Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - In the 2021 rule of law rating published by the World Justice Project on 14 October, Uzbekistan climbed 14 positions up.

Estimates for Uzbekistan increased by 4.1 percent this year, making Uzbekistan one of the 3 countries that showed the best results in this direction.

The Index Survey was conducted among 138,000 households and more than 4,000 lawyers and experts, assessing the level of rule of law in 139 countries (the number of countries increased by 11 compared to last year).

Accordingly, new states have been added to this year’s edition, such as the Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Paraguay, the Slovak Republic, and Sudan.

Our country took 85th place in the overall ranking.

The Index is the only international rating that specializes exclusively in assessing the state of the rule of law, and is one of the most important sources of information in the formation of the Corruption Perceptions Index, the World Bank Governance Quality Index, and Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index.