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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.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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=1 | Singapore | 10 | 2013 | ||
=1 | Kyrgyzstan | 10 | 2013 | ||
=1 | Latvia | 10 | 2013 | ||
=1 | Kenya | 10 | 2013 | ||
=1 | New Zealand | 10 | 2013 | ||
=1 | United Kingdom | 10 | 2013 | ||
=1 | Hong Kong | 10 | 2013 | ||
=1 | Australia | 10 | 2013 | ||
=1 | Malaysia | 10 | 2013 | ||
=1 | Montenegro | 10 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Dominica | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Vanuatu | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Barbados | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Poland | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Zambia | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Puerto Rico | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Marshall Islands | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Romania | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Bulgaria | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | United States | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Tonga | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Ukraine | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Cyprus | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Solomon Islands | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Albania | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | The Bahamas | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Republic of Macedonia | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Israel | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Moldova | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Denmark | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Georgia | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Nigeria | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Palau | 9 | 2013 | ||
=11 | Ireland | 9 | 2013 | ||
=36 | South Korea | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | Slovakia | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | Finland | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | Rwanda | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | Kosovo | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | Nepal | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | Cambodia | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | Ghana | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | Guatemala | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | Jamaica | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | India | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | Sweden | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | Vietnam | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | Switzerland | 8 | 2013 | ||
=36 | Honduras | 8 | 2013 | ||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 7.38 | 2013 | |||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 7.15 | 2013 | |||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 7.14 | 2013 | |||
=51 | Federated States of Micronesia | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | South Africa | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Austria | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Uganda | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Japan | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Brunei | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Croatia | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Grenada | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Iceland | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Germany | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Namibia | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Canada | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Liberia | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Tanzania | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Afghanistan | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | France | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Malawi | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Bangladesh | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Belize | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Sierra Leone | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Estonia | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Fiji | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Zimbabwe | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Hungary | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Serbia | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Lithuania | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Samoa | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Saint Lucia | 7 | 2013 | ||
=51 | Peru | 7 | 2013 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 7 | 2013 | |||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 7 | 2013 | |||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 6.92 | 2013 | |||
Cold countries average (profile) | 6.84 | 2013 | |||
83 | European Union | 6.82 | 2013 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 6.82 | 2013 | |||
Europe average (profile) | 6.76 | 2013 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 6.67 | 2013 | |||
Religious countries average (profile) | 6.67 | 2013 | |||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 6.61 | 2013 | |||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 6.28 | 2013 | |||
Christian countries average (profile) | 6.26 | 2013 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 6.21 | 2013 | |||
South Asia average (profile) | 6.2 | 2013 | |||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 6.14 | 2013 | |||
Eurozone average (profile) | 6.11 | 2013 | |||
=84 | Swaziland | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Cameroon | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Burkina Faso | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Norway | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Republic of the Congo | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Central African Republic | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Mauritius | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Guinea | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Senegal | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Mexico | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Botswana | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Spain | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Pakistan | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Gabon | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Lesotho | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Czech Republic | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Mongolia | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Benin | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Togo | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Armenia | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Mali | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Chad | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Niger | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Chile | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Belgium | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Guinea-Bissau | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6 | 2013 | ||
=84 | Comoros | 6 | 2013 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 5.67 | 2013 | |||
Hot countries average (profile) | 5.66 | 2013 | |||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 5.6 | 2013 | |||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 5.5 | 2013 | |||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 5.5 | 2013 | |||
failed states average (profile) | 5.33 | 2013 | |||
=115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 2013 | ||
=115 | Netherlands | 5 | 2013 | ||
=115 | Indonesia | 5 | 2013 | ||
=115 | Panama | 5 | 2013 | ||
=115 | El Salvador | 5 | 2013 | ||
=115 | Thailand | 5 | 2013 | ||
=115 | Colombia | 5 | 2013 | ||
=115 | Papua New Guinea | 5 | 2013 | ||
=115 | The Gambia | 5 | 2013 | ||
=115 | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 2013 | ||
=115 | China | 5 | 2013 | ||
=115 | Kiribati | 5 | 2013 | ||
=115 | Sri Lanka | 5 | 2013 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 4.97 | 2013 | |||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 4.73 | 2013 | |||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 4.72 | 2013 | |||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 4.53 | 2013 | |||
=128 | Ethiopia | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Turkey | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Luxembourg | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Philippines | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Sudan | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Maldives | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Suriname | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Greece | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Argentina | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Slovenia | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Oman | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Laos | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Iran | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Seychelles | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Uruguay | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Guyana | 4 | 2013 | ||
=128 | Burma | 4 | 2013 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 3.64 | 2013 | |||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 3.28 | 2013 | |||
=147 | Bhutan | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Malta | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Kuwait | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | South Sudan | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Tunisia | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Burundi | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Egypt | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Iraq | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Haiti | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Algeria | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Belarus | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Brazil | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Mozambique | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Angola | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Russia | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Cape Verde | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Paraguay | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Mauritania | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Italy | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Qatar | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Lebanon | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Morocco | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Ecuador | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Portugal | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Bahrain | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2013 | ||
=147 | Nicaragua | 3 | 2013 | ||
=175 | Djibouti | 2 | 2013 | ||
=175 | San Marino | 2 | 2013 | ||
=175 | Eritrea | 2 | 2013 | ||
=175 | Yemen | 2 | 2013 | ||
=175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 | 2013 | ||
=175 | Jordan | 2 | 2013 | ||
=175 | Venezuela | 2 | 2013 | ||
=175 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 2013 | ||
=175 | Tajikistan | 2 | 2013 | ||
=175 | Madagascar | 2 | 2013 | ||
=175 | East Timor | 2 | 2013 | ||
=186 | Bolivia | 1 | 2013 | ||
=186 | Syria | 1 | 2013 | ||
=186 | Libya | 1 | 2013 |