Regulatory quality

scale -2.5 to 2.5, 1996–2016

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    1996 Ranking
    1. Singapore 2.18
    2. United Kingdom 2.02
    3. New Zealand 1.89
    4. Netherlands 1.84
    5. Denmark 1.78
    6. Luxembourg 1.76
    7. Hong Kong 1.68
    8. Austria 1.66
    9. United States 1.59
    10. Switzerland 1.56
    11. Finland 1.55
    12. Chile 1.54
    13. Norway 1.53
    14. Ireland 1.51
    15. Bermuda 1.51
    16. Liechtenstein 1.51
    17. Canada 1.49
    18. Germany 1.48
    19. Australia 1.37
    20. Brunei 1.35
    21. Sweden 1.32
    22. Barbados 1.29
    23. Andorra 1.27
    24. Puerto Rico 1.27
    25. Cyprus 1.26
    26. Iceland 1.25
    27. Estonia 1.24
    28. Portugal 1.22
    29. Belgium 1.21
    30. Spain 1.18
    31. Slovenia 1.09
    32. Israel 1.08
    33. Lithuania 1.08
    34. Czech Republic 1.07
    35. France 1.05
    36. Dominica 1.03
    37. Maldives 1.03
    38. Martinique 1.03
    39. Cayman Islands 1.03
    40. French Guiana 1.03
    41. Malta 0.97
    42. Bahamas 0.97
    43. Latvia 0.90
    44. Taiwan 0.87
    45. Italy 0.86
    46. Hungary 0.85
    47. Uruguay 0.84
    48. Antigua and Barbuda 0.79
    49. Bahrain 0.79
    50. Malaysia 0.78
    51. Japan 0.77
    52. Poland 0.72
    53. United Arab Emirates 0.69
    54. Slovakia 0.67
    55. Botswana 0.65
    56. Panama 0.65
    57. Trinidad and Tobago 0.60
    58. Grenada 0.55
    59. Costa Rica 0.55
    60. Macau 0.55
    61. Greece 0.54
    62. South Africa 0.52
    63. Argentina 0.52
    64. Peru 0.49
    65. South Korea 0.45
    66. Namibia 0.36
    67. Kuwait 0.31
    68. Seychelles 0.31
    69. Brazil 0.30
    70. Jamaica 0.20
    71. Qatar 0.17
    72. Gabon 0.14
    73. Belize 0.14
    74. Tunisia 0.14
    75. Mexico 0.13
    76. Turkey 0.10
    77. Oman 0.09
    78. Sri Lanka 0.06
    79. Thailand 0.06
    80. Samoa 0.03
    81. Romania 0.03
    82. Fiji 0.03
    83. Jordan 0.02
    84. Philippines 0.02
    85. Uganda -0.03
    86. Indonesia -0.05
    87. Egypt -0.05
    88. Moldova -0.07
    89. Morocco -0.10
    90. Colombia -0.11
    91. Mauritius -0.12
    92. Senegal -0.13
    93. Croatia -0.17
    94. Mongolia -0.17
    95. Guyana -0.17
    96. Bulgaria -0.18
    97. Benin -0.18
    98. El Salvador -0.19
    99. Dominican Republic -0.23
    100. Cambodia -0.23
    101. Swaziland -0.27
    102. China -0.27
    103. Armenia -0.28
    104. Malawi -0.29
    105. Lesotho -0.29
    106. Kyrgyzstan -0.30
    107. Burkina Faso -0.30
    108. Kenya -0.31
    109. Venezuela -0.31
    110. Saudi Arabia -0.31
    111. Ecuador -0.31
    112. Guatemala -0.31
    113. Kazakhstan -0.33
    114. Ghana -0.34
    115. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) -0.35
    116. Togo -0.39
    117. Mauritania -0.40
    118. Ivory Coast -0.40
    119. Nepal -0.40
    120. Bhutan -0.41
    121. Lebanon -0.41
    122. Ukraine -0.42
    123. Papua New Guinea -0.43
    124. Russia -0.43
    125. Yemen -0.44
    126. Tanzania -0.44
    127. Nicaragua -0.44
    128. Albania -0.47
    129. Zambia -0.48
    130. Paraguay -0.49
    131. Pakistan -0.51
    132. Mozambique -0.52
    133. Cape Verde -0.53
