Qatar - Regulatory Quality 2022
0.87
+0.01 from 2021
Qatar's regulatory quality was 0.87 in 2022, increased +0.01 from 0.86 in 2021. This was the 43rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.21 | -0.6% |
| 2nd | Australia | 1.89 | 3.5% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 1.87 | 3.5% |
| 4th | Denmark | 1.84 | 2.6% |
| 5th | Luxembourg | 1.83 | -3.8% |
| 6th | Macao SAR, China | 1.82 | 2.6% |
| 7th | Finland | 1.78 | -5.7% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 1.71 | -1.5% |
| 9th | Sweden | 1.68 | -3.7% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.68 | 3.9% |
| 11th | Ireland | 1.64 | 5.6% |
| 12th | Liechtenstein | 1.63 | 6.6% |
| 13th | Switzerland | 1.62 | -6.0% |
| 14th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.59 | 1.4% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 1.57 | 7.9% |
| 16th | Estonia | 1.56 | 0.7% |
| 17th | Germany | 1.52 | -6.3% |
| 18th | Norway | 1.52 | -6.9% |
| 19th | Japan | 1.44 | 5.0% |
| 20th | United States | 1.42 | -1.1% |
| 21st | Andorra | 1.40 | 2.9% |
| 22nd | Monaco | 1.40 | 2.9% |
| 23rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.40 | 2.9% |
| 24th | Czechia | 1.39 | 3.4% |
| 25th | Iceland | 1.31 | -14.4% |
| 26th | Lithuania | 1.30 | 2.3% |
| 27th | Austria | 1.28 | -4.3% |
| 28th | Belgium | 1.25 | -5.9% |
| 29th | Israel | 1.21 | 0.4% |
| 30th | Greenland | 1.20 | -11.5% |
| 31st | France | 1.19 | -3.4% |
| 32nd | Latvia | 1.17 | -3.7% |
| 33rd | Mauritius | 1.17 | 0.6% |
| 34th | Korea | 1.15 | 4.8% |
| 35th | Cayman Islands | 1.09 | 3.1% |
| 36th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.07 | 8.1% |
| 37th | United Arab Emirates | 1.03 | 2.8% |
| 38th | Georgia | 1.03 | -2.0% |
| 39th | Chile | 0.98 | 4.5% |
| 40th | Bermuda | 0.97 | 2.7% |
| 41st | Bahrain | 0.97 | 16.1% |
| 42nd | Aruba | 0.97 | 2.9% |
| 43rd | Qatar | 0.87 | 1.6% |
| 44th | Slovak Republic | 0.85 | -1.9% |
| 45th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.85 | 2.6% |
| 46th | Spain | 0.80 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Cyprus | 0.77 | -8.5% |
| 48th | Portugal | 0.76 | 5.3% |
| 49th | Poland | 0.72 | -13.8% |
| 50th | Uruguay | 0.71 | -0.8% |
| 51st | Slovenia | 0.69 | -15.5% |
| 52nd | Malta | 0.67 | -15.9% |
| 53rd | Malaysia | 0.64 | -9.9% |
| 54th | Botswana | 0.62 | 3.4% |
| 55th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.58 | 8.3% |
| 56th | Costa Rica | 0.57 | 29.2% |
| 57th | American Samoa | 0.55 | 2.1% |
| 58th | Guam | 0.55 | 2.1% |
| 59th | San Marino | 0.55 | 2.1% |
| 60th | Montenegro | 0.54 | 29.1% |
| 61st | Italy | 0.51 | -3.0% |
| 62nd | Croatia | 0.50 | 1.8% |
| 63rd | Barbados | 0.48 | -13.4% |
| 64th | Greece | 0.46 | 8.8% |
| 65th | North Macedonia | 0.45 | 11.8% |
| 66th | Palau | 0.44 | -16.6% |
| 67th | St. Lucia | 0.44 | 14.5% |
| 68th | Oman | 0.43 | 37.1% |
| 69th | Saudi Arabia | 0.42 | 29.3% |
| 70th | Hungary | 0.41 | -16.2% |
| 71st | Grenada | 0.39 | 28.1% |
| 72nd | Romania | 0.36 | 24.7% |
| 73rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.35 | 1.5% |
| 74th | Dominica | 0.34 | 17.8% |
| 75th | Seychelles | 0.33 | 5,174.2% |
