Costa Rica - Regulatory Quality 2000
0.70
−0.23 from 1999
Costa Rica's regulatory quality was 0.70 in 2000. This was the 50th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2000▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.07 | -4.0% |
| 2nd | Netherlands | 2.03 | 8.7% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | 1.85 | 24.0% |
| 4th | United Kingdom | 1.81 | -8.6% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.79 | 9.2% |
| 6th | Finland | 1.78 | 1.2% |
| 7th | Ireland | 1.78 | 8.8% |
| 8th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.76 | -4.1% |
| 9th | Denmark | 1.71 | -0.1% |
| 10th | United States | 1.70 | 5.3% |
| 11th | New Zealand | 1.67 | -14.5% |
| 12th | Australia | 1.58 | 10.0% |
| 13th | Iceland | 1.55 | 19.4% |
| 14th | Austria | 1.48 | 9.6% |
| 15th | Canada | 1.46 | -4.7% |
| 16th | Bermuda | 1.46 | -1.6% |
| 17th | Liechtenstein | 1.46 | -1.6% |
| 18th | Germany | 1.46 | 18.3% |
| 19th | Chile | 1.40 | 2.1% |
| 20th | Sweden | 1.35 | 15.9% |
| 21st | Estonia | 1.27 | 6.3% |
| 22nd | Barbados | 1.26 | -2.3% |
| 23rd | Spain | 1.24 | 3.5% |
| 24th | Andorra | 1.22 | -1.8% |
| 25th | Cayman Islands | 1.22 | 21.2% |
| 26th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.22 | -1.8% |
| 27th | Belgium | 1.15 | 14.6% |
| 28th | Bahamas, The | 1.14 | 12.9% |
| 29th | Norway | 1.11 | -21.3% |
| 30th | Malta | 1.10 | 8.7% |
| 31st | Cyprus | 1.09 | -5.8% |
| 32nd | Israel | 1.08 | 3.0% |
| 33rd | Hungary | 1.04 | 8.5% |
| 34th | Dominica | 0.99 | -2.2% |
| 35th | Maldives | 0.99 | -2.2% |
| 36th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.94 | 5.6% |
| 37th | Portugal | 0.92 | -15.4% |
| 38th | France | 0.91 | 10.8% |
| 39th | Japan | 0.80 | 43.8% |
| 40th | Botswana | 0.80 | -4.3% |
| 41st | Italy | 0.79 | 11.4% |
| 42nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.75 | -2.8% |
| 43rd | Bahrain | 0.75 | -2.0% |
| 44th | Uruguay | 0.75 | -17.7% |
| 45th | Czechia | 0.74 | -18.9% |
| 46th | Greece | 0.74 | 27.5% |
| 47th | Lithuania | 0.71 | -22.0% |
| 48th | Poland | 0.70 | 14.2% |
| 49th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.70 | -1.0% |
| 50th | Costa Rica | 0.70 | -24.4% |
| 51st | Latvia | 0.70 | -17.0% |
| 52nd | United Arab Emirates | 0.69 | 18.1% |
| 53rd | Slovenia | 0.67 | -35.9% |
| 54th | Panama | 0.61 | -26.3% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 0.58 | 16.4% |
| 56th | Korea | 0.57 | 78.2% |
| 57th | South Africa | 0.54 | 6.5% |
| 58th | Malaysia | 0.53 | -24.7% |
| 59th | Grenada | 0.52 | -4.0% |
| 60th | Macao SAR, China | 0.52 | -4.0% |
| 61st | Thailand | 0.48 | 323.4% |
| 62nd | Mauritius | 0.37 | 193.0% |
| 63rd | Peru | 0.33 | -42.0% |
| 64th | Namibia | 0.32 | -31.3% |
| 65th | Seychelles | 0.28 | -7.1% |
| 66th | Jordan | 0.27 | -19.0% |
| 67th | Brazil | 0.26 | -21.0% |
| 68th | Türkiye | 0.25 | -32.4% |
| 69th | Mexico | 0.22 | 46.8% |
| 70th | Belize | 0.21 | 6.0% |
| 71st | Bulgaria | 0.20 | 5.8% |
| 72nd | Jamaica | 0.20 | -9.6% |
| 73rd | Argentina | 0.18 | -65.0% |
| 74th | Sri Lanka | 0.16 | 2.2% |
| 75th | Colombia | 0.09 | 154.4% |
| 76th | Gabon | 0.07 | -79.4% |
| 77th | Tunisia | 0.07 | -49.4% |
| 78th | Oman | 0.06 | 206.3% |
| 79th | Philippines | 0.02 | -89.8% |
| 80th | Samoa | 0.02 | -44.6% |
| 81st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.02 | -90.5% |
| 82nd | Ghana | 0.00 | 99.2% |
| 83rd | Cabo Verde | -0.02 | 96.4% |
| 84th | El Salvador | -0.02 | -122.2% |
| 85th | Qatar | -0.02 | -143.5% |
| 86th | Morocco | -0.02 | -188.4% |
| 87th | Kuwait | -0.05 | 15.9% |
| 88th | Romania | -0.10 | -149.6% |
| 89th | Croatia | -0.12 | 18.4% |
| 90th | Saudi Arabia | -0.12 | 57.1% |
| 91st | Dominican Republic | -0.12 | -69.0% |
| 92nd | Guyana | -0.13 | -133.7% |
| 93rd | Moldova | -0.14 | -28.3% |
| 94th | Mozambique | -0.15 | 53.6% |
| 95th | Malawi | -0.16 | -36.8% |
| 96th | Burkina Faso | -0.16 | 31.8% |
| 97th | Cambodia | -0.16 | 2.8% |
| 98th | India | -0.16 | 64.0% |
| 99th | Benin | -0.16 | -10.8% |
| 100th | Lesotho | -0.16 | 46.2% |