    134. Mali -0.53
    135. Suriname -0.54
    136. India -0.55
    137. Vietnam -0.60
    138. Honduras -0.69
    139. Serbia -0.72
    140. Zimbabwe -0.77
    141. Guinea Bissau -0.83
    142. Guinea -0.84
    143. Gambia -0.84
    144. West Bank and Gaza -0.89
    145. Central African Republic -0.89
    146. Haiti -0.91
    147. Algeria -0.91
    148. Madagascar -0.91
    149. Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.91
    150. Bangladesh -0.93
    151. Nigeria -0.97
    152. Niger -0.98
    153. Djibouti -1.00
    154. Georgia -1.01
    155. Laos -1.04
    156. Syria -1.07
    157. Belarus -1.09
    158. Cuba -1.10
    159. Cameroon -1.12
    160. Comoros -1.13
    161. Eritrea -1.13
    162. Azerbaijan -1.20
    163. Congo (Brazzaville) -1.23
    164. Chad -1.23
    165. Ethiopia -1.30
    166. Rwanda -1.34
    167. Sudan -1.36
    168. Turkmenistan -1.38
    169. Iran -1.42
    170. Angola -1.42
    171. Equatorial Guinea -1.44
    172. Tajikistan -1.52
    173. Sierra Leone -1.53
    174. Burundi -1.64
    175. Burma (Myanmar) -1.68
    176. Libya -1.74
    177. Congo (Kinshasa) -1.76
    178. Uzbekistan -1.78
    179. Liberia -1.83
    180. Afghanistan -2.09
    181. Iraq -2.15
    182. North Korea -2.28
    183. Somalia -2.35
    2016 Ranking
    1. Singapore 2.18
    2. Hong Kong 2.15
    3. New Zealand 2.04
    4. Netherlands 1.98
    5. Switzerland 1.91
    6. Australia 1.90
    7. Sweden 1.85
    8. Germany 1.82
    9. Finland 1.82
    10. Macau 1.78
    11. United Kingdom 1.76
    12. Canada 1.74
    13. Ireland 1.74
    14. Luxembourg 1.72
    15. Estonia 1.70
    16. Norway 1.70
    17. Denmark 1.58
    18. United States 1.50
    19. Austria 1.44
    20. French Guiana 1.43
    21. Japan 1.43
    22. Chile 1.37
    23. Liechtenstein 1.37
    24. Aruba 1.35
    25. Belgium 1.34
    26. Greenland 1.33
    27. Israel 1.31
    28. Taiwan 1.29
    29. Iceland 1.28
    30. Reunion 1.24
    31. Martinique 1.24
    32. Malta 1.16
    33. Lithuania 1.14
    34. South Korea 1.11
    35. Latvia 1.08
    36. France 1.07
    37. Cyprus 1.05
    38. Mauritius 1.03
    39. Georgia 1.01
    40. Spain 1.01
    41. Czech Republic 0.99
    42. United Arab Emirates 0.97
    43. Puerto Rico 0.95
    44. Poland 0.95
    45. Slovakia 0.89
    46. Bermuda 0.87
    47. Anguilla 0.87
    48. Andorra 0.87
    49. Virgin Islands (U.S.) 0.87
    50. Portugal 0.84
    51. Cayman Islands 0.79
    52. Italy 0.71
    53. Malaysia 0.71
    54. Qatar 0.70
    55. Bulgaria 0.66
    56. Slovenia 0.64
    57. Oman 0.61
    58. Bahrain 0.61
    59. Hungary 0.60
    60. Romania 0.59
    61. Brunei 0.59
    62. Botswana 0.53
    63. Peru 0.51
    64. Uruguay 0.49
    65. Barbados 0.48
    66. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 0.44
    67. Costa Rica 0.41
    68. Colombia 0.40
    69. Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.37
    70. Croatia 0.36
    71. Panama 0.36
    72. Antigua and Barbuda 0.34
    73. Mexico 0.29
    74. Saint Lucia 0.29
    75. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 0.28
    76. Bahamas 0.26
    77. Armenia 0.25
    78. Montenegro 0.22
    79. South Africa 0.21
