Regulatory quality - Country rankings
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Regulatory quality index (-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong), 2023:
The average for 2023 based on 193 countries was -0.03 points. The highest value was in Singapore: 2.31 points and the lowest value was in North Korea: -2.39 points. The indicator is available from 1996 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: points; Source: The World Bank
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Countries | Regulatory quality, 2023 | Global rank | Available data |
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Singapore | 2.31 | 1 | 1996 - 2023 |
Australia | 1.94 | 2 | 1996 - 2023 |
Luxembourg | 1.93 | 3 | 1996 - 2023 |
New Zealand | 1.91 | 4 | 1996 - 2023 |
Denmark | 1.84 | 5 | 1996 - 2023 |
Macao | 1.79 | 6 | 1996 - 2023 |
Netherlands | 1.79 | 7 | 1996 - 2023 |
Finland | 1.77 | 8 | 1996 - 2023 |
Ireland | 1.75 | 9 | 1996 - 2023 |
Switzerland | 1.73 | 10 | 1996 - 2023 |
Sweden | 1.72 | 11 | 1996 - 2023 |
Canada | 1.64 | 12 | 1996 - 2023 |
Liechtenstein | 1.62 | 13 | 1996 - 2023 |
Hong Kong | 1.6 | 14 | 1996 - 2023 |
Norway | 1.6 | 15 | 1996 - 2023 |
UK | 1.54 | 16 | 1996 - 2023 |
Japan | 1.47 | 17 | 1996 - 2023 |
Germany | 1.46 | 18 | 1996 - 2023 |
Estonia | 1.43 | 19 | 1996 - 2023 |
USA | 1.39 | 20 | 1996 - 2023 |
Austria | 1.36 | 21 | 1996 - 2023 |
Andorra | 1.35 | 22 | 1996 - 2023 |
Monaco | 1.35 | 23 | 2015 - 2023 |
Lithuania | 1.34 | 24 | 1996 - 2023 |
Czechia | 1.3 | 25 | 1996 - 2023 |
Iceland | 1.28 | 26 | 1996 - 2023 |
Belgium | 1.17 | 27 | 1996 - 2023 |
Latvia | 1.17 | 28 | 1996 - 2023 |
France | 1.15 | 29 | 1996 - 2023 |
Israel | 1.12 | 30 | 1996 - 2023 |
South Korea | 1.12 | 31 | 1996 - 2023 |
Bahrain | 1.08 | 32 | 1996 - 2023 |
Mauritius | 1.06 | 33 | 1996 - 2023 |
UA Emirates | 1.04 | 34 | 1996 - 2023 |
Brunei | 0.98 | 35 | 1996 - 2023 |
Qatar | 0.98 | 36 | 1996 - 2023 |
Aruba | 0.95 | 37 | 2004 - 2023 |
Georgia | 0.95 | 38 | 1996 - 2023 |
Bermuda | 0.93 | 39 | 1996 - 2023 |
Chile | 0.93 | 40 | 1996 - 2023 |
San Marino | 0.93 | 41 | 2015 - 2023 |
Cyprus | 0.78 | 42 | 1996 - 2023 |
Poland | 0.78 | 43 | 1996 - 2023 |
Portugal | 0.76 | 44 | 1996 - 2023 |
Slovenia | 0.73 | 45 | 1996 - 2023 |
Malta | 0.69 | 46 | 1996 - 2023 |
Spain | 0.69 | 47 | 1996 - 2023 |
Uruguay | 0.68 | 48 | 1996 - 2023 |
Malaysia | 0.66 | 49 | 1996 - 2023 |
Croatia | 0.64 | 50 | 1996 - 2023 |
Italy | 0.64 | 51 | 1996 - 2023 |
Puerto Rico | 0.64 | 52 | 1996 - 2023 |
Slovakia | 0.6 | 53 | 1996 - 2023 |
Greece | 0.58 | 54 | 1996 - 2023 |
Ant.& Barb. | 0.55 | 55 | 1996 - 2023 |
