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Puerto Rico (US) - Regulatory Quality 2013

Name: Puerto Rico (US) Regulatory Quality 2013
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Regulatory Quality · World Bank WGI

0.85 −0.07 from 2012 Global rank: 45th

Puerto Rico (US)'s regulatory quality was 0.85 in 2013, decreased +0.07 from 0.91 in 2012. This was the 45th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2013▾

Regulatory Quality by Country - 2013
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	1.96	0.1%
2nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.92	-1.1%
3rd	Sweden	1.90	-0.2%
4th	Finland	1.84	1.1%
5th	New Zealand	1.82	-1.4%
6th	Denmark	1.80	0.1%
7th	Australia	1.79	0.7%
8th	Luxembourg	1.77	0.6%
9th	United Kingdom	1.76	7.5%
10th	Netherlands	1.76	0.9%
11th	Canada	1.73	1.3%
12th	Norway	1.66	7.6%
13th	Switzerland	1.62	-1.9%
14th	Ireland	1.57	0.7%
15th	Liechtenstein	1.57	1.2%
16th	Andorra	1.56	-0.2%
17th	Germany	1.54	1.0%
18th	Chile	1.48	-3.5%
19th	Austria	1.48	-2.3%
20th	Estonia	1.44	2.1%
21st	Aruba	1.42	1.3%
22nd	Greenland	1.39	1.5%
23rd	Macao SAR, China	1.34	-0.7%
24th	Bermuda	1.32	-0.1%
25th	Malta	1.29	-2.3%
26th	Belgium	1.28	5.0%
27th	United States	1.26	-2.6%
28th	Israel	1.16	-1.0%
29th	France	1.15	2.3%
30th	Lithuania	1.15	2.6%
31st	Iceland	1.13	1.8%
32nd	Cayman Islands	1.11	0.9%
33rd	Japan	1.11	-2.5%
34th	Brunei Darussalam	1.10	-4.1%
35th	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.08	0.0%
36th	Czechia	1.08	2.4%
37th	Poland	1.05	5.6%
38th	Latvia	1.04	2.6%
39th	Korea	0.99	14.2%
40th	Spain	0.93	-1.5%
41st	Slovak Republic	0.93	-10.9%
42nd	Cyprus	0.91	-19.0%
43rd	Hungary	0.90	-8.4%
44th	Mauritius	0.89	-4.2%
45th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.85	-7.4%
46th	Portugal	0.80	-2.8%
47th	Italy	0.78	4.6%
48th	United Arab Emirates	0.77	15.5%
49th	Costa Rica	0.75	0.5%
50th	Qatar	0.74	-6.9%
51st	Georgia	0.73	9.3%
52nd	Uruguay	0.72	19.5%
53rd	Botswana	0.64	-8.2%
54th	Romania	0.63	12.4%
55th	Greece	0.63	20.3%
56th	Slovenia	0.62	-0.1%
57th	Bahrain	0.60	-12.0%
58th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.60	0.4%
59th	Guam	0.60	0.4%
60th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.60	0.4%
61st	Malaysia	0.57	19.0%
62nd	Bulgaria	0.55	-4.5%
63rd	Oman	0.47	1.0%
64th	Türkiye	0.46	2.7%
65th	Barbados	0.45	0.9%
66th	Panama	0.45	-4.5%
67th	Mexico	0.42	-0.1%
68th	Peru	0.41	-6.9%
69th	South Africa	0.38	-4.6%
70th	Croatia	0.37	4.5%
71st	American Samoa	0.36	1.0%
72nd	Colombia	0.34	4.1%
73rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.32	-5.9%
74th	St. Lucia	0.29	-5.8%
75th	Dominica	0.29	-3.7%
76th	Albania	0.25	5.7%
77th	Grenada	0.25	-1.1%
78th	North Macedonia	0.25	-6.4%
79th	Armenia	0.24	-29.6%
80th	El Salvador	0.23	-0.5%
81st	Trinidad and Tobago	0.21	-14.1%
82nd	Bahamas, The	0.19	-52.2%
83rd	Jamaica	0.18	4.5%
84th	Jordan	0.17	-28.3%
85th	Namibia	0.16	5.3%
86th	Brazil	0.15	-15.6%
87th	Thailand	0.13	-4.8%
88th	West Bank and Gaza	0.12	64.3%
89th	Montenegro	0.09	171.9%
90th	Saudi Arabia	0.08	-19.6%
91st	Ghana	0.06	-37.3%
92nd	Philippines	0.02	-42.9%
93rd	Dominican Republic	-0.02	65.8%
94th	Rwanda	-0.03	76.1%
95th	Kosovo	-0.04	-1.1%
96th	Serbia	-0.06	11.0%
97th	Senegal	-0.07	32.9%
98th	Kuwait	-0.07	-83.4%
99th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.07	-21.3%
100th	Lebanon	-0.08	41.1%
101st	Moldova	-0.09	26.0%
102nd	Morocco	-0.09	17.9%
103rd	Seychelles	-0.11	16.1%
104th	Cabo Verde	-0.12	-685.8%
105th	Indonesia	-0.12	44.4%
106th	Eswatini	-0.15	51.4%
107th	Sri Lanka	-0.17	-32.2%
108th	Burkina Faso	-0.20	-42.0%
109th	Honduras	-0.20	3.6%
110th	Paraguay	-0.25	5.4%
111th	Samoa	-0.27	23.3%
