Oman - Regulatory Quality 2021
0.32
−0.13 from 2020
Oman's regulatory quality was 0.32 in 2021, decreased +0.13 from 0.44 in 2020. This was the 73rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.23 | 1.0% |
| 2nd | Luxembourg | 1.91 | 3.7% |
| 3rd | Finland | 1.89 | 2.0% |
| 4th | Australia | 1.83 | 1.0% |
| 5th | New Zealand | 1.80 | -3.8% |
| 6th | Denmark | 1.80 | 0.6% |
| 7th | Macao SAR, China | 1.78 | 2.3% |
| 8th | Sweden | 1.75 | 4.0% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 1.74 | -0.5% |
| 10th | Switzerland | 1.72 | 8.7% |
| 11th | Norway | 1.63 | -3.9% |
| 12th | Germany | 1.63 | 3.0% |
| 13th | Canada | 1.61 | 1.3% |
| 14th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.57 | -12.1% |
| 15th | Ireland | 1.55 | 5.8% |
| 16th | Estonia | 1.55 | 1.2% |
| 17th | Liechtenstein | 1.53 | -5.7% |
| 18th | Iceland | 1.53 | 5.9% |
| 19th | United Kingdom | 1.45 | -1.5% |
| 20th | United States | 1.44 | 16.4% |
| 21st | Japan | 1.37 | 1.7% |
| 22nd | Andorra | 1.36 | 1.8% |
| 23rd | Monaco | 1.36 | 1.8% |
| 24th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.36 | 1.8% |
| 25th | Greenland | 1.36 | -1.2% |
| 26th | Czechia | 1.34 | 8.6% |
| 27th | Austria | 1.34 | -3.9% |
| 28th | Belgium | 1.33 | -0.9% |
| 29th | Lithuania | 1.27 | 17.6% |
| 30th | France | 1.23 | 3.4% |
| 31st | Latvia | 1.22 | 3.0% |
| 32nd | Israel | 1.20 | -2.7% |
| 33rd | Mauritius | 1.16 | -1.9% |
| 34th | Korea | 1.09 | 6.6% |
| 35th | Georgia | 1.05 | 5.2% |
| 36th | Cayman Islands | 1.05 | 0.7% |
| 37th | United Arab Emirates | 1.01 | -6.3% |
| 38th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.99 | 9.1% |
| 39th | Bermuda | 0.95 | 1.8% |
| 40th | Aruba | 0.94 | 2.7% |
| 41st | Chile | 0.94 | -1.3% |
| 42nd | Slovak Republic | 0.87 | 11.9% |
| 43rd | Qatar | 0.86 | 1.8% |
| 44th | Cyprus | 0.85 | -14.9% |
| 45th | Bahrain | 0.84 | 36.0% |
| 46th | Poland | 0.83 | -2.2% |
| 47th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.83 | 5.4% |
| 48th | Slovenia | 0.82 | -9.9% |
| 49th | Malta | 0.80 | -33.8% |
| 50th | Spain | 0.80 | 5.5% |
| 51st | Portugal | 0.72 | -11.9% |
| 52nd | Uruguay | 0.72 | 4.7% |
| 53rd | Malaysia | 0.71 | 7.2% |
| 54th | Botswana | 0.60 | 13.9% |
| 55th | Barbados | 0.55 | 17.7% |
| 56th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.54 | 4.8% |
| 57th | American Samoa | 0.53 | 1.8% |
| 58th | Guam | 0.53 | 1.8% |
| 59th | San Marino | 0.53 | 1.8% |
| 60th | Palau | 0.53 | -3.0% |
| 61st | Italy | 0.53 | 8.0% |
| 62nd | Croatia | 0.49 | 36.2% |
| 63rd | Hungary | 0.49 | 3.4% |
| 64th | Costa Rica | 0.44 | -8.1% |
| 65th | Bulgaria | 0.43 | -5.9% |
| 66th | Greece | 0.43 | -20.4% |
| 67th | Montenegro | 0.42 | -0.8% |
| 68th | North Macedonia | 0.41 | -7.1% |
| 69th | St. Lucia | 0.38 | 3.1% |
| 70th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.37 | -24.8% |
| 71st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.34 | -0.5% |
| 72nd | Saudi Arabia | 0.32 | 29.8% |
| 73rd | Oman | 0.32 | -29.0% |
| 74th | Grenada | 0.31 | 351.4% |