Costa Rica | 0.54 | 56 | 1996 - 2023 |
Saudi Arabia | 0.52 | 57 | 1996 - 2023 |
Barbados | 0.5 | 58 | 1996 - 2023 |
Botswana | 0.5 | 59 | 1996 - 2023 |
North Macedonia | 0.43 | 60 | 1996 - 2023 |
Oman | 0.43 | 61 | 1996 - 2023 |
Bulgaria | 0.41 | 62 | 1996 - 2023 |
Palau | 0.4 | 63 | 2008 - 2023 |
Saint Lucia | 0.4 | 64 | 2004 - 2023 |
Montenegro | 0.37 | 65 | 2005 - 2023 |
Hungary | 0.32 | 66 | 1996 - 2023 |
Kuwait | 0.32 | 67 | 1996 - 2023 |
Romania | 0.32 | 68 | 1996 - 2023 |
St. Vincent & ... | 0.32 | 69 | 2004 - 2023 |
Dominica | 0.31 | 70 | 1996 - 2023 |
Grenada | 0.31 | 71 | 1996 - 2023 |
Indonesia | 0.3 | 72 | 1996 - 2023 |
Peru | 0.29 | 73 | 1996 - 2023 |
Cape Verde | 0.24 | 74 | 1996 - 2023 |
Jordan | 0.22 | 75 | 1996 - 2023 |
Seychelles | 0.21 | 76 | 1996 - 2023 |
Albania | 0.17 | 77 | 1996 - 2023 |
Domin. Rep. | 0.17 | 78 | 1996 - 2023 |
Philippines | 0.16 | 79 | 1996 - 2023 |
Thailand | 0.16 | 80 | 1996 - 2023 |
Serbia | 0.14 | 81 | 1996 - 2023 |
Panama | 0.12 | 82 | 1996 - 2023 |
Rwanda | 0.12 | 83 | 1996 - 2023 |
Moldova | 0.11 | 84 | 1996 - 2023 |
Colombia | 0.1 | 85 | 1996 - 2023 |
Jamaica | 0.1 | 86 | 1996 - 2023 |
Kazakhstan | 0.07 | 87 | 1996 - 2023 |
Armenia | 0.05 | 88 | 1996 - 2023 |
Bahamas | 0.01 | 89 | 1996 - 2023 |
Morocco | -0.06 | 90 | 1996 - 2023 |
Namibia | -0.06 | 91 | 1996 - 2023 |
Paraguay | -0.08 | 92 | 1996 - 2023 |
Fiji | -0.09 | 93 | 1996 - 2023 |
Azerbaijan | -0.11 | 94 | 1996 - 2023 |
Ivory Coast | -0.12 | 95 | 1996 - 2023 |
Vanuatu | -0.12 | 96 | 2004 - 2023 |
Tr.&Tobago | -0.13 | 97 | 1996 - 2023 |
Bosnia & Herz. | -0.14 | 98 | 1996 - 2023 |
India | -0.14 | 99 | 1996 - 2023 |
Mexico | -0.17 | 100 | 1996 - 2023 |
Ghana | -0.18 | 101 | 1996 - 2023 |
Mongolia | -0.18 | 102 | 1996 - 2023 |
Tuvalu | -0.19 | 103 | 2004 - 2023 |
South Africa | -0.22 | 104 | 1996 - 2023 |
Turkey | -0.23 | 105 | 1996 - 2023 |
Samoa | -0.27 | 106 | 1996 - 2023 |
Ukraine | -0.27 | 107 | 1996 - 2023 |
Kiribati | -0.28 | 108 | 2004 - 2023 |
Palestine | -0.28 | 109 | 1996 - 2023 |
Guatemala | -0.29 | 110 | 1996 - 2023 |
Benin | -0.3 | 111 | 1996 - 2023 |
Brazil | -0.3 | 112 | 1996 - 2023 |
El Salvador | -0.31 | 113 | 1996 - 2023 |
Senegal | -0.35 | 114 | 1996 - 2023 |
China | -0.36 | 115 | 1996 - 2023 |
Vietnam | -0.38 | 116 | 1996 - 2023 |
Kenya | -0.39 | 117 | 1996 - 2023 |
Tonga | -0.39 | 118 | 2004 - 2023 |
Bhutan | -0.4 | 119 | 1996 - 2023 |
Belize | -0.43 | 120 | 1996 - 2023 |
Argentina | -0.48 | 121 | 1996 - 2023 |
Burkina Faso | -0.49 | 122 | 1996 - 2023 |
Togo | -0.49 | 123 | 1996 - 2023 |
Zambia | -0.5 | 124 | 1996 - 2023 |
Sri Lanka | -0.51 | 125 | 1996 - 2023 |
Uganda | -0.52 | 126 | 1996 - 2023 |
