WJP Rule of Law Index - 2019

[Straight Drive]

As per the latest 2019 reports, 126 countries were reviewed.

 

Reference:

https://worldjusticeproject.org/our-work/research-and-data/wjp-rule-law-index-2019

 

Country -  Global Rank 

 

Nepal -  59 

SriLanka - 63 

India - 68 

 

China - 82

Bangladesh - 112

Pakistan - 117

Afghanistan - 123

 

Globally Denmark, Norway and Finland are the top 3 rated countries .

 

Venezuela is the worst ranked in this index at 126. Afghanistan is 4th worst and Pakistan is the 10th worst in 126 countries considered. 

 

 

Looking at South Asia, the top 3 rated are Nepal, SriLanka and India. 

[Tibarn]

Quote

Report Highlights

The new WJP Rule of Law Index scores show that more countries declined than improved in overall rule of law performance for the second year in a row, continuing a negative slide toward weaker rule of law around the world.

In a sign suggesting rising authoritarianism, the factor score for “Constraints on Government Powers” declined in more countries than any other factor worldwide over the last year (61 countries declined, 23 stayed the same, 29 improved). This factor measures the extent to which, in practice, those who govern are bound by governmental and non-governmental checks such as an independent judiciary, a free press, the ability of legislatures to apply oversight, and more. Over the past four years, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia have lost the most ground in this dimension of the rule of law.

Rule of Law always brings up a "chicken and egg" situation in my mind. Are certain countries better with rule of law because they have better policing/judges/enforcement mechanisms or do those countries have better rule of law because their population is filled with less troublemakers and hence even the politicians are better behaved? 

 

I lean toward the latter!

Edited March 3, 2019 by Tibarn