Regulatory Quality - Ranking 2013
Year
In 2013, Singapore (1.96), Hong Kong SAR, China (1.92), and Sweden (1.90) ranked highest in regulatory quality among all countries. Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of ranked lowest at -2.52.
| 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
Which country has the highest regulatory quality in 2013?▾
Singapore has the highest regulatory quality in 2013 at 1.96.
Which country has the lowest regulatory quality in 2013?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of has the lowest regulatory quality in 2013 at -2.52.
How many countries are ranked by regulatory quality?▾
201 countries have regulatory quality data for 2013.
What are the top 3 countries by regulatory quality?▾
1. Singapore (1.96), 2. Hong Kong SAR, China (1.92), 3. Sweden (1.90).