Regulatory Quality - Ranking 2010
Year
In 2010, Hong Kong SAR, China (1.87), Denmark (1.87), and Finland (1.87) ranked highest in regulatory quality among all countries. Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of ranked lowest at -2.45.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.87 | +3.2% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 1.87 | -0.3% |
| 3rd | Finland | 1.87 | +3.5% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 1.81 | -0.6% |
| 5th | Singapore | 1.78 | +0.4% |
| 6th | United Kingdom | 1.73 | +9.4% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.73 | +1.9% |
| 8th | Australia | 1.70 | -6.7% |
| 9th | Canada | 1.69 | -0.2% |
| 10th | Luxembourg | 1.67 | +1.9% |
| 11th | Sweden | 1.66 | +0.4% |
| 12th | Switzerland | 1.62 | +4.6% |
| 13th | Ireland | 1.62 | -4.6% |
| 14th | Germany | 1.57 | +3.6% |
| 15th | Liechtenstein | 1.53 | +0.8% |
| 16th | Norway | 1.51 | +3.2% |
| 17th | Austria | 1.45 | +0.0% |
| 18th | United States | 1.44 | +3.3% |
| 19th | Malta | 1.43 | +4.7% |
| 20th | Cyprus | 1.42 | +4.5% |
| 21st | Chile | 1.42 | -0.9% |
| 22nd | Andorra | 1.39 | -1.2% |
| 23rd | Bermuda | 1.39 | -1.2% |
| 24th | Estonia | 1.39 | -0.3% |
| 25th | Greenland | 1.36 | +1.0% |
| 26th | Macao SAR, China | 1.35 | +5.4% |
| 27th | Aruba | 1.34 | +4.3% |
| 28th | France | 1.31 | +7.9% |
| 29th | Czechia | 1.30 | -0.9% |
| 30th | Belgium | 1.28 | -2.1% |
| 31st | Israel | 1.21 | +10.5% |
| 32nd | Spain | 1.16 | -2.4% |
| 33rd | Cayman Islands | 1.16 | -0.5% |
| 34th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.14 | -1.2% |
| 35th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.11 | +2.1% |
| 36th | Poland | 1.02 | +4.8% |
| 37th | Japan | 1.02 | -7.3% |
| 38th | Hungary | 1.01 | -6.2% |
| 39th | Slovak Republic | 1.00 | -4.7% |
| 40th | Lithuania | 0.96 | +0.9% |
| 41st | Latvia | 0.93 | +0.6% |
| 42nd | Iceland | 0.92 | -9.2% |
| 43rd | Korea | 0.92 | +8.1% |
| 44th | Italy | 0.89 | -7.5% |
| 45th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.86 | -3.6% |
| 46th | Mauritius | 0.80 | +6.1% |
| 47th | Slovenia | 0.76 | -16.9% |
| 48th | Portugal | 0.72 | -27.4% |
| 49th | Bahrain | 0.71 | +2.8% |
| 50th | Bulgaria | 0.68 | -2.1% |
| 51st | Romania | 0.67 | +8.9% |
| 52nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.64 | -1.6% |
| 53rd | Guam | 0.64 | -1.6% |
| 54th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.64 | -1.6% |
| 55th | Greece | 0.64 | -23.0% |
| 56th | Malaysia | 0.61 | +126.6% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 0.60 | +18.5% |
| 58th | Qatar | 0.60 | -12.6% |
| 59th | Georgia | 0.59 | +15.3% |
| 60th | Costa Rica | 0.59 | +13.1% |
| 61st | Botswana | 0.58 | -4.7% |
| 62nd | Bahamas, The | 0.55 | -31.5% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.54 | -5.6% |
| 64th | Barbados | 0.51 | -13.6% |
| 65th | Croatia | 0.49 | +3.6% |
| 66th | Panama | 0.47 | +19.0% |
| 67th | South Africa | 0.45 | -0.8% |
| 68th | Oman | 0.44 | -15.9% |
| 69th | American Samoa | 0.39 | -2.1% |
