Iceland - Regulatory Quality 2016
1.27
+0.00 from 2015
Iceland's regulatory quality was 1.27 in 2016, increased +0.00 from 1.26 in 2015. This was the 27th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.17 | -3.6% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.14 | -1.7% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 2.03 | 6.1% |
| 4th | Netherlands | 1.96 | 9.9% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.90 | 9.9% |
| 6th | Australia | 1.89 | 6.1% |
| 7th | Sweden | 1.84 | 2.2% |
| 8th | Germany | 1.81 | 5.5% |
| 9th | Finland | 1.81 | -1.1% |
| 10th | Macao SAR, China | 1.77 | 0.5% |
| 11th | United Kingdom | 1.75 | -4.7% |
| 12th | Ireland | 1.73 | -4.4% |
| 13th | Canada | 1.73 | 1.3% |
| 14th | Luxembourg | 1.71 | 3.9% |
| 15th | Estonia | 1.69 | 1.8% |
| 16th | Norway | 1.69 | 5.8% |
| 17th | Denmark | 1.56 | -9.2% |
| 18th | United States | 1.49 | 19.6% |
| 19th | Austria | 1.43 | 2.8% |
| 20th | Japan | 1.42 | 17.7% |
| 21st | Chile | 1.36 | 3.3% |
| 22nd | Liechtenstein | 1.36 | -1.2% |
| 23rd | Aruba | 1.34 | -1.6% |
| 24th | Belgium | 1.33 | 4.3% |
| 25th | Greenland | 1.32 | -1.3% |
| 26th | Israel | 1.30 | 3.3% |
| 27th | Iceland | 1.27 | 0.4% |
| 28th | Monaco | 1.23 | -3.3% |
| 29th | Malta | 1.14 | -0.9% |
| 30th | Lithuania | 1.12 | -11.0% |
| 31st | Korea | 1.10 | 0.3% |
| 32nd | Mauritius | 1.09 | -3.7% |
| 33rd | Latvia | 1.07 | -0.6% |
| 34th | France | 1.06 | -5.1% |
| 35th | Cyprus | 1.04 | -0.7% |
| 36th | Spain | 1.00 | 25.9% |
| 37th | Czechia | 0.97 | -10.2% |
| 38th | United Arab Emirates | 0.96 | -12.5% |
| 39th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.94 | -3.4% |
| 40th | Poland | 0.91 | -5.1% |
| 41st | Slovak Republic | 0.88 | 13.5% |
| 42nd | Georgia | 0.86 | 14.7% |
| 43rd | Andorra | 0.86 | -4.2% |
| 44th | Bermuda | 0.86 | -4.2% |
| 45th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.86 | 64.0% |
| 46th | Portugal | 0.83 | -11.6% |
| 47th | Cayman Islands | 0.77 | -3.0% |
| 48th | Botswana | 0.73 | 31.8% |
| 49th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.71 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Bulgaria | 0.70 | 21.3% |
| 51st | Italy | 0.70 | -2.1% |
| 52nd | Qatar | 0.68 | 3.3% |
| 53rd | Uruguay | 0.68 | 15.9% |
| 54th | Malaysia | 0.66 | -5.8% |
| 55th | Slovenia | 0.63 | 2.9% |
| 56th | Oman | 0.60 | 7.2% |
| 57th | Bahrain | 0.60 | -25.9% |
| 58th | Hungary | 0.59 | -21.3% |
| 59th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.58 | -30.6% |
| 60th | Romania | 0.57 | -0.4% |
| 61st | Costa Rica | 0.53 | -20.8% |
| 62nd | San Marino | 0.49 | -6.4% |
| 63rd | Peru | 0.47 | 6.8% |
| 64th | Barbados | 0.47 | -14.7% |
| 65th | Panama | 0.47 | 4.7% |
| 66th | North Macedonia | 0.38 | 6.5% |
| 67th | Colombia | 0.34 | -16.8% |
| 68th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.33 | -7.7% |
| 69th | St. Lucia | 0.27 | -13.4% |
| 70th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.26 | -5.9% |
| 71st | Bahamas, The | 0.24 | 65.9% |
| 72nd | Croatia | 0.24 | 0.5% |
| 73rd | Montenegro | 0.23 | 3.5% |
| 74th | Armenia | 0.21 | 8.4% |
