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Strength of legal rights index measures the degree to which collateral and bankruptcy laws protect the rights of borrowers and lenders and thus facilitate lending. The index ranges from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating that these laws are better designed to expand access to credit.

Rank	Country	Value
Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 10=strong) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (2009)
1	Kenya	10
2	Kyrgyzstan	10
3	Hong Kong	10
4	Singapore	10
5	Malaysia	10
6	South Africa	9
7	Albania	9
8	Vanuatu	9
9	Bahamas	9
10	New Zealand	9
11	Australia	9
12	Latvia	9
13	Zambia	9
14	Ukraine	9
15	Slovakia	9
16	Poland	9
17	Cyprus	9
18	United Kingdom	9
19	Dominica	9
20	Denmark	9
21	Israel	9
22	Montenegro	9
23	Tanzania	8
24	Guatemala	8
25	Grenada	8
26	Trinidad and Tobago	8
27	Cambodia	8
28	Serbia	8
29	Switzerland	8
30	St. Kitts and Nevis	8
31	Bulgaria	8
32	Rwanda	8
33	Nigeria	8
34	Namibia	8
35	Romania	8
36	Ireland	8
37	Malawi	8
38	Azerbaijan	8
39	India	8
40	Jamaica	8
41	Vietnam	8
42	St. Lucia	8
43	Moldova	8
44	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	8
45	United States	8
46	Belize	8
47	Kosovo	8
48	Antigua and Barbuda	7
49	Austria	7
50	Peru	7
51	Belgium	7
52	Bangladesh	7
53	Brunei Darussalam	7
54	Norway	7
55	Germany	7
56	Macedonia	7
57	North Korea	7
58	Finland	7
59	Fiji	7
60	France	7
61	Micronesia	7
62	Botswana	7
63	Ghana	7
64	Luxembourg	7
65	Lesotho	7
66	South Korea	7
67	Hungary	7
68	Iceland	7
69	Japan	7
70	Puerto Rico	7
71	Zimbabwe	7
72	Tonga	7
73	Uganda	7
74	High income: OECD	6.81
75	Europe & Central Asia	6.57
76	High income	6.55
77	Euro area	6.33
78	High income: nonOECD	6.20
79	Honduras	6
80	Croatia	6
81	Canada	6
82	Netherlands	6
83	Sierra Leone	6
84	Georgia	6
85	China	6
86	Mongolia	6
87	Czech Republic	6
88	Estonia	6
89	Spain	6
90	Slovenia	6
91	Swaziland	6
92	Afghanistan	6
93	Pakistan	6
94	Panama	6
95	Samoa	6
96	Armenia	6
97	Upper middle income	5.79
98	East Asia & Pacific	5.30
99	South Asia	5.25
100	Latin America & Caribbean	5.21
101	Middle income	5.18
102	Low & middle income	5.04
103	Kazakhstan	5
104	Papua New Guinea	5
105	Costa Rica	5
106	Nepal	5
107	Lithuania	5
108	Colombia	5
109	Sudan	5
110	Uruguay	5
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5
112	Kiribati	5
113	El Salvador	5
114	Suriname	5
115	Gambia	5
116	Mauritius	5
117	Sweden	5
118	Low income	4.70
119	Lower middle income	4.70
120	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.67
121	Least developed countries: UN classification	4.22
122	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	4.18
123	Mexico	4
124	Marshall Islands	4
125	Oman	4
126	Angola	4
127	Seychelles	4
128	Thailand	4
129	United Arab Emirates	4
130	Argentina	4
131	Turkey	4
132	Bahrain	4
133	Chile	4
134	Ethiopia	4
135	Guyana	4
136	Saudi Arabia	4
137	Iran	4
138	Jordan	4
139	Kuwait	4
140	Laos	4
141	Liberia	4
142	Sri Lanka	4
143	Maldives	4
144	Paraguay	3
145	Philippines	3
146	Brazil	3
147	Haiti	3
148	Greece	3
149	Equatorial Guinea	3
150	Guinea-Bissau	3
151	Mauritania	3
152	Qatar	3
153	Guinea	3
154	Russia	3
155	Gabon	3
156	Morocco	3
157	Lebanon	3
158	Burkina Faso	3
159	Senegal	3
160	Italy	3
161	Solomon Islands	3
162	Iraq	3
163	Indonesia	3
164	Egypt	3
165	Ecuador	3
166	Sao Tome and Principe	3
167	Mali	3
168	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3
169	Algeria	3
170	Dominican Republic	3
171	Benin	3
172	Togo	3
173	Chad	3
174	Portugal	3
175	Tajikistan	3
176	Comoros	3
177	Tunisia	3
178	Republic of the Congo	3
179	Niger	3
180	Cameroon	3
181	Nicaragua	3
182	Ivory Coast	3
183	Central African Republic	3
184	Middle East & North Africa	2.50
185	Eritrea	2
186	Madagascar	2
187	Mozambique	2
188	Uzbekistan	2
189	Venezuela	2
190	Burundi	2
191	Yemen	2
192	Cape Verde	2
193	Bhutan	2
194	Belarus	2
195	Djibouti	1
196	Bolivia	1
197	Syria	1
198	Timor-Leste	1
199	Palau	0
200	West Bank and Gaza	0

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Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 10=strong) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators

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