Regulatory Quality - Ranking 2011
Year
In 2011, New Zealand (1.96), Denmark (1.90), and Sweden (1.89) ranked highest in regulatory quality among all countries. Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of ranked lowest at -2.45.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | New Zealand | 1.96 | +8.4% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 1.90 | +1.3% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 1.89 | +14.2% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 1.86 | +11.1% |
| 5th | Australia | 1.85 | +9.2% |
| 6th | Finland | 1.81 | -3.2% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.80 | +4.4% |
| 8th | Singapore | 1.78 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.78 | -5.2% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.68 | -0.5% |
| 11th | United Kingdom | 1.65 | -4.7% |
| 12th | Switzerland | 1.62 | -0.3% |
| 13th | Andorra | 1.61 | +16.0% |
| 14th | Norway | 1.60 | +6.0% |
| 15th | Ireland | 1.59 | -1.5% |
| 16th | Germany | 1.55 | -1.4% |
| 17th | Liechtenstein | 1.50 | -1.9% |
| 18th | United States | 1.46 | +0.8% |
| 19th | Chile | 1.44 | +1.8% |
| 20th | Estonia | 1.39 | -0.2% |
| 21st | Austria | 1.38 | -5.1% |
| 22nd | Bermuda | 1.37 | -1.7% |
| 23rd | Malta | 1.33 | -6.6% |
| 24th | Macao SAR, China | 1.33 | -1.3% |
| 25th | Greenland | 1.33 | -2.7% |
| 26th | Aruba | 1.32 | -2.0% |
| 27th | Israel | 1.31 | +7.9% |
| 28th | Belgium | 1.24 | -3.6% |
| 29th | Cyprus | 1.23 | -13.4% |
| 30th | Czechia | 1.20 | -7.8% |
| 31st | France | 1.16 | -11.8% |
| 32nd | Brunei Darussalam | 1.15 | +3.7% |
| 33rd | Cayman Islands | 1.14 | -1.9% |
| 34th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.12 | -1.7% |
| 35th | Japan | 1.07 | +5.7% |
| 36th | Spain | 1.06 | -8.4% |
| 37th | Iceland | 1.05 | +14.3% |
| 38th | Hungary | 1.03 | +1.3% |
| 39th | Slovak Republic | 1.00 | +0.0% |
| 40th | Korea | 0.98 | +7.0% |
| 41st | Poland | 0.96 | -6.3% |
| 42nd | Latvia | 0.95 | +2.8% |
| 43rd | Lithuania | 0.93 | -3.5% |
| 44th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.85 | -0.1% |
| 45th | Mauritius | 0.77 | -4.3% |
| 46th | Bahrain | 0.72 | +0.6% |
| 47th | Italy | 0.71 | -20.3% |
| 48th | Slovenia | 0.69 | -8.8% |
| 49th | Romania | 0.69 | +2.2% |
| 50th | Georgia | 0.65 | +11.1% |
| 51st | Barbados | 0.64 | +27.2% |
| 52nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.63 | -1.8% |
| 53rd | Guam | 0.63 | -1.8% |
| 54th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.63 | -1.8% |
| 55th | Portugal | 0.62 | -13.4% |
| 56th | Uruguay | 0.61 | +1.7% |
| 57th | Costa Rica | 0.60 | +1.7% |
| 58th | Botswana | 0.58 | -0.3% |
| 59th | Bulgaria | 0.55 | -18.8% |
| 60th | Malaysia | 0.55 | -10.5% |
| 61st | Panama | 0.53 | +13.2% |
| 62nd | Bahamas, The | 0.52 | -4.6% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.52 | -3.4% |
| 64th | Qatar | 0.50 | -16.8% |
| 65th | Greece | 0.49 | -23.4% |
| 66th | South Africa | 0.45 | +0.2% |
| 67th | United Arab Emirates | 0.45 | +39.8% |
| 68th | Croatia | 0.44 | -9.5% |
