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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