Honduras | -0.55 | 127 | 1996 - 2023 |
Guyana | -0.56 | 128 | 1996 - 2023 |
Micronesia | -0.58 | 129 | 2004 - 2023 |
Uzbekistan | -0.58 | 130 | 1996 - 2023 |
Lesotho | -0.59 | 131 | 1996 - 2023 |
Tanzania | -0.59 | 132 | 1996 - 2023 |
Kyrgyzstan | -0.62 | 133 | 1996 - 2023 |
Tunisia | -0.62 | 134 | 1996 - 2023 |
Gambia | -0.64 | 135 | 1996 - 2023 |
Papua N.G. | -0.64 | 136 | 1996 - 2023 |
Nepal | -0.66 | 137 | 1996 - 2023 |
Egypt | -0.67 | 138 | 1996 - 2023 |
Maldives | -0.67 | 139 | 1996 - 2023 |
Cambodia | -0.68 | 140 | 1996 - 2023 |
Mali | -0.68 | 141 | 1996 - 2023 |
Gabon | -0.7 | 142 | 1996 - 2023 |
Mozambique | -0.71 | 143 | 1996 - 2023 |
Ecuador | -0.72 | 144 | 1996 - 2023 |
Swaziland | -0.72 | 145 | 1996 - 2023 |
Suriname | -0.73 | 146 | 1996 - 2023 |
Angola | -0.76 | 147 | 1996 - 2023 |
Malawi | -0.77 | 148 | 1996 - 2023 |
Solomon Isl. | -0.78 | 149 | 2004 - 2023 |
Madagascar | -0.8 | 150 | 1996 - 2023 |
Niger | -0.82 | 151 | 1996 - 2023 |
Nicaragua | -0.88 | 152 | 1996 - 2023 |
Pakistan | -0.9 | 153 | 1996 - 2023 |
Bangladesh | -0.91 | 154 | 1996 - 2023 |
Cameroon | -0.91 | 155 | 1996 - 2023 |
Liberia | -0.92 | 156 | 1996 - 2023 |
Djibouti | -0.93 | 157 | 1996 - 2023 |
Laos | -0.93 | 158 | 1996 - 2023 |
Nigeria | -0.94 | 159 | 1996 - 2023 |
S.T.&Principe | -0.94 | 160 | 1996 - 2023 |
Algeria | -0.95 | 161 | 1996 - 2023 |
Burundi | -0.99 | 162 | 1996 - 2023 |
Mauritania | -1 | 163 | 1996 - 2023 |
Lebanon | -1.01 | 164 | 1996 - 2023 |
Ethiopia | -1.02 | 165 | 1996 - 2023 |
Sierra Leone | -1.06 | 166 | 1996 - 2023 |
Guinea | -1.08 | 167 | 1996 - 2023 |
Russia | -1.12 | 168 | 1996 - 2023 |
Chad | -1.16 | 169 | 1996 - 2023 |
Bolivia | -1.18 | 170 | 1996 - 2023 |
Tajikistan | -1.18 | 171 | 1996 - 2023 |
Comoros | -1.24 | 172 | 1996 - 2023 |
R. of Congo | -1.24 | 173 | 1996 - 2023 |
G.-Bissau | -1.25 | 174 | 1996 - 2023 |
Afghanistan | -1.27 | 175 | 1996 - 2023 |
Zimbabwe | -1.34 | 176 | 1996 - 2023 |
Haiti | -1.39 | 177 | 1996 - 2023 |
DR Congo | -1.41 | 178 | 1996 - 2023 |
Belarus | -1.42 | 179 | 1996 - 2023 |
Burma | -1.44 | 180 | 1996 - 2023 |
Iraq | -1.44 | 181 | 1996 - 2023 |
C.A. Republic | -1.47 | 182 | 1996 - 2023 |
Eq. Guinea | -1.47 | 183 | 1996 - 2023 |
Sudan | -1.6 | 184 | 1996 - 2023 |
Iran | -1.69 | 185 | 1996 - 2023 |
Syria | -1.81 | 186 | 1996 - 2023 |
Yemen | -1.84 | 187 | 1996 - 2023 |
Somalia | -1.88 | 188 | 1996 - 2023 |
Libya | -1.95 | 189 | 1996 - 2023 |
Venezuela | -2.03 | 190 | 1996 - 2023 |
Turkmenistan | -2.07 | 191 | 1996 - 2023 |
Eritrea | -2.36 | 192 | 1996 - 2023 |
North Korea | -2.39 | 193 | 1996 - 2023 |
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