Costa Rica - Regulatory Quality 2014
0.66
−0.09 from 2013
Costa Rica's regulatory quality was 0.66 in 2014, decreased +0.09 from 0.75 in 2013. This was the 54th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2014▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.23 | 13.6% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.05 | 6.8% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 1.94 | 6.9% |
| 4th | Finland | 1.88 | 2.0% |
| 5th | Australia | 1.86 | 3.7% |
| 6th | Canada | 1.84 | 6.3% |
| 7th | United Kingdom | 1.82 | 3.3% |
| 8th | Sweden | 1.81 | -4.8% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 1.80 | 11.1% |
| 10th | Netherlands | 1.76 | 0.1% |
| 11th | Ireland | 1.76 | 11.7% |
| 12th | Macao SAR, China | 1.73 | 28.9% |
| 13th | Germany | 1.70 | 9.9% |
| 14th | Denmark | 1.68 | -6.6% |
| 15th | Estonia | 1.67 | 16.1% |
| 16th | Norway | 1.64 | -1.0% |
| 17th | Luxembourg | 1.63 | -8.2% |
| 18th | Chile | 1.48 | 0.1% |
| 19th | Austria | 1.48 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Liechtenstein | 1.42 | -9.5% |
| 21st | Greenland | 1.37 | -1.2% |
| 22nd | United States | 1.28 | 1.3% |
| 23rd | Aruba | 1.25 | -12.4% |
| 24th | Iceland | 1.21 | 7.1% |
| 25th | Israel | 1.21 | 4.5% |
| 26th | Mauritius | 1.20 | 34.1% |
| 27th | Lithuania | 1.19 | 3.6% |
| 28th | Latvia | 1.17 | 12.5% |
| 29th | Belgium | 1.15 | -10.2% |
| 30th | Japan | 1.14 | 2.6% |
| 31st | Korea | 1.13 | 14.7% |
| 32nd | Cyprus | 1.09 | 20.1% |
| 33rd | Malta | 1.08 | -16.5% |
| 34th | France | 1.07 | -6.6% |
| 35th | Poland | 1.06 | 1.0% |
| 36th | Czechia | 1.00 | -7.2% |
| 37th | United Arab Emirates | 0.99 | 27.4% |
| 38th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.98 | -10.7% |
| 39th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.89 | 5.1% |
| 40th | Slovak Republic | 0.89 | -4.6% |
| 41st | Andorra | 0.88 | -43.5% |
| 42nd | Bermuda | 0.88 | -33.2% |
| 43rd | Cayman Islands | 0.85 | -23.7% |
| 44th | Malaysia | 0.80 | 40.8% |
| 45th | Botswana | 0.76 | 20.3% |
| 46th | Georgia | 0.76 | 4.7% |
| 47th | Hungary | 0.75 | -16.9% |
| 48th | Spain | 0.75 | -20.0% |
| 49th | Portugal | 0.75 | -6.6% |
| 50th | Uruguay | 0.72 | 1.1% |
| 51st | Bahrain | 0.70 | 17.0% |
| 52nd | Oman | 0.69 | 46.1% |
| 53rd | Slovenia | 0.66 | 5.2% |
| 54th | Costa Rica | 0.66 | -12.2% |
| 55th | Italy | 0.64 | -18.1% |
| 56th | Romania | 0.60 | -5.3% |
| 57th | Bulgaria | 0.59 | 6.6% |
| 58th | Qatar | 0.57 | -23.2% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.53 | -12.0% |
| 60th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.53 | -51.0% |
| 61st | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.53 | -12.0% |
| 62nd | Panama | 0.48 | 6.6% |
| 63rd | Peru | 0.47 | 16.7% |
| 64th | Colombia | 0.44 | 30.8% |
| 65th | Türkiye | 0.43 | -6.6% |
| 66th | North Macedonia | 0.42 | 70.5% |
| 67th | Mexico | 0.36 | -14.0% |
| 68th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.36 | 10.9% |
| 69th | Barbados | 0.34 | -25.9% |
| 70th | Greece | 0.33 | -48.1% |
| 71st | Dominica | 0.28 | -1.8% |
| 72nd | Albania | 0.28 | 9.8% |
