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DEFINITION
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.
Economy Statistics > Legal rights of borrowers and lenders index (most recent) by country
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2006
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
= 1
United Kingdom :
10
2006
= 1
Hong Kong :
10
2006
= 3
Slovakia :
9
2006
= 3
Australia :
9
2006
= 3
Albania :
9
2006
= 3
New Zealand :
9
2006
= 3
Singapore :
9
2006
= 8
Ukraine :
8
2006
= 8
Denmark :
8
2006
= 8
Kenya :
8
2006
= 8
Ireland :
8
2006
= 8
Israel :
8
2006
= 8
Germany :
8
2006
= 8
Latvia :
8
2006
= 8
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
8
2006
= 8
Malaysia :
8
2006
= 8
Malawi :
8
2006
= 18
Iceland :
7
2006
= 18
Botswana :
7
2006
= 18
Zambia :
7
2006
= 18
Bangladesh :
7
2006
= 18
Netherlands :
7
2006
= 18
Belize :
7
2006
= 18
Azerbaijan :
7
2006
= 18
Canada :
7
2006
= 18
Nigeria :
7
2006
= 18
Fiji :
7
2006
= 18
United States :
7
2006
= 18
Grenada :
7
2006
= 18
Samoa :
7
2006
= 18
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
7
2006
= 32
Macedonia, Republic of :
6
2006
= 32
Sweden :
6
2006
= 32
Bulgaria :
6
2006
= 32
Papua New Guinea :
6
2006
= 32
Dominica :
6
2006
= 32
Antigua and Barbuda :
6
2006
= 32
Czech Republic :
6
2006
= 32
Norway :
6
2006
= 32
Finland :
6
2006
= 32
Slovenia :
6
2006
= 32
Micronesia, Federated States of :
6
2006
= 32
Trinidad and Tobago :
6
2006
= 32
Georgia :
6
2006
= 32
Moldova :
6
2006
= 32
Honduras :
6
2006
= 32
Mauritius :
6
2006
= 32
Hungary :
6
2006
= 32
Panama :
6
2006
= 32
Japan :
6
2006
= 32
Puerto Rico :
6
2006
= 32
Jamaica :
6
2006
= 32
Saint Lucia :
6
2006
= 32
Kiribati :
6
2006
= 32
Switzerland :
6
2006
= 32
Zimbabwe :
6
2006
= 32
Swaziland :
6
2006
= 32
Korea, South :
6
2006
= 59
Armenia :
5
2006
= 59
South Africa :
5
2006
= 59
Austria :
5
2006
= 59
Suriname :
5
2006
= 59
Belgium :
5
2006
= 59
Namibia :
5
2006
= 59
Cape Verde :
5
2006
= 59
Mauritania :
5
2006
= 59
Ethiopia :
5
2006
= 59
Marshall Islands :
5
2006
= 59
France :
5
2006
= 59
Spain :
5
2006
= 59
Ghana :
5
2006
= 59
São Tomé and Príncipe :
5
2006
= 59
Croatia :
5
2006
= 59
Mongolia :
5
2006
= 59
Indonesia :
5
2006
= 59
Vanuatu :
5
2006
= 59
India :
5
2006
= 59
Palau :
5
2006
= 59
Iran :
5
2006
= 59
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
5
2006
= 59
Jordan :
5
2006
= 59
Sierra Leone :
5
2006
= 59
Kyrgyzstan :
5
2006
= 59
Syria :
5
2006
= 59
Kazakhstan :
5
2006
= 59
Tonga :
5
2006
= 59
Lesotho :
5
2006
= 59
Tanzania :
5
2006
= 59
Thailand :
5
2006
= 90
Venezuela :
4
2006
= 90
Pakistan :
4
2006
= 90
Solomon Islands :
4
2006
= 90
Mozambique :
4
2006
= 90
Chad :
4
2006
= 90
Sudan :
4
2006
= 90
Chile :
4
2006
= 90
Lithuania :
4
2006
= 90
Costa Rica :
4
2006
= 90
Nicaragua :
4
2006
= 90
Djibouti :
4
2006
= 90
Portugal :
4
2006
= 90
Dominican Republic :
4
2006
= 90
Burkina Faso :
4
2006
= 90
Estonia :
4
2006
= 90
Lebanon :
4
2006
= 90
El Salvador :
4
2006
= 90
Maldives :
4
2006
= 90
Gambia, The :
4
2006
= 90
Nepal :
4
2006
= 90
Gabon :
4
2006
= 90
Peru :
4
2006
= 90
Guatemala :
4
2006
= 90
Poland :
4
2006
= 90
Guinea :
4
2006
= 90
Romania :
4
2006
= 90
Iraq :
4
2006
= 90
Tajikistan :
4
2006
= 90
Kuwait :
4
2006
= 90
Uruguay :
4
2006
= 90
Vietnam :
4
2006
= 90
Benin :
4
2006
= 122
Guyana :
3
2006
= 122
Uganda :
3
2006
= 122
Philippines :
3
2006
= 122
Yemen :
3
2006
= 122
Oman :
3
2006
= 122
Bolivia :
3
2006
= 122
Senegal :
3
2006
= 122
Bhutan :
3
2006
= 122
East Timor :
3
2006
= 122
Sri Lanka :
3
2006
= 122
Paraguay :
3
2006
= 122
Congo, Republic of the :
3
2006
= 122
Saudi Arabia :
3
2006
= 122
Italy :
3
2006
= 122
Togo :
3
2006
= 122
Mali :
3
2006
= 122
Haiti :
3
2006
= 122
Cameroon :
3
2006
= 122
Côte d'Ivoire :
3
2006
= 122
Comoros :
3
2006
= 122
Morocco :
3
2006
= 122
Colombia :
3
2006
= 122
Niger :
3
2006
= 122
Central African Republic :
3
2006
= 122
Guinea-Bissau :
3
2006
= 122
Ecuador :
3
2006
= 122
Russia :
3
2006
= 122
Eritrea :
3
2006
= 122
Seychelles :
3
2006
= 122
Greece :
3
2006
= 122
United Arab Emirates :
3
2006
= 122
Algeria :
3
2006
= 122
Tunisia :
3
2006
= 122
Angola :
3
2006
= 122
Turkey :
3
2006
= 122
Argentina :
3
2006
= 122
Uzbekistan :
3
2006
= 122
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
3
2006
= 160
Mexico :
2
2006
= 160
Brazil :
2
2006
= 160
Laos :
2
2006
= 160
Burundi :
2
2006
= 160
Belarus :
2
2006
= 160
China :
2
2006
= 160
Madagascar :
2
2006
= 160
Equatorial Guinea :
2
2006
= 168
Egypt :
1
2006
= 168
Rwanda :
1
2006
Weighted average:
4.9
DEFINITION: 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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