Antigua and Barbuda - Regulatory Quality 2018
0.40
+0.16 from 2017
Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality was 0.40 in 2018, increased +0.16 from 0.24 in 2017. This was the 67th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.22 | 3.0% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 2.12 | 0.6% |
| 3rd | Netherlands | 2.01 | -1.3% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 2.00 | -3.9% |
| 5th | Australia | 1.90 | -1.4% |
| 6th | Sweden | 1.83 | 2.0% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 1.79 | -4.5% |
| 8th | Norway | 1.78 | -1.2% |
| 9th | Finland | 1.78 | -1.8% |
| 10th | United Kingdom | 1.77 | 3.8% |
| 11th | Germany | 1.76 | -1.1% |
| 12th | Luxembourg | 1.75 | 4.0% |
| 13th | Canada | 1.70 | -9.6% |
| 14th | Denmark | 1.63 | 1.0% |
| 15th | Ireland | 1.62 | 2.8% |
| 16th | United States | 1.61 | -0.4% |
| 17th | Macao SAR, China | 1.61 | -8.2% |
| 18th | Estonia | 1.54 | -5.5% |
| 19th | Austria | 1.52 | 6.7% |
| 20th | Liechtenstein | 1.52 | 2.5% |
| 21st | Iceland | 1.41 | -1.0% |
| 22nd | Greenland | 1.36 | 3.7% |
| 23rd | Japan | 1.33 | -2.2% |
| 24th | Malta | 1.33 | 4.4% |
| 25th | Chile | 1.30 | -1.9% |
| 26th | Czechia | 1.27 | 3.7% |
| 27th | Belgium | 1.26 | 2.1% |
| 28th | Israel | 1.24 | -1.9% |
| 29th | Andorra | 1.19 | -1.1% |
| 30th | Monaco | 1.19 | -1.1% |
| 31st | France | 1.15 | 0.1% |
| 32nd | Latvia | 1.13 | -0.9% |
| 33rd | Korea | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 34th | Lithuania | 1.09 | -4.6% |
| 35th | Mauritius | 1.04 | -0.6% |
| 36th | Georgia | 1.03 | 8.7% |
| 37th | Cayman Islands | 0.97 | 30.5% |
| 38th | Spain | 0.94 | 0.8% |
| 39th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.94 | 9.1% |
| 40th | United Arab Emirates | 0.92 | -8.1% |
| 41st | Portugal | 0.87 | -2.5% |
| 42nd | Poland | 0.87 | 8.6% |
| 43rd | Cyprus | 0.86 | -15.3% |
| 44th | Aruba | 0.85 | -28.4% |
| 45th | Bermuda | 0.81 | -2.1% |
| 46th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.81 | -2.1% |
| 47th | Slovak Republic | 0.80 | -1.7% |
| 48th | Italy | 0.72 | 3.5% |
| 49th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.68 | -3.8% |
| 50th | Slovenia | 0.64 | 13.8% |
| 51st | Botswana | 0.62 | 4.9% |
| 52nd | Uruguay | 0.62 | -3.3% |
| 53rd | Bulgaria | 0.61 | -7.9% |
| 54th | Qatar | 0.59 | 45.5% |
| 55th | Malaysia | 0.58 | -14.2% |
| 56th | Hungary | 0.56 | -11.5% |
| 57th | Barbados | 0.53 | 10.9% |
| 58th | North Macedonia | 0.52 | 16.2% |
| 59th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.50 | -7.8% |
| 60th | Croatia | 0.49 | 63.6% |
| 61st | Costa Rica | 0.48 | 9.8% |
| 62nd | Peru | 0.44 | 26.1% |
| 63rd | San Marino | 0.44 | -4.9% |
| 64th | Romania | 0.41 | -6.1% |
| 65th | Bahrain | 0.41 | 1.1% |
| 66th | Greece | 0.40 | 79.7% |
| 67th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.40 | 69.2% |
| 68th | Montenegro | 0.39 | 21.2% |
| 69th | Panama | 0.39 | -9.4% |
| 70th | Armenia | 0.35 | 53.5% |
| 71st | St. Lucia | 0.34 | 6.8% |
| 72nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.30 | 21.2% |
| 73rd | Albania | 0.26 | 16.1% |
| 74th | Colombia | 0.22 | -12.6% |
