Regulatory Quality - Ranking 2015
Year
In 2015, Singapore (2.25), Hong Kong SAR, China (2.18), and New Zealand (1.91) ranked highest in regulatory quality among all countries. Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of ranked lowest at -2.36.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.25 | +1.2% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.18 | +6.4% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 1.91 | -1.7% |
| 4th | United Kingdom | 1.83 | +0.8% |
| 5th | Finland | 1.83 | -2.8% |
| 6th | Ireland | 1.81 | +2.8% |
| 7th | Sweden | 1.80 | -0.1% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 1.79 | +1.4% |
| 9th | Australia | 1.78 | -4.3% |
| 10th | Macao SAR, China | 1.76 | +2.1% |
| 11th | Switzerland | 1.73 | -3.9% |
| 12th | Denmark | 1.72 | +2.5% |
| 13th | Germany | 1.71 | +0.9% |
| 14th | Canada | 1.71 | -7.2% |
| 15th | Estonia | 1.66 | -0.7% |
| 16th | Luxembourg | 1.65 | +1.3% |
| 17th | Norway | 1.59 | -2.8% |
| 18th | Austria | 1.39 | -6.2% |
| 19th | Liechtenstein | 1.38 | -3.3% |
| 20th | Aruba | 1.36 | +9.1% |
| 21st | Greenland | 1.34 | -2.5% |
| 22nd | Chile | 1.32 | -11.1% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.27 | +10.5% |
| 24th | Monaco | 1.27 | - |
| 25th | Lithuania | 1.26 | +6.3% |
| 26th | Iceland | 1.26 | +4.0% |
| 27th | Israel | 1.26 | +4.0% |
| 28th | United States | 1.24 | -2.7% |
| 29th | Japan | 1.20 | +5.8% |
| 30th | Malta | 1.15 | +7.0% |
| 31st | Mauritius | 1.14 | -5.0% |
| 32nd | France | 1.12 | +3.9% |
| 33rd | Korea | 1.10 | -3.1% |
| 34th | United Arab Emirates | 1.10 | +11.0% |
| 35th | Czechia | 1.08 | +8.2% |
| 36th | Latvia | 1.07 | -7.9% |
| 37th | Cyprus | 1.05 | -4.2% |
| 38th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.97 | +9.2% |
| 39th | Poland | 0.95 | -10.2% |
| 40th | Portugal | 0.94 | +26.3% |
| 41st | Andorra | 0.90 | +2.0% |
| 42nd | Bermuda | 0.90 | +2.0% |
| 43rd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.84 | -14.7% |
| 44th | Bahrain | 0.80 | +14.1% |
| 45th | Cayman Islands | 0.80 | -5.8% |
| 46th | Spain | 0.79 | +6.0% |
| 47th | Slovak Republic | 0.77 | -12.7% |
| 48th | Georgia | 0.75 | -1.2% |
| 49th | Hungary | 0.75 | +0.3% |
| 50th | Italy | 0.71 | +11.7% |
| 51st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.71 | +34.1% |
| 52nd | Malaysia | 0.70 | -11.8% |
| 53rd | Costa Rica | 0.66 | +1.2% |
| 54th | Qatar | 0.66 | +16.2% |
| 55th | Slovenia | 0.61 | -7.3% |
| 56th | Uruguay | 0.59 | -18.7% |
| 57th | Bulgaria | 0.58 | -1.2% |
| 58th | Romania | 0.57 | -5.4% |
| 59th | Oman | 0.56 | -19.0% |
| 60th | Botswana | 0.55 | -27.8% |
| 61st | Barbados | 0.55 | +63.8% |
| 62nd | San Marino | 0.52 | - |
| 63rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.52 | -0.9% |
| 64th | Panama | 0.45 | -6.2% |
| 65th | Peru | 0.44 | -7.4% |
| 66th | Colombia | 0.41 | -8.3% |
| 67th | Greece | 0.39 | +20.2% |
| 68th | North Macedonia | 0.36 | -14.7% |
| 69th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.36 | -32.8% |
| 70th | St. Lucia | 0.31 | +14.1% |
| 71st | Mexico | 0.28 | -23.1% |
| 72nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.28 | -22.7% |
| 73rd | Türkiye | 0.27 | -36.7% |
| 74th | Dominica | 0.24 | -14.8% |
| 75th | Croatia | 0.24 | -14.1% |
