United Kingdom - Rule of Law 2010
1.77
+0.04 from 2009
United Kingdom's rule of law was 1.77 in 2010, increased +0.04 from 1.73 in 2009. This was the 10th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2010▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 1.96 | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Sweden | 1.93 | -1.4% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 1.90 | -1.0% |
| 4th | Norway | 1.89 | 0.9% |
| 5th | New Zealand | 1.86 | -3.2% |
| 6th | Luxembourg | 1.84 | 1.3% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.81 | 0.3% |
| 8th | Austria | 1.80 | 1.3% |
| 9th | Canada | 1.80 | 0.1% |
| 10th | United Kingdom | 1.77 | 2.5% |
| 11th | Ireland | 1.76 | 1.0% |
| 12th | Australia | 1.76 | 1.4% |
| 13th | Switzerland | 1.75 | 0.4% |
| 14th | Greenland | 1.73 | 0.7% |
| 15th | Iceland | 1.71 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Germany | 1.64 | -0.7% |
| 17th | United States | 1.63 | 2.5% |
| 18th | Singapore | 1.62 | 3.8% |
| 19th | Liechtenstein | 1.62 | 0.3% |
| 20th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.54 | 3.2% |
| 21st | France | 1.50 | 3.7% |
| 22nd | Belgium | 1.42 | 3.0% |
| 23rd | Aruba | 1.42 | -0.7% |
| 24th | Malta | 1.41 | -4.3% |
| 25th | Japan | 1.32 | 2.5% |
| 26th | Chile | 1.23 | 2.6% |
| 27th | Cyprus | 1.21 | 0.3% |
| 28th | Andorra | 1.20 | -1.6% |
| 29th | Spain | 1.16 | 0.1% |
| 30th | Estonia | 1.15 | 2.5% |
| 31st | American Samoa | 1.11 | -1.2% |
| 32nd | Bermuda | 1.11 | 29.7% |
| 33rd | Guam | 1.11 | -1.2% |
| 34th | Barbados | 1.07 | 6.6% |
| 35th | Portugal | 1.03 | -3.1% |
| 36th | Korea | 1.01 | 1.4% |
| 37th | Slovenia | 1.00 | -6.3% |
| 38th | Tuvalu | 0.99 | -2.3% |
| 39th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.98 | -1.7% |
| 40th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.95 | -2.0% |
| 41st | Czechia | 0.93 | -2.6% |
| 42nd | Israel | 0.91 | 8.9% |
| 43rd | Cayman Islands | 0.89 | 0.4% |
| 44th | Mauritius | 0.89 | -1.1% |
| 45th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.88 | -3.8% |
| 46th | Monaco | 0.88 | -6.5% |
| 47th | San Marino | 0.88 | -6.5% |
| 48th | St. Lucia | 0.85 | -4.2% |
| 49th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.85 | -1.1% |
| 50th | Qatar | 0.85 | -6.3% |
| 51st | Uruguay | 0.79 | 4.1% |
| 52nd | Lithuania | 0.78 | 7.5% |
| 53rd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.77 | -1.2% |
| 54th | Hungary | 0.77 | 0.2% |
| 55th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.76 | 0.0% |
| 56th | Latvia | 0.76 | -4.0% |
| 57th | Palau | 0.75 | -7.1% |
| 58th | Dominica | 0.72 | -3.2% |
| 59th | Macao SAR, China | 0.72 | 1.6% |
| 60th | Bahamas, The | 0.72 | -9.4% |
| 61st | Poland | 0.71 | 10.3% |
| 62nd | Samoa | 0.68 | 1.6% |
| 63rd | Botswana | 0.60 | 1.9% |
| 64th | Kuwait | 0.59 | 0.9% |
| 65th | Greece | 0.58 | -9.7% |
| 66th | Slovak Republic | 0.56 | 5.4% |
| 67th | Oman | 0.54 | -2.3% |
| 68th | Costa Rica | 0.54 | -7.4% |
| 69th | Cabo Verde | 0.46 | -13.1% |
| 70th | Nauru | 0.46 | -3.1% |
| 71st | Italy | 0.45 | 13.9% |
