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Japan - Regulatory Quality 2023

Name: Japan Regulatory Quality 2023
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Regulatory Quality · World Bank WGI

1.47 +0.03 from 2022 Global rank: 17th

Japan's regulatory quality was 1.47 in 2023, increased +0.03 from 1.44 in 2022. This was the 17th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2023▾

Regulatory Quality by Country - 2023
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	2.31	4.3%
2nd	Australia	1.94	2.5%
3rd	Luxembourg	1.93	5.2%
4th	New Zealand	1.91	2.4%
5th	Denmark	1.84	-0.2%
6th	Macao SAR, China	1.79	-1.7%
7th	Netherlands	1.79	4.6%
8th	Finland	1.77	-0.8%
9th	Ireland	1.75	6.7%
10th	Switzerland	1.73	6.7%
11th	Sweden	1.72	2.2%
12th	Canada	1.64	-1.9%
13th	Liechtenstein	1.62	-0.5%
14th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.60	0.9%
15th	Norway	1.60	5.4%
16th	United Kingdom	1.54	-1.9%
17th	Japan	1.47	2.1%
18th	Germany	1.46	-4.3%
19th	Estonia	1.43	-8.3%
20th	United States	1.39	-2.2%
21st	Austria	1.36	6.1%
22nd	Andorra	1.35	-3.4%
23rd	Monaco	1.35	-3.4%
24th	Virgin Islands (US)	1.35	-3.4%
25th	Lithuania	1.34	3.0%
26th	Czechia	1.30	-5.9%
27th	Iceland	1.28	-1.7%
28th	Greenland	1.21	0.3%
29th	Latvia	1.17	0.1%
30th	Belgium	1.17	-6.8%
31st	France	1.15	-3.0%
32nd	Korea	1.12	-2.0%
33rd	Israel	1.12	-7.0%
34th	Bahrain	1.08	11.1%
35th	Cayman Islands	1.07	-1.7%
36th	Mauritius	1.06	-8.7%
37th	United Arab Emirates	1.04	0.7%
38th	Qatar	0.98	12.2%
39th	Brunei Darussalam	0.98	-8.4%
40th	Aruba	0.95	-2.1%
41st	Georgia	0.95	-8.3%
42nd	Bermuda	0.93	-4.2%
43rd	San Marino	0.93	70.6%
44th	Chile	0.93	-5.4%
45th	Poland	0.78	8.8%
46th	Cyprus	0.78	0.6%
47th	Portugal	0.76	-1.0%
48th	Slovenia	0.73	5.2%
49th	Spain	0.69	-13.0%
50th	Malta	0.69	2.0%
51st	Uruguay	0.68	-5.4%
52nd	Malaysia	0.66	2.6%
53rd	Italy	0.64	26.1%
54th	Croatia	0.64	28.1%
55th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.64	-24.8%
56th	Slovak Republic	0.60	-29.2%
57th	Greece	0.58	24.7%
58th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.55	88.9%
59th	Costa Rica	0.54	-4.1%
60th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.54	-7.3%
61st	Saudi Arabia	0.52	23.5%
62nd	American Samoa	0.51	-6.2%
63rd	Guam	0.51	-6.2%
64th	Barbados	0.50	5.6%
65th	Botswana	0.50	-19.9%
66th	Oman	0.43	0.4%
67th	North Macedonia	0.43	-5.7%
68th	Bulgaria	0.41	27.2%
69th	Palau	0.40	-9.4%
70th	St. Lucia	0.40	-9.6%
71st	Montenegro	0.37	-31.1%
72nd	Kuwait	0.32	52.8%
73rd	Romania	0.32	-12.5%
74th	Hungary	0.32	-21.7%
75th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.32	-9.0%
76th	Grenada	0.31	-20.1%
77th	Dominica	0.31	-9.7%
78th	Indonesia	0.30	46.3%
79th	Peru	0.29	40.1%
80th	Cabo Verde	0.24	-7.9%
81st	Jordan	0.22	38.8%
82nd	Seychelles	0.21	-35.6%
83rd	Albania	0.17	7.9%
84th	Dominican Republic	0.17	146.1%
85th	Philippines	0.16	161.6%
86th	Thailand	0.16	-4.1%
87th	Serbia	0.14	0.6%
88th	Rwanda	0.12	-23.5%
89th	Panama	0.12	-6.6%
90th	Moldova	0.11	3.6%
91st	Colombia	0.10	-28.1%
92nd	Jamaica	0.10	-48.5%
93rd	Kazakhstan	0.07	687.1%
94th	Armenia	0.05	349.7%
95th	Nauru	0.01	-50.2%
96th	Bahamas, The	0.01	104.9%
97th	Namibia	-0.06	-315.0%
98th	Morocco	-0.06	26.1%
99th	Paraguay	-0.08	53.5%
100th	Fiji	-0.09	-49.8%
101st	Azerbaijan	-0.11	-5.3%
102nd	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.12	23.6%
103rd	Vanuatu	-0.12	-31.6%
104th	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.13	-76.4%
105th	India	-0.14	-171.5%
106th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.14	10.4%
107th	Mexico	-0.17	-16.0%
108th	Mongolia	-0.18	35.2%
109th	Ghana	-0.18	-1.0%
110th	Tuvalu	-0.19	-31.5%
111th	South Africa	-0.22	-20.8%
112th	Türkiye	-0.23	6.2%
