Australia - Regulatory Quality 2007
1.68
+0.06 from 2006
Australia's regulatory quality was 1.68 in 2007, increased +0.06 from 1.62 in 2006. This was the 10th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2007▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.99 | 2.6% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 1.93 | 6.8% |
| 3rd | United Kingdom | 1.87 | 1.5% |
| 4th | Ireland | 1.85 | 0.7% |
| 5th | Singapore | 1.81 | 3.1% |
| 6th | Netherlands | 1.80 | 7.0% |
| 7th | Luxembourg | 1.74 | 3.7% |
| 8th | New Zealand | 1.72 | 1.2% |
| 9th | Austria | 1.69 | 2.8% |
| 10th | Australia | 1.68 | 3.7% |
| 11th | Switzerland | 1.65 | 10.0% |
| 12th | Germany | 1.62 | 3.0% |
| 13th | Canada | 1.61 | 3.1% |
| 14th | Sweden | 1.57 | 9.3% |
| 15th | Finland | 1.55 | -3.3% |
| 16th | Iceland | 1.51 | -1.1% |
| 17th | United States | 1.49 | -9.0% |
| 18th | Chile | 1.49 | 4.3% |
| 19th | Belgium | 1.42 | 6.8% |
| 20th | Andorra | 1.38 | 2.1% |
| 21st | Bermuda | 1.38 | 2.1% |
| 22nd | Cayman Islands | 1.38 | 2.1% |
| 23rd | Liechtenstein | 1.38 | 2.1% |
| 24th | Cyprus | 1.33 | 4.3% |
| 25th | Norway | 1.33 | 8.9% |
| 26th | Estonia | 1.32 | 2.2% |
| 27th | France | 1.29 | 3.9% |
| 28th | Spain | 1.22 | 3.3% |
| 29th | Hungary | 1.21 | 0.4% |
| 30th | Malta | 1.14 | 2.7% |
| 31st | Japan | 1.13 | -10.4% |
| 32nd | Israel | 1.10 | 10.4% |
| 33rd | Portugal | 1.08 | 1.5% |
| 34th | Barbados | 1.08 | 8.0% |
| 35th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.05 | -18.1% |
| 36th | Czechia | 1.05 | -5.0% |
| 37th | Bahamas, The | 1.03 | -2.1% |
| 38th | Lithuania | 1.01 | 3.8% |
| 39th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.00 | -9.5% |
| 40th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.99 | 5.4% |
| 41st | Slovak Republic | 0.97 | -10.2% |
| 42nd | Latvia | 0.95 | 2.3% |
| 43rd | Italy | 0.94 | -3.7% |
| 44th | Korea | 0.92 | 27.8% |
| 45th | Greece | 0.89 | 4.3% |
| 46th | Aruba | 0.88 | 2.6% |
| 47th | Macao SAR, China | 0.88 | -20.4% |
| 48th | Slovenia | 0.80 | 0.7% |
| 49th | Poland | 0.77 | 9.6% |
| 50th | St. Lucia | 0.77 | -32.2% |
| 51st | Bahrain | 0.76 | 12.1% |
| 52nd | Dominica | 0.72 | -20.6% |
| 53rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.72 | -20.6% |
| 54th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.66 | -2.0% |
| 55th | Bulgaria | 0.64 | 4.4% |
| 56th | Botswana | 0.63 | 3.8% |
| 57th | Guam | 0.63 | 3.1% |
| 58th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.63 | 3.1% |
| 59th | Oman | 0.61 | 1.5% |
| 60th | United Arab Emirates | 0.61 | -2.5% |
| 61st | South Africa | 0.60 | -20.3% |
| 62nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.53 | -3.1% |
| 63rd | Romania | 0.51 | 14.6% |
| 64th | Malaysia | 0.50 | -6.0% |
| 65th | Mauritius | 0.47 | 0.2% |
| 66th | Costa Rica | 0.45 | 17.8% |
| 67th | Grenada | 0.42 | -21.7% |
| 68th | Croatia | 0.41 | 12.7% |
| 69th | Qatar | 0.40 | 29.5% |
| 70th | Panama | 0.40 | 26.5% |
| 71st | Uruguay | 0.38 | -5.2% |
