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DEFINITION:
Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 10=strong). 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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Marshall Islands | 171.25 | 2012 | ||
2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 130.64 | 2012 | ||
3 | Dominica | 125.55 | 2012 | ||
4 | Tonga | 85.76 | 2012 | ||
5 | Antigua and Barbuda | 78.59 | 2012 | ||
6 | Federated States of Micronesia | 67.7 | 2012 | ||
7 | Grenada | 66.36 | 2012 | ||
8 | San Marino | 64.01 | 2012 | ||
9 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 64 | 2012 | ||
10 | Kiribati | 49.61 | 2012 | ||
11 | Palau | 48.18 | 2012 | ||
12 | Seychelles | 45.57 | 2012 | ||
13 | Saint Lucia | 38.7 | 2012 | ||
14 | Samoa | 37.06 | 2012 | ||
15 | Vanuatu | 36.4 | 2012 | ||
16 | Barbados | 31.78 | 2012 | ||
17 | The Bahamas | 24.2 | 2012 | ||
18 | Iceland | 21.87 | 2012 | ||
19 | Belize | 21.6 | 2012 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 20.31 | 2012 | |||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 19.12 | 2012 | |||
20 | Brunei | 16.98 | 2012 | ||
21 | Solomon Islands | 16.38 | 2012 | ||
22 | Montenegro | 16.1 | 2012 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 15.69 | 2012 | |||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 12.36 | 2012 | |||
23 | Maldives | 11.82 | 2012 | ||
24 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.63 | 2012 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 10 | 2012 | |||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 8.9 | 2012 | |||
Christian countries average (profile) | 8.4 | 2012 | |||
25 | Comoros | 8.36 | 2012 | ||
26 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.15 | 2012 | ||
27 | Fiji | 8 | 2012 | ||
28 | Cyprus | 7.97 | 2012 | ||
29 | Luxembourg | 7.53 | 2012 | ||
30 | Suriname | 7.48 | 2012 | ||
31 | Malta | 7.17 | 2012 | ||
32 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.73 | 2012 | ||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 6.36 | 2012 | |||
33 | Cape Verde | 6.07 | 2012 | ||
34 | Estonia | 5.23 | 2012 | ||
35 | Guyana | 5.03 | 2012 | ||
36 | Latvia | 4.94 | 2012 | ||
37 | Swaziland | 4.87 | 2012 | ||
38 | Mauritius | 4.65 | 2012 | ||
39 | Kosovo | 4.43 | 2012 | ||
40 | Bhutan | 4.04 | 2012 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 3.83 | 2012 | |||
41 | Gabon | 3.68 | 2012 | ||
42 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.61 | 2012 | ||
43 | Republic of Macedonia | 3.32 | 2012 | ||
44 | Namibia | 3.1 | 2012 | ||
45 | Botswana | 2.99 | 2012 | ||
46 | Jamaica | 2.95 | 2012 | ||
47 | Lesotho | 2.92 | 2012 | ||
48 | Albania | 2.85 | 2012 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 2.84 | 2012 | |||
49 | The Gambia | 2.79 | 2012 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 2.59 | 2012 | |||
50 | Puerto Rico | 2.45 | 2012 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 2.36 | 2012 | |||
51 | Bahrain | 2.28 | 2012 | ||
52 | New Zealand | 2.26 | 2012 | ||
53 | Moldova | 2.25 | 2012 | ||
54 | Mongolia | 2.15 | 2012 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 2.13 | 2012 | |||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 2.07 | 2012 | |||
55 | Armenia | 2.02 | 2012 | ||
56 | Georgia | 1.99 | 2012 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 1.97 | 2012 | |||
57 | Ireland | 1.96 | 2012 | ||
58 | Slovenia | 1.94 | 2012 | ||
59 | Singapore | 1.88 | 2012 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 1.84 | 2012 | |||
60 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.79 | 2012 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 1.76 | 2012 | |||
61 | Lithuania | 1.67 | 2012 | ||
62 | Liberia | 1.67 | 2012 | ||
63 | East Timor | 1.65 | 2012 | ||
64 | Croatia | 1.64 | 2012 | ||
65 | Denmark | 1.61 | 2012 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 1.59 | 2012 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 1.54 | 2012 | |||
66 | Slovakia | 1.48 | 2012 | ||
67 | Finland | 1.48 | 2012 | ||
68 | Qatar | 1.46 | 2012 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 1.45 | 2012 | |||
69 | Hong Kong | 1.4 | 2012 | ||
70 | Republic of the Congo | 1.38 | 2012 | ||
71 | Central African Republic | 1.33 | 2012 | ||
72 | Panama | 1.32 | 2012 | ||
73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.3 | 2012 | ||
74 | Bulgaria | 1.23 | 2012 | ||
75 | Oman | 1.21 | 2012 | ||
76 | Norway | 1.2 | 2012 | ||
77 | Uruguay | 1.18 | 2012 | ||
78 | Sierra Leone | 1.17 | 2012 | ||
