Regulatory Quality - Ranking 2014
Year
In 2014, Singapore (2.23), Hong Kong SAR, China (2.05), and New Zealand (1.94) ranked highest in regulatory quality among all countries. Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of ranked lowest at -2.19.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.23 | +13.6% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.05 | +6.8% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 1.94 | +6.9% |
| 4th | Finland | 1.88 | +2.0% |
| 5th | Australia | 1.86 | +3.7% |
| 6th | Canada | 1.84 | +6.3% |
| 7th | United Kingdom | 1.82 | +3.3% |
| 8th | Sweden | 1.81 | -4.8% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 1.80 | +11.1% |
| 10th | Netherlands | 1.76 | +0.1% |
| 11th | Ireland | 1.76 | +11.7% |
| 12th | Macao SAR, China | 1.73 | +28.9% |
| 13th | Germany | 1.70 | +9.9% |
| 14th | Denmark | 1.68 | -6.6% |
| 15th | Estonia | 1.67 | +16.1% |
| 16th | Norway | 1.64 | -1.0% |
| 17th | Luxembourg | 1.63 | -8.2% |
| 18th | Chile | 1.48 | +0.1% |
| 19th | Austria | 1.48 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Liechtenstein | 1.42 | -9.5% |
| 21st | Greenland | 1.37 | -1.2% |
| 22nd | United States | 1.28 | +1.3% |
| 23rd | Aruba | 1.25 | -12.4% |
| 24th | Iceland | 1.21 | +7.1% |
| 25th | Israel | 1.21 | +4.5% |
| 26th | Mauritius | 1.20 | +34.1% |
| 27th | Lithuania | 1.19 | +3.6% |
| 28th | Latvia | 1.17 | +12.5% |
| 29th | Belgium | 1.15 | -10.2% |
| 30th | Japan | 1.14 | +2.6% |
| 31st | Korea | 1.13 | +14.7% |
| 32nd | Cyprus | 1.09 | +20.1% |
| 33rd | Malta | 1.08 | -16.5% |
| 34th | France | 1.07 | -6.6% |
| 35th | Poland | 1.06 | +1.0% |
| 36th | Czechia | 1.00 | -7.2% |
| 37th | United Arab Emirates | 0.99 | +27.4% |
| 38th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.98 | -10.7% |
| 39th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.89 | +5.1% |
| 40th | Slovak Republic | 0.89 | -4.6% |
| 41st | Andorra | 0.88 | -43.5% |
| 42nd | Bermuda | 0.88 | -33.2% |
| 43rd | Cayman Islands | 0.85 | -23.7% |
| 44th | Malaysia | 0.80 | +40.8% |
| 45th | Botswana | 0.76 | +20.3% |
| 46th | Georgia | 0.76 | +4.7% |
| 47th | Hungary | 0.75 | -16.9% |
| 48th | Spain | 0.75 | -20.0% |
| 49th | Portugal | 0.75 | -6.6% |
| 50th | Uruguay | 0.72 | +1.1% |
| 51st | Bahrain | 0.70 | +17.0% |
| 52nd | Oman | 0.69 | +46.1% |
| 53rd | Slovenia | 0.66 | +5.2% |
| 54th | Costa Rica | 0.66 | -12.2% |
| 55th | Italy | 0.64 | -18.1% |
| 56th | Romania | 0.60 | -5.3% |
| 57th | Bulgaria | 0.59 | +6.6% |
| 58th | Qatar | 0.57 | -23.2% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.53 | -12.0% |
| 60th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.53 | -51.0% |
| 61st | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.53 | -12.0% |
| 62nd | Panama | 0.48 | +6.6% |
| 63rd | Peru | 0.47 | +16.7% |
| 64th | Colombia | 0.44 | +30.8% |
| 65th | Türkiye | 0.43 | -6.6% |
| 66th | North Macedonia | 0.42 | +70.5% |
| 67th | Mexico | 0.36 | -14.0% |
| 68th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.36 | +10.9% |
| 69th | Barbados | 0.34 | -25.9% |
