Antigua and Barbuda - Regulatory Quality 2019
0.47
+0.07 from 2018
Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality was 0.47 in 2019, increased +0.07 from 0.40 in 2018. This was the 63rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.15 | 1.5% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.98 | -11.1% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 1.87 | -6.5% |
| 4th | Australia | 1.86 | -1.7% |
| 5th | Netherlands | 1.85 | -8.2% |
| 6th | Finland | 1.84 | 3.4% |
| 7th | Norway | 1.80 | 0.8% |
| 8th | Sweden | 1.79 | -1.8% |
| 9th | Germany | 1.71 | -2.4% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.71 | 0.6% |
| 11th | Luxembourg | 1.69 | -3.7% |
| 12th | Switzerland | 1.65 | -7.8% |
| 13th | Macao SAR, China | 1.62 | 0.9% |
| 14th | United Kingdom | 1.61 | -8.8% |
| 15th | Ireland | 1.59 | -1.8% |
| 16th | Estonia | 1.58 | 2.3% |
| 17th | Denmark | 1.55 | -5.0% |
| 18th | Liechtenstein | 1.53 | 0.5% |
| 19th | Austria | 1.45 | -5.1% |
| 20th | France | 1.43 | 24.8% |
| 21st | Iceland | 1.36 | -3.2% |
| 22nd | Greenland | 1.35 | -0.9% |
| 23rd | United States | 1.33 | -17.3% |
| 24th | Japan | 1.31 | -1.5% |
| 25th | Belgium | 1.28 | 1.4% |
| 26th | Israel | 1.27 | 2.6% |
| 27th | Czechia | 1.24 | -2.5% |
| 28th | Andorra | 1.22 | 2.9% |
| 29th | Monaco | 1.22 | 2.9% |
| 30th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.22 | 50.1% |
| 31st | Latvia | 1.18 | 4.2% |
| 32nd | Chile | 1.16 | -10.9% |
| 33rd | Lithuania | 1.15 | 4.8% |
| 34th | Korea | 1.06 | -3.2% |
| 35th | Spain | 1.04 | 10.6% |
| 36th | Georgia | 1.03 | -0.5% |
| 37th | Mauritius | 1.02 | -2.7% |
| 38th | Poland | 1.01 | 15.9% |
| 39th | Cyprus | 1.00 | 15.9% |
| 40th | Slovak Republic | 1.00 | 25.0% |
| 41st | Slovenia | 1.00 | 55.2% |
| 42nd | Cayman Islands | 0.97 | 0.4% |
| 43rd | United Arab Emirates | 0.97 | 5.2% |
| 44th | Portugal | 0.96 | 9.5% |
| 45th | Italy | 0.94 | 31.9% |
| 46th | Malta | 0.94 | -29.3% |
| 47th | Aruba | 0.85 | 0.0% |
| 48th | Bermuda | 0.84 | 2.6% |
| 49th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.72 | -23.0% |
| 50th | Qatar | 0.67 | 13.8% |
| 51st | Brunei Darussalam | 0.62 | -7.7% |
| 52nd | Uruguay | 0.61 | -1.5% |
| 53rd | Hungary | 0.59 | 5.1% |
| 54th | Croatia | 0.55 | 12.8% |
| 55th | Malaysia | 0.55 | -4.9% |
| 56th | Costa Rica | 0.54 | 14.4% |
| 57th | Bulgaria | 0.53 | -12.4% |
| 58th | Greece | 0.52 | 28.7% |
| 59th | Peru | 0.52 | 16.6% |
| 60th | Botswana | 0.50 | -20.2% |
| 61st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.49 | -2.3% |
| 62nd | Bahrain | 0.47 | 16.4% |
| 63rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.47 | 17.2% |
| 64th | Palau | 0.47 | 334.9% |
| 65th | San Marino | 0.45 | 1.8% |
| 66th | Romania | 0.44 | 9.1% |
| 67th | North Macedonia | 0.44 | -14.3% |
| 68th | Barbados | 0.40 | -25.0% |
| 69th | Montenegro | 0.39 | 0.8% |
| 70th | Panama | 0.38 | -1.1% |
| 71st | Colombia | 0.32 | 41.4% |
| 72nd | St. Lucia | 0.30 | -10.9% |
| 73rd | Oman | 0.28 | 71.5% |
| 74th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.27 | -9.8% |
| 75th | Albania | 0.27 | 6.2% |