| 70th | Peru | 0.39 | +7.1% |
| 71st | Dominica | 0.35 | -30.1% |
| 72nd | St. Lucia | 0.35 | -30.1% |
| 73rd | El Salvador | 0.34 | +18.9% |
| 74th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.32 | -35.3% |
| 75th | United Arab Emirates | 0.32 | -28.1% |
| 76th | Türkiye | 0.31 | +8.4% |
| 77th | Grenada | 0.27 | +13.7% |
| 78th | Armenia | 0.27 | -1.6% |
| 79th | Brazil | 0.25 | +93.3% |
| 80th | North Macedonia | 0.24 | +22.0% |
| 81st | Jamaica | 0.23 | +7.0% |
| 82nd | Albania | 0.23 | -3.4% |
| 83rd | Jordan | 0.23 | -18.9% |
| 84th | Namibia | 0.21 | -11.5% |
| 85th | West Bank and Gaza | 0.21 | +201.7% |
| 86th | Saudi Arabia | 0.16 | -0.1% |
| 87th | Kuwait | 0.16 | +3.7% |
| 88th | Colombia | 0.16 | +78.1% |
| 89th | Mexico | 0.16 | -12.0% |
| 90th | Thailand | 0.06 | -49.1% |
| 91st | Ghana | 0.05 | +43.9% |
| 92nd | Lebanon | 0.02 | +122.0% |
| 93rd | Montenegro | -0.01 | -124.7% |
| 94th | Seychelles | -0.02 | -156.4% |
| 95th | Serbia | -0.07 | +64.1% |
| 96th | Tunisia | -0.09 | -1,298.9% |
| 97th | Kosovo | -0.10 | -257.2% |
| 98th | Dominican Republic | -0.12 | +29.0% |
| 99th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.12 | -8.3% |
| 100th | Morocco | -0.12 | -32.0% |
| 101st | Moldova | -0.13 | +8.2% |
| 102nd | Kenya | -0.14 | +23.5% |
| 103rd | Cabo Verde | -0.15 | -162.4% |
| 104th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.15 | +17.0% |
| 105th | Guatemala | -0.17 | +20.5% |
| 106th | Uganda | -0.20 | -4.3% |
| 107th | Burkina Faso | -0.21 | -47.0% |
| 108th | Philippines | -0.22 | -91.3% |
| 109th | Rwanda | -0.24 | +28.6% |
| 110th | Honduras | -0.25 | +20.5% |
| 111th | Sri Lanka | -0.25 | +15.9% |
| 112th | Mongolia | -0.26 | +15.7% |
| 113th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.26 | +21.5% |
| 114th | Samoa | -0.27 | -11.6% |
| 115th | Kazakhstan | -0.28 | -5.5% |
| 116th | Nicaragua | -0.30 | +30.5% |
| 117th | Russian Federation | -0.31 | -7.7% |
| 118th | Senegal | -0.32 | +2.1% |
| 119th | China | -0.32 | -7.7% |
| 120th | Belize | -0.34 | +9.0% |
| 121st | Paraguay | -0.36 | +11.6% |
| 122nd | Indonesia | -0.38 | -21.0% |
| 123rd | Maldives | -0.38 | -0.8% |
| 124th | Azerbaijan | -0.39 | -23.9% |
| 125th | Eswatini | -0.40 | -7.2% |
| 126th | Benin | -0.40 | -0.8% |
| 127th | India | -0.41 | -17.4% |
| 128th | Gabon | -0.44 | +8.8% |
| 129th | Mozambique | -0.45 | -3.7% |
| 130th | Ukraine | -0.45 | +18.7% |
| 131st | Tanzania | -0.46 | +1.8% |
| 132nd | Gambia, The | -0.48 | -16.5% |
| 133rd | Mali | -0.48 | -18.4% |
| 134th | Cambodia | -0.49 | +0.9% |
| 135th | Zambia | -0.52 | +3.3% |
| 136th | Fiji | -0.56 | +41.9% |
| 137th | Niger | -0.56 | -7.5% |
| 138th | Papua New Guinea | -0.57 | +1.5% |
| 139th | Tonga | -0.58 | -0.9% |
| 140th | Guyana | -0.61 | +3.0% |
| 141st | Madagascar | -0.61 | -11.2% |
| 142nd | Pakistan | -0.61 | -5.0% |
| 143rd | Yemen, Republic of | -0.62 | +4.0% |
| 144th | Lesotho | -0.63 | +3.0% |
| 145th | Viet Nam | -0.63 | +0.2% |
| 146th | Malawi | -0.64 | -30.3% |