| 75th | Bahamas, The | 0.17 | 57.5% |
| 76th | Oman | 0.16 | -60.5% |
| 77th | Jamaica | 0.13 | 108.1% |
| 78th | Dominica | 0.13 | -8.1% |
| 79th | Palau | 0.11 | 887.8% |
| 80th | Serbia | 0.10 | 313.7% |
| 81st | Kazakhstan | 0.09 | -38.9% |
| 82nd | Mexico | 0.08 | -53.7% |
| 83rd | Guam | 0.07 | -29.1% |
| 84th | Fiji | 0.04 | -38.8% |
| 85th | Rwanda | 0.03 | -57.4% |
| 86th | Jordan | 0.03 | -61.6% |
| 87th | Philippines | 0.03 | -77.4% |
| 88th | Seychelles | 0.02 | 78.5% |
| 89th | Türkiye | 0.02 | -62.6% |
| 90th | Kuwait | 0.01 | 114.5% |
| 91st | Mongolia | 0.01 | 106.4% |
| 92nd | West Bank and Gaza | 0.00 | -82.4% |
| 93rd | Namibia | 0.00 | 99.4% |
| 94th | El Salvador | -0.02 | 90.5% |
| 95th | Indonesia | -0.02 | -178.1% |
| 96th | Dominican Republic | -0.03 | 26.2% |
| 97th | Moldova | -0.03 | 38.3% |
| 98th | Cabo Verde | -0.04 | 54.5% |
| 99th | South Africa | -0.04 | -129.4% |
| 100th | Thailand | -0.04 | -678.9% |
| 101st | Paraguay | -0.09 | 63.9% |
| 102nd | Saudi Arabia | -0.09 | -411.5% |
| 103rd | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.13 | -1,438.8% |
| 104th | Nauru | -0.14 | 83.3% |
| 105th | Samoa | -0.14 | -71.9% |
| 106th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.14 | -144.8% |
| 107th | Ghana | -0.14 | 24.8% |
| 108th | Senegal | -0.15 | 24.6% |
| 109th | Argentina | -0.20 | 0.2% |
| 110th | Sri Lanka | -0.22 | -34.1% |
| 111th | India | -0.23 | 11.9% |
| 112th | China | -0.23 | -27.4% |
| 113th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.25 | 37.4% |
| 114th | Ukraine | -0.26 | 9.1% |
| 115th | Morocco | -0.26 | -63.2% |
| 116th | Kenya | -0.27 | 5.4% |
| 117th | Grenada | -0.28 | -396.8% |
| 118th | Uganda | -0.29 | -8.5% |
| 119th | Guatemala | -0.29 | 21.1% |
| 120th | Brazil | -0.29 | -123.8% |
| 121st | American Samoa | -0.31 | -11.9% |
| 122nd | Azerbaijan | -0.31 | 15.6% |
| 123rd | Kosovo | -0.34 | -119.8% |
| 124th | Tonga | -0.36 | 10.7% |
| 125th | Viet Nam | -0.37 | 14.1% |
| 126th | Bhutan | -0.38 | -10.4% |
| 127th | Benin | -0.39 | 24.9% |
| 128th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.40 | -4.6% |
| 129th | Burkina Faso | -0.41 | 15.8% |
| 130th | Vanuatu | -0.43 | -36.8% |
| 131st | Honduras | -0.45 | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Lebanon | -0.45 | -20.1% |
| 133rd | Tuvalu | -0.47 | 39.1% |
| 134th | Tunisia | -0.49 | -36.5% |
| 135th | Eswatini | -0.51 | -94.0% |
| 136th | Zambia | -0.53 | -2.1% |
| 137th | Papua New Guinea | -0.53 | 20.6% |
| 138th | Maldives | -0.53 | -20.7% |
| 139th | Cambodia | -0.54 | -2.9% |
| 140th | Guyana | -0.54 | -34.6% |
| 141st | Lesotho | -0.56 | -44.6% |
| 142nd | Russian Federation | -0.56 | -6.8% |
| 143rd | Mali | -0.60 | 2.6% |
| 144th | Tanzania | -0.64 | -5.1% |
| 145th | Kiribati | -0.66 | 18.1% |
| 146th | Belize | -0.67 | -19.9% |
| 147th | Pakistan | -0.67 | -9.1% |
| 148th | Suriname | -0.67 | -20.1% |
| 149th | Gambia, The | -0.67 | -31.8% |
| 150th | Niger | -0.68 | 5.9% |
| 151st | Togo | -0.71 | 15.1% |
| 152nd | Malawi | -0.72 | 8.5% |
| 153rd | Nicaragua | -0.73 | -5.1% |
| 154th | Djibouti | -0.74 | -7.5% |
| 155th | Myanmar | -0.75 | 10.6% |
