Kuwait - Regulatory Quality 2008
0.17
−0.08 from 2007
Kuwait's regulatory quality was 0.17 in 2008, decreased +0.08 from 0.26 in 2007. This was the 82nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.95 | -1.6% |
| 2nd | Ireland | 1.91 | 3.4% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 1.87 | -2.8% |
| 4th | Singapore | 1.87 | 3.3% |
| 5th | New Zealand | 1.80 | 4.9% |
| 6th | United Kingdom | 1.79 | -4.4% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.78 | -1.4% |
| 8th | Australia | 1.77 | 4.9% |
| 9th | Luxembourg | 1.66 | -4.6% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.65 | 2.8% |
| 11th | Sweden | 1.64 | 4.0% |
| 12th | Finland | 1.61 | 4.0% |
| 13th | Austria | 1.61 | -5.0% |
| 14th | Switzerland | 1.56 | -5.1% |
| 15th | United States | 1.53 | 2.6% |
| 16th | Chile | 1.50 | 1.1% |
| 17th | Germany | 1.49 | -7.9% |
| 18th | Belgium | 1.41 | -1.0% |
| 19th | Andorra | 1.40 | 1.5% |
| 20th | Bermuda | 1.40 | 1.5% |
| 21st | Liechtenstein | 1.40 | 1.5% |
| 22nd | Estonia | 1.39 | 5.0% |
| 23rd | Norway | 1.37 | 3.2% |
| 24th | Cyprus | 1.37 | 2.7% |
| 25th | Iceland | 1.31 | -13.2% |
| 26th | France | 1.28 | -0.3% |
| 27th | Spain | 1.25 | 3.3% |
| 28th | Czechia | 1.22 | 16.1% |
| 29th | Malta | 1.20 | 5.0% |
| 30th | Hungary | 1.17 | -2.7% |
| 31st | Israel | 1.17 | 6.4% |
| 32nd | Cayman Islands | 1.15 | -16.8% |
| 33rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.15 | 8.9% |
| 34th | Japan | 1.13 | 0.3% |
| 35th | Portugal | 1.10 | 1.8% |
| 36th | Slovak Republic | 1.08 | 10.7% |
| 37th | Bahamas, The | 1.05 | 2.4% |
| 38th | Lithuania | 1.04 | 3.2% |
| 39th | Macao SAR, China | 1.03 | 17.1% |
| 40th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.02 | 2.5% |
| 41st | Italy | 0.97 | 3.7% |
| 42nd | Latvia | 0.97 | 1.2% |
| 43rd | Aruba | 0.89 | 2.0% |
| 44th | Barbados | 0.88 | -18.5% |
| 45th | Greece | 0.88 | -1.5% |
| 46th | Slovenia | 0.85 | 5.9% |
| 47th | Poland | 0.84 | 9.8% |
| 48th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.78 | -20.5% |
| 49th | Mauritius | 0.74 | 58.7% |
| 50th | Bulgaria | 0.73 | 14.1% |
| 51st | Korea | 0.73 | -21.2% |
| 52nd | Bahrain | 0.71 | -7.0% |
| 53rd | Panama | 0.71 | 78.0% |
| 54th | Oman | 0.70 | 13.6% |
| 55th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.66 | 1.0% |
| 56th | South Africa | 0.66 | 10.3% |
| 57th | Qatar | 0.65 | 62.0% |
| 58th | Botswana | 0.64 | 1.8% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.64 | 21.2% |
| 60th | Guam | 0.64 | 2.6% |
| 61st | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.64 | 2.6% |
| 62nd | Romania | 0.60 | 18.0% |
| 63rd | United Arab Emirates | 0.57 | -6.8% |
| 64th | Costa Rica | 0.57 | 25.8% |
| 65th | Dominica | 0.48 | -32.7% |
| 66th | Georgia | 0.48 | 59.3% |
| 67th | St. Lucia | 0.43 | -43.2% |
| 68th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.43 | -39.6% |
| 69th | Croatia | 0.41 | 0.6% |
| 70th | Uruguay | 0.40 | 4.4% |
| 71st | American Samoa | 0.39 | 3.9% |
| 72nd | Namibia | 0.38 | 716.8% |
| 73rd | Jordan | 0.34 | 6.8% |
