Soft/Governance & Integrity/Justice System & Fundamental Rights

Human Rights Institutions & Equality Bodies

The capacity to watch the watchers: accredited national human-rights institutions, ombudsman offices and equality bodies with the independence, mandate and teeth to pursue fairness against the state itself.
factbase.org/cap/RQBPC7K809
World mean
7.9
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
0–17
middle half 5.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.32
round 1 ±1.38 — the honest estimate
Leader
17
Australia, Canada, Denmark

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 15
Established 31
Transitional 38
Foundational 44
Nascent 45
Inception 24

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 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
2 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±0.50
3 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
4 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
5 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
6 🇳🇴Norway Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.71
8 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.71
13 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.83
14 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.83
16 🇨🇱Chile Americas 14 Established ±0.00
17 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
18 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 14 Established ±0.50
19 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 14 Established ±0.00
20 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 14 Established ±0.43
21 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
22 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 14 Established ±0.50
23 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 13 Established ±0.50
24 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 13 Established ±0.00
25 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
26 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
27 🇬🇷Greece Europe 13 Established ±0.43
28 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 13 Established ±0.83
29 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
30 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 13 Established ±0.00
31 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.00
32 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
33 🇺🇸United States Americas 13 Established ±0.87
34 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.43
35 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 12 Established ±0.00
36 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
37 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 12 Established ±0.43
38 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.00
39 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.00
40 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 12 Established ±0.43
41 🇵🇪Peru Americas 12 Established ±0.43
42 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
43 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
44 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 12 Established ±1.73
45 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
46 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 12 Established ±0.71
47 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
48 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.83
49 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
50 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
51 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
52 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
53 🇦🇱Albania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
54 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
55 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.83
56 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
57 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.87
59 🇮🇹Italy Europe 10 Transitional ±1.48
60 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±1.48
61 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
62 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
63 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
66 🇵🇦Panama Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
68 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
69 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
70 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.71
71 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
72 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
73 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
74 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 9 Transitional ±0.71
76 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
77 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 9 Transitional ±0.83
78 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
79 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
80 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
82 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
83 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
84 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
85 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
86 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
87 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
88 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
89 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
90 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
91 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
92 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
93 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
94 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
95 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
96 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
97 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
98 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
99 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
100 🇧🇯Benin Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
101 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
102 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
103 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
104 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
105 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
106 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 7 Foundational ±0.87
107 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
109 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
110 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
112 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.50
113 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
114 🇧🇿Belize Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
115 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
116 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
117 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
120 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
121 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
122 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
123 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±1.09
125 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 6 Foundational ±0.87
126 🇹🇬Togo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
127 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.50
128 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
129 🇦🇴Angola Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
130 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
131 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
132 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
133 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
134 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
135 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
136 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
137 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
138 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
139 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
140 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
141 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
143 🇲🇱Mali Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
144 🇳🇪Niger Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
146 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇷🇺Russia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
148 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
151 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
152 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
153 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
154 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇨🇬Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
156 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
157 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.83
159 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
160 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
161 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
163 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
164 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 4 Nascent ±0.71
165 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
167 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
168 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
169 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
170 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
171 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
172 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
174 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
175 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
176 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.83
177 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
178 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
179 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.83
180 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
181 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
182 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
183 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
184 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
185 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
186 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
187 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
190 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
191 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
192 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
194 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
196 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
197 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

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
Fundamental Rights Protection8.90–18Denmark, Finland, Iceland