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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.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Hong Kong | 10 | 2006 | |
| =1 | United Kingdom | 10 | 2006 | |
| =3 | Slovakia | 9 | 2006 | |
| =3 | Australia | 9 | 2006 | |
| =3 | New Zealand | 9 | 2006 | |
| =3 | Albania | 9 | 2006 | |
| =3 | Singapore | 9 | 2006 | |
| =8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 | 2006 | |
| =8 | Malawi | 8 | 2006 | |
| =8 | Malaysia | 8 | 2006 | |
| =8 | Ireland | 8 | 2006 | |
| =8 | Denmark | 8 | 2006 | |
| =8 | Israel | 8 | 2006 | |
| =8 | Kenya | 8 | 2006 | |
| =8 | Ukraine | 8 | 2006 | |
| =8 | Latvia | 8 | 2006 | |
| =8 | Germany | 8 | 2006 | |
| =18 | Canada | 7 | 2006 | |
| =18 | Netherlands | 7 | 2006 | |
| =18 | Bangladesh | 7 | 2006 | |
| =18 | Nigeria | 7 | 2006 | |
| =18 | Belize | 7 | 2006 | |
| =18 | Fiji | 7 | 2006 | |
| =18 | Botswana | 7 | 2006 | |
| =18 | Samoa | 7 | 2006 | |
| =18 | Azerbaijan | 7 | 2006 | |
| =18 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 | 2006 | |
| =18 | United States | 7 | 2006 | |
| =18 | Grenada | 7 | 2006 | |
| =18 | Iceland | 7 | 2006 | |
| =18 | Zambia | 7 | 2006 | |
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 6.57 | 2006 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 6.23 | 2006 | ||
| =32 | Swaziland | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Dominica | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | South Korea | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Norway | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Finland | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Mauritius | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Panama | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Georgia | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Moldova | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Papua New Guinea | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Zimbabwe | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Hungary | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Slovenia | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Jamaica | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Czech Republic | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Saint Lucia | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Federated States of Micronesia | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Sweden | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Bulgaria | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Japan | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Puerto Rico | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Kiribati | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Switzerland | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 2006 | |
| =32 | Honduras | 6 | 2006 | |
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 5.92 | 2006 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 5.88 | 2006 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 5.85 | 2006 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 5.8 | 2006 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 5.73 | 2006 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 5.65 | 2006 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 5.62 | 2006 | ||
| =58 | Ethiopia | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Tanzania | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | France | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Vanuatu | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Indonesia | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Palau | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Thailand | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Sierra Leone | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Suriname | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Jordan | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Mauritania | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Syria | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Ghana | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Cape Verde | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Spain | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | India | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Lesotho | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Mongolia | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Armenia | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Tonga | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | South Africa | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Austria | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Iran | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Marshall Islands | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Belgium | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Croatia | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 2006 | |
| =58 | Namibia | 5 | 2006 | |
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 5 | 2006 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 4.75 | 2006 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 4.7 | 2006 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 4.36 | 2006 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 4.27 | 2006 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 4.26 | 2006 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 4.22 | 2006 | ||
| =89 | Burkina Faso | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Tajikistan | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Dominican Republic | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Portugal | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Guinea | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Costa Rica | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | El Salvador | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Estonia | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Lebanon | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Sudan | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Nepal | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Maldives | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Venezuela | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Lithuania | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | The Gambia | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Guatemala | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Pakistan | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Gabon | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Solomon Islands | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Peru | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Benin | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Vietnam | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Romania | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Chad | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Mozambique | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Chile | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Iraq | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Uruguay | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Djibouti | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Nicaragua | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Kuwait | 4 | 2006 | |
| =89 | Poland | 4 | 2006 | |
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 4 | 2006 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 3.97 | 2006 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 3.92 | 2006 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 3.8 | 2006 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 3.68 | 2006 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 3.46 | 2006 | ||
| =121 | East Timor | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Cameroon | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Congo, Republic of the | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Turkey | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Central African Republic | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Ecuador | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Philippines | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Morocco | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Colombia | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Italy | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Senegal | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Greece | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Paraguay | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Argentina | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Bolivia | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Oman | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Yemen | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Eritrea | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Togo | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Mali | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Russia | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Angola | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Uganda | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Niger | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Algeria | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Haiti | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Guinea-Bissau | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Seychelles | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Bhutan | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Guyana | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Tunisia | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2006 | |
| =121 | Comoros | 3 | 2006 | |
| =159 | Madagascar | 2 | 2006 | |
| =159 | Mexico | 2 | 2006 | |
| =159 | Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 2006 | |
| =159 | Laos | 2 | 2006 | |
| =159 | China | 2 | 2006 | |
| =159 | Brazil | 2 | 2006 | |
| =159 | Belarus | 2 | 2006 | |
| =159 | Burundi | 2 | 2006 | |
| =167 | Rwanda | 1 | 2006 | |
| =167 | Egypt | 1 | 2006 |