| 74th | Peru | 0.32 | 34.6% |
| 75th | Mexico | 0.31 | -15.1% |
| 76th | Armenia | 0.30 | 13.5% |
| 77th | Malaysia | 0.29 | -43.1% |
| 78th | Colombia | 0.27 | -4.2% |
| 79th | Türkiye | 0.27 | -18.2% |
| 80th | Jamaica | 0.25 | -7.0% |
| 81st | Grenada | 0.22 | -47.9% |
| 82nd | Kuwait | 0.17 | -32.3% |
| 83rd | El Salvador | 0.15 | 73.2% |
| 84th | Albania | 0.14 | 298.5% |
| 85th | Saudi Arabia | 0.12 | 605.2% |
| 86th | North Macedonia | 0.12 | 181.3% |
| 87th | Thailand | 0.11 | 30.6% |
| 88th | Tunisia | 0.09 | 31.8% |
| 89th | Brazil | 0.08 | 437.3% |
| 90th | Kosovo | 0.03 | -14.6% |
| 91st | Seychelles | -0.05 | -501.9% |
| 92nd | Montenegro | -0.07 | 44.7% |
| 93rd | Philippines | -0.08 | 37.6% |
| 94th | Ghana | -0.11 | 0.6% |
| 95th | Morocco | -0.16 | 26.3% |
| 96th | Dominican Republic | -0.16 | 27.7% |
| 97th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.18 | 38.8% |
| 98th | Cabo Verde | -0.19 | 42.3% |
| 99th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.20 | 36.4% |
| 100th | Moldova | -0.20 | 28.9% |
| 101st | China | -0.22 | 6.4% |
| 102nd | Burkina Faso | -0.23 | 26.8% |
| 103rd | Guatemala | -0.25 | 17.5% |
| 104th | Uganda | -0.26 | -2.1% |
| 105th | Kenya | -0.28 | 12.8% |
| 106th | Kazakhstan | -0.29 | 16.1% |
| 107th | Samoa | -0.30 | -267.6% |
| 108th | Honduras | -0.32 | -12.0% |
| 109th | Lebanon | -0.34 | 1.5% |
| 110th | Indonesia | -0.35 | 10.7% |
| 111th | Senegal | -0.35 | 14.0% |
| 112th | Russian Federation | -0.35 | -36.6% |
| 113th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.35 | 15.9% |
| 114th | Mongolia | -0.35 | -23.7% |
| 115th | Azerbaijan | -0.37 | 21.2% |
| 116th | Madagascar | -0.37 | -30.0% |
| 117th | Maldives | -0.37 | -762.8% |
| 118th | Belize | -0.38 | -8.5% |
| 119th | Sri Lanka | -0.39 | -29.7% |
| 120th | Serbia | -0.39 | 11.5% |
| 121st | India | -0.41 | -31.9% |
| 122nd | Nicaragua | -0.42 | 6.5% |
| 123rd | Mali | -0.42 | -8.7% |
| 124th | Eswatini | -0.44 | 23.7% |
| 125th | Cambodia | -0.46 | 6.5% |
| 126th | Niger | -0.46 | 16.7% |
| 127th | Paraguay | -0.49 | 15.7% |
| 128th | Gambia, The | -0.49 | -1.6% |
| 129th | Zambia | -0.51 | 10.3% |
| 130th | Mozambique | -0.51 | 19.5% |
| 131st | Ukraine | -0.52 | -26.0% |
| 132nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.52 | -123.1% |
| 133rd | Rwanda | -0.53 | 23.0% |
| 134th | Suriname | -0.54 | 8.8% |
| 135th | Malawi | -0.54 | -6.7% |
| 136th | Tanzania | -0.54 | -18.9% |
| 137th | Benin | -0.55 | -9.5% |
| 138th | Gabon | -0.56 | -46.6% |
| 139th | Guyana | -0.59 | 5.5% |
| 140th | Pakistan | -0.60 | -11.5% |
| 141st | Algeria | -0.62 | -19.5% |
| 142nd | Viet Nam | -0.63 | -10.1% |
| 143rd | Nepal | -0.65 | -11.4% |
| 144th | Lesotho | -0.67 | 6.5% |
| 145th | Mauritania | -0.68 | -37.3% |
| 146th | Papua New Guinea | -0.69 | -13.6% |
| 147th | Palau | -0.70 | - |
| 148th | Vanuatu | -0.70 | -56.3% |
| 149th | Fiji | -0.70 | -88.3% |
| 150th | Argentina | -0.70 | -10.5% |
| 151st | Djibouti | -0.72 | 7.2% |
| 152nd | Yemen, Republic of | -0.73 | -7.4% |
