Global Rankings

Regulatory Quality Index

(-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong)

Rank		Country	(-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong)
Current	Previous	Country	(-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong)
1	1	Singapore	2.31
2	2	Australia	1.94
3	5	Luxembourg	1.93
4	3	New Zealand	1.91
5	4	Denmark	1.84
6	6	Macao	1.79
7	8	Netherlands	1.79
8	7	Finland	1.77
9	11	Ireland	1.75
10	13	Switzerland	1.73
11	9	Sweden	1.72
12	10	Canada	1.64
13	12	Liechtenstein	1.62
14	14	Hong Kong	1.6
15	18	Norway	1.6
16	15	United Kingdom	1.54
17	19	Japan	1.47
18	17	Germany	1.46
19	16	Estonia	1.43
20	20	United States	1.39
21	21	Taiwan	1.37
22	27	Austria	1.36
23	22	Andorra	1.35
23	22	Monaco	1.35
25	26	Lithuania	1.34
26	24	Czech Republic	1.3
27	25	Iceland	1.28
28	31	Latvia	1.17
29	28	Belgium	1.17
30	30	France	1.15
31	33	South Korea	1.12
32	29	Israel	1.12
33	39	Bahrain	1.08
34	32	Mauritius	1.06
35	35	United Arab Emirates	1.04
36	41	Qatar	0.98
37	34	Brunei	0.98
38	40	Aruba	0.95
39	36	Georgia	0.95
40	53	San Marino	0.93
40	38	Bermuda	0.93
42	37	Chile	0.93
43	47	Poland	0.78
44	45	Cyprus	0.78
45	46	Portugal	0.76
46	49	Slovenia	0.73
47	44	Spain	0.69
48	50	Malta	0.69
49	48	Uruguay	0.68
50	51	Malaysia	0.66
51	55	Italy	0.64
52	56	Croatia	0.64
53	43	Puerto Rico	0.64
54	42	Slovakia	0.6
55	59	Greece	0.58
56	72	Antigua and Barbuda	0.55
57	64	Saudi Arabia	0.52
58	58	Barbados	0.5
59	52	Botswana	0.5
60	57	Costa Rica	0.45
61	63	Oman	0.43
62	60	Macedonia	0.43
63	71	Bulgaria	0.41
64	61	Palau	0.4
65	62	Saint Lucia	0.4
66	54	Montenegro	0.37
67	74	Kuwait	0.32
68	67	Romania	0.32
69	65	Hungary	0.32
70	68	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.32
71	66	Grenada	0.31
72	69	Dominica	0.31
73	76	Indonesia	0.3
74	75	Peru	0.29
75	73	Cape Verde	0.24
76	81	Jordan	0.22
77	70	Seychelles	0.21
78	80	Albania	0.17
79	86	Dominican Republic	0.17
80	87	Philippines	0.16
81	78	Thailand	0.16
82	83	Serbia	0.14
83	79	Rwanda	0.12
84	84	Panama	0.12
85	85	Moldova	0.11
86	82	Colombia	0.1
87	77	Jamaica	0.1
88	88	Kazakhstan	0.07
89	90	Armenia	0.05
90	98	Bahamas	0.01
91	89	Namibia	-0.06
92	94	Morocco	-0.06
93	102	Paraguay	-0.08
94	92	Fiji	-0.09
95	96	Azerbaijan	-0.11
96	100	Ivory Coast	-0.12
97	95	Vanuatu	-0.12
98	93	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.13
99	91	India	-0.14
100	101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.14
101	99	Mexico	-0.17
102	108	Mongolia	-0.18
103	103	Ghana	-0.18
104	97	Tuvalu	-0.19
105	104	South Africa	-0.22
106	106	Turkey	-0.23
107	112	Ukraine	-0.27
108	109	Samoa	-0.27
109	107	Kiribati	-0.28
110	110	Guatemala	-0.29
111	114	Benin	-0.3
112	105	Brazil	-0.3
113	122	El Salvador	-0.31
114	111	Senegal	-0.35
115	118	China	-0.36
116	119	Vietnam	-0.38
117	115	Kenya	-0.39
118	113	Tonga	-0.39
119	116	Bhutan	-0.4
120	120	Belize	-0.43
121	140	Argentina	-0.48
122	123	Burkina Faso	-0.49
123	130	Togo	-0.49
124	127	Zambia	-0.5
125	137	Sri Lanka	-0.51
126	125	Uganda	-0.52
127	124	Honduras	-0.55
128	126	Guyana	-0.56
129	128	Uzbekistan	-0.58
130	129	Micronesia	-0.58
131	131	Tanzania	-0.59
132	133	Lesotho	-0.59
133	134	Kyrgyzstan	-0.62
134	117	Tunisia	-0.62
135	144	Gambia	-0.64
136	139	Papua New Guinea	-0.64
137	136	Nepal	-0.66
138	143	Egypt	-0.67
139	138	Maldives	-0.67
140	135	Mali	-0.68
141	142	Cambodia	-0.68
142	141	Gabon	-0.7
143	147	Mozambique	-0.71
144	145	Swaziland	-0.72
145	121	Ecuador	-0.72
146	150	Suriname	-0.73
147	132	Angola	-0.76
148	148	Malawi	-0.77
149	149	Solomon Islands	-0.78
150	151	Madagascar	-0.8
151	146	Niger	-0.82
152	156	Nicaragua	-0.88
153	152	Pakistan	-0.9
154	154	Cameroon	-0.91
155	157	Bangladesh	-0.91
156	160	Liberia	-0.92
157	161	Laos	-0.93
158	155	Djibouti	-0.93
159	169	Nigeria	-0.94
160	153	Sao Tome and Principe	-0.94
161	165	Algeria	-0.95
162	158	Burundi	-0.99
163	164	Mauritania	-1
164	166	Lebanon	-1.01
165	159	Ethiopia	-1.02
166	163	Sierra Leone	-1.06
167	162	Guinea	-1.08
168	167	Russia	-1.12
169	168	Chad	-1.16
170	173	Bolivia	-1.18
171	171	Tajikistan	-1.18
172	172	Comoros	-1.24
173	175	Republic of the Congo	-1.24
174	178	Guinea-Bissau	-1.25
175	176	Afghanistan	-1.27
176	181	Zimbabwe	-1.34
177	177	Haiti	-1.39
178	183	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-1.41
179	179	Belarus	-1.42
180	174	Burma (Myanmar)	-1.44
181	170	Iraq	-1.44
182	182	Central African Republic	-1.47
183	184	Equatorial Guinea	-1.47
184	180	Cuba	-1.5
185	185	Sudan	-1.6
186	186	Iran	-1.69
187	187	Syria	-1.81
188	189	Yemen	-1.84
189	188	Somalia	-1.88
190	192	Libya	-1.95
191	190	Venezuela	-2.03
192	191	Turkmenistan	-2.07
193	193	Eritrea	-2.36
194	194	North Korea	-2.39

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Global Rankings

Regulatory Quality Index