Rule of Law Index 2022, World Justice Project

• The Rule of Law Index assesses the extent which countries/territories adhere to the rule of law in practice by examining eight factors, namely constraints on government powers, absence of corruption, open government, fundamental rights, order and security, regulatory enforcement, civil justice and criminal justice.

• In the 2022 Index, Hong Kong is ranked the 9th under the factor of "absence of corruption" out of 140 countries/territories.

  Ranking	Country/Territory	Score*
  1	Denmark	0.96
  5	Finland	0.89
  9	Hong Kong	0.83
  14	Australia	0.81
  22	United States	0.73

  * on a scale of 0-1, with 1 being the best performance

• Source: Rule of Law Index 2022