| 76th | Armenia | 0.24 | -30.8% |
| 77th | Dominica | 0.15 | 21.1% |
| 78th | Kazakhstan | 0.11 | 13.4% |
| 79th | Philippines | 0.10 | 248.3% |
| 80th | Serbia | 0.10 | -2.4% |
| 81st | Jamaica | 0.08 | -34.6% |
| 82nd | Guam | 0.06 | -8.4% |
| 83rd | Kuwait | 0.05 | 339.6% |
| 84th | Fiji | 0.03 | -15.4% |
| 85th | Jordan | 0.03 | -3.8% |
| 86th | Indonesia | 0.03 | 232.7% |
| 87th | Seychelles | 0.03 | 49.4% |
| 88th | Mexico | 0.01 | -85.1% |
| 89th | South Africa | 0.01 | 120.9% |
| 90th | West Bank and Gaza | 0.00 | 129.8% |
| 91st | Namibia | 0.00 | 56.1% |
| 92nd | Mongolia | 0.00 | -130.8% |
| 93rd | Rwanda | -0.01 | -130.0% |
| 94th | Dominican Republic | -0.02 | 34.2% |
| 95th | Türkiye | -0.02 | -225.7% |
| 96th | Thailand | -0.02 | 50.2% |
| 97th | Cabo Verde | -0.02 | 31.8% |
| 98th | El Salvador | -0.04 | -134.5% |
| 99th | Moldova | -0.05 | -47.1% |
| 100th | Bahamas, The | -0.06 | -134.2% |
| 101st | Saudi Arabia | -0.09 | 2.6% |
| 102nd | Brazil | -0.12 | 58.6% |
| 103rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.13 | 9.0% |
| 104th | Paraguay | -0.14 | -53.3% |
| 105th | Nauru | -0.14 | -3.1% |
| 106th | India | -0.15 | 33.4% |
| 107th | Morocco | -0.15 | 40.3% |
| 108th | Senegal | -0.18 | -18.7% |
| 109th | Ghana | -0.19 | -30.7% |
| 110th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.19 | -45.9% |
| 111th | Ukraine | -0.22 | 15.5% |
| 112th | Azerbaijan | -0.22 | 28.8% |
| 113th | Sri Lanka | -0.23 | -6.8% |
| 114th | Samoa | -0.26 | -84.4% |
| 115th | Grenada | -0.29 | -6.7% |
| 116th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.30 | -17.8% |
| 117th | China | -0.30 | -33.1% |
| 118th | Tonga | -0.32 | 12.0% |
| 119th | American Samoa | -0.33 | -6.2% |
| 120th | Guatemala | -0.34 | -14.8% |
| 121st | Kenya | -0.34 | -27.7% |
| 122nd | Bhutan | -0.36 | 4.6% |
| 123rd | Viet Nam | -0.38 | -0.7% |
| 124th | Tunisia | -0.39 | 22.2% |
| 125th | Kosovo | -0.39 | -13.0% |
| 126th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.39 | 1.1% |
| 127th | Tuvalu | -0.40 | 14.3% |
| 128th | Uganda | -0.41 | -44.7% |
| 129th | Burkina Faso | -0.42 | -4.4% |
| 130th | Vanuatu | -0.43 | 2.0% |
| 131st | Benin | -0.45 | -13.4% |
| 132nd | Argentina | -0.45 | -131.2% |
| 133rd | Kiribati | -0.46 | 31.1% |
| 134th | Russian Federation | -0.48 | 15.3% |
| 135th | Honduras | -0.50 | -10.5% |
| 136th | Eswatini | -0.53 | -4.9% |
| 137th | Lebanon | -0.53 | -17.2% |
| 138th | Papua New Guinea | -0.54 | -2.8% |
| 139th | Maldives | -0.55 | -3.9% |
| 140th | Belize | -0.56 | 16.0% |
| 141st | Lesotho | -0.61 | -9.3% |
| 142nd | Cambodia | -0.61 | -13.5% |
| 143rd | Guyana | -0.61 | -13.2% |
| 144th | Zambia | -0.61 | -16.3% |
| 145th | Mali | -0.62 | -3.7% |
| 146th | Tanzania | -0.67 | -4.2% |
| 147th | Belarus | -0.67 | 17.4% |
| 148th | Pakistan | -0.69 | -2.9% |
| 149th | Suriname | -0.70 | -4.8% |
| 150th | Nicaragua | -0.71 | 2.3% |
| 151st | Gambia, The | -0.72 | -6.4% |
| 152nd | Niger | -0.72 | -6.0% |
| 153rd | Marshall Islands | -0.73 | 8.8% |
| 154th | Nepal | -0.74 | 5.2% |
| 155th | Togo | -0.74 | -5.5% |
