Governance Score (-2.5 to +2.5) - Rule of Law - Worldwide Governance Indicators

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Rank	Country	Value
Governance Score (-2.5 to +2.5) - Rule of Law - Worldwide Governance Indicators (2008)
1	Norway	1.96
2	Denmark	1.92
3	Austria	1.92
4	Iceland	1.91
5	Sweden	1.90
6	Finland	1.87
7	Switzerland	1.86
8	New Zealand	1.85
9	Luxembourg	1.82
10	Canada	1.81
11	Netherlands	1.76
12	Australia	1.76
13	Ireland	1.74
14	Singapore	1.73
15	Anguilla	1.72
16	Germany	1.72
17	United Kingdom	1.68
18	United States	1.65
19	Malta	1.59
20	Hong Kong	1.56
21	Liechtenstein	1.47
22	France	1.40
23	Japan	1.40
24	Belgium	1.38
25	Barbados	1.28
26	Chile	1.25
27	Andorra	1.22
28	Bahamas	1.20
29	American Samoa	1.17
30	Cayman Islands	1.17
31	Guam	1.17
32	Spain	1.16
33	Estonia	1.05
34	Cyprus	1.03
35	Portugal	1.02
36	Tuvalu	0.99
37	Antigua and Barbuda	0.97
38	Slovenia	0.91
39	Aruba	0.89
40	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0.89
41	Netherlands Antilles	0.89
42	Reunion	0.89
43	Martinique	0.89
44	Bermuda	0.89
45	Israel	0.88
46	Mauritius	0.88
47	St. Vincent and The Grenadines	0.87
48	Qatar	0.86
49	Czech Republic	0.85
50	St. Lucia	0.83
51	Oman	0.82
52	San Marino	0.82
53	Hungary	0.82
54	Monaco	0.82
55	South Korea	0.79
56	Taiwan	0.77
57	United Arab Emirates	0.75
58	Greece	0.75
59	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.75
60	Samoa	0.74
61	Latvia	0.73
62	Kuwait	0.70
63	Palau	0.68
64	Puerto Rico	0.66
65	Bahrain	0.66
66	Botswana	0.64
67	Dominica	0.63
68	French Guiana	0.62
69	Lithuania	0.58
70	Slovakia	0.52
71	Brunei	0.51
72	Cape Verde	0.51
73	Uruguay	0.50
74	Poland	0.49
75	Jordan	0.49
76	Malaysia	0.49
77	Vanuatu	0.46
78	Macau	0.45
79	Costa Rica	0.44
80	Italy	0.43
81	Micronesia	0.42
82	Kiribati	0.39
83	Bhutan	0.37
84	Namibia	0.36
85	Saudi Arabia	0.33
86	Tunisia	0.24
87	Seychelles	0.24
88	Grenada	0.16
89	Marshall Islands	0.14
90	Nauru	0.14
91	Tonga	0.13
92	South Africa	0.12
93	India	0.12
94	Turkey	0.09
95	Croatia	0.08
96	Sri Lanka	-0.01
97	Thailand	-0.03
98	Romania	-0.05
99	Egypt	-0.09
100	Montenegro	-0.09
101	Ghana	-0.10
102	Morocco	-0.11
103	Bulgaria	-0.12
104	New Caledonia	-0.15
105	Panama	-0.20
106	Belize	-0.20
107	Maldives	-0.24
108	Gambia	-0.25
109	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.25
110	Tanzania	-0.28
111	Malawi	-0.29
112	Brazil	-0.30
113	Lesotho	-0.30
114	Senegal	-0.31
115	Macedonia	-0.32
116	China	-0.33
117	Suriname	-0.33
118	Georgia	-0.34
119	Mali	-0.35
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.35
121	Armenia	-0.36
122	Burkina Faso	-0.37
123	Vietnam	-0.43
124	Serbia	-0.46
125	Moldova	-0.46
126	Madagascar	-0.46
127	Philippines	-0.49
128	Jamaica	-0.49
129	Rwanda	-0.50
130	Zambia	-0.50
131	Sao Tome and Principe	-0.50
132	Colombia	-0.50
133	Swaziland	-0.51
134	Uganda	-0.51
135	Fiji	-0.52
136	Benin	-0.54
137	Djibouti	-0.54
138	Mongolia	-0.54
139	Syria	-0.54
140	Albania	-0.60
141	Dominican Republic	-0.60
142	Ethiopia	-0.60
143	Argentina	-0.61
144	Gabon	-0.62
145	Ukraine	-0.62
146	El Salvador	-0.63
147	Kosovo	-0.63
148	Mexico	-0.64
149	Libya	-0.65
150	Indonesia	-0.66
151	Mozambique	-0.66
152	Algeria	-0.70
153	Bangladesh	-0.70
154	Guyana	-0.70
155	Lebanon	-0.73
156	Peru	-0.74
157	Azerbaijan	-0.76
158	Nepal	-0.76
159	Solomon Islands	-0.78
160	Kazakhstan	-0.78
161	Togo	-0.80
162	Iran	-0.80
163	Niger	-0.80
164	West Bank Gaza	-0.81
165	Cuba	-0.85
166	Nicaragua	-0.86
167	Honduras	-0.89
168	Laos	-0.90
169	Russia	-0.91
170	Pakistan	-0.92
171	Yemen	-0.93
172	Papua New Guinea	-0.94
173	Kenya	-0.98
174	Cameroon	-0.99
175	Belarus	-1
176	Mauritania	-1.01
177	Sierra Leone	-1.03
178	Paraguay	-1.03
179	Comoros	-1.03
180	North Korea	-1.06
181	Burundi	-1.07
182	Cambodia	-1.08
183	Guatemala	-1.10
184	Tajikistan	-1.12
185	Bolivia	-1.12
186	Nigeria	-1.12
187	Timor-Leste	-1.15
188	Republic of the Congo	-1.16
189	Uzbekistan	-1.18
190	Liberia	-1.23
191	Ecuador	-1.23
192	Eritrea	-1.24
193	Kyrgyzstan	-1.26
194	Angola	-1.28
195	Turkmenistan	-1.30
196	Equatorial Guinea	-1.31
197	Haiti	-1.35
198	Guinea-Bissau	-1.43
199	Central African Republic	-1.44
200	Burma	-1.48
201	Sudan	-1.50
202	Cote D'Ivoire	-1.52
203	Chad	-1.57
204	Venezuela	-1.59
205	Guinea	-1.60
206	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-1.68
207	Zimbabwe	-1.81
208	Iraq	-1.87
209	Afghanistan	-2.01
210	Somalia	-2.69

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