| 76th | Bulgaria | 0.32 | -26.1% |
| 77th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.29 | -22.8% |
| 78th | Cabo Verde | 0.26 | -1.9% |
| 79th | Kuwait | 0.21 | 30.7% |
| 80th | Peru | 0.21 | 227.0% |
| 81st | Indonesia | 0.21 | -28.4% |
| 82nd | Jamaica | 0.19 | 3.1% |
| 83rd | Thailand | 0.17 | 97.5% |
| 84th | Rwanda | 0.16 | 166.9% |
| 85th | Albania | 0.16 | -9.4% |
| 86th | Jordan | 0.16 | 16.7% |
| 87th | Colombia | 0.14 | -30.5% |
| 88th | Serbia | 0.14 | 286.0% |
| 89th | Panama | 0.13 | -28.4% |
| 90th | Moldova | 0.10 | 2,910.6% |
| 91st | Dominican Republic | 0.07 | -10.8% |
| 92nd | Philippines | 0.06 | 0.7% |
| 93rd | Nauru | 0.02 | 127.2% |
| 94th | Kazakhstan | -0.01 | -114.6% |
| 95th | Namibia | -0.02 | 29.2% |
| 96th | Armenia | -0.02 | -114.5% |
| 97th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.04 | 37.8% |
| 98th | India | -0.05 | 44.5% |
| 99th | Fiji | -0.06 | -1,037.4% |
| 100th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.07 | 22.4% |
| 101st | Morocco | -0.09 | 35.1% |
| 102nd | Vanuatu | -0.09 | 16.0% |
| 103rd | Azerbaijan | -0.10 | -58.9% |
| 104th | Tuvalu | -0.14 | 50.4% |
| 105th | Bahamas, The | -0.15 | -337.8% |
| 106th | Mexico | -0.15 | 41.0% |
| 107th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.15 | 43.4% |
| 108th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.16 | 19.2% |
| 109th | Paraguay | -0.17 | 23.5% |
| 110th | Ghana | -0.18 | 16.9% |
| 111th | South Africa | -0.19 | -104.1% |
| 112th | Brazil | -0.22 | -81.3% |
| 113th | Türkiye | -0.24 | -143.0% |
| 114th | Kiribati | -0.26 | 31.9% |
| 115th | Mongolia | -0.27 | -6.7% |
| 116th | Samoa | -0.27 | -24.2% |
| 117th | Guatemala | -0.29 | 11.0% |
| 118th | Senegal | -0.30 | 8.1% |
| 119th | Ukraine | -0.33 | -14.3% |
| 120th | Tonga | -0.35 | -10.1% |
| 121st | Benin | -0.35 | 22.2% |
| 122nd | Kenya | -0.38 | 17.3% |
| 123rd | Bhutan | -0.38 | 5.8% |
| 124th | Kosovo | -0.39 | -35.0% |
| 125th | Marshall Islands | -0.39 | 39.2% |
| 126th | Tunisia | -0.41 | -3.5% |
| 127th | China | -0.42 | -25.9% |
| 128th | Viet Nam | -0.43 | -6.3% |
| 129th | Belize | -0.44 | -3.4% |
| 130th | Ecuador | -0.46 | 36.1% |
| 131st | El Salvador | -0.46 | -27.2% |
| 132nd | Burkina Faso | -0.47 | 2.5% |
| 133rd | Timor-Leste | -0.47 | 39.2% |
| 134th | Honduras | -0.49 | 9.3% |
| 135th | Uganda | -0.49 | 0.1% |
| 136th | Guyana | -0.53 | -1.1% |
| 137th | Zambia | -0.53 | 7.2% |
| 138th | Uzbekistan | -0.55 | 7.6% |
| 139th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.56 | 21.1% |
| 140th | Togo | -0.56 | 13.0% |
| 141st | Tanzania | -0.56 | 12.0% |
| 142nd | Angola | -0.61 | 9.4% |
| 143rd | Lesotho | -0.62 | 18.8% |
| 144th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.63 | -1.2% |
| 145th | Mali | -0.63 | 0.1% |
| 146th | Nepal | -0.65 | -1.2% |
| 147th | Sri Lanka | -0.65 | -67.8% |
| 148th | Maldives | -0.66 | -7.1% |
| 149th | Papua New Guinea | -0.68 | 17.8% |
| 150th | Argentina | -0.70 | -10.5% |
| 151st | Gabon | -0.70 | 14.5% |
| 152nd | Cambodia | -0.71 | -3.5% |
| 153rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.71 | -37.3% |
