Global Rankings

State Legitimacy Index

0 (high) - 10 (low)

Rank		Country	0 (high) - 10 (low)
Current	Previous	Country	0 (high) - 10 (low)
1	3	Guinea	10
1	1	Syria	10
3	1	North Korea	9.9
3	3	Yemen	9.9
5	25	Haiti	9.8
5	6	Equatorial Guinea	9.8
5	6	Turkmenistan	9.8
8	8	Eritrea	9.6
8	9	Venezuela	9.6
10	13	Somalia	9.5
11	3	Libya	9.4
11	10	Chad	9.4
11	11	Burundi	9.4
14	25	Sudan	9.3
14	18	Belarus	9.3
14	13	Democratic Republic of the Congo	9.3
14	13	Iran	9.3
14	13	Tajikistan	9.3
19	11	Uzbekistan	9.2
19	22	Central African Republic	9.2
21	17	Republic of the Congo	9.1
21	43	Burma (Myanmar)	9.1
21	18	Azerbaijan	9.1
24	18	Laos	9
24	22	Guinea-Bissau	9
26	34	Nicaragua	8.9
26	25	Zimbabwe	8.9
28	30	Cambodia	8.8
29	18	Afghanistan	8.7
29	22	Cameroon	8.7
29	31	Swaziland	8.7
32	31	Egypt	8.6
33	43	Djibouti	8.5
33	25	China	8.5
33	34	Uganda	8.5
33	34	Nigeria	8.5
33	56	Mali	8.5
33	45	Ethiopia	8.5
33	45	Kyrgyzstan	8.5
40	39	Russia	8.3
40	34	Vietnam	8.3
40	25	Iraq	8.3
40	39	Angola	8.3
44	33	Georgia	8.2
45	38	Bahrain	8.1
45	39	Kazakhstan	8.1
47	39	Togo	7.9
47	48	Algeria	7.9
47	50	Comoros	7.9
47	47	Mauritania	7.9
51	50	Lebanon	7.8
51	50	Thailand	7.8
51	50	Ivory Coast	7.8
51	48	Saudi Arabia	7.8
51	56	Gabon	7.8
56	61	Cuba	7.5
57	56	Tanzania	7.4
57	61	Bangladesh	7.4
57	68	Malawi	7.4
60	65	Turkey	7.3
60	54	Kenya	7.3
60	54	Pakistan	7.3
63	56	Maldives	7.2
63	56	Zambia	7.2
65	61	Philippines	7.1
65	61	Brunei	7.1
65	71	Kuwait	7.1
65	68	Honduras	7.1
69	91	Madagascar	7
70	66	Gambia	6.9
70	66	Peru	6.9
70	75	Oman	6.9
73	75	Rwanda	6.8
73	71	Mozambique	6.8
73	79	Morocco	6.8
73	68	Niger	6.8
77	71	Bolivia	6.7
77	82	Paraguay	6.7
77	71	Brazil	6.7
80	75	Spain	6.6
80	82	Guatemala	6.6
80	75	Armenia	6.6
83	79	Liberia	6.5
83	84	Hungary	6.5
83	79	Ukraine	6.5
86	88	Malaysia	6.4
86	84	United Arab Emirates	6.4
86	88	Jordan	6.4
86	96	South Africa	6.4
90	91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.3
90	84	Qatar	6.3
90	177	Macao	6.3
93	84	Nepal	6.1
93	103	Solomon Islands	6.1
95	88	Sri Lanka	6
95	96	Tunisia	6
95	104	Mexico	6
98	91	Burkina Faso	5.9
99	94	Papua New Guinea	5.8
99	104	Serbia	5.8
99	99	Fiji	5.8
99	99	Ecuador	5.8
99	104	Greece	5.8
104	94	Dominican Republic	5.7
105	104	Colombia	5.6
106	98	Albania	5.5
107	99	Sierra Leone	5.4
108	99	Moldova	5.2
109	111	Benin	5.1
110	108	Romania	5
111	112	Lesotho	4.8
111	110	Macedonia	4.8
113	109	Chile	4.7
114	137	United States	4.5
114	115	Guyana	4.5
114	119	Indonesia	4.5
117	112	Cape Verde	4.4
117	120	India	4.4
117	120	Samoa	4.4
117	126	El Salvador	4.4
117	115	Micronesia	4.4
122	115	Grenada	4.3
123	126	Czech Republic	4.2
124	112	Sao Tome and Principe	4.1
125	120	Seychelles	4
125	120	Poland	4
125	120	Belize	4
128	118	Antigua and Barbuda	3.9
128	125	Cyprus	3.9
130	135	Montenegro	3.8
130	129	Mongolia	3.8
132	133	Singapore	3.7
132	128	Argentina	3.7
132	135	Jamaica	3.7
135	129	Senegal	3.6
136	129	Slovakia	3.5
136	129	Suriname	3.5
138	133	Bulgaria	3.4
139	141	United Kingdom	3.3
140	143	Malta	3.2
140	147	Panama	3.2
140	141	Ghana	3.2
143	138	Bhutan	3.1
143	144	Namibia	3.1
145	139	Israel	3
145	139	Trinidad and Tobago	3
147	144	South Korea	2.7
147	144	Bahamas	2.7
149	149	Botswana	2.5
150	150	Croatia	2.4
151	148	Italy	2.3
152	152	Mauritius	2.1
152	151	Latvia	2.1
154	153	Slovenia	1.7
155	154	Costa Rica	1.5
156	155	Lithuania	1.3
156	157	Barbados	1.3
158	155	Estonia	1.2
159	158	France	1.1
160	159	Belgium	0.9
161	159	Portugal	0.8
162	159	Austria	0.6
162	165	Ireland	0.6
162	165	Sweden	0.6
165	165	New Zealand	0.5
165	162	Norway	0.5
165	162	Finland	0.5
165	162	Denmark	0.5
165	165	Canada	0.5
170	165	Australia	0.4
170	165	Germany	0.4
170	165	Uruguay	0.4
170	165	Iceland	0.4
174	165	Luxembourg	0.3
174	165	Switzerland	0.3
174	165	Netherlands	0.3
177	165	Japan	0.2

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State Legitimacy Index