79 | Djibouti | 1.16 | 2012 | ||
80 | Israel | 1.14 | 2012 | ||
81 | Honduras | 1.01 | 2012 | ||
82 | Switzerland | 1 | 2012 | ||
83 | Serbia | 0.969 | 2012 | ||
84 | Kuwait | 0.923 | 2012 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 0.913 | 2012 | |||
85 | Togo | 0.903 | 2012 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 0.866 | 2012 | |||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 0.846 | 2012 | |||
86 | Sweden | 0.841 | 2012 | ||
87 | Austria | 0.827 | 2012 | ||
88 | El Salvador | 0.794 | 2012 | ||
89 | Mauritania | 0.79 | 2012 | ||
90 | Hungary | 0.704 | 2012 | ||
91 | Papua New Guinea | 0.698 | 2012 | ||
92 | Lebanon | 0.678 | 2012 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 0.651 | 2012 | |||
93 | Azerbaijan | 0.645 | 2012 | ||
94 | Zambia | 0.639 | 2012 | ||
95 | Costa Rica | 0.624 | 2012 | ||
96 | Rwanda | 0.611 | 2012 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 0.611 | 2012 | |||
97 | Laos | 0.602 | 2012 | ||
98 | Benin | 0.597 | 2012 | ||
99 | Czech Republic | 0.571 | 2012 | ||
100 | Belgium | 0.538 | 2012 | ||
101 | Cambodia | 0.538 | 2012 | ||
102 | Guatemala | 0.53 | 2012 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 0.53 | 2012 | |||
failed states average (profile) | 0.529 | 2012 | |||
103 | Guinea | 0.524 | 2012 | ||
104 | Zimbabwe | 0.51 | 2012 | ||
105 | Nicaragua | 0.501 | 2012 | ||
106 | Chad | 0.482 | 2012 | ||
107 | Paraguay | 0.449 | 2012 | ||
108 | Australia | 0.441 | 2012 | ||
109 | Malawi | 0.44 | 2012 | ||
110 | Senegal | 0.437 | 2012 | ||
111 | United Arab Emirates | 0.435 | 2012 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 0.43 | 2012 | |||
112 | Romania | 0.422 | 2012 | ||
113 | Mali | 0.404 | 2012 | ||
114 | Burkina Faso | 0.365 | 2012 | ||
115 | Netherlands | 0.358 | 2012 | ||
116 | Greece | 0.355 | 2012 | ||
117 | Niger | 0.35 | 2012 | ||
118 | Chile | 0.344 | 2012 | ||
119 | Malaysia | 0.342 | 2012 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 0.331 | 2012 | |||
120 | Eritrea | 0.326 | 2012 | ||
121 | Belarus | 0.317 | 2012 | ||
122 | Jordan | 0.317 | 2012 | ||
123 | Ghana | 0.315 | 2012 | ||
124 | Burundi | 0.305 | 2012 | ||
125 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.302 | 2012 | ||
126 | Haiti | 0.295 | 2012 | ||
127 | Dominican Republic | 0.292 | 2012 | ||
128 | Nepal | 0.291 | 2012 | ||
129 | Portugal | 0.285 | 2012 | ||
130 | Tunisia | 0.278 | 2012 | ||
131 | South Sudan | 0.277 | 2012 | ||
132 | Cameroon | 0.277 | 2012 | ||
133 | Tajikistan | 0.25 | 2012 | ||
134 | Sri Lanka | 0.246 | 2012 | ||
135 | Kazakhstan | 0.238 | 2012 | ||
136 | Poland | 0.234 | 2012 | ||
137 | Peru | 0.233 | 2012 | ||
138 | Kenya | 0.232 | 2012 | ||
139 | Afghanistan | 0.201 | 2012 | ||
140 | Canada | 0.201 | 2012 | ||
141 | Ukraine | 0.197 | 2012 | ||
142 | Ecuador | 0.194 | 2012 | ||
143 | Uganda | 0.193 | 2012 | ||
144 | Saudi Arabia | 0.177 | 2012 | ||
145 | Libya | 0.162 | 2012 | ||
146 | South Korea | 0.16 | 2012 | ||
147 | United Kingdom | 0.158 | 2012 | ||
148 | Tanzania | 0.146 | 2012 | ||
149 | Angola | 0.144 | 2012 | ||
150 | South Africa | 0.137 | 2012 | ||
151 | Spain | 0.13 | 2012 | ||
152 | Mozambique | 0.119 | 2012 | ||
153 | Sudan | 0.108 | 2012 | ||
154 | France | 0.107 | 2012 | ||
155 | Colombia | 0.105 | 2012 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 0.0977 | 2012 | |||
156 | Argentina | 0.0974 | 2012 | ||
157 | Bolivia | 0.0953 | 2012 | ||
158 | Morocco | 0.0922 | 2012 | ||
159 | Iraq | 0.0921 | 2012 | ||
160 | Vietnam | 0.0901 | 2012 | ||
161 | Madagascar | 0.0897 | 2012 | ||
162 | Germany | 0.0855 | 2012 | ||
163 | Yemen | 0.0838 | 2012 | ||
164 | Algeria | 0.078 | 2012 | ||
165 | Burma | 0.0758 | 2012 | ||
166 | Thailand | 0.0749 | 2012 | ||
167 | Uzbekistan | 0.0672 | 2012 | ||
168 | Venezuela | 0.0668 | 2012 | ||
169 | Japan | 0.0549 | 2012 | ||
170 | Turkey | 0.0541 | 2012 | ||
171 | Nigeria | 0.0533 | 2012 | ||
172 | Iran | 0.0523 | 2012 | ||
173 | Mexico | 0.0496 | 2012 | ||
174 | Italy | 0.0492 | 2012 | ||
175 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0457 | 2012 | ||
176 | Bangladesh | 0.0453 | 2012 | ||
177 | Syria | 0.0446 | 2012 | ||
178 | Ethiopia | 0.0436 | 2012 | ||
179 | Philippines | 0.0414 | 2012 | ||
180 | Egypt | 0.0372 | 2012 | ||
181 | Pakistan | 0.0335 | 2012 | ||
182 | United States | 0.0287 | 2012 | ||
183 | Russia | 0.0209 | 2012 | ||
184 | Indonesia | 0.0203 | 2012 | ||
185 | Brazil | 0.0151 | 2012 | ||
186 | European Union | 0.0133 | 2012 | ||
187 | India | 0.00647 | 2012 | ||
188 | China | 0.0037 | 2012 |