| 70th | Greece | 0.33 | -48.1% |
| 71st | Dominica | 0.28 | -1.8% |
| 72nd | Albania | 0.28 | +9.8% |
| 73rd | Croatia | 0.28 | -25.2% |
| 74th | St. Lucia | 0.27 | -7.0% |
| 75th | South Africa | 0.23 | -39.3% |
| 76th | El Salvador | 0.22 | -2.2% |
| 77th | West Bank and Gaza | 0.21 | +72.6% |
| 78th | Rwanda | 0.19 | +715.3% |
| 79th | Serbia | 0.18 | +389.7% |
| 80th | Grenada | 0.18 | -28.2% |
| 81st | American Samoa | 0.18 | -50.8% |
| 82nd | Guam | 0.18 | -70.4% |
| 83rd | Montenegro | 0.18 | +87.1% |
| 84th | Thailand | 0.17 | +33.8% |
| 85th | Bahamas, The | 0.17 | -9.3% |
| 86th | Armenia | 0.16 | -32.6% |
| 87th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.15 | -31.0% |
| 88th | Jordan | 0.10 | -40.1% |
| 89th | Philippines | 0.08 | +234.0% |
| 90th | Namibia | 0.08 | -53.4% |
| 91st | Jamaica | 0.07 | -60.1% |
| 92nd | Dominican Republic | 0.03 | +257.8% |
| 93rd | Moldova | 0.01 | +117.3% |
| 94th | Saudi Arabia | -0.01 | -107.7% |
| 95th | Indonesia | -0.01 | +93.2% |
| 96th | Morocco | -0.03 | +69.3% |
| 97th | Brazil | -0.03 | -119.3% |
| 98th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.04 | +44.4% |
| 99th | Ghana | -0.05 | -177.1% |
| 100th | Sri Lanka | -0.11 | +34.5% |
| 101st | Kuwait | -0.15 | -99.5% |
| 102nd | Kosovo | -0.16 | -295.9% |
| 103rd | Paraguay | -0.21 | +17.0% |
| 104th | Samoa | -0.21 | +24.0% |
| 105th | Eswatini | -0.22 | -49.7% |
| 106th | Kazakhstan | -0.24 | +36.3% |
| 107th | Cabo Verde | -0.24 | -108.9% |
| 108th | Fiji | -0.26 | +51.3% |
| 109th | Uganda | -0.26 | +7.2% |
| 110th | Senegal | -0.26 | -257.9% |
| 111th | Seychelles | -0.27 | -143.8% |
| 112th | Azerbaijan | -0.27 | +36.9% |
| 113th | Mongolia | -0.28 | +16.5% |
| 114th | Guatemala | -0.28 | +1.0% |
| 115th | Lebanon | -0.30 | -265.7% |
| 116th | Vanuatu | -0.33 | +39.5% |
| 117th | China | -0.33 | +0.1% |
| 118th | Tunisia | -0.34 | -18.9% |
| 119th | Burkina Faso | -0.34 | -72.6% |
| 120th | Kenya | -0.35 | -6.8% |
| 121st | Papua New Guinea | -0.35 | +32.1% |
| 122nd | Tanzania | -0.36 | -2.8% |
| 123rd | Maldives | -0.37 | +18.1% |
| 124th | Russian Federation | -0.40 | -12.6% |
| 125th | Honduras | -0.41 | -106.6% |
| 126th | Nicaragua | -0.41 | -32.7% |
| 127th | Tonga | -0.43 | +34.8% |
| 128th | Mozambique | -0.44 | -4.4% |
| 129th | Cambodia | -0.44 | -24.8% |
| 130th | Lesotho | -0.44 | -18.2% |
| 131st | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.45 | -38.2% |
| 132nd | Belize | -0.46 | -3.2% |
| 133rd | India | -0.48 | +0.6% |
| 134th | Gambia, The | -0.50 | -32.1% |
| 135th | Guyana | -0.53 | +13.2% |
| 136th | Zambia | -0.53 | -7.9% |
| 137th | Djibouti | -0.58 | -5.9% |
| 138th | Ukraine | -0.59 | -0.2% |
| 139th | Viet Nam | -0.60 | +7.7% |
| 140th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.62 | +17.9% |
| 141st | Benin | -0.62 | -49.4% |
| 142nd | Mali | -0.63 | -22.0% |
| 143rd | Suriname | -0.63 | -42.2% |
| 144th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.69 | -23.3% |
| 145th | Pakistan | -0.69 | +2.3% |
| 146th | Gabon | -0.69 | -12.9% |