| 75th | Mexico | 0.20 | -28.0% |
| 76th | Türkiye | 0.19 | -29.3% |
| 77th | Albania | 0.19 | 7.1% |
| 78th | Dominica | 0.18 | -25.7% |
| 79th | Greece | 0.14 | -65.5% |
| 80th | Palau | 0.13 | 261.6% |
| 81st | American Samoa | 0.12 | -19.6% |
| 82nd | Guam | 0.12 | -19.6% |
| 83rd | South Africa | 0.12 | -42.6% |
| 84th | Philippines | 0.11 | 108.5% |
| 85th | Jamaica | 0.10 | 530.8% |
| 86th | Jordan | 0.07 | -29.8% |
| 87th | Saudi Arabia | 0.06 | 1,236.3% |
| 88th | Grenada | 0.06 | -32.6% |
| 89th | Thailand | 0.05 | -73.0% |
| 90th | West Bank and Gaza | 0.05 | -40.2% |
| 91st | Serbia | 0.02 | -81.7% |
| 92nd | Rwanda | 0.01 | -92.1% |
| 93rd | Namibia | -0.01 | -116.0% |
| 94th | Dominican Republic | -0.01 | -166.0% |
| 95th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.02 | -137.7% |
| 96th | Indonesia | -0.03 | 80.2% |
| 97th | El Salvador | -0.05 | -174.5% |
| 98th | Kuwait | -0.09 | 54.7% |
| 99th | Seychelles | -0.09 | -167.2% |
| 100th | Mongolia | -0.10 | 73.0% |
| 101st | Sri Lanka | -0.12 | -109.4% |
| 102nd | Moldova | -0.13 | -64.6% |
| 103rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.14 | 24.9% |
| 104th | Samoa | -0.14 | -81.5% |
| 105th | Morocco | -0.16 | -58.0% |
| 106th | Kazakhstan | -0.16 | -77.8% |
| 107th | Brazil | -0.19 | -4.4% |
| 108th | Cabo Verde | -0.19 | -19.5% |
| 109th | Senegal | -0.21 | 6.1% |
| 110th | Kosovo | -0.22 | 32.6% |
| 111th | Fiji | -0.23 | 3.3% |
| 112th | Paraguay | -0.23 | -11.8% |
| 113th | Eswatini | -0.26 | -1.5% |
| 114th | Uganda | -0.27 | 14.6% |
| 115th | Vanuatu | -0.30 | 10.7% |
| 116th | Ghana | -0.30 | -178.6% |
| 117th | Guatemala | -0.30 | 7.9% |
| 118th | India | -0.31 | 26.7% |
| 119th | China | -0.31 | 11.3% |
| 120th | Argentina | -0.35 | 61.3% |
| 121st | Kenya | -0.36 | 2.9% |
| 122nd | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.39 | 28.0% |
| 123rd | Azerbaijan | -0.40 | -6.7% |
| 124th | Ukraine | -0.41 | 33.6% |
| 125th | Lebanon | -0.42 | -14.0% |
| 126th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.42 | 23.8% |
| 127th | Guyana | -0.43 | 18.8% |
| 128th | Tonga | -0.43 | -1.8% |
| 129th | Russian Federation | -0.44 | 23.6% |
| 130th | Burkina Faso | -0.45 | -5.5% |
| 131st | Tunisia | -0.45 | -16.9% |
| 132nd | Lesotho | -0.46 | 0.6% |
| 133rd | Tanzania | -0.48 | -12.9% |
| 134th | Cambodia | -0.49 | 10.2% |
| 135th | Belize | -0.49 | -12.2% |
| 136th | Maldives | -0.50 | -14.6% |
| 137th | Viet Nam | -0.50 | 0.5% |
| 138th | Nicaragua | -0.53 | -26.0% |
| 139th | Honduras | -0.53 | -27.1% |
| 140th | Zambia | -0.54 | -8.9% |
| 141st | Papua New Guinea | -0.57 | 0.2% |
| 142nd | Tuvalu | -0.57 | 12.4% |
| 143rd | Gambia, The | -0.58 | 0.0% |
| 144th | Benin | -0.58 | 6.2% |
| 145th | Nauru | -0.60 | 27.5% |
| 146th | Mali | -0.64 | -1.0% |
| 147th | Suriname | -0.64 | -1.8% |
| 148th | Pakistan | -0.66 | -2.7% |
| 149th | Bhutan | -0.69 | 6.0% |
| 150th | Gabon | -0.72 | 2.1% |
| 151st | Niger | -0.72 | 7.7% |
| 152nd | Madagascar | -0.74 | 9.2% |
| 153rd | Mozambique | -0.75 | -33.3% |
| 154th | Djibouti | -0.75 | 0.4% |