| 154th | Gambia, The | -0.71 | 19.7% |
| 155th | Eswatini | -0.72 | -19.3% |
| 156th | Niger | -0.72 | 5.2% |
| 157th | Mozambique | -0.73 | 8.8% |
| 158th | Malawi | -0.74 | 7.7% |
| 159th | Solomon Islands | -0.77 | 9.5% |
| 160th | Suriname | -0.79 | -9.5% |
| 161st | Madagascar | -0.82 | 2.5% |
| 162nd | Pakistan | -0.89 | -16.4% |
| 163rd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.89 | 6.0% |
| 164th | Cameroon | -0.90 | 3.8% |
| 165th | Djibouti | -0.90 | -1.6% |
| 166th | Nicaragua | -0.91 | -7.3% |
| 167th | Bangladesh | -0.93 | -9.6% |
| 168th | Burundi | -0.95 | 5.4% |
| 169th | Liberia | -0.98 | -1.8% |
| 170th | Lao PDR | -0.99 | -8.6% |
| 171st | Guinea | -1.05 | -7.1% |
| 172nd | Sierra Leone | -1.06 | -7.7% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | -1.06 | 1.4% |
| 174th | Algeria | -1.06 | 10.0% |
| 175th | Lebanon | -1.13 | -25.1% |
| 176th | Russian Federation | -1.14 | -110.6% |
| 177th | Chad | -1.15 | 1.9% |
| 178th | Nigeria | -1.16 | -22.4% |
| 179th | Iraq | -1.18 | -4.6% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | -1.20 | -3.7% |
| 181st | Comoros | -1.20 | 5.5% |
| 182nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.21 | -3.6% |
| 183rd | Myanmar | -1.24 | -10.4% |
| 184th | Congo, Republic of | -1.26 | -2.3% |
| 185th | Afghanistan | -1.27 | 3.0% |
| 186th | Haiti | -1.31 | 1.9% |
| 187th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.32 | -3.6% |
| 188th | Belarus | -1.33 | -43.3% |
| 189th | Cuba | -1.38 | 5.0% |
| 190th | Zimbabwe | -1.43 | -2.9% |
| 191st | Central African Republic | -1.47 | 2.4% |
| 192nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.48 | -2.5% |
| 193rd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.49 | 13.8% |
| 194th | Sudan | -1.58 | -7.1% |
| 195th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.59 | 2.5% |
| 196th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.82 | -10.8% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.90 | -3.5% |
| 198th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.92 | 6.0% |
| 199th | Turkmenistan | -2.07 | -1.8% |
| 200th | Libya | -2.09 | -6.2% |
| 201st | South Sudan | -2.10 | -5.0% |
| 202nd | Eritrea | -2.37 | -3.9% |
| 203rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.39 | -2.1% |
FAQ
What was Qatar's regulatory quality in 2022?▾
Qatar's regulatory quality in 2022 was 0.87. This ranked 43rd globally.
How did Qatar's regulatory quality change in 2022?▾
Qatar's regulatory quality increased by 1.6% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2022?▾
Singapore had the highest regulatory quality in 2022 at 2.21.
What is the regulatory quality of Qatar in 2022?▾
The regulatory quality of Qatar in 2022 was 0.87. This ranked 43rd globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Qatar's regulatory quality?▾
Qatar's regulatory quality went from 0.86 in 2021 to 0.87 in 2022, a 1.6% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Qatar matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2022. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 2.4%. View full analysis →
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