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Bulgaria - Regulatory Quality 2018

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Regulatory Quality · World Bank WGI

0.61 −0.05 from 2017 Global rank: 53rd

Bulgaria's regulatory quality was 0.61 in 2018, decreased +0.05 from 0.66 in 2017. This was the 53rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Regulatory Quality by Country - 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 Bulgaria's regulatory quality in 2018?▾

Bulgaria's regulatory quality in 2018 was 0.61. This ranked 53rd globally.

How did Bulgaria's regulatory quality change in 2018?▾

Bulgaria's regulatory quality decreased by 7.9% 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 Bulgaria in 2018?▾

The regulatory quality of Bulgaria in 2018 was 0.61. This ranked 53rd globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Bulgaria's regulatory quality?▾

Bulgaria's regulatory quality went from 0.66 in 2017 to 0.61 in 2018, a 7.9% decrease.

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