Ukraine close to the bottom on Rule of Law Index
On 28 November the World Justice Project released its 2012 Rule of Law Index according to which Ukraine is in 87th place out of 97 countries. This is only because the rating for “Order and Security”, for example, is higher – for “absence of corruption” Ukraine is 94th out of 97.
The WJP Rule of Law Index assesses countries’ adherence to the rule of law. The Project’s site says that this is the third such annual report, and that over 5 years they have interviewed 97 thousand members of the public and more than two and a half thousand experts in the countries researched. The list of all countries can be found below.
Ukraine
Factors | Scores | Global Rankings | Regional Rankings | Income Group Rankings |
Limited Government Powers | 0.36 | 87/97 | 17/21 | 20/23 |
Absence of Corruption | 0.25 | 94/97 | 21/21 | 20/23 |
Order and Security | 0.74 | 44/97 | 15/21 | 6/23 |
Fundamental Rights | 0.58 | 56/97 | 14/21 | 7/23 |
Open Government | 0.44 | 62/97 | 15/21 | 11/23 |
Regulatory Enforcement | 0.35 | 91/97 | 21/21 | 22/23 |
Civil Justice | 0.52 | 56/97 | 12/21 | 7/23 |
Criminal Justice | 0.39 | 79/97 | 18/21 | 13/23 |
SUBFACTORS
Subfactors | Scores |
1.2 Government powers are effectively limited by the legislature | 0.41 |
1.3 Government powers are effectively limited by the judiciary | 0.23 |
1.4 Government powers are effectively limited by independent auditing and review | 0.25 |
1.5 Government officials are sanctioned for misconduct | 0.25 |
1.6 Government powers are subject to non-governmental checks | 0.52 |
1.7 Transition of power is subject to the law | 0.51 |
Albania | Ghana | Panama |
Argentina | Greece | Peru |
Australia | Guatemala | Philippines |
Austria | Hong Kong SAR, China | Poland |
Bangladesh | Hungary | Portugal |
Belarus | India | Romania |
Belgium | Indonesia | Russia |
Bolivia | Iran | Senegal |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Italy | Serbia |
Botswana | Jamaica | Sierra Leone |
Brazil | Japan | Singapore |
Bulgaria | Jordan | Slovenia |
Burkina Faso | Kazakhstan | South Africa |
Cambodia | Kenya | Spain |
Cameroon | Republic of Korea | Sri Lanka |
Canada | Kyrgyzstan | Sweden |
Chile | Lebanon | Tanzania |
China | Liberia | Thailand |
Colombia | Macedonia | Tunisia |
Cote d’Ivoire | Madagascar | Turkey |
Croatia | Malawi | Uganda |
Czech Republic | Malaysia | Ukraine |
Denmark | Mexico | United Arab Emirates |
Dominican Republic | Moldova | United Kingdom |
Ecuador | Mongolia | United States |
Egypt | Morocco | Uruguay |
El Salvador | Nepal | Uzbekistan |
Estonia | Netherlands | Venezuela |
Ethiopia | New Zealand | Vietnam |
Finland | Nicaragua | Zambia |
France | Nigeria | Zimbabwe |
Georgia | Norway |
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Germany | Pakistan |
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