| 72nd | American Samoa | 0.38 | 4.3% |
| 73rd | Mexico | 0.37 | 6.2% |
| 74th | Türkiye | 0.33 | 17.4% |
| 75th | Jordan | 0.32 | -3.3% |
| 76th | Georgia | 0.30 | 332.3% |
| 77th | Colombia | 0.28 | 167.6% |
| 78th | Jamaica | 0.27 | 23.7% |
| 79th | Armenia | 0.27 | -9.3% |
| 80th | Kuwait | 0.26 | -12.3% |
| 81st | Peru | 0.24 | 218.7% |
| 82nd | El Salvador | 0.09 | 218.1% |
| 83rd | Thailand | 0.09 | -62.5% |
| 84th | Tunisia | 0.07 | -65.1% |
| 85th | Maldives | 0.06 | -86.1% |
| 86th | Namibia | 0.05 | -73.5% |
| 87th | North Macedonia | 0.04 | 145.3% |
| 88th | Kosovo | 0.04 | - |
| 89th | Albania | 0.03 | 123.3% |
| 90th | Saudi Arabia | 0.02 | 136.9% |
| 91st | Seychelles | 0.01 | -93.4% |
| 92nd | Brazil | -0.02 | 44.7% |
| 93rd | Samoa | -0.08 | -84.1% |
| 94th | Ghana | -0.11 | -4.0% |
| 95th | Philippines | -0.13 | 33.9% |
| 96th | Montenegro | -0.13 | 76.8% |
| 97th | Morocco | -0.22 | -1.5% |
| 98th | Dominican Republic | -0.22 | 4.4% |
| 99th | China | -0.23 | 9.7% |
| 100th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.23 | -160.8% |
| 101st | Uganda | -0.25 | 0.6% |
| 102nd | Russian Federation | -0.26 | 34.2% |
| 103rd | Honduras | -0.28 | 38.2% |
| 104th | Mongolia | -0.28 | 11.7% |
| 105th | Moldova | -0.28 | 18.4% |
| 106th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.29 | 38.8% |
| 107th | Madagascar | -0.29 | -14.6% |
| 108th | Sri Lanka | -0.30 | -9.0% |
| 109th | Guatemala | -0.31 | 3.1% |
| 110th | Burkina Faso | -0.31 | 20.8% |
| 111th | India | -0.31 | -10.7% |
| 112th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.32 | 22.2% |
| 113th | Kenya | -0.32 | -32.8% |
| 114th | Cabo Verde | -0.33 | -13.6% |
| 115th | Lebanon | -0.34 | -25.5% |
| 116th | Kazakhstan | -0.35 | -2.2% |
| 117th | Belize | -0.35 | -16.8% |
| 118th | Fiji | -0.37 | 3.0% |
| 119th | Gabon | -0.38 | -27.0% |
| 120th | Indonesia | -0.39 | 1.9% |
| 121st | Mali | -0.39 | 15.0% |
| 122nd | Senegal | -0.40 | -9.7% |
| 123rd | Ukraine | -0.41 | 15.8% |
| 124th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.42 | 36.5% |
| 125th | Serbia | -0.44 | 17.6% |
| 126th | Vanuatu | -0.45 | -25,902.0% |
| 127th | Nicaragua | -0.45 | -5.7% |
| 128th | Tanzania | -0.46 | -12.3% |
| 129th | Azerbaijan | -0.47 | 10.9% |
| 130th | Gambia, The | -0.49 | -0.3% |
| 131st | Cambodia | -0.49 | 20.0% |
| 132nd | Mauritania | -0.49 | -5.9% |
| 133rd | Benin | -0.51 | -9.6% |
| 134th | Malawi | -0.51 | 12.9% |
| 135th | Algeria | -0.52 | -4.4% |
| 136th | Pakistan | -0.54 | -12.0% |
| 137th | Niger | -0.56 | -0.9% |
| 138th | Zambia | -0.57 | 13.5% |
| 139th | Eswatini | -0.57 | -57.3% |
| 140th | Viet Nam | -0.57 | 8.5% |
| 141st | Nepal | -0.58 | -10.8% |
| 142nd | Paraguay | -0.58 | 16.9% |
| 143rd | Suriname | -0.59 | -13.0% |
| 144th | Papua New Guinea | -0.61 | 21.0% |
| 145th | Guyana | -0.62 | -1.1% |
| 146th | Argentina | -0.64 | -3.4% |
| 147th | Mozambique | -0.64 | -1.6% |
| 148th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.68 | 12.6% |