| 147th | Madagascar | -0.72 | -8.7% |
| 148th | Burundi | -0.73 | +18.6% |
| 149th | Niger | -0.74 | -27.6% |
| 150th | Malawi | -0.82 | -20.5% |
| 151st | Palau | -0.82 | +17.3% |
| 152nd | Sierra Leone | -0.82 | -14.2% |
| 153rd | Mauritania | -0.83 | -24.1% |
| 154th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.83 | -3.3% |
| 155th | Nigeria | -0.84 | -22.9% |
| 156th | Togo | -0.85 | +10.2% |
| 157th | Nepal | -0.85 | +1.2% |
| 158th | Angola | -0.86 | +17.4% |
| 159th | Tuvalu | -0.88 | +33.0% |
| 160th | Liberia | -0.88 | +4.6% |
| 161st | Lao PDR | -0.88 | -2.6% |
| 162nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.89 | -12.8% |
| 163rd | Cameroon | -0.90 | +6.4% |
| 164th | Timor-Leste | -0.91 | +8.7% |
| 165th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.91 | -23.2% |
| 166th | Ecuador | -0.92 | -9.9% |
| 167th | Kiribati | -0.93 | +31.1% |
| 168th | Bangladesh | -0.96 | -3.4% |
| 169th | Marshall Islands | -1.00 | +10.0% |
| 170th | Bhutan | -1.01 | +6.6% |
| 171st | Tajikistan | -1.04 | +2.7% |
| 172nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | -1.05 | -11.6% |
| 173rd | Argentina | -1.07 | -14.9% |
| 174th | Guinea | -1.07 | -4.4% |
| 175th | Haiti | -1.08 | -15.1% |
| 176th | Belarus | -1.10 | +5.2% |
| 177th | Solomon Islands | -1.10 | +0.9% |
| 178th | Comoros | -1.12 | +7.7% |
| 179th | Afghanistan | -1.12 | +5.8% |
| 180th | Iraq | -1.13 | -0.4% |
| 181st | Chad | -1.16 | -15.5% |
| 182nd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.21 | +6.0% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.22 | +9.7% |
| 184th | Nauru | -1.24 | +10.0% |
| 185th | Algeria | -1.30 | -14.4% |
| 186th | Cuba | -1.32 | +16.2% |
| 187th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.37 | -8.9% |
| 188th | Central African Republic | -1.39 | -18.8% |
| 189th | Myanmar | -1.40 | +6.8% |
| 190th | Sudan | -1.45 | +1.3% |
| 191st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.46 | +2.2% |
| 192nd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.47 | +5.0% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | -1.64 | -8.3% |
| 194th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.68 | -9.0% |
| 195th | Uzbekistan | -1.73 | -7.8% |
| 196th | Zimbabwe | -1.89 | -2.0% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.07 | +6.1% |
| 198th | Eritrea | -2.09 | +6.4% |
| 199th | Libya | -2.10 | -20.2% |
| 200th | Turkmenistan | -2.10 | +1.6% |
| 201st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.19 | +13.3% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest regulatory quality in 2014?▾
Singapore has the highest regulatory quality in 2014 at 2.23.
Which country has the lowest regulatory quality in 2014?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of has the lowest regulatory quality in 2014 at -2.19.
How many countries are ranked by regulatory quality?▾
201 countries have regulatory quality data for 2014.
What are the top 3 countries by regulatory quality?▾
1. Singapore (2.23), 2. Hong Kong SAR, China (2.05), 3. New Zealand (1.94).