American Samoa - Regulatory Quality 2005
0.37
−0.13 from 2004
American Samoa's regulatory quality was 0.37 in 2005, decreased +0.13 from 0.50 in 2004. This was the 73rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2005▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.79 | -8.2% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 1.75 | -0.9% |
| 3rd | Finland | 1.66 | -6.7% |
| 4th | Netherlands | 1.65 | -6.3% |
| 5th | Denmark | 1.65 | -5.7% |
| 6th | Luxembourg | 1.64 | -8.2% |
| 7th | New Zealand | 1.63 | -6.9% |
| 8th | United Kingdom | 1.61 | -6.6% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 1.61 | 3.1% |
| 10th | United States | 1.61 | 3.0% |
| 11th | Austria | 1.60 | 6.0% |
| 12th | Iceland | 1.60 | -0.6% |
| 13th | Australia | 1.60 | -6.5% |
| 14th | Canada | 1.57 | -3.1% |
| 15th | Switzerland | 1.55 | -5.3% |
| 16th | Sweden | 1.53 | -8.2% |
| 17th | Germany | 1.52 | 3.1% |
| 18th | Ireland | 1.49 | -5.1% |
| 19th | Norway | 1.48 | 2.7% |
| 20th | Andorra | 1.36 | -3.9% |
| 21st | Bermuda | 1.36 | -5.5% |
| 22nd | Cayman Islands | 1.36 | -7.1% |
| 23rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.32 | 1,089.7% |
| 24th | Chile | 1.31 | -4.1% |
| 25th | Spain | 1.30 | -0.2% |
| 26th | Portugal | 1.28 | 7.8% |
| 27th | Belgium | 1.27 | -5.6% |
| 28th | St. Lucia | 1.26 | 721.7% |
| 29th | Japan | 1.26 | 11.0% |
| 30th | Estonia | 1.25 | 1.8% |
| 31st | France | 1.24 | 2.3% |
| 32nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.24 | 781.4% |
| 33rd | Cyprus | 1.22 | 0.1% |
| 34th | Barbados | 1.15 | 6.9% |
| 35th | Slovak Republic | 1.13 | 4.0% |
| 36th | Macao SAR, China | 1.11 | -29.8% |
| 37th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.11 | 29.3% |
| 38th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.11 | -12.4% |
| 39th | Czechia | 1.11 | 10.9% |
| 40th | Bahamas, The | 1.10 | -1.7% |
| 41st | Malta | 1.06 | -5.7% |
| 42nd | Hungary | 1.05 | -10.3% |
| 43rd | Italy | 1.00 | -8.1% |
| 44th | Greece | 0.96 | 14.6% |
| 45th | Lithuania | 0.94 | -11.5% |
| 46th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.91 | -23.9% |
| 47th | Slovenia | 0.88 | 4.6% |
| 48th | Latvia | 0.87 | -5.1% |
| 49th | Aruba | 0.86 | 13.3% |
| 50th | Israel | 0.86 | 5.4% |
| 51st | Poland | 0.81 | 7.1% |
| 52nd | Korea | 0.81 | 1.4% |
| 53rd | Dominica | 0.80 | 6.7% |
| 54th | Botswana | 0.72 | -5.6% |
| 55th | South Africa | 0.72 | 3.3% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 0.66 | -6.1% |
| 57th | Bulgaria | 0.66 | -7.1% |
| 58th | United Arab Emirates | 0.65 | -17.8% |
| 59th | Malaysia | 0.63 | 37.7% |
| 60th | Guam | 0.62 | -13.7% |
| 61st | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.60 | -5.3% |
| 62nd | Costa Rica | 0.59 | 8.7% |
| 63rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.58 | 0.4% |
| 64th | Oman | 0.55 | -15.3% |
| 65th | Maldives | 0.52 | 3,450.5% |
| 66th | Croatia | 0.48 | -10.7% |
| 67th | Kuwait | 0.47 | -15.7% |
| 68th | Thailand | 0.45 | 106.7% |
| 69th | Seychelles | 0.45 | 366.6% |