| 149th | Rwanda | -0.69 | -0.9% |
| 150th | Nauru | -0.70 | - |
| 151st | Bhutan | -0.71 | -22.9% |
| 152nd | Lesotho | -0.72 | -7.3% |
| 153rd | Tonga | -0.72 | -4.3% |
| 154th | Djibouti | -0.78 | 7.2% |
| 155th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.82 | -19.9% |
| 156th | Tuvalu | -0.82 | -12.6% |
| 157th | Cameroon | -0.84 | 0.7% |
| 158th | Haiti | -0.84 | 2.9% |
| 159th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.88 | 5.0% |
| 160th | Nigeria | -0.89 | 5.6% |
| 161st | Marshall Islands | -0.91 | 4.1% |
| 162nd | Bangladesh | -0.95 | 5.2% |
| 163rd | Togo | -0.98 | -6.1% |
| 164th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.99 | -11.0% |
| 165th | Angola | -1.08 | 7.0% |
| 166th | Sierra Leone | -1.09 | 4.5% |
| 167th | Kiribati | -1.10 | -9.5% |
| 168th | Libya | -1.11 | 24.1% |
| 169th | Liberia | -1.11 | 17.4% |
| 170th | Chad | -1.12 | -3.5% |
| 171st | Tajikistan | -1.13 | -2.4% |
| 172nd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.14 | -15.8% |
| 173rd | Ecuador | -1.14 | -3.5% |
| 174th | Solomon Islands | -1.14 | -2.9% |
| 175th | Congo, Republic of | -1.17 | -0.3% |
| 176th | Lao PDR | -1.19 | 7.3% |
| 177th | Guinea | -1.19 | -3.9% |
| 178th | West Bank and Gaza | -1.20 | -18.2% |
| 179th | Burundi | -1.23 | -3.3% |
| 180th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.26 | 1.1% |
| 181st | Central African Republic | -1.27 | 0.4% |
| 182nd | Sudan | -1.32 | -9.2% |
| 183rd | Iraq | -1.32 | 5.1% |
| 184th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.33 | 0.1% |
| 185th | Belarus | -1.42 | 10.9% |
| 186th | Comoros | -1.44 | 3.1% |
| 187th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.45 | 3.5% |
| 188th | Uzbekistan | -1.51 | 7.5% |
| 189th | Cuba | -1.56 | -9.0% |
| 190th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.60 | -12.8% |
| 191st | Timor-Leste | -1.63 | -5.0% |
| 192nd | Afghanistan | -1.71 | -1.1% |
| 193rd | Turkmenistan | -2.01 | 3.7% |
| 194th | Eritrea | -2.02 | 0.0% |
| 195th | Zimbabwe | -2.08 | -7.3% |
| 196th | Myanmar | -2.27 | -3.7% |
| 197th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.28 | 0.2% |
| 198th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.43 | 2.4% |
FAQ
What was Australia's regulatory quality in 2007?▾
Australia's regulatory quality in 2007 was 1.68. This ranked 10th globally.
How did Australia's regulatory quality change in 2007?▾
Australia's regulatory quality increased by 3.7% in 2007 compared to 2006.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2007?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China had the highest regulatory quality in 2007 at 1.99.
What is the regulatory quality of Australia in 2007?▾
The regulatory quality of Australia in 2007 was 1.68. This ranked 10th globally.
How does 2007 compare to 2006 for Australia's regulatory quality?▾
Australia's regulatory quality went from 1.62 in 2006 to 1.68 in 2007, a 3.7% increase.
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