113th	Ukraine	-0.27	19.7%
114th	Samoa	-0.27	0.9%
115th	Kiribati	-0.28	-6.5%
116th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.28	-657.3%
117th	Guatemala	-0.29	0.5%
118th	Kosovo	-0.30	24.1%
119th	Benin	-0.30	15.1%
120th	Brazil	-0.30	-34.5%
121st	El Salvador	-0.31	33.5%
122nd	Senegal	-0.35	-16.4%
123rd	China	-0.36	14.8%
124th	Viet Nam	-0.38	11.0%
125th	Kenya	-0.39	-2.6%
126th	Tonga	-0.39	-13.0%
127th	Bhutan	-0.40	-5.0%
128th	Marshall Islands	-0.42	-7.2%
129th	Belize	-0.43	1.9%
130th	Argentina	-0.48	30.8%
131st	Burkina Faso	-0.49	-3.7%
132nd	Timor-Leste	-0.49	-3.2%
133rd	Togo	-0.49	12.4%
134th	Zambia	-0.50	5.9%
135th	Sri Lanka	-0.51	22.3%
136th	Uganda	-0.52	-5.5%
137th	Honduras	-0.55	-13.5%
138th	Guyana	-0.56	-6.7%
139th	Uzbekistan	-0.58	-4.8%
140th	Micronesia, Federated States of	-0.58	-3.4%
141st	Tanzania	-0.59	-4.4%
142nd	Lesotho	-0.59	4.1%
143rd	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.62	2.5%
144th	Tunisia	-0.62	-49.5%
145th	Gambia, The	-0.64	10.5%
146th	Papua New Guinea	-0.64	5.8%
147th	Nepal	-0.66	-1.7%
148th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.67	6.8%
149th	Maldives	-0.67	-2.2%
150th	Mali	-0.68	-7.2%
151st	Cambodia	-0.68	3.5%
152nd	Gabon	-0.70	-0.4%
153rd	Mozambique	-0.71	2.4%
154th	Eswatini	-0.72	0.2%
155th	Ecuador	-0.72	-56.2%
156th	Suriname	-0.73	7.8%
157th	Angola	-0.76	-25.5%
158th	Malawi	-0.77	-4.4%
159th	Solomon Islands	-0.78	-1.8%
160th	Madagascar	-0.80	2.0%
161st	Niger	-0.82	-13.3%
162nd	Nicaragua	-0.88	4.0%
163rd	Pakistan	-0.90	-1.6%
164th	Cameroon	-0.91	-1.6%
165th	Bangladesh	-0.91	1.5%
166th	Liberia	-0.92	5.8%
167th	Lao PDR	-0.93	6.0%
168th	Djibouti	-0.93	-3.7%
169th	Nigeria	-0.94	19.0%
170th	São Tomé and Principe	-0.94	-5.6%
171st	Algeria	-0.95	10.9%
172nd	Burundi	-0.99	-4.0%
173rd	Mauritania	-1.00	6.1%
174th	Lebanon	-1.01	10.4%
175th	Sierra Leone	-1.06	-0.8%
176th	Guinea	-1.08	-2.5%
177th	Russian Federation	-1.12	1.7%
178th	Chad	-1.16	-0.6%
179th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-1.18	2.8%
180th	Tajikistan	-1.18	1.6%
181st	Comoros	-1.24	-3.2%
182nd	Congo, Republic of	-1.24	1.7%
183rd	Guinea-Bissau	-1.25	5.4%
184th	Afghanistan	-1.27	0.4%
185th	Zimbabwe	-1.34	6.1%
186th	Haiti	-1.39	-5.8%
187th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.41	4.6%
188th	Belarus	-1.42	-6.6%
189th	Myanmar	-1.44	-16.3%
190th	Iraq	-1.44	-21.8%
191st	Central African Republic	-1.47	0.4%
192nd	Equatorial Guinea	-1.47	1.3%
193rd	Cuba	-1.50	-8.6%
194th	Sudan	-1.60	-1.4%
195th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-1.69	-5.9%
196th	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.81	0.8%
197th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.84	3.9%
198th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-1.88	1.1%
199th	Libya	-1.95	6.9%
200th	Turkmenistan	-2.07	-0.1%
201st	South Sudan	-2.12	-0.6%
202nd	Eritrea	-2.36	0.3%
203rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-2.39	0.3%

FAQ

What was Japan's regulatory quality in 2023?▾

Japan's regulatory quality in 2023 was 1.47. This ranked 17th globally.

How did Japan's regulatory quality change in 2023?▾

Japan's regulatory quality increased by 2.1% in 2023 compared to 2022.

Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2023?▾

Singapore had the highest regulatory quality in 2023 at 2.31.

What is the regulatory quality of Japan in 2023?▾

The regulatory quality of Japan in 2023 was 1.47. This ranked 17th globally.

How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Japan's regulatory quality?▾

Japan's regulatory quality went from 1.44 in 2022 to 1.47 in 2023, a 2.1% increase.

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