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United States - Rule of Law 2010

Name: United States Rule of Law 2010
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1.63 +0.04 from 2009 Global rank: 17th

United States's rule of law was 1.63 in 2010, increased +0.04 from 1.59 in 2009. This was the 17th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2010▾

Rule of Law by Country - 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 States's rule of law in 2010?▾

United States's rule of law in 2010 was 1.63. This ranked 17th globally.

How did United States's rule of law change in 2010?▾

United States'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 States in 2010?▾

The rule of law of United States in 2010 was 1.63. This ranked 17th globally.

How does 2010 compare to 2009 for United States's rule of law?▾

United States's rule of law went from 1.59 in 2009 to 1.63 in 2010, a 2.5% increase.

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