| 75th | Romania | 0.29 | -15.6% |
| 76th | Dominica | 0.29 | 8.0% |
| 77th | Indonesia | 0.29 | 33.0% |
| 78th | Cabo Verde | 0.27 | 67.1% |
| 79th | Colombia | 0.20 | -10.4% |
| 80th | Jamaica | 0.18 | 334.2% |
| 81st | Panama | 0.18 | -45.0% |
| 82nd | Albania | 0.18 | -20.8% |
| 83rd | Kuwait | 0.16 | -41.3% |
| 84th | Jordan | 0.13 | -46.9% |
| 85th | Armenia | 0.13 | -44.8% |
| 86th | Thailand | 0.08 | 31.2% |
| 87th | Dominican Republic | 0.08 | 236.5% |
| 88th | Kazakhstan | 0.08 | -27.4% |
| 89th | Peru | 0.06 | -86.5% |
| 90th | Philippines | 0.06 | -44.9% |
| 91st | Bahamas, The | 0.06 | 4,409.9% |
| 92nd | Rwanda | 0.06 | 17,059.8% |
| 93rd | Serbia | 0.04 | -55.8% |
| 94th | Seychelles | 0.01 | -70.5% |
| 95th | Moldova | 0.00 | 131.0% |
| 96th | Fiji | -0.01 | 94.8% |
| 97th | Namibia | -0.02 | -312.4% |
| 98th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.06 | -208.7% |
| 99th | Azerbaijan | -0.07 | 80.6% |
| 100th | Nauru | -0.07 | 15.6% |
| 101st | South Africa | -0.09 | -542.6% |
| 102nd | India | -0.09 | 29.3% |
| 103rd | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.10 | 46.3% |
| 104th | Türkiye | -0.10 | -306.0% |
| 105th | Vanuatu | -0.11 | 71.5% |
| 106th | Brazil | -0.12 | -9.6% |
| 107th | Morocco | -0.13 | -179.4% |
| 108th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.20 | -7.0% |
| 109th | Ghana | -0.22 | -64.8% |
| 110th | Samoa | -0.22 | -5.3% |
| 111th | Paraguay | -0.22 | -59.0% |
| 112th | Mexico | -0.25 | -1,847.1% |
| 113th | Mongolia | -0.25 | -133.0% |
| 114th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.27 | 29.5% |
| 115th | Kosovo | -0.29 | 10.1% |
| 116th | Ukraine | -0.29 | -8.7% |
| 117th | Tuvalu | -0.29 | 7.8% |
| 118th | Tonga | -0.32 | 17.0% |
| 119th | Senegal | -0.32 | -9.7% |
| 120th | Guatemala | -0.33 | -21.2% |
| 121st | China | -0.33 | -64.0% |
| 122nd | El Salvador | -0.36 | -326.8% |
| 123rd | Kiribati | -0.38 | 10.7% |
| 124th | Sri Lanka | -0.39 | -72.4% |
| 125th | Tunisia | -0.40 | -31.9% |
| 126th | Viet Nam | -0.40 | -70.8% |
| 127th | Bhutan | -0.41 | -22.6% |
| 128th | Belize | -0.42 | 22.9% |
| 129th | Benin | -0.45 | 7.3% |
| 130th | Kenya | -0.46 | 10.9% |
| 131st | Burkina Faso | -0.48 | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Uganda | -0.49 | -1.8% |
| 133rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.52 | 9.0% |
| 134th | Guyana | -0.52 | 2.6% |
| 135th | Honduras | -0.53 | -8.1% |
| 136th | Russian Federation | -0.54 | -12.1% |
| 137th | Zambia | -0.57 | 17.1% |
| 138th | Uzbekistan | -0.60 | 40.4% |
| 139th | Eswatini | -0.60 | -22.5% |
| 140th | Maldives | -0.61 | -4.3% |
| 141st | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.63 | -38.9% |
| 142nd | Argentina | -0.63 | -26.7% |
| 143rd | Mali | -0.63 | 5.8% |
| 144th | Tanzania | -0.64 | 7.1% |
| 145th | Nepal | -0.64 | 12.6% |
| 146th | Togo | -0.65 | 2.6% |
| 147th | Marshall Islands | -0.65 | 3.3% |
| 148th | Angola | -0.67 | 21.8% |
| 149th | Cambodia | -0.69 | -3.8% |
| 150th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.71 | 20.2% |