| 72nd | Bahrain | 0.43 | -16.0% |
| 73rd | Marshall Islands | 0.40 | 20.4% |
| 74th | Malaysia | 0.39 | 5.4% |
| 75th | United Arab Emirates | 0.32 | -20.5% |
| 76th | Vanuatu | 0.26 | -35.3% |
| 77th | Namibia | 0.21 | -15.0% |
| 78th | Bhutan | 0.16 | -26.1% |
| 79th | Saudi Arabia | 0.15 | 231.5% |
| 80th | Jordan | 0.15 | -32.5% |
| 81st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.14 | -56.6% |
| 82nd | Grenada | 0.12 | -24.8% |
| 83rd | Romania | 0.11 | 97.3% |
| 84th | Tonga | 0.10 | 241.4% |
| 85th | South Africa | 0.10 | 35.0% |
| 86th | Croatia | 0.08 | 83.4% |
| 87th | Kiribati | 0.06 | -56.5% |
| 88th | Seychelles | 0.06 | -49.1% |
| 89th | Brazil | 0.06 | 154.3% |
| 90th | Türkiye | 0.05 | 2.2% |
| 91st | Tunisia | 0.04 | -67.6% |
| 92nd | Ghana | -0.03 | 21.4% |
| 93rd | India | -0.04 | -299.2% |
| 94th | Suriname | -0.06 | 53.7% |
| 95th | Montenegro | -0.06 | -284.3% |
| 96th | Panama | -0.08 | 17.5% |
| 97th | Bulgaria | -0.10 | -140.8% |
| 98th | Sri Lanka | -0.12 | -16.5% |
| 99th | Malawi | -0.14 | -17.2% |
| 100th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.17 | -109.8% |
| 101st | Burkina Faso | -0.19 | 4.5% |
| 102nd | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.20 | 4.4% |
| 103rd | Georgia | -0.21 | -3.3% |
| 104th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.21 | 33.5% |
| 105th | Morocco | -0.21 | 18.8% |
| 106th | Thailand | -0.23 | 10.2% |
| 107th | Colombia | -0.27 | 26.2% |
| 108th | Belize | -0.28 | 13.0% |
| 109th | Lesotho | -0.29 | -30.8% |
| 110th | North Macedonia | -0.30 | -3.5% |
| 111th | Maldives | -0.32 | -110.6% |
| 112th | Rwanda | -0.33 | 34.4% |
| 113th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.36 | 1.2% |
| 114th | Moldova | -0.36 | 17.7% |
| 115th | Mongolia | -0.36 | -38.5% |
| 116th | Albania | -0.39 | 22.0% |
| 117th | Uganda | -0.40 | 3.6% |
| 118th | Senegal | -0.40 | -8.2% |
| 119th | Serbia | -0.43 | 9.4% |
| 120th | Jamaica | -0.43 | -7.6% |
| 121st | Mali | -0.45 | -23.2% |
| 122nd | Gabon | -0.46 | 8.4% |
| 123rd | Eswatini | -0.47 | 2.0% |
| 124th | China | -0.47 | -2.0% |
| 125th | Guyana | -0.48 | 14.2% |
| 126th | Armenia | -0.48 | -2.7% |
| 127th | Tanzania | -0.49 | -1.3% |
| 128th | Mozambique | -0.49 | 18.8% |
| 129th | Zambia | -0.50 | -3.5% |
| 130th | Niger | -0.50 | -1.5% |
| 131st | Mexico | -0.55 | 1.9% |
| 132nd | Philippines | -0.55 | 3.7% |
| 133rd | Peru | -0.57 | 9.3% |
| 134th | Gambia, The | -0.57 | -9.9% |
| 135th | Viet Nam | -0.58 | -9.4% |
| 136th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.59 | -2.4% |
| 137th | Argentina | -0.60 | 13.9% |
| 138th | Kosovo | -0.61 | -2.7% |
| 139th | Lebanon | -0.64 | -4.8% |
| 140th | Solomon Islands | -0.65 | 4.1% |
| 141st | Indonesia | -0.66 | -7.2% |
| 142nd | Benin | -0.67 | -3.0% |
| 143rd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.68 | 2.2% |
| 144th | Kazakhstan | -0.70 | 3.8% |
| 145th | Cuba | -0.72 | -1.4% |
| 146th | Pakistan | -0.74 | 12.1% |
| 147th | Fiji | -0.74 | 14.0% |
| 148th | Djibouti | -0.75 | -7.8% |
| 149th | Russian Federation | -0.80 | 1.3% |