| 70th | Uruguay | 0.42 | 39.3% |
| 71st | Mauritius | 0.41 | 5.4% |
| 72nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.38 | -14.8% |
| 73rd | American Samoa | 0.37 | -25.8% |
| 74th | Grenada | 0.36 | 25.9% |
| 75th | Türkiye | 0.27 | 776.5% |
| 76th | Qatar | 0.26 | 65.5% |
| 77th | Vanuatu | 0.25 | 290.4% |
| 78th | Romania | 0.24 | 34.4% |
| 79th | Jamaica | 0.17 | 9.3% |
| 80th | Mexico | 0.16 | -60.8% |
| 81st | Panama | 0.16 | -38.4% |
| 82nd | Namibia | 0.14 | -38.2% |
| 83rd | Saudi Arabia | 0.11 | 164.1% |
| 84th | Armenia | 0.09 | -18.5% |
| 85th | Jordan | 0.08 | -73.5% |
| 86th | Belize | 0.07 | 158.0% |
| 87th | Brazil | 0.04 | -1.4% |
| 88th | Peru | 0.01 | -96.5% |
| 89th | Colombia | -0.02 | 81.1% |
| 90th | Tunisia | -0.04 | 62.0% |
| 91st | Samoa | -0.05 | -463.0% |
| 92nd | Gabon | -0.06 | 86.0% |
| 93rd | Russian Federation | -0.12 | -23.7% |
| 94th | Montenegro | -0.13 | - |
| 95th | Lebanon | -0.18 | -87.8% |
| 96th | Ghana | -0.18 | 51.8% |
| 97th | China | -0.18 | 46.9% |
| 98th | Philippines | -0.22 | 41.6% |
| 99th | North Macedonia | -0.23 | -1,229.7% |
| 100th | El Salvador | -0.26 | -68,580.2% |
| 101st | Senegal | -0.26 | 19.5% |
| 102nd | Uganda | -0.27 | -136.3% |
| 103rd | Kazakhstan | -0.28 | 40.5% |
| 104th | Bhutan | -0.29 | 68.7% |
| 105th | Kenya | -0.29 | -4.9% |
| 106th | India | -0.29 | 22.8% |
| 107th | Madagascar | -0.29 | 24.0% |
| 108th | Marshall Islands | -0.30 | - |
| 109th | Algeria | -0.34 | 22.7% |
| 110th | Cabo Verde | -0.37 | 21.0% |
| 111th | Mauritania | -0.38 | -151.2% |
| 112th | Dominican Republic | -0.39 | 12.1% |
| 113th | Fiji | -0.40 | 45.1% |
| 114th | Albania | -0.40 | -113.7% |
| 115th | Tuvalu | -0.41 | -404.3% |
| 116th | Niger | -0.41 | 39.7% |
| 117th | Sri Lanka | -0.42 | -407.9% |
| 118th | Eswatini | -0.43 | 18.7% |
| 119th | Morocco | -0.44 | -78.8% |
| 120th | Nicaragua | -0.45 | -28.7% |
| 121st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.45 | 20.4% |
| 122nd | Burkina Faso | -0.46 | -38.6% |
| 123rd | Moldova | -0.46 | -7.0% |
| 124th | Mongolia | -0.49 | 0.7% |
| 125th | Tanzania | -0.49 | 0.8% |
| 126th | Guyana | -0.50 | -28.0% |
| 127th | Guatemala | -0.50 | -121.3% |
| 128th | Malawi | -0.51 | 18.0% |
| 129th | Ukraine | -0.51 | -46.8% |
| 130th | Tonga | -0.52 | 0.0% |
| 131st | Suriname | -0.52 | 20.1% |
| 132nd | Argentina | -0.53 | 24.8% |
| 133rd | Nepal | -0.53 | -1.8% |
| 134th | Cambodia | -0.53 | -16.9% |
| 135th | Mali | -0.56 | -6.1% |
| 136th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.58 | -146.7% |
| 137th | Azerbaijan | -0.58 | 6.5% |
| 138th | Viet Nam | -0.60 | -8.0% |
| 139th | Georgia | -0.60 | -38.2% |
| 140th | Gambia, The | -0.61 | -18.7% |
| 141st | Serbia | -0.62 | -33.6% |
| 142nd | Honduras | -0.63 | -45.5% |
| 143rd | Lesotho | -0.63 | -6.6% |
| 144th | Pakistan | -0.64 | 38.9% |
| 145th | Benin | -0.64 | -3.5% |
| 146th | Indonesia | -0.65 | 12.1% |
| 147th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.69 | -161.5% |
