Soft/Governance & Integrity/Justice System & Fundamental Rights

Fundamental Rights Protection

The capacity to hold rights under pressure: the constitutional and legal frameworks, remedies and enforcement practice that keep expression, assembly, belief and equal treatment real rather than recited.
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World mean
8.9
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
0–18
middle half 5.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.32
round 1 ±1.09 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
Denmark, Finland, Iceland

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 5
Advanced 23
Established 33
Transitional 44
Foundational 33
Nascent 44
Inception 15

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 18 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇫🇮Finland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
4 🇳🇴Norway Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
6 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±0.00
7 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
17 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
18 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
19 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
21 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
22 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
23 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 15 Advanced ±0.50
24 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
25 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
26 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
27 🇺🇸United States Americas 15 Advanced ±0.43
28 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 15 Advanced ±0.00
29 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 14 Established ±0.00
30 🇨🇱Chile Americas 14 Established ±0.00
31 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
32 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.00
33 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
34 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 14 Established ±0.43
35 🇲🇹Malta Europe 14 Established ±0.00
36 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 14 Established ±0.00
37 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 13 Established ±0.50
38 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 13 Established ±0.43
39 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 13 Established ±0.50
40 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 13 Established ±0.50
41 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
42 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
43 🇬🇷Greece Europe 13 Established ±0.00
44 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
45 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 13 Established ±0.43
46 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 13 Established ±0.71
47 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
48 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 13 Established ±0.00
49 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 12 Established ±0.00
50 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 12 Established ±0.43
51 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 12 Established ±0.43
52 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 12 Established ±0.00
53 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 12 Established ±0.43
54 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 12 Established ±0.43
55 🇵🇱Poland Europe 12 Established ±0.00
56 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.00
57 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 12 Established ±0.50
58 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 12 Established ±0.50
59 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 12 Established ±0.50
60 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 12 Established ±0.43
61 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 12 Established ±0.00
62 🇧🇿Belize Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
67 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
68 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
69 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
70 🇵🇦Panama Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
71 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
72 🇦🇱Albania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
73 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.50
74 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
75 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
76 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
77 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
78 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
79 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
80 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
81 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
82 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
83 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
84 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
85 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
86 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.71
87 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
88 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
89 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
90 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
91 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
92 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
93 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
94 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
95 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
96 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
97 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
98 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
99 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
100 🇵🇪Peru Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
101 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±1.12
102 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
103 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.71
104 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
105 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
106 🇧🇯Benin Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
107 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
108 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
109 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
113 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.71
114 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
116 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
117 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
118 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
120 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
121 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
122 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
123 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
125 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
126 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
127 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
128 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
129 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
130 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
131 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
132 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.83
133 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
134 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
135 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
136 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
137 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
138 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
139 🇦🇴Angola Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
140 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
141 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 5 Nascent ±1.09
142 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
143 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇳🇪Niger Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 5 Nascent ±1.12
148 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 5 Nascent ±1.12
149 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
150 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
151 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
152 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.71
153 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.50
154 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
156 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±1.12
158 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
159 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
160 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
161 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
162 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
165 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.83
167 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
168 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
169 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.71
170 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
171 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
172 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 3 Nascent ±0.83
175 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
178 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.71
179 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 3 Nascent ±0.83
180 🇷🇺Russia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
181 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.83
182 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.87
183 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
184 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
185 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
186 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
187 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
188 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
189 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
190 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
191 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
192 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
193 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
194 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
197 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43

Others in Justice System & Fundamental Rights

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Judicial Independence & Court Capability8.82–17Australia, Canada, Denmark
Access to Justice & Legal Services8.42–17Denmark, Finland, Netherlands
Human Rights Institutions & Equality Bodies7.90–17Australia, Canada, Denmark