| 150th | Bangladesh | -0.80 | -2.1% |
| 151st | Algeria | -0.82 | 1.1% |
| 152nd | Paraguay | -0.83 | 3.2% |
| 153rd | Nicaragua | -0.84 | -6.4% |
| 154th | Ukraine | -0.84 | -7.3% |
| 155th | Dominican Republic | -0.86 | -5.7% |
| 156th | El Salvador | -0.87 | -10.5% |
| 157th | Honduras | -0.88 | 2.3% |
| 158th | Madagascar | -0.88 | -19.9% |
| 159th | Azerbaijan | -0.89 | -1.4% |
| 160th | Mauritania | -0.90 | -10.1% |
| 161st | Papua New Guinea | -0.93 | -2.2% |
| 162nd | Togo | -0.94 | -4.4% |
| 163rd | Guatemala | -0.94 | 6.8% |
| 164th | Sierra Leone | -0.95 | -3.6% |
| 165th | Kenya | -0.95 | 6.7% |
| 166th | Nepal | -0.96 | -10.5% |
| 167th | Liberia | -0.97 | 5.1% |
| 168th | Lao PDR | -0.97 | 7.2% |
| 169th | Libya | -1.01 | -7.0% |
| 170th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.01 | -2.3% |
| 171st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.03 | 2.6% |
| 172nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.03 | 7.6% |
| 173rd | Belarus | -1.07 | -4.5% |
| 174th | Comoros | -1.08 | 7.1% |
| 175th | Cameroon | -1.08 | 4.6% |
| 176th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.09 | 0.1% |
| 177th | Cambodia | -1.12 | 0.1% |
| 178th | Ecuador | -1.14 | 5.1% |
| 179th | Nigeria | -1.16 | -0.2% |
| 180th | Timor-Leste | -1.19 | 1.5% |
| 181st | Burundi | -1.21 | -3.9% |
| 182nd | Tajikistan | -1.21 | 4.7% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.22 | 0.2% |
| 184th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.24 | 1.4% |
| 185th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.27 | 4.5% |
| 186th | Angola | -1.27 | -3.0% |
| 187th | Central African Republic | -1.31 | 0.9% |
| 188th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.34 | 0.7% |
| 189th | Sudan | -1.34 | -5.3% |
| 190th | Eritrea | -1.35 | -2.9% |
| 191st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.38 | -2.9% |
| 192nd | Haiti | -1.38 | -3.7% |
| 193rd | Uzbekistan | -1.42 | -6.8% |
| 194th | Turkmenistan | -1.47 | -1.3% |
| 195th | Guinea | -1.49 | 4.3% |
| 196th | Chad | -1.51 | 0.9% |
| 197th | Myanmar | -1.55 | -1.1% |
| 198th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.63 | 1.0% |
| 199th | Iraq | -1.71 | -0.4% |
| 200th | Zimbabwe | -1.84 | 1.7% |
| 201st | Afghanistan | -1.87 | 0.3% |
| 202nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.41 | 1.8% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's rule of law in 2010?▾
United Kingdom's rule of law in 2010 was 1.77. This ranked 10th globally.
How did United Kingdom's rule of law change in 2010?▾
United Kingdom's rule of law increased by 2.5% in 2010 compared to 2009.
Which country had the highest rule of law in 2010?▾
Finland had the highest rule of law in 2010 at 1.96.
What is the rule of law of United Kingdom in 2010?▾
The rule of law of United Kingdom in 2010 was 1.77. This ranked 10th globally.
How does 2010 compare to 2009 for United Kingdom's rule of law?▾
United Kingdom's rule of law went from 1.73 in 2009 to 1.77 in 2010, a 2.5% increase.
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