| 147th | Suriname | -0.67 | -9.0% |
| 148th | Djibouti | -0.68 | -2.4% |
| 149th | Argentina | -0.74 | +10.6% |
| 150th | Nigeria | -0.74 | +2.2% |
| 151st | Cameroon | -0.75 | +2.2% |
| 152nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.75 | -15.3% |
| 153rd | Sierra Leone | -0.76 | +5.6% |
| 154th | Nepal | -0.76 | -5.5% |
| 155th | Vanuatu | -0.78 | -15.0% |
| 156th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.80 | +8.7% |
| 157th | Mauritania | -0.84 | -18.4% |
| 158th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.85 | -10.3% |
| 159th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.86 | +6.9% |
| 160th | Bangladesh | -0.86 | +1.0% |
| 161st | Palau | -0.87 | -5.8% |
| 162nd | Togo | -0.89 | -1.1% |
| 163rd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.93 | +4.8% |
| 164th | Tajikistan | -1.01 | +5.1% |
| 165th | Lao PDR | -1.02 | +5.3% |
| 166th | Haiti | -1.03 | -9.6% |
| 167th | Iraq | -1.03 | -2.3% |
| 168th | Liberia | -1.04 | +11.5% |
| 169th | Nauru | -1.05 | -3.9% |
| 170th | Guinea | -1.06 | +5.7% |
| 171st | Angola | -1.06 | -0.1% |
| 172nd | Chad | -1.08 | -0.6% |
| 173rd | Algeria | -1.10 | -14.6% |
| 174th | Timor-Leste | -1.11 | +4.2% |
| 175th | Burundi | -1.12 | +3.9% |
| 176th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.12 | +6.0% |
| 177th | Ecuador | -1.12 | +10.7% |
| 178th | Tuvalu | -1.15 | -14.0% |
| 179th | Bhutan | -1.16 | -8.1% |
| 180th | Central African Republic | -1.16 | +7.6% |
| 181st | Belarus | -1.19 | -2.7% |
| 182nd | Solomon Islands | -1.20 | +1.4% |
| 183rd | Marshall Islands | -1.24 | -1.2% |
| 184th | Congo, Republic of | -1.25 | +2.2% |
| 185th | Libya | -1.30 | -9.5% |
| 186th | Kiribati | -1.32 | -8.1% |
| 187th | Sudan | -1.34 | -5.5% |
| 188th | Comoros | -1.40 | +9.3% |
| 189th | Afghanistan | -1.52 | +8.9% |
| 190th | Uzbekistan | -1.54 | -4.6% |
| 191st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.55 | -2.3% |
| 192nd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.55 | -5.3% |
| 193rd | Cuba | -1.67 | -4.3% |
| 194th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.71 | -0.2% |
| 195th | Zimbabwe | -2.00 | +3.8% |
| 196th | Turkmenistan | -2.06 | -4.8% |
| 197th | Eritrea | -2.16 | +2.0% |
| 198th | Myanmar | -2.24 | -0.5% |
| 199th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.30 | +7.6% |
| 200th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.45 | -2.2% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest regulatory quality in 2010?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China has the highest regulatory quality in 2010 at 1.87.
Which country has the lowest regulatory quality in 2010?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of has the lowest regulatory quality in 2010 at -2.45.
How many countries are ranked by regulatory quality?▾
200 countries have regulatory quality data for 2010.
What are the top 3 countries by regulatory quality?▾
1. Hong Kong SAR, China (1.87), 2. Denmark (1.87), 3. Finland (1.87).