| 73rd | Croatia | 0.28 | -25.2% |
| 74th | St. Lucia | 0.27 | -7.0% |
| 75th | South Africa | 0.23 | -39.3% |
| 76th | El Salvador | 0.22 | -2.2% |
| 77th | West Bank and Gaza | 0.21 | 72.6% |
| 78th | Rwanda | 0.19 | 715.3% |
| 79th | Serbia | 0.18 | 389.7% |
| 80th | Grenada | 0.18 | -28.2% |
| 81st | American Samoa | 0.18 | -50.8% |
| 82nd | Guam | 0.18 | -70.4% |
| 83rd | Montenegro | 0.18 | 87.1% |
| 84th | Thailand | 0.17 | 33.8% |
| 85th | Bahamas, The | 0.17 | -9.3% |
| 86th | Armenia | 0.16 | -32.6% |
| 87th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.15 | -31.0% |
| 88th | Jordan | 0.10 | -40.1% |
| 89th | Philippines | 0.08 | 234.0% |
| 90th | Namibia | 0.08 | -53.4% |
| 91st | Jamaica | 0.07 | -60.1% |
| 92nd | Dominican Republic | 0.03 | 257.8% |
| 93rd | Moldova | 0.01 | 117.3% |
| 94th | Saudi Arabia | -0.01 | -107.7% |
| 95th | Indonesia | -0.01 | 93.2% |
| 96th | Morocco | -0.03 | 69.3% |
| 97th | Brazil | -0.03 | -119.3% |
| 98th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.04 | 44.4% |
| 99th | Ghana | -0.05 | -177.1% |
| 100th | Sri Lanka | -0.11 | 34.5% |
| 101st | Kuwait | -0.15 | -99.5% |
| 102nd | Kosovo | -0.16 | -295.9% |
| 103rd | Paraguay | -0.21 | 17.0% |
| 104th | Samoa | -0.21 | 24.0% |
| 105th | Eswatini | -0.22 | -49.7% |
| 106th | Kazakhstan | -0.24 | 36.3% |
| 107th | Cabo Verde | -0.24 | -108.9% |
| 108th | Fiji | -0.26 | 51.3% |
| 109th | Uganda | -0.26 | 7.2% |
| 110th | Senegal | -0.26 | -257.9% |
| 111th | Seychelles | -0.27 | -143.8% |
| 112th | Azerbaijan | -0.27 | 36.9% |
| 113th | Mongolia | -0.28 | 16.5% |
| 114th | Guatemala | -0.28 | 1.0% |
| 115th | Lebanon | -0.30 | -265.7% |
| 116th | Vanuatu | -0.33 | 39.5% |
| 117th | China | -0.33 | 0.1% |
| 118th | Tunisia | -0.34 | -18.9% |
| 119th | Burkina Faso | -0.34 | -72.6% |
| 120th | Kenya | -0.35 | -6.8% |
| 121st | Papua New Guinea | -0.35 | 32.1% |
| 122nd | Tanzania | -0.36 | -2.8% |
| 123rd | Maldives | -0.37 | 18.1% |
| 124th | Russian Federation | -0.40 | -12.6% |
| 125th | Honduras | -0.41 | -106.6% |
| 126th | Nicaragua | -0.41 | -32.7% |
| 127th | Tonga | -0.43 | 34.8% |
| 128th | Mozambique | -0.44 | -4.4% |
| 129th | Cambodia | -0.44 | -24.8% |
| 130th | Lesotho | -0.44 | -18.2% |
| 131st | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.45 | -38.2% |
| 132nd | Belize | -0.46 | -3.2% |
| 133rd | India | -0.48 | 0.6% |
| 134th | Gambia, The | -0.50 | -32.1% |
| 135th | Guyana | -0.53 | 13.2% |
| 136th | Zambia | -0.53 | -7.9% |
| 137th | Djibouti | -0.58 | -5.9% |
| 138th | Ukraine | -0.59 | -0.2% |
| 139th | Viet Nam | -0.60 | 7.7% |
| 140th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.62 | 17.9% |
| 141st | Benin | -0.62 | -49.4% |
| 142nd | Mali | -0.63 | -22.0% |
| 143rd | Suriname | -0.63 | -42.2% |
| 144th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.69 | -23.3% |
| 145th | Pakistan | -0.69 | 2.3% |
| 146th | Gabon | -0.69 | -12.9% |
| 147th | Madagascar | -0.72 | -8.7% |
| 148th | Burundi | -0.73 | 18.6% |
| 149th | Niger | -0.74 | -27.6% |
| 150th | Malawi | -0.82 | -20.5% |
