Pakistan Ranking Data
Pakistan
ranked 130 out of 139 countries on rule of law • Deterioration in rule of law
is spreading worldwide, as seen in the WJP Rule of Law Index® 2021. • Areas of
greatest decline globally include constraints on government powers, civic
space, timeliness of justice, and absence of discrimination. • Pakistan placed
5th out of 6 in the South Asia region. WASHINGTON, DC (14 October 2021) – The
World Justice Project (WJP) today released the WJP Rule of Law Index® 2021,
which evaluates rule of law in 139 countries or jurisdictions. The report is
the first in this annual series issued since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared
in March 2020, and it shows multi-year negative trends worsening during this
period. “With negative trends in so many countries, this year’s WJP Rule of Law
Index should be a wakeup call for us all.” said WJP Co-Founder and CEO Bill Neukom. “Rule of Law is the very foundation of communities
of justice, opportunity and peace. Reinforcing that foundation should be a top
priority for the coming period of recovery from the pandemic.”