Panama - Regulatory Quality 2003
0.34
−0.18 from 2002
Panama's regulatory quality was 0.34 in 2003, decreased +0.18 from 0.52 in 2002. This was the 66th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.89 | 13.0% |
| 2nd | Finland | 1.83 | 0.6% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | 1.79 | -4.1% |
| 4th | Singapore | 1.79 | -5.5% |
| 5th | Denmark | 1.73 | 1.2% |
| 6th | Netherlands | 1.72 | -5.6% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 1.68 | -2.9% |
| 8th | Liechtenstein | 1.66 | -0.3% |
| 9th | New Zealand | 1.65 | 5.7% |
| 10th | United Kingdom | 1.65 | -3.5% |
| 11th | Iceland | 1.63 | 8.3% |
| 12th | Sweden | 1.61 | 1.3% |
| 13th | Ireland | 1.58 | -7.8% |
| 14th | Australia | 1.58 | 10.8% |
| 15th | United States | 1.57 | 1.1% |
| 16th | Austria | 1.54 | -0.1% |
| 17th | Canada | 1.52 | -0.6% |
| 18th | Germany | 1.50 | -0.6% |
| 19th | Andorra | 1.41 | -0.5% |
| 20th | Bermuda | 1.41 | -0.5% |
| 21st | Cayman Islands | 1.41 | -0.5% |
| 22nd | Chile | 1.33 | 1.1% |
| 23rd | Norway | 1.31 | 7.1% |
| 24th | Spain | 1.30 | -1.9% |
| 25th | Belgium | 1.28 | 2.2% |
| 26th | Portugal | 1.22 | -2.0% |
| 27th | France | 1.22 | 24.5% |
| 28th | Cyprus | 1.18 | -1.0% |
| 29th | Estonia | 1.17 | -7.0% |
| 30th | Macao SAR, China | 1.17 | 67.7% |
| 31st | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.17 | -0.9% |
| 32nd | Bahamas, The | 1.15 | -11.1% |
| 33rd | Malta | 1.15 | 8.3% |
| 34th | Czechia | 1.14 | 2.2% |
| 35th | Barbados | 1.12 | 3.6% |
| 36th | Hungary | 1.12 | -11.1% |
| 37th | Japan | 1.07 | 116.0% |
| 38th | Italy | 1.04 | 15.5% |
| 39th | Lithuania | 1.04 | -3.6% |
| 40th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.00 | -4.8% |
| 41st | Greece | 0.99 | 4.4% |
| 42nd | Latvia | 0.95 | 8.0% |
| 43rd | Dominica | 0.93 | -1.4% |
| 44th | Maldives | 0.93 | -1.4% |
| 45th | Slovak Republic | 0.91 | 1.0% |
| 46th | Israel | 0.91 | -1.5% |
| 47th | Slovenia | 0.88 | 3.5% |
| 48th | Botswana | 0.84 | -6.2% |
| 49th | South Africa | 0.82 | 11.7% |
| 50th | Korea | 0.72 | -4.6% |
| 51st | Poland | 0.69 | 6.9% |
| 52nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.68 | -2.2% |
| 53rd | Seychelles | 0.68 | 49.5% |
| 54th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.68 | -6.6% |
| 55th | Oman | 0.67 | -1.7% |
| 56th | Bulgaria | 0.67 | 26.7% |
| 57th | United Arab Emirates | 0.64 | -40.8% |
| 58th | Costa Rica | 0.62 | 41.2% |
| 59th | Bahrain | 0.62 | -28.4% |
| 60th | Malaysia | 0.59 | 13.6% |
| 61st | Croatia | 0.47 | 58.4% |
| 62nd | Grenada | 0.44 | -3.9% |
| 63rd | Mauritius | 0.43 | 42.0% |
| 64th | Kuwait | 0.38 | 14.4% |
| 65th | Thailand | 0.36 | 157.0% |
| 66th | Panama | 0.34 | -35.1% |
| 67th | Mexico | 0.34 | -23.5% |
| 68th | Uruguay | 0.31 | -44.0% |
| 69th | Namibia | 0.22 | -61.4% |
| 70th | Jamaica | 0.21 | -9.0% |
| 71st | Brazil | 0.20 | 7.7% |
| 72nd | Qatar | 0.19 | -28.0% |
| 73rd | Jordan | 0.19 | 682.9% |
| 74th | Armenia | 0.17 | 197.5% |
| 75th | Belize | 0.17 | 10.3% |
| 76th | Peru | 0.11 | 387.2% |
| 77th | Saudi Arabia | 0.08 | 210.1% |
| 78th | Sri Lanka | 0.03 | -72.2% |
| 79th | Türkiye | 0.02 | -71.5% |
| 80th | Tunisia | -0.01 | 91.0% |
| 81st | Bhutan | -0.05 | 90.4% |
| 82nd | Samoa | -0.05 | -88.7% |
| 83rd | Romania | -0.05 | -213.5% |
| 84th | Gabon | -0.06 | 26.0% |
| 85th | Philippines | -0.11 | 30.4% |
| 86th | Colombia | -0.13 | -443.9% |
| 87th | Lebanon | -0.15 | 64.5% |
| 88th | Russian Federation | -0.15 | 37.4% |
| 89th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.15 | -69.5% |
| 90th | Mauritania | -0.16 | -193.1% |
| 91st | Uganda | -0.17 | -13.5% |
| 92nd | North Macedonia | -0.17 | -7.1% |
| 93rd | El Salvador | -0.25 | -45.0% |
| 94th | Ghana | -0.28 | 44.7% |
| 95th | Cabo Verde | -0.28 | -8.8% |
| 96th | Fiji | -0.28 | -288.5% |
| 97th | Eswatini | -0.28 | -8.8% |
| 98th | Morocco | -0.28 | -264.4% |
| 99th | Senegal | -0.31 | -13.8% |
| 100th | Kenya | -0.33 | -85.6% |
| 101st | Madagascar | -0.33 | -12.6% |
| 102nd | Guyana | -0.34 | 1.5% |
| 103rd | Guatemala | -0.35 | -111.0% |
| 104th | Burkina Faso | -0.36 | -162.4% |