| 156th | Malawi | -0.75 | -3.6% |
| 157th | Myanmar | -0.75 | -0.4% |
| 158th | Lao PDR | -0.76 | 8.3% |
| 159th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.76 | 5.7% |
| 160th | Timor-Leste | -0.78 | 2.2% |
| 161st | Mozambique | -0.78 | 2.0% |
| 162nd | Madagascar | -0.79 | -0.4% |
| 163rd | Ecuador | -0.80 | 10.2% |
| 164th | Guinea | -0.81 | -0.7% |
| 165th | Djibouti | -0.82 | -10.7% |
| 166th | Mauritania | -0.83 | 4.3% |
| 167th | Angola | -0.83 | -4.1% |
| 168th | Solomon Islands | -0.84 | 1.4% |
| 169th | Cameroon | -0.85 | -4.3% |
| 170th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.90 | 2.3% |
| 171st | Sierra Leone | -0.92 | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Bangladesh | -0.94 | -10.4% |
| 173rd | Nigeria | -0.94 | -7.1% |
| 174th | Gabon | -0.96 | -7.7% |
| 175th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.97 | -6.4% |
| 176th | Burundi | -0.99 | 1.8% |
| 177th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.00 | 0.5% |
| 178th | Liberia | -1.01 | -1.9% |
| 179th | Uzbekistan | -1.06 | 7.3% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | -1.06 | 3.5% |
| 181st | Iraq | -1.10 | -3.1% |
| 182nd | Afghanistan | -1.11 | 2.1% |
| 183rd | Chad | -1.12 | 0.0% |
| 184th | Comoros | -1.20 | -0.8% |
| 185th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.27 | -2.3% |
| 186th | Congo, Republic of | -1.29 | 8.5% |
| 187th | Haiti | -1.32 | -1.0% |
| 188th | Central African Republic | -1.38 | 0.7% |
| 189th | Algeria | -1.39 | -3.1% |
| 190th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.44 | -3.3% |
| 191st | Zimbabwe | -1.49 | 2.6% |
| 192nd | Cuba | -1.51 | -1.7% |
| 193rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.52 | -2.2% |
| 194th | Sudan | -1.67 | -1.6% |
| 195th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.69 | -2.2% |
| 196th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.70 | -4.0% |
| 197th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.78 | -1.1% |
| 198th | South Sudan | -1.98 | 2.5% |
| 199th | Turkmenistan | -2.03 | -1.4% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.15 | -2.9% |
| 201st | Eritrea | -2.19 | 0.1% |
| 202nd | Libya | -2.30 | -3.9% |
| 203rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.42 | -1.4% |
FAQ
What was Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality in 2019?▾
Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality in 2019 was 0.47. This ranked 63rd globally.
How did Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality change in 2019?▾
Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality increased by 17.2% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2019?▾
Singapore had the highest regulatory quality in 2019 at 2.15.
What is the regulatory quality of Antigua and Barbuda in 2019?▾
The regulatory quality of Antigua and Barbuda in 2019 was 0.47. This ranked 63rd globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality?▾
Antigua and Barbuda's regulatory quality went from 0.40 in 2018 to 0.47 in 2019, a 17.2% increase.
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