Soft/Governance & Integrity/Justice System & Fundamental Rights

Access to Justice & Legal Services

The capacity to open the courts to everyone: legal aid and assistance machinery, simplified procedure where it belongs and the reach that closes the gap between having a right and using it.
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World mean
8.4
of 20 · median 8.0
Range
2–17
middle half 5.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.22
round 1 ±0.85 — the honest estimate
Leader
17
Denmark, Finland, Netherlands

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 0
Advanced 21
Established 26
Transitional 35
Foundational 60
Nascent 47
Inception 8

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
2 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
3 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
4 🇳🇴Norway Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
5 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
7 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
9 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.50
10 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
15 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
21 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
23 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
24 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 14 Established ±0.00
25 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 14 Established ±0.50
26 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
27 🇺🇸United States Americas 14 Established ±1.23
28 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.43
29 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
30 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±0.00
31 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 13 Established ±0.00
32 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 13 Established ±0.00
33 🇲🇹Malta Europe 13 Established ±0.43
34 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 13 Established ±0.00
35 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.00
36 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 13 Established ±0.43
37 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 12 Established ±0.00
38 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.43
39 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 12 Established ±0.43
40 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
41 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
42 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 12 Established ±0.00
43 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
44 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.00
45 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 12 Established ±0.43
46 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
47 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±0.00
48 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 11 Transitional ±0.71
49 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
50 🇬🇷Greece Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
51 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
52 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 11 Transitional ±0.71
53 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
54 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
55 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 11 Transitional ±0.71
56 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.87
57 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
58 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
59 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
62 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
63 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
64 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
65 🇵🇦Panama Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
67 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
69 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
70 🇦🇱Albania Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
71 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
72 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
73 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
74 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
76 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
77 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇷🇺Russia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
79 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
80 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
81 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
82 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
83 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
84 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
85 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
86 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
87 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
89 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
90 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
91 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
92 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
93 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
95 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
96 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
97 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
98 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
99 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
101 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
102 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
103 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
105 🇧🇿Belize Americas 7 Foundational ±0.83
106 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
107 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
108 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
109 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
110 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
112 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
114 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
115 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
116 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
117 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
120 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
121 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
122 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
123 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
125 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
126 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
127 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
128 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
129 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
130 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
131 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
132 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
133 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
134 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
135 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.50
136 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
137 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
138 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
139 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
140 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
141 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
142 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
143 🇦🇴Angola Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇧🇯Benin Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
145 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
146 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
148 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
149 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
150 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
151 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
153 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
154 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
160 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
161 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
162 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
164 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
166 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
167 🇨🇬Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
168 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
169 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
170 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 4 Nascent ±1.12
171 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
172 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
173 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
177 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
178 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
179 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
180 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
181 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
182 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
183 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
184 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
185 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
186 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
187 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
188 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
189 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.71
190 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
191 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
192 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
193 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
194 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
195 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
196 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
197 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43

Others in Justice System & Fundamental Rights

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Judicial Independence & Court Capability8.82–17Australia, Canada, Denmark
Fundamental Rights Protection8.90–18Denmark, Finland, Iceland
Human Rights Institutions & Equality Bodies7.90–17Australia, Canada, Denmark