| 151st | Palau | -0.82 | 17.3% |
| 152nd | Sierra Leone | -0.82 | -14.2% |
| 153rd | Mauritania | -0.83 | -24.1% |
| 154th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.83 | -3.3% |
| 155th | Nigeria | -0.84 | -22.9% |
| 156th | Togo | -0.85 | 10.2% |
| 157th | Nepal | -0.85 | 1.2% |
| 158th | Angola | -0.86 | 17.4% |
| 159th | Tuvalu | -0.88 | 33.0% |
| 160th | Liberia | -0.88 | 4.6% |
| 161st | Lao PDR | -0.88 | -2.6% |
| 162nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.89 | -12.8% |
| 163rd | Cameroon | -0.90 | 6.4% |
| 164th | Timor-Leste | -0.91 | 8.7% |
| 165th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.91 | -23.2% |
| 166th | Ecuador | -0.92 | -9.9% |
| 167th | Kiribati | -0.93 | 31.1% |
| 168th | Bangladesh | -0.96 | -3.4% |
| 169th | Marshall Islands | -1.00 | 10.0% |
| 170th | Bhutan | -1.01 | 6.6% |
| 171st | Tajikistan | -1.04 | 2.7% |
| 172nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -1.05 | -11.6% |
| 173rd | Argentina | -1.07 | -14.9% |
| 174th | Guinea | -1.07 | -4.4% |
| 175th | Haiti | -1.08 | -15.1% |
| 176th | Belarus | -1.10 | 5.2% |
| 177th | Solomon Islands | -1.10 | 0.9% |
| 178th | Comoros | -1.12 | 7.7% |
| 179th | Afghanistan | -1.12 | 5.8% |
| 180th | Iraq | -1.13 | -0.4% |
| 181st | Chad | -1.16 | -15.5% |
| 182nd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.21 | 6.0% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.22 | 9.7% |
| 184th | Nauru | -1.24 | 10.0% |
| 185th | Algeria | -1.30 | -14.4% |
| 186th | Cuba | -1.32 | 16.2% |
| 187th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.37 | -8.9% |
| 188th | Central African Republic | -1.39 | -18.8% |
| 189th | Myanmar | -1.40 | 6.8% |
| 190th | Sudan | -1.45 | 1.3% |
| 191st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.46 | 2.2% |
| 192nd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.47 | 5.0% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | -1.64 | -8.3% |
| 194th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.68 | -9.0% |
| 195th | Uzbekistan | -1.73 | -7.8% |
| 196th | Zimbabwe | -1.89 | -2.0% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.07 | 6.1% |
| 198th | Eritrea | -2.09 | 6.4% |
| 199th | Libya | -2.10 | -20.2% |
| 200th | Turkmenistan | -2.10 | 1.6% |
| 201st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.19 | 13.3% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's regulatory quality in 2014?▾
Costa Rica's regulatory quality in 2014 was 0.66. This ranked 54th globally.
How did Costa Rica's regulatory quality change in 2014?▾
Costa Rica's regulatory quality decreased by 12.2% in 2014 compared to 2013.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2014?▾
Singapore had the highest regulatory quality in 2014 at 2.23.
What is the regulatory quality of Costa Rica in 2014?▾
The regulatory quality of Costa Rica in 2014 was 0.66. This ranked 54th globally.
How does 2014 compare to 2013 for Costa Rica's regulatory quality?▾
Costa Rica's regulatory quality went from 0.75 in 2013 to 0.66 in 2014, a 12.2% decrease.
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