The countries with the lowest human rights and rule of law index scores are located all in Europe, expect New Zealand and Costa Rica. In a scale from zero to 10, where zero represents the best conditions and 10 the worst, Norway, New Zealand, Iceland, Finland, and Austria scored the lowest points. On the contrary, Egypt was considered to be the worst country for human rights and rule of law.
Leading countries for human rights and rule of law as of 2021
The source adds the following information: "0 (high) - 10 (low) - The average for 2021 based on 173 countries was 5.42 index points. The highest value was in Egypt: 9.8 index points and the lowest value was in Austria: 0.5 index points. The indicator is available from 2007 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available."
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