| 153rd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.74 | 9.5% |
| 154th | Bhutan | -0.77 | -7.9% |
| 155th | Haiti | -0.78 | 7.1% |
| 156th | Tonga | -0.79 | -10.2% |
| 157th | Nigeria | -0.82 | 8.9% |
| 158th | Cameroon | -0.82 | 2.1% |
| 159th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.86 | 12.3% |
| 160th | Nauru | -0.87 | -24.9% |
| 161st | Bangladesh | -0.91 | 4.1% |
| 162nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.93 | -5.4% |
| 163rd | Togo | -0.97 | 0.3% |
| 164th | Sierra Leone | -0.98 | 10.4% |
| 165th | Marshall Islands | -1.04 | -15.1% |
| 166th | Tajikistan | -1.08 | 4.9% |
| 167th | Libya | -1.09 | 1.7% |
| 168th | Tuvalu | -1.09 | -33.5% |
| 169th | Angola | -1.10 | -2.4% |
| 170th | West Bank and Gaza | -1.12 | 6.6% |
| 171st | Ecuador | -1.13 | 0.8% |
| 172nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.14 | 14.8% |
| 173rd | Lao PDR | -1.14 | 4.3% |
| 174th | Iraq | -1.15 | 13.4% |
| 175th | Chad | -1.15 | -3.1% |
| 176th | Guinea | -1.17 | 1.8% |
| 177th | Kiribati | -1.17 | -6.4% |
| 178th | Solomon Islands | -1.19 | -4.9% |
| 179th | Central African Republic | -1.19 | 5.7% |
| 180th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.20 | -5.5% |
| 181st | Congo, Republic of | -1.22 | -4.3% |
| 182nd | Burundi | -1.24 | -1.0% |
| 183rd | Belarus | -1.25 | 12.4% |
| 184th | Liberia | -1.27 | -14.4% |
| 185th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.28 | -2.2% |
| 186th | Timor-Leste | -1.34 | 17.8% |
| 187th | Uzbekistan | -1.36 | 9.4% |
| 188th | Sudan | -1.44 | -9.5% |
| 189th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.45 | 0.5% |
| 190th | Comoros | -1.46 | -1.6% |
| 191st | Cuba | -1.50 | 4.1% |
| 192nd | Afghanistan | -1.61 | 6.0% |
| 193rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.61 | -0.6% |
| 194th | Turkmenistan | -1.96 | 2.5% |
| 195th | Zimbabwe | -2.06 | 0.5% |
| 196th | Eritrea | -2.08 | -3.2% |
| 197th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.19 | 4.1% |
| 198th | Myanmar | -2.21 | 2.7% |
| 199th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.55 | -4.7% |
FAQ
What was Kuwait's regulatory quality in 2008?▾
Kuwait's regulatory quality in 2008 was 0.17. This ranked 82nd globally.
How did Kuwait's regulatory quality change in 2008?▾
Kuwait's regulatory quality decreased by 32.3% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2008?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China had the highest regulatory quality in 2008 at 1.95.
What is the regulatory quality of Kuwait in 2008?▾
The regulatory quality of Kuwait in 2008 was 0.17. This ranked 82nd globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Kuwait's regulatory quality?▾
Kuwait's regulatory quality went from 0.26 in 2007 to 0.17 in 2008, a 32.3% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Kuwait matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2008. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.5%. View full analysis →
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