| 101st | Armenia | -0.17 | 31.8% |
| 102nd | Mongolia | -0.17 | -7.4% |
| 103rd | Uganda | -0.17 | -242.2% |
| 104th | Eswatini | -0.19 | -5.9% |
| 105th | Senegal | -0.19 | -16.2% |
| 106th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.23 | -24.2% |
| 107th | North Macedonia | -0.26 | 29.2% |
| 108th | Indonesia | -0.26 | 26.2% |
| 109th | Guatemala | -0.29 | -86.5% |
| 110th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.30 | -76.5% |
| 111th | Fiji | -0.32 | -855.5% |
| 112th | Mauritania | -0.32 | 30.0% |
| 113th | China | -0.32 | -21.4% |
| 114th | Mali | -0.33 | -5.2% |
| 115th | Papua New Guinea | -0.33 | 16.6% |
| 116th | Nicaragua | -0.34 | -43.6% |
| 117th | Kenya | -0.39 | -53.6% |
| 118th | Ukraine | -0.41 | 42.7% |
| 119th | Albania | -0.42 | 5.8% |
| 120th | Tanzania | -0.42 | -6.2% |
| 121st | Bhutan | -0.43 | -4.9% |
| 122nd | Gambia, The | -0.43 | 37.2% |
| 123rd | Zambia | -0.45 | -52.5% |
| 124th | Ecuador | -0.45 | -598.2% |
| 125th | Lebanon | -0.49 | 2.5% |
| 126th | Georgia | -0.52 | 26.4% |
| 127th | Madagascar | -0.52 | 34.7% |
| 128th | Russian Federation | -0.52 | -2.9% |
| 129th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.55 | -93.8% |
| 130th | Honduras | -0.57 | -41.3% |
| 131st | Suriname | -0.58 | -9.0% |
| 132nd | Kazakhstan | -0.61 | -49.2% |
| 133rd | Viet Nam | -0.64 | -5.1% |
| 134th | Nepal | -0.66 | -45.1% |
| 135th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.66 | -3.1% |
| 136th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.68 | 33.7% |
| 137th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.71 | -18.0% |
| 138th | Algeria | -0.71 | 19.4% |
| 139th | Djibouti | -0.71 | 20.2% |
| 140th | Paraguay | -0.72 | -32.8% |
| 141st | Pakistan | -0.77 | -18.3% |
| 142nd | Niger | -0.77 | -3.6% |
| 143rd | Cameroon | -0.82 | 9.5% |
| 144th | Guinea | -0.82 | -2.2% |
| 145th | Togo | -0.83 | -23.0% |
| 146th | Serbia | -0.86 | -4.3% |
| 147th | Azerbaijan | -0.86 | 17.9% |
| 148th | Nigeria | -0.88 | 5.1% |
| 149th | Central African Republic | -0.90 | -2.2% |
| 150th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.90 | -2.2% |
| 151st | Bangladesh | -0.94 | 10.3% |
| 152nd | Haiti | -0.94 | 1.3% |
| 153rd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.05 | 14.2% |
| 154th | Burundi | -1.14 | 27.9% |
| 155th | Comoros | -1.14 | -1.7% |
| 156th | Eritrea | -1.14 | -1.7% |
| 157th | Tajikistan | -1.16 | 20.7% |
| 158th | Congo, Republic of | -1.20 | 7.7% |
| 159th | Chad | -1.21 | -0.6% |
| 160th | Cuba | -1.22 | 7.0% |
| 161st | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.26 | -0.8% |
| 162nd | Lao PDR | -1.34 | -17.8% |
| 163rd | Rwanda | -1.36 | -0.7% |
| 164th | Sudan | -1.39 | -6.7% |
| 165th | Zimbabwe | -1.39 | -65.1% |
| 166th | Belarus | -1.50 | -0.1% |
| 167th | Angola | -1.51 | -4.3% |
| 168th | Sierra Leone | -1.57 | -5.2% |
| 169th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.64 | -0.9% |
| 170th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.65 | -1.0% |
| 171st | Liberia | -1.73 | 0.9% |
| 172nd | Libya | -1.77 | 6.6% |
| 173rd | Turkmenistan | -1.77 | -1.2% |
| 174th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.84 | 12.1% |
| 175th | Myanmar | -2.02 | -13.5% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.06 | 5.4% |
| 177th | Afghanistan | -2.08 | -0.8% |
| 178th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.15 | -0.9% |
| 179th | Iraq | -2.17 | 1.6% |
| 180th | Uzbekistan | -2.24 | -11.0% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's regulatory quality in 2000?▾
Costa Rica's regulatory quality in 2000 was 0.70. This ranked 50th globally.
How did Costa Rica's regulatory quality change in 2000?▾
Costa Rica's regulatory quality decreased by 24.4% in 2000 compared to 1999.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2000?▾
Singapore had the highest regulatory quality in 2000 at 2.07.
What is the regulatory quality of Costa Rica in 2000?▾
The regulatory quality of Costa Rica in 2000 was 0.70. This ranked 50th globally.
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