ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN: Global ranking

States were ranked according to the extent to which their legal systems effectively guarantee children’s right to access to justice. For full details on the ranking method, please see the Data and methodology page.

Rank	Country	Country score (out of 261)	% score
1	Belgium	213	81.6
2	Portugal	201.5	77.2
3	Spain	201	77
4	Finland	199.5	76.4
5	Netherlands	198.5	76.1
6	Luxembourg	197.5	75.7
7	Kenya	196.5	75.3
8	Iceland	194	74.3
9	Latvia	191.5	73.4
10	United Kingdom (England & Wales)	190.5	73
11	Argentina	188.5	72.2
12	South Africa	188	72
13	Norway	187	71.6
14	Brazil	186.5	71.5
15	Canada	186	71.3
16	Dominican Republic	185.5	71.1
17	Andorra	184.5	70.7
18	United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	183.5	70.3
19	El Salvador	183	70.1
20	Slovenia	181	69.3
21	France	180	69
22	New Zealand	179	68.6
23	Poland	177.5	68
24	Bolivia	177	67.8
=	Croatia	177	67.8
=	Lithuania	177	67.8
27	Colombia	176	67.4
=	Estonia	176	67.4
29	Honduras	175	67
30	Israel	174	66.7
=	Uruguay	174	66.7
32	Bulgaria	173.5	66.5
=	Greece	173.5	66.5
34	Costa Rica	173	66.3
=	Switzerland	173	66.3
36	United Kingdom (Scotland)	172.5	66.1
37	Romania	170.5	65.3
38	Australia	170	65.1
=	Guatemala	170	65.1
40	Hungary	169	64.8
41	Panama	168.5	64.6
42	Mexico	168	64.4
43	India	167	64
44	Ecuador	166	63.6
45	Slovakia	164.5	63
46	Denmark	164	62.8
47	Italy	163.5	62.6
48	Paraguay	163	62.5
49	Cyprus	162.5	62.3
=	Ireland	162.5	62.3
51	Uganda	161	61.7
=	United States	161	61.7
53	Czech Republic	160	61.3
54	Peru	159.5	61.1
=	Sweden	159.5	61.1
=	Turkey	159.5	61.1
57	Togo	156.5	60
58	Philippines	156	59.8
59	Albania	155	59.4
=	Burkina Faso	155	59.4
=	Georgia	155	59.4
=	Moldova, Republic of	155	59.4
63	Bangladesh	154.5	59.2
=	Bosnia and Herzegovina	154.5	59.2
=	Jamaica	154.5	59.2
66	Germany	153.5	58.8
=	Serbia	153.5	58.8
68	Cabo Verde	153	58.6
=	Namibia	153	58.6
=	Nicaragua	153	58.6
71	Austria	151.5	58
72	Kazakhstan	150.5	57.7
=	Macedonia (FYROM)	150.5	57.7
=	Tajikistan	150.5	57.7
75	Venezuela	149	57.1
76	Mauritania	148	56.7
=	Russian Federation	148	56.7
78	Nepal	147	56.3
79	Japan	145	55.6
80	Rwanda	144.5	55.4
=	Ukraine	144.5	55.4
82	Korea, Republic of	143	54.8
83	Djibouti	142.5	54.6
84	Montenegro	142	54.4
85	Bhutan	141.5	54.2
=	Kosovo	141.5	54.2
87	Azerbaijan	139.5	53.4
88	Chad	138.5	53.1
89	Benin	138	52.9
90	Grenada	137	52.5
91	Burundi	136.5	52.3
=	Trinidad and Tobago	136.5	52.3
93	Nigeria	136	52.1
94	Sierra Leone	135.5	51.9
95	Kyrgyzstan	134.5	51.5
96	Chile	134	51.3
=	Papua New Guinea	134	51.3
98	Armenia	133	51
=	Barbados	133	51
100	Guyana	132	50.6
101	Mauritius	131.5	50.4
102	Gabon	130	49.8
=	San Marino	130	49.8
104	Thailand	128.5	49.2
105	Samoa	126.5	48.5
=	Tunisia	126.5	48.5