112th	Uganda	-0.28	-5.4%
113th	Tunisia	-0.29	-17.7%
114th	Guatemala	-0.29	-9.2%
115th	Nicaragua	-0.31	0.6%
116th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.33	5.4%
117th	Kenya	-0.33	-2.8%
118th	China	-0.33	-16.6%
119th	Mongolia	-0.33	-53.7%
120th	Cambodia	-0.35	0.8%
121st	Tanzania	-0.35	13.9%
122nd	Russian Federation	-0.36	-3.1%
123rd	Kazakhstan	-0.38	3.9%
124th	Lesotho	-0.38	30.5%
125th	Gambia, The	-0.38	-46.5%
126th	Benin	-0.42	-3.6%
127th	Mozambique	-0.42	10.4%
128th	Azerbaijan	-0.43	13.0%
129th	Suriname	-0.45	6.3%
130th	Belize	-0.45	-2.4%
131st	Maldives	-0.46	-13.8%
132nd	India	-0.48	0.6%
133rd	Zambia	-0.49	-11.4%
134th	Mali	-0.52	-21.6%
135th	Papua New Guinea	-0.52	0.4%
136th	Fiji	-0.53	10.5%
137th	Vanuatu	-0.54	27.9%
138th	Djibouti	-0.54	-19.1%
139th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.56	-44.6%
140th	Niger	-0.58	4.3%
141st	Ukraine	-0.59	-5.6%
142nd	Guyana	-0.61	2.9%
143rd	Gabon	-0.61	-15.4%
144th	Viet Nam	-0.65	3.6%
145th	Tonga	-0.66	-1.7%
146th	Madagascar	-0.66	-14.4%
147th	Mauritania	-0.67	-2.9%
148th	Malawi	-0.68	4.6%
149th	Nigeria	-0.68	5.7%
150th	Pakistan	-0.71	2.4%
151st	Sierra Leone	-0.72	-1.4%
152nd	Yemen, Republic of	-0.74	-5.7%
153rd	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.75	2.9%
154th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.79	5.5%
155th	São Tomé and Principe	-0.81	-1.0%
156th	Ecuador	-0.84	11.2%
157th	Lao PDR	-0.86	-3.1%
158th	Nepal	-0.86	-6.6%
159th	Burundi	-0.90	5.5%
160th	Liberia	-0.92	12.1%
161st	Bangladesh	-0.92	3.7%
162nd	Argentina	-0.93	-3.4%
163rd	Haiti	-0.94	0.6%
164th	Togo	-0.94	-10.0%
165th	Micronesia, Federated States of	-0.94	0.8%
166th	Cameroon	-0.96	-3.1%
167th	Timor-Leste	-0.99	3.1%
168th	Palau	-0.99	0.3%
169th	Chad	-1.01	6.0%
170th	Guinea	-1.02	-0.5%
171st	Angola	-1.04	-5.2%
172nd	Tajikistan	-1.07	-5.4%
173rd	Bhutan	-1.09	0.6%
174th	Solomon Islands	-1.11	-6.3%
175th	Marshall Islands	-1.11	-5.3%
176th	Iraq	-1.13	1.0%
177th	Algeria	-1.14	13.8%
178th	Belarus	-1.16	1.2%
179th	Central African Republic	-1.17	-9.0%
180th	Afghanistan	-1.19	0.0%
181st	Comoros	-1.22	12.3%
182nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.26	14.8%
183rd	Guinea-Bissau	-1.29	-4.9%
184th	Tuvalu	-1.31	-6.1%
185th	Kiribati	-1.35	-1.8%
186th	Congo, Republic of	-1.35	0.1%
187th	Nauru	-1.38	-15.8%
188th	Sudan	-1.46	1.0%
189th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-1.49	-4.5%
190th	Myanmar	-1.50	18.2%
191st	South Sudan	-1.52	-4.7%
192nd	Equatorial Guinea	-1.54	3.5%
193rd	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.55	-1.0%
194th	Cuba	-1.58	-1.3%
195th	Uzbekistan	-1.60	-1.5%
196th	Libya	-1.75	-7.6%
197th	Zimbabwe	-1.85	0.9%
198th	Turkmenistan	-2.13	-0.9%
199th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.21	0.8%
200th	Eritrea	-2.23	-1.1%
201st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-2.52	0.2%

FAQ

What was Puerto Rico (US)'s regulatory quality in 2013?▾

Puerto Rico (US)'s regulatory quality in 2013 was 0.85. This ranked 45th globally.

How did Puerto Rico (US)'s regulatory quality change in 2013?▾

Puerto Rico (US)'s regulatory quality decreased by 7.4% in 2013 compared to 2012.

Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2013?▾

Singapore had the highest regulatory quality in 2013 at 1.96.

What is the regulatory quality of Puerto Rico (US) in 2013?▾

The regulatory quality of Puerto Rico (US) in 2013 was 0.85. This ranked 45th globally.

How does 2013 compare to 2012 for Puerto Rico (US)'s regulatory quality?▾

Puerto Rico (US)'s regulatory quality went from 0.91 in 2012 to 0.85 in 2013, a 7.4% decrease.

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