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Equatorial Guinea - Regulatory Quality 1998

Name: Equatorial Guinea Regulatory Quality 1998
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Regulatory Quality · World Bank WGI

-1.63 −0.19 from 1997 Global rank: 170th

Equatorial Guinea's regulatory quality was -1.63 in 1998. This was the 170th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Regulatory Quality by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	2.15	-1.1%
2nd	United Kingdom	1.97	-2.3%
3rd	New Zealand	1.96	3.4%
4th	Netherlands	1.86	1.2%
5th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.84	9.4%
6th	Finland	1.76	13.8%
7th	Denmark	1.71	-4.0%
8th	Switzerland	1.64	5.4%
9th	Ireland	1.64	8.3%
10th	United States	1.61	1.1%
11th	Canada	1.54	3.3%
12th	Luxembourg	1.49	-15.1%
13th	Bermuda	1.48	-1.6%
14th	Liechtenstein	1.48	-1.6%
15th	Australia	1.43	4.7%
16th	Norway	1.41	-8.1%
17th	Chile	1.38	-10.8%
18th	Austria	1.35	-18.8%
19th	Iceland	1.30	3.7%
20th	Barbados	1.28	-0.3%
21st	Andorra	1.25	-1.6%
22nd	Puerto Rico (US)	1.25	-1.6%
23rd	Germany	1.23	-16.9%
24th	Spain	1.20	1.0%
25th	Estonia	1.20	-3.6%
26th	Sweden	1.16	-11.8%
27th	Cyprus	1.16	-8.5%
28th	Portugal	1.09	-10.9%
29th	Slovenia	1.05	-3.8%
30th	Israel	1.05	-3.1%
31st	Bahamas, The	1.01	4.6%
32nd	Malta	1.01	4.6%
33rd	Cayman Islands	1.01	-1.7%
34th	Dominica	1.01	-1.7%
35th	Maldives	1.01	-1.7%
36th	Belgium	1.01	-17.2%
37th	Hungary	0.96	12.9%
38th	Costa Rica	0.92	67.2%
39th	Czechia	0.92	-14.5%
40th	Lithuania	0.92	-14.9%
41st	Uruguay	0.91	7.9%
42nd	Brunei Darussalam	0.89	-33.8%
43rd	Latvia	0.84	-7.2%
44th	Botswana	0.83	28.0%
45th	France	0.83	-21.3%
46th	Panama	0.82	27.2%
47th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.77	-1.7%
48th	Bahrain	0.76	-3.5%
49th	Italy	0.71	-16.9%
50th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.71	18.1%
51st	Malaysia	0.70	-10.5%
52nd	Poland	0.62	-14.9%
53rd	United Arab Emirates	0.58	-16.0%
54th	Greece	0.58	7.5%
55th	Peru	0.57	15.5%
56th	Japan	0.55	-28.2%
57th	Grenada	0.54	-1.9%
58th	Macao SAR, China	0.54	-1.9%
59th	Argentina	0.52	0.6%
60th	South Africa	0.51	-1.4%
61st	Slovak Republic	0.50	-26.2%
62nd	Namibia	0.47	29.1%
63rd	Türkiye	0.36	251.1%
64th	Jordan	0.34	1,287.3%
65th	Gabon	0.34	147.0%
66th	Brazil	0.33	10.2%
67th	Korea	0.32	-28.7%
68th	Seychelles	0.30	-2.2%
69th	Philippines	0.24	1,444.7%
70th	Jamaica	0.22	7.8%
71st	Romania	0.21	708.7%
72nd	Belize	0.20	36.7%
73rd	Bulgaria	0.19	202.4%
74th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	0.17	3,279.6%
75th	Sri Lanka	0.16	139.9%
76th	Mexico	0.15	14.0%
77th	Tunisia	0.13	-5.0%
78th	Mauritius	0.13	209.5%
79th	Uganda	0.12	582.7%
80th	Thailand	0.11	99.9%
81st	El Salvador	0.08	140.7%
82nd	Qatar	0.05	-71.0%
83rd	Fiji	0.04	38.3%
84th	Samoa	0.04	38.3%
85th	Morocco	0.02	124.0%
86th	Oman	-0.05	-157.2%
87th	Guyana	-0.06	67.9%
88th	Kuwait	-0.06	-119.6%
89th	Ecuador	-0.06	79.0%
90th	Dominican Republic	-0.07	68.1%
91st	Moldova	-0.11	-60.7%
92nd	Malawi	-0.11	60.4%
93rd	Benin	-0.15	17.6%
94th	Croatia	-0.15	15.2%
95th	Guatemala	-0.15	50.0%
96th	Mongolia	-0.16	7.2%
97th	Cambodia	-0.16	28.1%
98th	Senegal	-0.17	-28.8%
99th	Colombia	-0.17	-59.4%
100th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.17	-255.0%
101st	Eswatini	-0.18	33.9%