| 69th | St. Lucia | 0.44 | +26.4% |
| 70th | Peru | 0.40 | +3.1% |
| 71st | El Salvador | 0.40 | +19.7% |
| 72nd | Türkiye | 0.39 | +25.6% |
| 73rd | American Samoa | 0.39 | -1.9% |
| 74th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.35 | +9.4% |
| 75th | Oman | 0.32 | -27.8% |
| 76th | Jordan | 0.31 | +35.1% |
| 77th | Albania | 0.28 | +21.7% |
| 78th | Colombia | 0.28 | +77.8% |
| 79th | Brazil | 0.26 | +4.6% |
| 80th | Armenia | 0.25 | -8.2% |
| 81st | Jamaica | 0.25 | +4.9% |
| 82nd | Dominica | 0.23 | -33.3% |
| 83rd | Grenada | 0.23 | -16.7% |
| 84th | North Macedonia | 0.22 | -9.3% |
| 85th | West Bank and Gaza | 0.20 | -6.4% |
| 86th | Mexico | 0.18 | +17.9% |
| 87th | Namibia | 0.09 | -56.7% |
| 88th | Thailand | 0.09 | +46.2% |
| 89th | Ghana | 0.08 | +52.6% |
| 90th | Kuwait | 0.08 | -49.6% |
| 91st | Saudi Arabia | 0.02 | -84.5% |
| 92nd | Cabo Verde | 0.00 | +100.1% |
| 93rd | Montenegro | 0.00 | +101.4% |
| 94th | Serbia | -0.02 | +74.3% |
| 95th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.06 | +50.6% |
| 96th | Seychelles | -0.08 | -362.0% |
| 97th | Moldova | -0.10 | +22.3% |
| 98th | Lebanon | -0.12 | -641.9% |
| 99th | Sri Lanka | -0.13 | +47.1% |
| 100th | Kosovo | -0.15 | -56.8% |
| 101st | Honduras | -0.15 | +38.0% |
| 102nd | Philippines | -0.16 | +25.2% |
| 103rd | Dominican Republic | -0.17 | -49.4% |
| 104th | Morocco | -0.18 | -47.7% |
| 105th | Uganda | -0.18 | +12.2% |
| 106th | Rwanda | -0.18 | +24.4% |
| 107th | Burkina Faso | -0.21 | +1.5% |
| 108th | Guatemala | -0.21 | -22.9% |
| 109th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.22 | +14.4% |
| 110th | Kazakhstan | -0.24 | +16.9% |
| 111th | Mongolia | -0.24 | +7.7% |
| 112th | Kenya | -0.24 | -76.6% |
| 113th | Senegal | -0.25 | +22.7% |
| 114th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.25 | -67.3% |
| 115th | China | -0.26 | +19.3% |
| 116th | Tunisia | -0.27 | -205.2% |
| 117th | Indonesia | -0.31 | +18.6% |
| 118th | Russian Federation | -0.31 | -0.4% |
| 119th | Samoa | -0.32 | -20.1% |
| 120th | Paraguay | -0.33 | +9.7% |
| 121st | Gambia, The | -0.35 | +26.8% |
| 122nd | Nicaragua | -0.35 | -16.9% |
| 123rd | India | -0.36 | +11.5% |
| 124th | Belize | -0.38 | -12.8% |
| 125th | Maldives | -0.38 | -0.2% |
| 126th | Azerbaijan | -0.39 | +1.6% |
| 127th | Benin | -0.40 | 0.0% |
| 128th | Mali | -0.40 | +16.3% |
| 129th | Eswatini | -0.41 | -2.8% |
| 130th | Tanzania | -0.45 | +2.8% |
| 131st | Fiji | -0.45 | +20.0% |
| 132nd | Gabon | -0.46 | -4.8% |
| 133rd | Zambia | -0.47 | +10.9% |
| 134th | Mozambique | -0.47 | -4.3% |
| 135th | Papua New Guinea | -0.53 | +7.4% |
| 136th | Madagascar | -0.55 | +8.8% |
| 137th | Ukraine | -0.56 | -24.0% |
| 138th | Niger | -0.57 | -0.5% |
| 139th | Suriname | -0.58 | +12.7% |
| 140th | Djibouti | -0.59 | +12.8% |
| 141st | Cambodia | -0.59 | -20.5% |
| 142nd | Tonga | -0.60 | -3.4% |
| 143rd | Viet Nam | -0.61 | +3.5% |
| 144th | Lesotho | -0.64 | -1.3% |
| 145th | Pakistan | -0.65 | -5.6% |
| 146th | Guyana | -0.68 | -12.1% |