| 156th | Nepal | -0.78 | -4.9% |
| 157th | Madagascar | -0.79 | -6.7% |
| 158th | Timor-Leste | -0.79 | -6.5% |
| 159th | Mozambique | -0.80 | -3.3% |
| 160th | Marshall Islands | -0.80 | 15.4% |
| 161st | Angola | -0.80 | 23.4% |
| 162nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.80 | 1.1% |
| 163rd | Guinea | -0.81 | 6.7% |
| 164th | Cameroon | -0.81 | 4.0% |
| 165th | Belarus | -0.82 | 5.1% |
| 166th | Lao PDR | -0.82 | -10.0% |
| 167th | Solomon Islands | -0.85 | -4.6% |
| 168th | Bangladesh | -0.85 | -3.0% |
| 169th | Mauritania | -0.87 | -5.6% |
| 170th | Nigeria | -0.88 | 4.2% |
| 171st | Ecuador | -0.89 | 13.4% |
| 172nd | Gabon | -0.89 | -24.6% |
| 173rd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.91 | -2.0% |
| 174th | Sierra Leone | -0.92 | 3.3% |
| 175th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.92 | 7.1% |
| 176th | Liberia | -0.99 | -0.9% |
| 177th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.01 | -1.1% |
| 178th | Burundi | -1.01 | -16.2% |
| 179th | Iraq | -1.06 | 4.2% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | -1.10 | -0.3% |
| 181st | Chad | -1.12 | 8.3% |
| 182nd | Afghanistan | -1.14 | 16.5% |
| 183rd | Uzbekistan | -1.14 | 11.8% |
| 184th | Comoros | -1.19 | -8.2% |
| 185th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.24 | -2.1% |
| 186th | Haiti | -1.30 | 3.3% |
| 187th | Algeria | -1.35 | -5.3% |
| 188th | Central African Republic | -1.39 | 6.7% |
| 189th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.40 | -14.3% |
| 190th | Congo, Republic of | -1.41 | -0.2% |
| 191st | Cuba | -1.48 | -9.5% |
| 192nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.49 | -0.6% |
| 193rd | Zimbabwe | -1.53 | 3.3% |
| 194th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.64 | -10.5% |
| 195th | Sudan | -1.64 | -4.1% |
| 196th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.66 | -5.0% |
| 197th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.76 | 5.0% |
| 198th | Turkmenistan | -2.00 | -0.1% |
| 199th | South Sudan | -2.04 | -5.3% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.09 | 8.5% |
| 201st | Eritrea | -2.19 | -1.0% |
| 202nd | Libya | -2.22 | -3.1% |
| 203rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.38 | -0.7% |
FAQ
What was Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality in 2018?▾
Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality in 2018 was 0.40. This ranked 67th globally.
How did Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality change in 2018?▾
Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality increased by 69.2% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2018?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China had the highest regulatory quality in 2018 at 2.22.
What is the regulatory quality of Antigua and Barbuda in 2018?▾
The regulatory quality of Antigua and Barbuda in 2018 was 0.40. This ranked 67th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality?▾
Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality went from 0.24 in 2017 to 0.40 in 2018, a 69.2% increase.
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