Justice System & Fundamental Rights — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 0

Advanced 19

Established 24

Transitional 41

Foundational 53

Nascent 45

Inception 15

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Justice System & Fundamental Rights. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

#	Nation	Region	Justice System & Fundamental Rights	Judicial Independence & Court Capability	Access to Justice & Legal Services	Fundamental Rights Protection	Human Rights Institutions & Equality Bodies
1	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	17.3Advanced	17	17	18	17
2	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	17.3Advanced	17	17	18	17
3	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17.3Advanced	17	17	18	17
4	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17.3Advanced	17	17	18	17
5	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16.8Advanced	17	16	17	17
6	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16.8Advanced	17	17	17	16
7	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	16.8Advanced	17	16	17	17
8	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16.5Advanced	17	16	16	17
9	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16.5Advanced	17	16	17	16
10	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16.3Advanced	17	16	16	16
11	🇫🇷France	Europe	16.0Advanced	16	16	16	16
12	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	15.8Advanced	16	16	16	15
13	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15.5Advanced	15	16	16	15
14	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	15.5Advanced	16	15	18	13
15	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	15.5Advanced	16	14	17	15
16	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	15.5Advanced	17	16	17	12
17	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	15.3Advanced	16	15	16	14
18	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	15.3Advanced	16	15	16	14
19	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	15.0Advanced	16	15	15	14
20	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14.8Established	14	15	15	15
21	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	14.5Established	17	15	16	10
22	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	14.5Established	14	14	16	14
23	🇺🇸United States	Americas	14.5Established	16	14	15	13
24	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	14.3Established	15	14	16	12
25	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	13.8Established	14	13	14	14
26	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	13.8Established	13	14	15	13
27	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	13.8Established	13	13	15	14
28	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	13.5Established	14	13	14	13
29	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	13.5Established	14	13	14	13
30	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	13.3Established	13	12	15	13
31	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	13.3Established	14	12	14	13
32	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	13.0Established	15	14	13	10
33	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	13.0Established	14	13	16	9
34	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	13.0Established	13	12	13	14
35	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	12.8Established	12	13	14	12
36	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12.5Established	12	12	13	13
37	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	12.5Established	13	12	13	12
38	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	12.3Established	13	12	14	10
39	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	12.3Established	12	11	13	13
40	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	12.3Established	12	13	14	10
41	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	12.3Established	11	13	12	13
42	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	12.3Established	12	12	13	12
43	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	12.0Established	12	11	13	12
44	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	11.8Transitional	13	12	14	8
45	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	11.8Transitional	16	15	10	6
46	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11.5Transitional	11	12	11	12
47	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	11.5Transitional	13	13	13	7
48	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	11.5Transitional	11	12	12	11
49	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	11.0Transitional	10	11	13	10
50	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	11.0Transitional	10	10	11	13
51	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11.0Transitional	10	11	11	12
52	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	10.8Transitional	10	10	12	11
53	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	10.8Transitional	11	10	11	11
54	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	10.8Transitional	11	9	12	11
55	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10.8Transitional	10	11	10	12
56	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	10.5Transitional	13	9	13	7
57	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	10.5Transitional	9	11	10	12
58	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	10.3Transitional	12	8	13	8
59	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	10.3Transitional	10	8	11	12
60	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	10.3Transitional	10	12	10	9
61	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	10.0Transitional	11	11	8	10
62	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	10.0Transitional	9	10	9	12
63	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	10.0Transitional	9	10	11	10
64	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	10.0Transitional	9	10	11	10
65	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	10.0Transitional	10	10	12	8
66	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	10.0Transitional	10	9	12	9
67	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	9.8Transitional	10	8	13	8
68	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	9.8Transitional	10	9	10	10
69	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	9.8Transitional	9	10	10	10
70	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	9.8Transitional	8	10	9	12
71	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	9.8Transitional	10	10	9	10
72	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	9.5Transitional	9	9	10	10
73	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	9.5Transitional	8	10	10	10
74	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	9.3Transitional	8	8	10	11
75	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	9.3Transitional	12	8	12	5
76	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	9.3Transitional	8	9	10	10
77	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	9.3Transitional	10	8	11	8
78	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	9.3Transitional	9	8	10	10
79	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	9.3Transitional	9	9	9	10
80	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	9.3Transitional	9	11	8	9
81	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	9.0Transitional	11	8	12	5
82	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9.0Transitional	9	7	9	11
83	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	9.0Transitional	9	7	10	10
84	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	9.0Transitional	9	9	8	10
85	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	8.8Foundational	9	8	10	8
86	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	8.8Foundational	8	9	8	10
87	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	8.5Foundational	8	8	9	9
88	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	8.5Foundational	10	7	12	5
89	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	8.3Foundational	9	7	11	6
90	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	8.3Foundational	9	8	9	7
91	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	8.3Foundational	10	6	12	5
92	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	8.3Foundational	9	8	7	9
93	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	8.3Foundational	10	7	12	4
