List of countries by corporate governance

This is a list of countries by average overall rating in corporate governance

Rank	Country	Companies	Average Overall Rating
1	United Kingdom	394	7.60
2	Canada	132	7.36
3	Ireland	19	7.21
4	United States	1,761	7.16
5	New Zealand	10	6.70
6	Australia	194	6.65
7	Netherlands	30	6.45
8	Finland	28	6.38
9	South Africa	43	6.09
10	Sweden	40	5.88
11	Switzerland	51	5.86
12	Germany	79	5.80
13	Austria	22	5.77
14	Italy	52	5.25
15	Poland	14	5.11
16	Norway	26	4.90
17	Singapore	52	4.82
18	Denmark	24	4.79
19	France	100	4.70
20	India	56	4.54
21	Belgium	24	4.35
22	Greece	24	4.25
23	Malaysia	28	4.21
24	Thailand	15	4.20
25	Portugal	11	4.14
26	Hong Kong	72	4.06
27	Spain	43	3.97
28	South Korea	88	3.93
29	Brazil	67	3.91
30	Russia	25	3.90
31	Taiwan	78	3.84
32	Israel	17	3.79
33	Turkey	17	3.62
34	China	91	3.37
35	Japan	392	3.30
36	Indonesia	21	3.14
37	Mexico	21	2.43
38	Chile	15	2.13

References

• GMI Ratings (formerly, GovernanceMetrics International) — Country Rankings as of September 27, 2010