Soft/Governance & Integrity/Justice System & Fundamental Rights

Judicial Independence & Court Capability

The capacity to decide on law alone: courts with the independence, competence and throughput to resolve disputes impartially and in time for the resolution to matter.
factbase.org/cap/5XM99YKX2C
World mean
8.8
of 20 · median 8.0
Range
2–17
middle half 6.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.28
round 1 ±0.94 — 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 24
Established 24
Transitional 46
Foundational 56
Nascent 39
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 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
2 🇨🇦Canada Americas 17 Advanced ±0.00
3 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
4 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
7 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇳🇴Norway Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.71
11 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
12 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
17 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
19 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
20 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
21 🇺🇸United States Americas 16 Advanced ±0.00
22 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
23 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.00
24 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
25 🇨🇱Chile Americas 14 Established ±0.43
26 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
27 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
28 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 14 Established ±0.00
29 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 14 Established ±0.43
30 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 14 Established ±0.43
31 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.83
32 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 13 Established ±0.71
33 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 13 Established ±0.50
34 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 13 Established ±0.00
35 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
36 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 13 Established ±0.50
37 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 13 Established ±0.50
38 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
39 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 13 Established ±0.43
40 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 13 Established ±0.00
41 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 12 Established ±0.43
42 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 12 Established ±0.71
43 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
44 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±0.43
45 🇮🇹Italy Europe 12 Established ±0.43
46 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.83
47 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.43
48 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.50
49 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
50 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
51 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
52 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
53 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
54 🇵🇱Poland Europe 11 Transitional ±0.83
55 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
56 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
59 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
60 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
62 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
63 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
64 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 10 Transitional ±0.71
65 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
66 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
67 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
68 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
69 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
70 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
71 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
72 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
73 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
74 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
75 🇦🇱Albania Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
76 🇧🇿Belize Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
77 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
78 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
79 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
80 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
81 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
82 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
83 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
84 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
85 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
86 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
87 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
88 🇵🇦Panama Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
89 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.71
90 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
91 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
92 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
93 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
94 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
95 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
96 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
97 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.83
99 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
100 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
101 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.00
102 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
103 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
104 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.83
105 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.83
106 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
107 🇵🇪Peru Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
109 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
110 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 8 Foundational ±1.09
111 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
113 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
114 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
116 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
117 🇧🇯Benin Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
119 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
120 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
121 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
122 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
123 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
125 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
126 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
127 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
128 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
129 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
130 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
131 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
132 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
133 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
134 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
135 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
136 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
137 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
138 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.71
139 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
140 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
141 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
142 🇷🇺Russia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
143 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
144 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
145 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
146 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
147 🇹🇬Togo Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
148 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
149 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
150 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.83
151 🇦🇴Angola Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
152 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
153 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
156 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
158 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
160 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
161 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇲🇱Mali Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
164 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇳🇪Niger Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
167 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
168 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
169 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.00
171 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
172 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇨🇬Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
179 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
180 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
181 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
182 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
183 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
184 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
185 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
186 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
187 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
188 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
189 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
190 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
191 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
192 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
193 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
194 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
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
Access to Justice & Legal Services8.42–17Denmark, Finland, Netherlands
Fundamental Rights Protection8.90–18Denmark, Finland, Iceland
Human Rights Institutions & Equality Bodies7.90–17Australia, Canada, Denmark