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FIW: Property rights

Name: FIW: Property rights by country, 2024
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192 countries · 2024

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FIW: Property rights league table
#	Country	score	Region	Income
1	Canada	4	North America	High income
2	St. Lucia	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
3	Australia	4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
4	Slovak Republic	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Austria	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Netherlands	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Norway	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	San Marino	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Germany	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Japan	4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
11	Bahamas, The	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
12	Uruguay	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
13	New Zealand	4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
14	Iceland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Ireland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Poland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Portugal	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Belgium	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Barbados	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
20	Denmark	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Andorra	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Sweden	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Dominica	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
24	Switzerland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	United Kingdom	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Chile	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
27	France	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Finland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Malta	4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
30	Estonia	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Latvia	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Luxembourg	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Lithuania	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Spain	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Slovenia	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Liechtenstein	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	Mongolia	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
38	Cabo Verde	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
39	Malaysia	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
40	Palau	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
41	Ghana	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
42	Vanuatu	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
43	Georgia	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
44	Tonga	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
45	Argentina	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
46	Sao Tome and Principe	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Bulgaria	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Hungary	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Cyprus	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Costa Rica	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
51	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
52	Peru	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
53	Korea, Rep.	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
54	Panama	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
55	Fiji	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
56	Seychelles	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
57	Namibia	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	Israel	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
59	North Macedonia	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
60	Marshall Islands	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
61	Naoero	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
62	Mauritius	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
63	Italy	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Jamaica	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
65	Antigua and Barbuda	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
66	Solomon Islands	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
67	Paraguay	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
68	Sierra Leone	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
69	El Salvador	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
70	Singapore	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
71	Trinidad and Tobago	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
72	Monaco	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
73	Hong Kong SAR, China	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
74	South Africa	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
75	Serbia	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
76	Dominican Republic	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
77	Samoa	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
78	Taiwan	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
79	Brazil	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
80	Armenia	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
81	Grenada	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Bhutan	3	South Asia	Lower middle income
83	Greece	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
84	Botswana	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
85	Croatia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
86	Tuvalu	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
87	Benin	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	Belize	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
89	Senegal	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
90	Kiribati	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
91	Ecuador	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Rwanda	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
93	Romania	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
94	Papua New Guinea	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
95	Philippines	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
96	Pakistan	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
97	Oman	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
98	Suriname	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	Nepal	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
100	Niger	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
101	Malawi	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
102	Togo	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
103	Mauritania	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
104	Mozambique	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
105	Montenegro	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
106	Thailand	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
107	Mexico	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
108	Maldives	2	South Asia	Upper middle income
109	Madagascar	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
110	Moldova	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
111	Morocco	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
112	Lesotho	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
113	Sri Lanka	2	South Asia	Upper middle income
114	Timor-Leste	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
115	Liberia	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
116	Lebanon	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
117	Kyrgyz Republic	2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
118	Kazakhstan	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119	Jordan	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
120	Tunisia	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
121	India	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
122	Indonesia	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
123	Honduras	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
124	Guyana	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
125	Guatemala	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
126	Tanzania	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
127	Gambia, The	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
128	Guinea	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
129	Uganda	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
130	Ukraine	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
131	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
132	Algeria	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
133	Djibouti	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
134	Comoros	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	Colombia	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
136	Congo, Rep.	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
137	Cote d'Ivoire	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
138	Brunei Darussalam	2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
139	Bolivia	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
141	Bahrain	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
142	Bangladesh	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
143	Zambia	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
144	Albania	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
145	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
146	Burundi	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
147	Turkiye	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
148	Azerbaijan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
149	Iraq	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
150	Kenya	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	Cambodia	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
152	Kuwait	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
153	Lao PDR	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
154	Libya	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
155	Turkmenistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
156	Tajikistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
157	Mali	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
158	Myanmar	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
159	Chad	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Nigeria	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
161	Nicaragua	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
162	Congo, Dem. Rep.	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163	United Arab Emirates	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
164	Eswatini	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
165	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	1	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
166	Qatar	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
167	Russian Federation	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Angola	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
169	Saudi Arabia	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
170	Afghanistan	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
171	Sudan	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
172	Venezuela, RB	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
173	Zimbabwe	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
174	Cameroon	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
175	China	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
176	Belarus	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
177	Cuba	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
178	Uzbekistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
179	Kosovo	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
180	Viet Nam	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
181	Ethiopia	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
182	Yemen, Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
183	Burkina Faso	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
184	Gabon	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
185	Guinea-Bissau	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
186	Equatorial Guinea	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
187	Haiti	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
188	Syrian Arab Republic	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
189	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
190	Central African Republic	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
191	Eritrea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
192	South Sudan	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

FIW: Property rights