102nd	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.19	36.8%
103rd	Ghana	-0.22	35.8%
104th	Burkina Faso	-0.23	22.1%
105th	Nicaragua	-0.24	46.7%
106th	Armenia	-0.25	10.7%
107th	Kenya	-0.26	18.1%
108th	China	-0.27	-0.4%
109th	Saudi Arabia	-0.29	7.3%
110th	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.29	28.3%
111th	Zambia	-0.29	39.2%
112th	Lesotho	-0.30	-3.4%
113th	Mali	-0.31	40.3%
114th	Mozambique	-0.32	38.0%
115th	Indonesia	-0.35	-594.5%
116th	North Macedonia	-0.37	-5.0%
117th	Tanzania	-0.40	10.4%
118th	Papua New Guinea	-0.40	6.9%
119th	Honduras	-0.40	42.2%
120th	Bhutan	-0.41	0.8%
121st	Kazakhstan	-0.41	-22.8%
122nd	Albania	-0.44	6.9%
123rd	India	-0.44	19.9%
124th	Mauritania	-0.45	-12.6%
125th	Nepal	-0.45	-12.6%
126th	Cabo Verde	-0.45	14.5%
127th	Lebanon	-0.50	-21.7%
128th	Russian Federation	-0.51	-18.0%
129th	Suriname	-0.53	2.2%
130th	Paraguay	-0.55	-10.7%
131st	Yemen, Republic of	-0.60	-36.9%
132nd	Viet Nam	-0.61	-1.3%
133rd	São Tomé and Principe	-0.64	1.1%
134th	Pakistan	-0.65	-27.1%
135th	Togo	-0.67	-72.5%
136th	Gambia, The	-0.69	17.9%
137th	Georgia	-0.70	30.8%
138th	Ukraine	-0.71	-68.8%
139th	Niger	-0.74	24.5%
140th	Madagascar	-0.80	12.8%
141st	Guinea	-0.81	4.1%
142nd	Serbia	-0.82	-14.7%
143rd	Zimbabwe	-0.84	-10.0%
144th	Central African Republic	-0.88	1.2%
145th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.88	1.2%
146th	Algeria	-0.88	2.9%
147th	Djibouti	-0.89	10.9%
148th	Cameroon	-0.91	19.2%
149th	Nigeria	-0.92	4.8%
150th	Haiti	-0.95	-4.5%
151st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-1.03	-13.2%
152nd	Azerbaijan	-1.05	12.5%
153rd	Bangladesh	-1.05	-12.9%
154th	Comoros	-1.12	1.2%
155th	Eritrea	-1.12	1.2%
156th	Lao PDR	-1.13	-9.0%
157th	Chad	-1.20	2.2%
158th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.22	-46.2%
159th	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.25	-16.1%
160th	Sudan	-1.30	4.6%
161st	Congo, Republic of	-1.30	-6.2%
162nd	Cuba	-1.32	-19.6%
163rd	Rwanda	-1.35	-1.0%
164th	Angola	-1.45	-2.1%
165th	Tajikistan	-1.47	3.7%
166th	Sierra Leone	-1.49	2.4%
167th	Belarus	-1.50	-36.7%
168th	Burundi	-1.58	4.0%
169th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-1.62	-13.9%
170th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.63	-13.4%
171st	Turkmenistan	-1.75	-27.0%
172nd	Liberia	-1.75	4.2%
173rd	Myanmar	-1.78	-5.8%
174th	Libya	-1.89	-8.9%
175th	Uzbekistan	-2.02	-13.8%
176th	Afghanistan	-2.06	1.3%
177th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-2.10	-19.4%
178th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-2.13	6.7%
179th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.18	7.2%
180th	Iraq	-2.20	-2.4%

FAQ

What was Equatorial Guinea's regulatory quality in 1998?▾

Equatorial Guinea's regulatory quality in 1998 was -1.63. This ranked 170th globally.

How did Equatorial Guinea's regulatory quality change in 1998?▾

Equatorial Guinea's regulatory quality decreased by 13.4% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 1998?▾

Singapore had the highest regulatory quality in 1998 at 2.15.

What is the regulatory quality of Equatorial Guinea in 1998?▾

The regulatory quality of Equatorial Guinea in 1998 was -1.63. This ranked 170th globally.

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