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Australia – Regulatory Quality 2005

Perceptions of the government's ability to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. Ranges from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. · World Bank WGI
1.60 −0.11 from 2004 G20 rank: 13th

Australia's regulatory quality was 1.60 in 2005, decreased +0.11 from 1.71 in 2004. This was the 13th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2005
RankCountryValueYoY
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%