| 148th | Mozambique | -0.74 | -50.2% |
| 149th | Zambia | -0.74 | -17.9% |
| 150th | Ecuador | -0.78 | -11.2% |
| 151st | Nigeria | -0.79 | 38.7% |
| 152nd | Yemen, Republic of | -0.84 | 5.5% |
| 153rd | Togo | -0.84 | 2.6% |
| 154th | Djibouti | -0.85 | -13.5% |
| 155th | Paraguay | -0.86 | -14.8% |
| 156th | Cameroon | -0.91 | -26.7% |
| 157th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.92 | 1.5% |
| 158th | Kiribati | -0.94 | -275.9% |
| 159th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.96 | 7.4% |
| 160th | Solomon Islands | -0.98 | -2.7% |
| 161st | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.99 | 10.7% |
| 162nd | Papua New Guinea | -0.99 | -23.5% |
| 163rd | Rwanda | -1.00 | -47.1% |
| 164th | Kyrgyz Republic | -1.01 | -158.9% |
| 165th | Guinea | -1.04 | -2.4% |
| 166th | West Bank and Gaza | -1.06 | -66.3% |
| 167th | Bangladesh | -1.08 | 8.0% |
| 168th | Sierra Leone | -1.10 | -0.9% |
| 169th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.12 | 5.4% |
| 170th | Tajikistan | -1.13 | -0.6% |
| 171st | Timor-Leste | -1.15 | -0.1% |
| 172nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.17 | 7.7% |
| 173rd | Chad | -1.20 | -44.4% |
| 174th | Haiti | -1.22 | 17.4% |
| 175th | Angola | -1.24 | -1.1% |
| 176th | Congo, Republic of | -1.30 | -28.8% |
| 177th | Central African Republic | -1.32 | -9.7% |
| 178th | Cuba | -1.32 | 17.6% |
| 179th | Burundi | -1.34 | -12.2% |
| 180th | Lao PDR | -1.34 | -2.8% |
| 181st | Sudan | -1.38 | -15.6% |
| 182nd | Belarus | -1.44 | -21.1% |
| 183rd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.47 | 5.8% |
| 184th | Libya | -1.49 | -9.6% |
| 185th | Uzbekistan | -1.51 | 4.3% |
| 186th | Iraq | -1.54 | 6.8% |
| 187th | Comoros | -1.55 | -9.8% |
| 188th | Liberia | -1.59 | 14.3% |
| 189th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.61 | 3.3% |
| 190th | Afghanistan | -1.64 | -8.7% |
| 191st | Eritrea | -1.71 | -7.5% |
| 192nd | Turkmenistan | -1.79 | 2.8% |
| 193rd | Myanmar | -2.13 | 9.4% |
| 194th | Zimbabwe | -2.20 | -11.5% |
| 195th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.21 | 4.0% |
| 196th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.28 | -0.4% |
FAQ
What was American Samoa's regulatory quality in 2005?▾
American Samoa's regulatory quality in 2005 was 0.37. This ranked 73rd globally.
How did American Samoa's regulatory quality change in 2005?▾
American Samoa's regulatory quality decreased by 25.8% in 2005 compared to 2004.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2005?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China had the highest regulatory quality in 2005 at 1.79.
What is the regulatory quality of American Samoa in 2005?▾
The regulatory quality of American Samoa in 2005 was 0.37. This ranked 73rd globally.
How does 2005 compare to 2004 for American Samoa's regulatory quality?▾
American Samoa's regulatory quality went from 0.50 in 2004 to 0.37 in 2005, a 25.8% decrease.
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