107	Mali	125.5	48.1
108	Angola	125	47.9
=	Lebanon	125	47.9
110	Saint Lucia	123.5	47.3
111	Belize	122	46.7
=	Ghana	122	46.7
=	Monaco	122	46.7
114	Viet Nam	121.5	46.6
115	Egypt	120	46
116	Fiji	119	45.6
=	Malta	119	45.6
118	Guinea	117.5	45
119	Pakistan	117	44.8
120	Liechtenstein	115.5	44.3
=	Singapore	115.5	44.3
122	Indonesia	115	44.1
123	Democratic Republic of the Congo	113	43.3
=	Sri Lanka	113	43.3
=	Sudan	113	43.3
126	Gambia	112.5	43.1
=	Timor-Leste	112.5	43.1
128	Uzbekistan	112	42.9
129	Bahamas	111	42.5
130	Antigua and Barbuda	107.5	41.2
=	Malaysia	107.5	41.2
=	Vanuatu	107.5	41.2
133	Sao Tome and Principe	106.5	40.8
=	Tanzania	106.5	40.8
135	Botswana	105	40.2
=	Marshall Islands	105	40.2
137	Belarus	103.5	39.7
=	Haiti	103.5	39.7
=	Senegal	103.5	39.7
140	Solomon Islands	102.5	39.3
141	Liberia	101	38.7
=	Yemen	101	38.7
143	Seychelles	100.5	38.5
=	Swaziland	100.5	38.5
145	Dominica	98.5	37.7
=	Myanmar/Burma	98.5	37.7
=	Zimbabwe	98.5	37.7
148	Nauru	96.5	37
149	Afghanistan	95.5	36.6
150	Mongolia	95	36.4
=	Morocco	95	36.4
152	Malawi	94.5	36.2
153	Ethiopia	94	36
=	Kiribati	94	36
=	Lesotho	94	36
156	Comoros	93.5	35.8
=	Palau	93.5	35.8
158	Turkmenistan	93	35.6
159	Madagascar	92.5	35.4
160	Micronesia, Federated States of	92	35.2
=	Syria*	92	35.2
162	China	91.5	35.1
=	Suriname	91.5	35.1
164	Cameroon	91	34.9
165	Tonga	90	34.5
166	Cambodia	89.5	34.3
167	Libya	89	34.1
168	Bahrain	88.5	33.9
169	Algeria	86	33
=	South Sudan	86	33
171	Niger	85.5	32.8
172	Central African Republic	84.5	32.4
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	82.5	31.6
174	Congo	82	31.4
=	Iraq	82	31.4
176	Tuvalu	81.5	31.2
177	Mozambique	81	31
178	Saint Kitts and Nevis	79	30.3
179	Qatar	76.5	29.3
180	Zambia	74.5	28.5
181	Saudi Arabia	74	28.4
182	Iran, Islamic Republic of	73.5	28.2
183	Guinea-Bissau	72.5	27.8
184	Laos	71	27.2
185	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	68.5	26.2
186	Jordan	67	25.7
187	Brunei Darussalam	66	25.3
188	Oman	62.5	23.9
189	Cote d'Ivoire	61.5	23.6
=	Maldives	61.5	23.6
191	United Arab Emirates	59.5	22.8
192	Kuwait	54.5	20.9
193	Cuba	46.5	17.8
194	Somalia	45	17.2
195	Occupied Palestinian Territories**	41	15.7
196	Eritrea	34.5	13.2
197	Equatorial Guinea	30	11.5

* Based on the pre-2011 legal system (i.e. does not take into account the consequences of the ongoing conflict in the country), as this was the only information available. For context, please refer to Part V. Additional factors of the country report.
** The methodological criteria have been systematically applied to all States; the OPT's ranking, being the only occupied territory in the list, was more adversely affected in this regard than all of the others. For context, please refer to Part V. Additional factors of the country report.