32	15.6%
185th	Nigeria	-1.35	5.9%
186th	Guinea	-1.42	-9.3%
187th	Central African Republic	-1.45	7.1%
188th	Angola	-1.46	3.7%
189th	Congo, Republic of	-1.47	-23.6%
190th	Uzbekistan	-1.48	-10.6%
191st	Chad	-1.50	-12.8%
192nd	Côte d'Ivoire	-1.54	-8.1%
193rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.54	10.1%
194th	Turkmenistan	-1.61	1.0%
195th	Sudan	-1.65	-7.7%
196th	Afghanistan	-1.66	1.8%
197th	Haiti	-1.66	3.8%
198th	Iraq	-1.72	5.9%
199th	Myanmar	-1.74	0.0%
200th	Zimbabwe	-1.83	-8.6%
201st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.22	3.0%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's rule of law in 2005?▾

United Kingdom's rule of law in 2005 was 1.56. This ranked 17th globally.

How did United Kingdom's rule of law change in 2005?▾

United Kingdom's rule of law decreased by 3.1% in 2005 compared to 2004.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2005?▾

Finland had the highest rule of law in 2005 at 1.95.

What is the rule of law of United Kingdom in 2005?▾

The rule of law of United Kingdom in 2005 was 1.56. This ranked 17th globally.

How does 2005 compare to 2004 for United Kingdom's rule of law?▾

United Kingdom's rule of law went from 1.61 in 2004 to 1.56 in 2005, a 3.1% decrease.

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