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Mauritania - Regulatory Quality 2008

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Regulatory Quality · World Bank WGI

-0.68 −0.18 from 2007 Global rank: 145th

Mauritania's regulatory quality was -0.68 in 2008, decreased +0.18 from -0.49 in 2007. This was the 145th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Regulatory Quality by Country - 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 Mauritania's regulatory quality in 2008?▾

Mauritania's regulatory quality in 2008 was -0.68. This ranked 145th globally.

How did Mauritania's regulatory quality change in 2008?▾

Mauritania's regulatory quality decreased by 37.3% 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 Mauritania in 2008?▾

The regulatory quality of Mauritania in 2008 was -0.68. This ranked 145th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Mauritania's regulatory quality?▾

Mauritania's regulatory quality went from -0.49 in 2007 to -0.68 in 2008, a 37.3% decrease.

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