| 151st | Ecuador | -0.72 | 17.4% |
| 152nd | Suriname | -0.72 | 9.2% |
| 153rd | Lesotho | -0.76 | -13.3% |
| 154th | Niger | -0.76 | 4.7% |
| 155th | Pakistan | -0.76 | 0.4% |
| 156th | Timor-Leste | -0.78 | -1.8% |
| 157th | Mozambique | -0.80 | -3.0% |
| 158th | Malawi | -0.80 | -2.1% |
| 159th | Gabon | -0.82 | 6.9% |
| 160th | Papua New Guinea | -0.83 | -21.3% |
| 161st | Madagascar | -0.84 | -3.1% |
| 162nd | Bangladesh | -0.85 | 6.6% |
| 163rd | Solomon Islands | -0.85 | -1.7% |
| 164th | Nicaragua | -0.85 | -25.4% |
| 165th | Djibouti | -0.89 | -3.4% |
| 166th | Gambia, The | -0.89 | -17.2% |
| 167th | Lebanon | -0.91 | -17.7% |
| 168th | Lao PDR | -0.91 | -8.1% |
| 169th | Belarus | -0.93 | -16.1% |
| 170th | Cameroon | -0.93 | -12.6% |
| 171st | Nigeria | -0.94 | 7.8% |
| 172nd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.95 | 2.8% |
| 173rd | Liberia | -0.96 | 7.3% |
| 174th | Sierra Leone | -0.98 | -8.4% |
| 175th | Guinea | -0.98 | -11.7% |
| 176th | Burundi | -1.00 | 5.6% |
| 177th | Mauritania | -1.08 | -20.4% |
| 178th | Myanmar | -1.12 | -80.0% |
| 179th | Iraq | -1.13 | 15.8% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | -1.15 | -7.7% |
| 181st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.17 | -12.9% |
| 182nd | Chad | -1.17 | -4.1% |
| 183rd | Algeria | -1.18 | 12.8% |
| 184th | Congo, Republic of | -1.23 | 15.1% |
| 185th | Comoros | -1.27 | -1.0% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.28 | 0.8% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | -1.31 | 5.6% |
| 188th | Haiti | -1.34 | -6.6% |
| 189th | Zimbabwe | -1.39 | 3.4% |
| 190th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.44 | 4.7% |
| 191st | Cuba | -1.45 | 5.0% |
| 192nd | Sudan | -1.48 | 6.0% |
| 193rd | Central African Republic | -1.51 | -0.5% |
| 194th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.63 | -10.0% |
| 195th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.65 | 12.9% |
| 196th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.73 | -1.1% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.84 | 6.0% |
| 198th | Libya | -1.97 | 11.4% |
| 199th | South Sudan | -2.00 | 0.3% |
| 200th | Turkmenistan | -2.03 | 1.2% |
| 201st | Yemen, Republic of | -2.04 | -9.9% |
| 202nd | Eritrea | -2.28 | -5.6% |
| 203rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.34 | 1.2% |
FAQ
What was Oman's regulatory quality in 2021?▾
Oman's regulatory quality in 2021 was 0.32. This ranked 73rd globally.
How did Oman's regulatory quality change in 2021?▾
Oman's regulatory quality decreased by 29.0% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2021?▾
Singapore had the highest regulatory quality in 2021 at 2.23.
What is the regulatory quality of Oman in 2021?▾
The regulatory quality of Oman in 2021 was 0.32. This ranked 73rd globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Oman's regulatory quality?▾
Oman's regulatory quality went from 0.44 in 2020 to 0.32 in 2021, a 29.0% decrease.
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