94	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	8.3Foundational	10	7	12	4
95	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	8.0Foundational	8	7	8	9
96	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8.0Foundational	8	7	8	9
97	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	8.0Foundational	8	8	9	7
98	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	8.0Foundational	10	7	12	3
99	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	8.0Foundational	9	6	10	7
100	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	8.0Foundational	11	11	4	6
101	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	8.0Foundational	8	6	9	9
102	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	7.8Foundational	6	7	9	9
103	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7.8Foundational	7	7	8	9
104	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	7.8Foundational	7	7	8	9
105	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	7.8Foundational	8	7	10	6
106	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	7.5Foundational	8	6	10	6
107	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	7.5Foundational	9	7	6	8
108	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7.5Foundational	8	7	7	8
109	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	7.3Foundational	7	6	8	8
110	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	7.3Foundational	7	6	8	8
111	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	7.3Foundational	9	6	11	3
112	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	7.3Foundational	8	6	10	5
113	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	7.3Foundational	7	7	6	9
114	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	7.0Foundational	8	6	9	5
115	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	7.0Foundational	9	9	5	5
116	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7.0Foundational	8	8	5	7
117	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	7.0Foundational	6	6	8	8
118	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	7.0Foundational	6	5	9	8
119	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	6.8Foundational	7	7	7	6
120	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	6.8Foundational	7	5	8	7
121	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	6.8Foundational	7	5	8	7
122	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	6.8Foundational	6	6	7	8
123	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	6.8Foundational	7	6	7	7
124	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	6.8Foundational	8	9	5	5
125	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	6.8Foundational	7	6	6	8
126	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	6.5Foundational	7	8	5	6
127	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	6.5Foundational	8	8	6	4
128	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	6.5Foundational	8	10	3	5
129	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	6.3Foundational	6	7	6	6
130	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	6.3Foundational	6	7	5	7
131	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	6.3Foundational	6	5	10	4
132	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	6.3Foundational	6	5	9	5
133	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	8	10	4	2
134	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	6	6	6	6
135	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	6.0Foundational	7	5	7	5
136	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	6	5	7	6
137	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	8	9	4	3
138	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	5.8Nascent	7	7	4	5
139	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5.8Nascent	6	5	5	7
140	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5.8Nascent	6	5	6	6
141	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	5.8Nascent	6	9	3	5
142	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	5.8Nascent	6	5	7	5
143	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	5.8Nascent	6	4	10	3
144	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	5.5Nascent	5	8	4	5
145	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	5.5Nascent	5	4	7	6
146	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5.5Nascent	5	5	6	6
147	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	5.5Nascent	6	5	9	2
148	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	5.5Nascent	6	5	9	2
149	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	5.5Nascent	5	6	4	7
150	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	5.5Nascent	6	5	5	6
151	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	5.5Nascent	5	6	5	6
152	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	5.3Nascent	4	7	4	6
153	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	5.3Nascent	5	5	6	5
154	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	5.3Nascent	6	6	4	5
155	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	5.0Nascent	5	5	5	5
156	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	5.0Nascent	5	5	5	5
157	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5.0Nascent	5	4	5	6
158	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	4.8Nascent	6	8	3	2
159	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	4.8Nascent	5	4	4	6
160	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	4.8Nascent	5	5	4	5
161	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	4.8Nascent	5	5	4	5
162	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	4.8Nascent	5	4	8	2
163	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	4.8Nascent	5	4	8	2
164	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	4.5Nascent	5	8	3	2
165	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4.5Nascent	5	5	4	4
166	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	4.5Nascent	6	7	3	2
167	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4.5Nascent	5	4	4	5
168	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4.5Nascent	5	3	5	5
169	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	4.5Nascent	5	6	3	4
170	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	4.3Nascent	4	5	4	4
171	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4.0Nascent	4	4	4	4
172	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	4.0Nascent	4	5	3	4
173	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	3.8Nascent	4	3	5	3
174	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	3.8Nascent	4	4	3	4
175	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	3.5Nascent	4	3	3	4
176	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	3.5Nascent	4	4	3	3
177	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3.5Nascent	3	3	3	5
178	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	3.5Nascent	6	4	4	0
179	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	3.5Nascent	4	5	3	2
180	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	3.5Nascent	4	4	2	4
181	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	3.3Nascent	3	6	2	2
182	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3.0Nascent	3	3	4	2
183	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2.8Inception	3	2	3	3
184	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2.5Inception	2	2	3	3
185	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2.5Inception	2	3	2	3
186	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2.5Inception	3	3	2	2
187	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2.3Inception	3	3	2	1
188	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	3	3	1	2
189	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2.3Inception	3	3	1	2
190	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	2.3Inception	3	3	1	2
191	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2.0Inception	2	2	2	2
192	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	2.0Inception	3	3	1	1
193	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1.8Inception	2	2	1	2
194	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1.5Inception	2	2	1	1
195	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1.5Inception	2	2	1	1
196	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1.3Inception	2	2	1	0
197	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	1.0Inception	2	2	0	0