    80. Turkey 0.20
    81. Dominica 0.20
    82. Albania 0.19
    83. Thailand 0.17
    84. Jamaica 0.16
    85. Greece 0.15
    86. Guam 0.14
    87. American Samoa 0.14
    88. Rwanda 0.11
    89. El Salvador 0.09
    90. Trinidad and Tobago 0.09
    91. Grenada 0.08
    92. Saudi Arabia 0.08
    93. Serbia 0.06
    94. West Bank and Gaza 0.06
    95. Jordan 0.05
    96. Kuwait -0.07
    97. Dominican Republic -0.07
    98. Mongolia -0.08
    99. Kazakhstan -0.10
    100. Samoa -0.10
    101. Sri Lanka -0.10
    102. Moldova -0.12
    103. Indonesia -0.12
    104. Senegal -0.14
    105. Namibia -0.14
    106. Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.17
    107. Palau -0.18
    108. Kosovo -0.19
    109. Guatemala -0.20
    110. Uganda -0.21
    111. Brazil -0.21
    112. Morocco -0.23
    113. Ghana -0.23
    114. Seychelles -0.26
    115. China -0.26
    116. Azerbaijan -0.28
    117. Vanuatu -0.29
    118. Paraguay -0.30
    119. Kenya -0.30
    120. Cape Verde -0.30
    121. India -0.31
    122. Lebanon -0.34
    123. Kyrgyzstan -0.35
    124. Ivory Coast -0.36
    125. Nauru -0.38
    126. Fiji -0.38
    127. Lesotho -0.39
    128. Burkina Faso -0.40
    129. Tonga -0.41
    130. Russia -0.42
    131. Guyana -0.42
    132. Ukraine -0.43
    133. Tanzania -0.44
    134. Vietnam -0.45
    135. Maldives -0.46
    136. Tunisia -0.47
    137. Argentina -0.47
    138. Cambodia -0.47
    139. Zambia -0.48
    140. Honduras -0.51
    141. Gambia -0.51
    142. Belize -0.51
    143. Nicaragua -0.51
    144. Benin -0.53
    145. Papua New Guinea -0.56
    146. Swaziland -0.58
    147. Tuvalu -0.59
    148. Mali -0.59
    149. Suriname -0.63
    150. Pakistan -0.64
    151. Niger -0.67
    152. Bhutan -0.67
    153. Madagascar -0.69
    154. Mozambique -0.70
    155. Djibouti -0.70
    156. Laos -0.73
    157. Mauritania -0.74
    158. Nepal -0.76
    159. Togo -0.79
    160. Cameroon -0.79
    161. Bangladesh -0.80
    162. Gabon -0.80
    163. Burundi -0.83
    164. Kiribati -0.84
    165. Malawi -0.84
    166. Guinea -0.87
    167. Burma (Myanmar) -0.87
    168. Bolivia -0.92
    169. Egypt -0.92
    170. Nigeria -0.92
    171. Sierra Leone -0.93
    172. Belarus -0.94
    173. Liberia -0.95
    174. Solomon Islands -0.96
    175. Micronesia -0.97
    176. Marshall Islands -0.98
    177. Timor Leste -0.98
    178. Angola -1.00
    179. Ecuador -1.02
    180. Comoros -1.05
    181. Tajikistan -1.09
    182. Ethiopia -1.10
    183. Iraq -1.13
    184. Algeria -1.17
    185. Congo (Brazzaville) -1.17
    186. Chad -1.18
    187. Iran -1.23
    188. Haiti -1.24
    189. Guinea Bissau -1.24
    190. Congo (Kinshasa) -1.32
    191. Afghanistan -1.33
    192. Cuba -1.34
    193. Equatorial Guinea -1.38
    194. Central African Republic -1.43
    195. Yemen -1.48
    196. Sudan -1.49
    197. Uzbekistan -1.62
    198. Syria -1.67
    199. Zimbabwe -1.72
    200. South Sudan -1.86
    201. Venezuela -2.00
    202. Turkmenistan -2.09
    203. Eritrea -2.19
    204. Somalia -2.27
    205. Libya -2.27
    206. North Korea -2.33

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    Source: World Bank