| 155th | Lao PDR | -0.76 | 10.6% |
| 156th | Mauritania | -0.79 | 13.6% |
| 157th | Nepal | -0.79 | 5.1% |
| 158th | Cameroon | -0.81 | 13.6% |
| 159th | Bangladesh | -0.81 | 11.8% |
| 160th | Kiribati | -0.82 | 6.7% |
| 161st | Togo | -0.83 | 3.4% |
| 162nd | Burundi | -0.85 | -13.2% |
| 163rd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.87 | -3.9% |
| 164th | Myanmar | -0.87 | 30.1% |
| 165th | Malawi | -0.88 | -1.8% |
| 166th | Guinea | -0.89 | 1.3% |
| 167th | Marshall Islands | -0.89 | 9.5% |
| 168th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.89 | -12.1% |
| 169th | Nigeria | -0.94 | -6.1% |
| 170th | Sierra Leone | -0.95 | -2.2% |
| 171st | Ecuador | -0.96 | 16.0% |
| 172nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.96 | 4.0% |
| 173rd | Angola | -0.97 | -12.2% |
| 174th | Solomon Islands | -0.97 | -0.1% |
| 175th | Liberia | -0.98 | -8.1% |
| 176th | Iraq | -0.99 | 13.9% |
| 177th | Timor-Leste | -0.99 | 0.0% |
| 178th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.02 | -10.9% |
| 179th | Belarus | -1.09 | 6.5% |
| 180th | Comoros | -1.10 | -0.7% |
| 181st | Tajikistan | -1.12 | -5.1% |
| 182nd | Chad | -1.18 | 3.4% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.21 | 5.6% |
| 184th | Algeria | -1.24 | 1.2% |
| 185th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.25 | -0.9% |
| 186th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.25 | 7.0% |
| 187th | Haiti | -1.26 | -4.3% |
| 188th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.32 | 2.8% |
| 189th | Afghanistan | -1.34 | -31.5% |
| 190th | Cuba | -1.36 | -8.5% |
| 191st | Central African Republic | -1.42 | 1.8% |
| 192nd | Sudan | -1.49 | 1.2% |
| 193rd | Yemen, Republic of | -1.50 | -29.5% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.56 | -4.7% |
| 195th | Uzbekistan | -1.64 | 3.1% |
| 196th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.68 | -1.2% |
| 197th | Zimbabwe | -1.69 | -2.3% |
| 198th | South Sudan | -1.80 | -7.8% |
| 199th | Eritrea | -2.11 | -2.1% |
| 200th | Turkmenistan | -2.12 | -0.6% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.18 | -3.9% |
| 202nd | Libya | -2.22 | 1.5% |
| 203rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.35 | 0.4% |
FAQ
What was Iceland's regulatory quality in 2016?▾
Iceland's regulatory quality in 2016 was 1.27. This ranked 27th globally.
How did Iceland's regulatory quality change in 2016?▾
Iceland's regulatory quality increased by 0.4% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2016?▾
Singapore had the highest regulatory quality in 2016 at 2.17.
What is the regulatory quality of Iceland in 2016?▾
The regulatory quality of Iceland in 2016 was 1.27. This ranked 27th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Iceland's regulatory quality?▾
Iceland's regulatory quality went from 1.26 in 2015 to 1.27 in 2016, a 0.4% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Iceland matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2016. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.7%. View full analysis →
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