| 105th | India | -0.38 | -0.1% |
| 106th | Dominican Republic | -0.39 | -51.9% |
| 107th | China | -0.39 | 32.7% |
| 108th | Kazakhstan | -0.40 | 41.9% |
| 109th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.41 | -188.1% |
| 110th | Moldova | -0.41 | -1.8% |
| 111th | Nepal | -0.41 | 29.8% |
| 112th | Cambodia | -0.42 | -115.4% |
| 113th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.47 | 23.2% |
| 114th | Nicaragua | -0.47 | 3.9% |
| 115th | Gambia, The | -0.47 | 10.0% |
| 116th | Algeria | -0.48 | 16.2% |
| 117th | Albania | -0.49 | -57.4% |
| 118th | Malawi | -0.49 | 7.3% |
| 119th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.54 | -100.8% |
| 120th | Ukraine | -0.56 | 11.1% |
| 121st | Mongolia | -0.56 | -443.3% |
| 122nd | Lesotho | -0.57 | -22.2% |
| 123rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.57 | -25.8% |
| 124th | Suriname | -0.58 | 15.0% |
| 125th | Mali | -0.58 | 0.2% |
| 126th | Honduras | -0.59 | -10.7% |
| 127th | Azerbaijan | -0.60 | 17.7% |
| 128th | Serbia | -0.61 | 4.3% |
| 129th | Tanzania | -0.61 | 7.4% |
| 130th | Georgia | -0.62 | 16.2% |
| 131st | Mozambique | -0.62 | -49.1% |
| 132nd | Benin | -0.62 | -8.3% |
| 133rd | Viet Nam | -0.64 | 16.9% |
| 134th | Zambia | -0.64 | 15.8% |
| 135th | Papua New Guinea | -0.64 | -7.4% |
| 136th | Togo | -0.69 | 12.5% |
| 137th | Argentina | -0.69 | 21.5% |
| 138th | Ecuador | -0.72 | 0.7% |
| 139th | Niger | -0.73 | 5.5% |
| 140th | Djibouti | -0.73 | -9.2% |
| 141st | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.75 | -78.8% |
| 142nd | Paraguay | -0.76 | -30.4% |
| 143rd | Yemen, Republic of | -0.78 | 11.6% |
| 144th | Pakistan | -0.83 | 5.7% |
| 145th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.85 | 3.6% |
| 146th | Rwanda | -0.86 | 9.1% |
| 147th | Indonesia | -0.87 | -16.7% |
| 148th | Guinea | -0.97 | 12.9% |
| 149th | Cameroon | -0.97 | 5.0% |
| 150th | West Bank and Gaza | -1.02 | -3.3% |
| 151st | Bangladesh | -1.04 | 1.0% |
| 152nd | Chad | -1.05 | -2.3% |
| 153rd | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.06 | -3.2% |
| 154th | Tajikistan | -1.09 | 19.1% |
| 155th | Central African Republic | -1.12 | -14.6% |
| 156th | Haiti | -1.13 | -3.7% |
| 157th | Congo, Republic of | -1.17 | -16.6% |
| 158th | Sierra Leone | -1.18 | 12.5% |
| 159th | Angola | -1.19 | 8.2% |
| 160th | Burundi | -1.20 | 1.0% |
| 161st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.23 | 6.8% |
| 162nd | Nigeria | -1.23 | -4.4% |
| 163rd | Comoros | -1.27 | -27.9% |
| 164th | Timor-Leste | -1.27 | -2.9% |
| 165th | Belarus | -1.30 | 6.9% |
| 166th | Lao PDR | -1.35 | -12.4% |
| 167th | Sudan | -1.42 | -10.7% |
| 168th | Uzbekistan | -1.42 | 5.7% |
| 169th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.43 | 3.6% |
| 170th | Iraq | -1.45 | 27.5% |
| 171st | Cuba | -1.46 | -12.2% |
| 172nd | Afghanistan | -1.46 | 19.2% |
| 173rd | Eritrea | -1.51 | -24.2% |
| 174th | Libya | -1.51 | 6.7% |
| 175th | Liberia | -1.63 | -1.7% |
| 176th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.68 | 1.3% |
| 177th | Turkmenistan | -1.74 | -4.6% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | -1.86 | -3.1% |
| 179th | Myanmar | -2.03 | 1.4% |
| 180th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.04 | 1.4% |
| 181st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.07 | -9.9% |
FAQ
What was Panama's regulatory quality in 2003?▾
Panama's regulatory quality in 2003 was 0.34. This ranked 66th globally.
How did Panama's regulatory quality change in 2003?▾
Panama's regulatory quality decreased by 35.1% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2003?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China had the highest regulatory quality in 2003 at 1.89.
What is the regulatory quality of Panama in 2003?▾
The regulatory quality of Panama in 2003 was 0.34. This ranked 66th globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Panama's regulatory quality?▾
Panama's regulatory quality went from 0.52 in 2002 to 0.34 in 2003, a 35.1% decrease.
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