Private Property Rights

Property rights are necessary for prosperity in nation-states. The right to buy and own property by citizens is needed for families to secure homes and accumulate assets and wealth. Businesses want to know that their property rights and the rule of law are in place before they invest.

This report lists countries by Private Property Rights and includes Nominal GDP 2019 estimates from the IMF. The Property Rights score is based on laws in effect in these countries. The countries are listed by Score by Quartile.

The Top 20% Quartile of countries will be the most likely to attract investment. See country and nominal 2019 GDP

Finland            $270 billion

New Zealand   $205 billion

Switzerland      $715 billion

Norway            $418 billion

Singapore        $383 billion

Sweden           $529 billion

Australia         $1.38 trillion

Netherlands     $902 billion

Luxemburg         $70 billion

Canada           $1.73 trillion

Japan              $5.15 trillion

Denmark          $347 billion

UK                   $2.74 trillion

US                 $21.44 trillion

Austria              $448 billion

Germany         $3.86 trillion

Hong Kong       $373 billion

The Next 20%, 2^nd Quartile countries will be the next likely to attract investment.

Belgium       $518 billion

Ireland         $385 billion

Iceland          $24 billion

UAE            $406 billion

Taiwan        $5.86 billion

France        $2.71 trillion

Estonia          $31 billion

Qatar           $192 billion

Israel           $388 billion

Czech R      $247 billion

Portugal       $236 billion

Chili             $294 billion

Malta             $15 billion

Costa Rica    $61 billion

Rwanda        $10 billion

Spain           $1.4 trillion

Malaysia     $365 billion

S Korea     $1.63 trillion

Lithuania       $54 billion

S Africa       $359 billion

Oman           $77 billion

The 3^rd Quartile countries will be the next able to attract investment.

Slovenia         $54 billion 

Mauritius        $14 billion

Cyprus            $24 billion

Jordan            $44 billion

Uruguay          $60 billion

Saudi Arabia $780 billion

Bahrain           $38 billion 

Hungary         $170 billion

Poland           $566 billion

Slovakia         $107 billion

Botswana       $19 billion

Italy               $1.99 trillion

Jamaica         $16 billion

China          $14.14 trillion

Panama         $69 billion

Romania       $244 billion

Brazil            $1.85 trillion

Latvia             $35 billion

Trinidad          $23 billion

Morocco       $119 billion

India             $2.94 trillion

Ghana           $67 billion

Columbia      $328 billion

Kuwait          $138 billion

The 4^th Quartile countries will find it difficult to attract investment.

Bulgaria        $66 billion

Thailand      $529 billion

Turkey         $744 billion

Greece        $214 billion

Sri Lanka      $87 billion

Peru            $229 billion

Philippines   $357 billion

Tanzania       $62 billion

Mexico       $1.27 trillion

Croatia           $61 billion

Georgia           $4 billion

Tunisia          $39 billion

Vietnam       $262 billion

Egypt           $302 billion

Azerbaijan      $47 billion

Argentina     $446 billion

Senegal         $24 billion

Guatemala     $81 billion

Kenya            $99 billion

Nepal             $30 billion

Russia         $1.64 trillion

Uganda          $31 billion

Eswatini           $5 billion

Dominican R  $90 billion

Kazakhstan   $170 billion

El Salvador     $27 billion

Brunei             $13 billion

The 5^th Quartile countries will find it extremely difficult to attract investment.

Iran               $459 billion

Zambia           $24 billion

Honduras       $25 billion

Mali                $18 billion

Armenia         $13 billion

Ecuador       $108 billion

Malawi             $8 billion

Montenegro     $5 billion

Sierra Leone    $4 billion

Liberia           $3.2 billion

Serbia            $52 billion

Albania          $15 billion

Paraguay       $41 billion

Benin             $14 billion

Mozambique  $15 billion

Ethiopia          $91 billion

Bosnia            $20 billion

Lebanon         $59 billion

Cameroon      $39 billion

Ukraine        $150 billion

Nicaragua      $13 billion

Mauritania        $6 billion

Algeria           $3.8 billion

Madagascar   $13 billion

Moldova         $12 billion

Nigeria          $114 billion

Zimbabwe       $13 billion

Burundi          $3.6 billion

Chad               $11 billion

Congo DR       $49 billion

Pakistan        $284 billion

Bangladesh   $317 billion

Venezuela       $70 billion

Yemen             $30 billion

Haiti                   $9 billion

Not included

Indonesia       $1.11 trillion

Nigeria            $447 billion

Iraq                 $224 billion

Algeria            $173 billion

Angola              $92 billion

Myanmar          $66 billion

Belarus             $63 billion

Uzbekistan       $61 billion

Syria                 $60 billion    

Macau              $55 billion

Turkmenistan   $47 billion

Ivory Coast       $44 billion

Bolivia              $42 billion

Libya                $33 billion

Sudan              $31 billion

Cambodia        $27 billion

P New Guinea $24 billion

Laos                $19 billion

Afghanistan     $19 billion

Gabon             $17 billion

Burkina Faso   $15 billion      

Namibia           $14 billion

Mongolia          $14 billion

Guinea             $13 billion

N Macedonia   $13 billion

Bahamas         $13 billion

E Guinea         $12 billion

Congo R          $12 billion

Niger                 $9 billion

Kyrgyzstan        $8 billion

Tajikistan           $8 billion

Kosovo              $8 billion

Maldives            $6 billion

Togo                  $6 billion

 Fiji                    $6 billion

Barbados          $5 billion

Somalia             $5 billion

Guyana             $4 billion

Suriname          $4 billion

S Sudan         $3.7 billion

Other countries under $3 billion GDP.   

https://www.internationalpropertyrightsindex.org/full-report

https://s3.amazonaws.com/ipri2018/IPRI2018_FullReport2.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader