Regulatory Quality - Ranking 2012
Year
In 2012, Singapore (1.96), Hong Kong SAR, China (1.94), and Sweden (1.90) ranked highest in regulatory quality among all countries. Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of ranked lowest at -2.53.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 1.96 | +9.8% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.94 | +9.3% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 1.90 | +0.4% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 1.84 | -6.1% |
| 5th | Finland | 1.82 | +0.5% |
| 6th | Denmark | 1.80 | -5.2% |
| 7th | Australia | 1.78 | -4.0% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 1.76 | -5.3% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 1.75 | -3.3% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.71 | +1.3% |
| 11th | Switzerland | 1.65 | +2.2% |
| 12th | United Kingdom | 1.64 | -0.7% |
| 13th | Ireland | 1.56 | -1.9% |
| 14th | Andorra | 1.56 | -3.1% |
| 15th | Liechtenstein | 1.55 | +3.7% |
| 16th | Norway | 1.54 | -3.9% |
| 17th | Chile | 1.54 | +6.6% |
| 18th | Germany | 1.53 | -1.3% |
| 19th | Austria | 1.52 | +10.2% |
| 20th | Estonia | 1.41 | +1.8% |
| 21st | Aruba | 1.40 | +6.4% |
| 22nd | Greenland | 1.37 | +3.2% |
| 23rd | Macao SAR, China | 1.35 | +1.3% |
| 24th | Malta | 1.32 | -1.0% |
| 25th | Bermuda | 1.32 | -3.3% |
| 26th | United States | 1.29 | -11.0% |
| 27th | Belgium | 1.22 | -1.1% |
| 28th | Israel | 1.17 | -10.7% |
| 29th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.15 | -0.3% |
| 30th | Japan | 1.14 | +5.9% |
| 31st | Cyprus | 1.12 | -8.6% |
| 32nd | France | 1.12 | -2.8% |
| 33rd | Lithuania | 1.12 | +20.6% |
| 34th | Iceland | 1.11 | +5.8% |
| 35th | Cayman Islands | 1.10 | -2.9% |
| 36th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.08 | -3.6% |
| 37th | Czechia | 1.05 | -11.9% |
| 38th | Slovak Republic | 1.04 | +4.1% |
| 39th | Latvia | 1.01 | +5.8% |
| 40th | Poland | 1.00 | +3.9% |
| 41st | Hungary | 0.98 | -4.4% |
| 42nd | Spain | 0.95 | -10.7% |
| 43rd | Mauritius | 0.93 | +21.4% |
| 44th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.91 | +7.1% |
| 45th | Korea | 0.87 | -11.9% |
| 46th | Portugal | 0.82 | +32.1% |
| 47th | Qatar | 0.80 | +60.3% |
| 48th | Italy | 0.74 | +4.4% |
| 49th | Costa Rica | 0.74 | +24.7% |
| 50th | Botswana | 0.69 | +20.1% |
| 51st | Bahrain | 0.68 | -4.5% |
| 52nd | United Arab Emirates | 0.67 | +50.7% |
| 53rd | Georgia | 0.66 | +1.9% |
| 54th | Slovenia | 0.63 | -9.7% |
| 55th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.60 | -5.1% |
| 56th | Guam | 0.60 | -5.1% |
| 57th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.60 | -5.1% |
| 58th | Uruguay | 0.60 | -1.7% |
| 59th | Bulgaria | 0.57 | +4.0% |
| 60th | Romania | 0.56 | -17.9% |
| 61st | Greece | 0.52 | +6.0% |
| 62nd | Malaysia | 0.48 | -12.8% |
| 63rd | Panama | 0.47 | -12.3% |
| 64th | Oman | 0.47 | +45.9% |
| 65th | Türkiye | 0.45 | +14.7% |
| 66th | Barbados | 0.45 | -30.2% |
| 67th | Peru | 0.44 | +7.9% |
| 68th | Mexico | 0.42 | +127.1% |
| 69th | South Africa | 0.40 | -10.7% |
| 70th | Bahamas, The | 0.39 | -25.5% |
| 71st | American Samoa | 0.36 | -7.2% |
| 72nd | Croatia | 0.35 | -20.1% |
| 73rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.34 | -2.8% |
| 74th | Armenia | 0.33 | +35.4% |
| 75th | Colombia | 0.33 | +16.8% |
| 76th | St. Lucia | 0.31 | -29.7% |
| 77th | Dominica | 0.30 | +28.9% |
| 78th | North Macedonia | 0.26 | +22.5% |
| 79th | Grenada | 0.25 | +10.9% |
| 80th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.25 | -53.0% |
| 81st | Albania | 0.24 | -15.3% |
| 82nd | Jordan | 0.23 | -25.6% |
| 83rd | El Salvador | 0.23 | -43.5% |
| 84th | Jamaica | 0.18 | -28.0% |
| 85th | Brazil | 0.17 | -32.9% |
| 86th | Namibia | 0.16 | +69.0% |
| 87th | Thailand | 0.14 | +51.8% |
| 88th | Saudi Arabia | 0.10 | +299.2% |
| 89th | Ghana | 0.10 | +20.5% |
| 90th | West Bank and Gaza | 0.07 | -63.6% |
| 91st | Philippines | 0.04 | +125.2% |
| 92nd | Montenegro | 0.03 | +34,056.3% |
| 93rd | Cabo Verde | 0.02 | +12,282.3% |
| 94th | Kuwait | -0.04 | -150.5% |
| 95th | Kosovo | -0.04 | +73.3% |
| 96th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.06 | -4.7% |
| 97th | Dominican Republic | -0.06 | +64.3% |
| 98th | Serbia | -0.07 | -316.2% |
| 99th | Senegal | -0.11 | +55.5% |
| 100th | Morocco | -0.11 | +37.2% |
| 101st | Moldova | -0.12 | -12.6% |
| 102nd | Sri Lanka | -0.13 | +4.3% |
| 103rd | Rwanda | -0.13 | +30.5% |
| 104th | Seychelles | -0.13 | -61.0% |
| 105th | Lebanon | -0.14 | -13.5% |
| 106th | Burkina Faso | -0.14 | +32.2% |
| 107th | Honduras | -0.21 | -34.1% |
| 108th | Mongolia | -0.22 | +9.1% |
| 109th | Indonesia | -0.22 | +28.5% |
| 110th | Tunisia | -0.24 | +8.9% |
| 111th | Gambia, The | -0.26 | +26.7% |
| 112th | Paraguay | -0.26 | +20.0% |
| 113th | Uganda | -0.26 | -48.5% |
| 114th | Guatemala | -0.26 | -24.3% |
| 115th | China | -0.28 | -9.7% |
| 116th | Eswatini | -0.30 | +25.6% |
| 117th | Nicaragua | -0.31 | +12.3% |
| 118th | Kenya | -0.32 | -31.8% |
| 119th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.34 | -54.0% |
| 120th | Russian Federation | -0.35 | -11.3% |
| 121st | Cambodia | -0.36 | +40.0% |
| 122nd | Samoa | -0.36 | -9.9% |
| 123rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.39 | -56.1% |
| 124th | Kazakhstan | -0.39 | -65.9% |
| 125th | Benin | -0.40 | +0.2% |
| 126th | Maldives | -0.40 | -4.4% |
| 127th | Tanzania | -0.41 | +8.7% |
| 128th | Mali | -0.43 | -5.5% |
| 129th | Belize | -0.44 | -15.4% |
| 130th | Zambia | -0.44 | +5.0% |
| 131st | Djibouti | -0.46 | +22.6% |
| 132nd | Mozambique | -0.47 | +1.5% |
| 133rd | Suriname | -0.48 | +18.3% |
| 134th | India | -0.48 | -32.4% |
| 135th | Azerbaijan | -0.49 | -26.5% |
| 136th | Papua New Guinea | -0.52 | +0.6% |
| 137th | Gabon | -0.53 | -16.6% |
| 138th | Lesotho | -0.54 | +15.2% |
| 139th | Ukraine | -0.55 | +1.6% |
| 140th | Madagascar | -0.58 | -4.3% |
| 141st | Fiji | -0.59 | -30.2% |
| 142nd | Niger | -0.61 | -7.3% |
| 143rd | Guyana | -0.63 | +7.7% |
| 144th | Tonga | -0.65 | -7.6% |
| 145th | Mauritania | -0.65 | +18.6% |
| 146th | Viet Nam | -0.68 | -10.9% |
| 147th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.70 | +17.1% |
| 148th | Sierra Leone | -0.71 | +2.8% |
| 149th | Malawi | -0.71 | +5.5% |
| 150th | Pakistan | -0.72 | -11.5% |
| 151st | Nigeria | -0.72 | -3.4% |
| 152nd | Vanuatu | -0.74 | -8.8% |
| 153rd | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.78 | +12.7% |
| 154th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.80 | -6.6% |
| 155th | Nepal | -0.81 | -9.6% |
| 156th | Lao PDR | -0.83 | +15.0% |
| 157th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.83 | -9.0% |
| 158th | Togo | -0.86 | +16.1% |
| 159th | Argentina | -0.90 | -27.9% |
| 160th | Cameroon | -0.93 | -15.0% |
| 161st | Ecuador | -0.94 | +1.3% |
| 162nd | Haiti | -0.95 | +10.3% |
| 163rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.95 | -4.5% |
| 164th | Burundi | -0.95 | +6.6% |
| 165th | Bangladesh | -0.96 | -17.4% |
| 166th | Angola | -0.99 | +10.6% |
| 167th | Palau | -0.99 | -10.9% |
| 168th | Tajikistan | -1.01 | -3.5% |
| 169th | Guinea | -1.02 | -1.7% |
| 170th | Timor-Leste | -1.02 | +2.8% |
| 171st | Solomon Islands | -1.04 | +1.0% |
| 172nd | Liberia | -1.05 | +2.9% |
| 173rd | Marshall Islands | -1.06 | -4.5% |
| 174th | Chad | -1.07 | -3.1% |
| 175th | Central African Republic | -1.07 | +10.4% |
| 176th | Bhutan | -1.09 | +5.3% |
| 177th | Iraq | -1.14 | -12.9% |
| 178th | Belarus | -1.17 | +11.3% |
| 179th | Nauru | -1.19 | -9.9% |
| 180th | Afghanistan | -1.19 | +22.4% |
| 181st | Guinea-Bissau | -1.23 | -9.3% |
| 182nd | Tuvalu | -1.23 | -4.7% |
| 183rd | Algeria | -1.32 | -8.9% |
| 184th | Kiribati | -1.33 | +5.6% |
| 185th | Congo, Republic of | -1.35 | -7.8% |
| 186th | Comoros | -1.39 | -1.8% |
| 187th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.43 | +6.3% |
| 188th | South Sudan | -1.45 | +15.8% |
| 189th | Sudan | -1.48 | -12.3% |
| 190th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.48 | +1.5% |
| 191st | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.53 | -60.8% |
| 192nd | Cuba | -1.56 | +4.0% |
| 193rd | Uzbekistan | -1.58 | -1.4% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.60 | -7.6% |
| 195th | Libya | -1.62 | -13.6% |
| 196th | Myanmar | -1.83 | +12.7% |
| 197th | Zimbabwe | -1.87 | +1.1% |
| 198th | Turkmenistan | -2.11 | -3.1% |
| 199th | Eritrea | -2.20 | -1.8% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.22 | +4.6% |
| 201st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.53 | -3.0% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest regulatory quality in 2012?▾
Singapore has the highest regulatory quality in 2012 at 1.96.
Which country has the lowest regulatory quality in 2012?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of has the lowest regulatory quality in 2012 at -2.53.
How many countries are ranked by regulatory quality?▾
201 countries have regulatory quality data for 2012.
What are the top 3 countries by regulatory quality?▾
1. Singapore (1.96), 2. Hong Kong SAR, China (1.94), 3. Sweden (1.90).