| 147th | Vanuatu | -0.68 | +12.4% |
| 148th | Nigeria | -0.70 | +5.9% |
| 149th | Argentina | -0.70 | +5.5% |
| 150th | Sierra Leone | -0.73 | +3.9% |
| 151st | Nepal | -0.73 | +3.5% |
| 152nd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.75 | +12.3% |
| 153rd | Malawi | -0.75 | -18.3% |
| 154th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.76 | +4.3% |
| 155th | Mauritania | -0.80 | +5.0% |
| 156th | Cameroon | -0.81 | -7.6% |
| 157th | Bangladesh | -0.82 | +4.7% |
| 158th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.84 | -36.9% |
| 159th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.89 | +4.0% |
| 160th | Palau | -0.90 | -2.7% |
| 161st | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.91 | -20.8% |
| 162nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.95 | -11.3% |
| 163rd | Ecuador | -0.96 | +14.9% |
| 164th | Tajikistan | -0.98 | +3.2% |
| 165th | Lao PDR | -0.98 | +3.7% |
| 166th | Guinea | -1.00 | +5.4% |
| 167th | Iraq | -1.01 | +1.9% |
| 168th | Marshall Islands | -1.01 | +18.1% |
| 169th | Togo | -1.02 | -14.8% |
| 170th | Burundi | -1.02 | +9.1% |
| 171st | Chad | -1.04 | +4.0% |
| 172nd | Timor-Leste | -1.05 | +5.2% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | -1.06 | +12.2% |
| 174th | Haiti | -1.06 | -2.7% |
| 175th | Nauru | -1.08 | -3.3% |
| 176th | Liberia | -1.08 | -4.0% |
| 177th | Angola | -1.11 | -4.5% |
| 178th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.12 | -0.1% |
| 179th | Bhutan | -1.15 | +0.4% |
| 180th | Tuvalu | -1.18 | -2.1% |
| 181st | Central African Republic | -1.20 | -3.0% |
| 182nd | Algeria | -1.21 | -9.7% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.26 | -0.4% |
| 184th | Sudan | -1.32 | +2.1% |
| 185th | Belarus | -1.32 | -11.4% |
| 186th | Comoros | -1.36 | +2.4% |
| 187th | Kiribati | -1.40 | -6.6% |
| 188th | Libya | -1.43 | -10.0% |
| 189th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.49 | +3.9% |
| 190th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.50 | +2.9% |
| 191st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.52 | +11.0% |
| 192nd | Afghanistan | -1.54 | -1.3% |
| 193rd | Uzbekistan | -1.56 | -1.4% |
| 194th | Cuba | -1.63 | +2.7% |
| 195th | South Sudan | -1.72 | - |
| 196th | Zimbabwe | -1.89 | +5.5% |
| 197th | Turkmenistan | -2.05 | +0.5% |
| 198th | Myanmar | -2.10 | +6.4% |
| 199th | Eritrea | -2.16 | -0.1% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.33 | -1.3% |
| 201st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.45 | -0.3% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest regulatory quality in 2011?▾
New Zealand has the highest regulatory quality in 2011 at 1.96.
Which country has the lowest regulatory quality in 2011?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of has the lowest regulatory quality in 2011 at -2.45.
How many countries are ranked by regulatory quality?▾
201 countries have regulatory quality data for 2011.
What are the top 3 countries by regulatory quality?▾
1. New Zealand (1.96), 2. Denmark (1.90), 3. Sweden (1.89).