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DEFINITION:
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.".
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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=1 | Singapore | 10 | 2009 | ||
=1 | Kyrgyzstan | 10 | 2009 | ||
=1 | Kenya | 10 | 2009 | ||
=1 | New Zealand | 10 | 2009 | ||
=1 | Malaysia | 10 | 2009 | ||
=6 | The Bahamas | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | United Kingdom | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | Israel | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | Denmark | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | Australia | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | Vanuatu | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | Slovakia | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | Dominica | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | Poland | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | Zambia | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | Latvia | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | South Africa | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | Ukraine | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | Cyprus | 9 | 2009 | ||
=6 | Albania | 9 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Namibia | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Grenada | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Switzerland | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Romania | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Bulgaria | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Vietnam | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | United States | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Saint Lucia | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | India | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Jamaica | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Guatemala | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Cambodia | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Moldova | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Belize | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Rwanda | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Nigeria | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Ireland | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Tanzania | 8 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Serbia and Montenegro | 8 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Germany | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Iceland | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Belgium | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Puerto Rico | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Brunei | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Japan | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Uganda | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Austria | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Tonga | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Peru | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Ghana | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Botswana | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Hungary | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Fiji | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Luxembourg | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Bangladesh | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Finland | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Malawi | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | Norway | 7 | 2009 | ||
=41 | France | 7 | 2009 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 6.82 | 2009 | |||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 6.8 | 2009 | |||
64 | European Union | 6.73 | 2009 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 6.71 | 2009 | |||
European Union average (profile) | 6.7 | 2009 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 6.59 | 2009 | |||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 6.59 | 2009 | |||
Europe average (profile) | 6.53 | 2009 | |||
Cold countries average (profile) | 6.43 | 2009 | |||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 6.42 | 2009 | |||
Eurozone average (profile) | 6.41 | 2009 | |||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 6.15 | 2009 | |||
Religious countries average (profile) | 6.1 | 2009 | |||
=65 | Honduras | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Croatia | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Armenia | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | China | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Mongolia | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Czech Republic | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Lesotho | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Samoa | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Pakistan | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Spain | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Zimbabwe | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Nepal | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Estonia | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Georgia | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Sierra Leone | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Panama | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Afghanistan | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Netherlands | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Swaziland | 6 | 2009 | ||
=65 | Canada | 6 | 2009 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 5.88 | 2009 | |||
South Asia average (profile) | 5.8 | 2009 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 5.64 | 2009 | |||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 5.45 | 2009 | |||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 5.17 | 2009 | |||
=86 | Uruguay | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | Kiribati | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | Sweden | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | Slovenia | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | The Gambia | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | Lithuania | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | Mexico | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | Papua New Guinea | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | Suriname | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | Sudan | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | Colombia | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | El Salvador | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | Costa Rica | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | Mauritius | 5 | 2009 | ||
=86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 2009 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 4.51 | 2009 | |||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 4.51 | 2009 | |||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 4.3 | 2009 | |||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 4.26 | 2009 | |||
failed states average (profile) | 4.23 | 2009 | |||
=101 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Guyana | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Kuwait | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Seychelles | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Chile | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Marshall Islands | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Laos | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Oman | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Argentina | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Jordan | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Maldives | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Thailand | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Bahrain | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Turkey | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Liberia | 4 | 2009 | ||
=101 | Ethiopia | 4 | 2009 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 3.2 | 2009 | |||
=119 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Indonesia | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Central African Republic | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Portugal | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Guinea | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Ecuador | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Philippines | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Morocco | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Lebanon | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Qatar | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Italy | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Senegal | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Mauritania | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Greece | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Paraguay | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Gabon | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Equatorial Guinea | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Benin | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Togo | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Comoros | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Tunisia | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Nicaragua | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Guinea-Bissau | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Iraq | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Haiti | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Algeria | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Brazil | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Niger | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Chad | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Russia | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Mali | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Tajikistan | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Congo, Republic of the | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Burkina Faso | 3 | 2009 | ||
=119 | Cameroon | 3 | 2009 | ||
=158 | Bhutan | 2 | 2009 | ||
=158 | Burundi | 2 | 2009 | ||
=158 | Belarus | 2 | 2009 | ||
=158 | Mozambique | 2 | 2009 | ||
=158 | Eritrea | 2 | 2009 | ||
=158 | Cape Verde | 2 | 2009 | ||
=158 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 | 2009 | ||
=158 | Venezuela | 2 | 2009 | ||
=158 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 2009 | ||
=158 | Madagascar | 2 | 2009 | ||
=168 | Djibouti | 1 | 2009 | ||
=168 | Bolivia | 1 | 2009 | ||
=168 | Syria | 1 | 2009 | ||
=168 | East Timor | 1 | 2009 | ||
172 | Palau | 0.0 | 2009 |