| 76th | Montenegro | 0.23 | +29.3% |
| 77th | South Africa | 0.21 | -9.6% |
| 78th | Thailand | 0.20 | +12.1% |
| 79th | Armenia | 0.19 | +19.3% |
| 80th | Albania | 0.17 | -37.6% |
| 81st | American Samoa | 0.15 | -15.1% |
| 82nd | Guam | 0.15 | -15.1% |
| 83rd | Rwanda | 0.15 | -20.5% |
| 84th | Bahamas, The | 0.15 | -12.8% |
| 85th | Serbia | 0.14 | -24.9% |
| 86th | Seychelles | 0.13 | +150.3% |
| 87th | Jordan | 0.10 | -2.3% |
| 88th | Grenada | 0.09 | -49.4% |
| 89th | West Bank and Gaza | 0.08 | -60.8% |
| 90th | El Salvador | 0.07 | -69.4% |
| 91st | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.06 | -60.0% |
| 92nd | Philippines | 0.05 | -29.9% |
| 93rd | Namibia | 0.04 | -42.4% |
| 94th | Jamaica | 0.02 | -79.2% |
| 95th | Dominican Republic | 0.01 | -57.8% |
| 96th | Saudi Arabia | 0.00 | +179.2% |
| 97th | Sri Lanka | -0.06 | +46.1% |
| 98th | Samoa | -0.08 | +62.6% |
| 99th | Palau | -0.08 | +90.5% |
| 100th | Moldova | -0.08 | -644.3% |
| 101st | Kazakhstan | -0.09 | +62.1% |
| 102nd | Morocco | -0.10 | -252.8% |
| 103rd | Ghana | -0.11 | -125.6% |
| 104th | Indonesia | -0.16 | -1,793.0% |
| 105th | Cabo Verde | -0.16 | +32.7% |
| 106th | Brazil | -0.18 | -544.6% |
| 107th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.18 | -343.9% |
| 108th | Kuwait | -0.19 | -32.1% |
| 109th | Paraguay | -0.21 | -0.1% |
| 110th | Senegal | -0.22 | +14.4% |
| 111th | Fiji | -0.24 | +7.8% |
| 112th | Eswatini | -0.26 | -17.7% |
| 113th | Uganda | -0.32 | -24.3% |
| 114th | Kosovo | -0.32 | -97.0% |
| 115th | Guatemala | -0.33 | -14.5% |
| 116th | Vanuatu | -0.33 | -2.2% |
| 117th | China | -0.35 | -6.9% |
| 118th | Lebanon | -0.37 | -23.7% |
| 119th | Mongolia | -0.37 | -32.6% |
| 120th | Kenya | -0.37 | -5.8% |
| 121st | Azerbaijan | -0.37 | -38.1% |
| 122nd | Tunisia | -0.39 | -14.4% |
| 123rd | Honduras | -0.42 | -2.3% |
| 124th | Nicaragua | -0.42 | -2.7% |
| 125th | Tonga | -0.42 | +0.9% |
| 126th | Burkina Faso | -0.42 | -24.4% |
| 127th | India | -0.42 | +10.5% |
| 128th | Tanzania | -0.43 | -17.8% |
| 129th | Maldives | -0.43 | -15.5% |
| 130th | Belize | -0.44 | +4.5% |
| 131st | Lesotho | -0.46 | -4.0% |
| 132nd | Zambia | -0.50 | +7.2% |
| 133rd | Viet Nam | -0.51 | +16.1% |
| 134th | Guyana | -0.53 | -0.5% |
| 135th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.54 | -19.2% |
| 136th | Cambodia | -0.55 | -25.0% |
| 137th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.55 | +10.3% |
| 138th | Mozambique | -0.56 | -28.9% |
| 139th | Papua New Guinea | -0.57 | -60.3% |
| 140th | Russian Federation | -0.58 | -44.1% |
| 141st | Gambia, The | -0.58 | -16.5% |
| 142nd | Ukraine | -0.62 | -5.5% |
| 143rd | Benin | -0.62 | -0.1% |
| 144th | Suriname | -0.63 | +0.4% |
| 145th | Mali | -0.63 | +0.1% |
| 146th | Pakistan | -0.65 | +6.3% |
| 147th | Tuvalu | -0.65 | +25.5% |
| 148th | Gabon | -0.73 | -5.7% |
| 149th | Bhutan | -0.74 | +27.6% |
| 150th | Djibouti | -0.75 | -30.7% |
| 151st | Burundi | -0.76 | -3.0% |
| 152nd | Niger | -0.78 | -4.9% |
| 153rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.80 | -15.9% |
| 154th | Madagascar | -0.81 | -12.9% |
| 155th | Nepal | -0.83 | +1.9% |
| 156th | Nauru | -0.83 | +32.7% |
| 157th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.84 | -0.5% |
| 158th | Lao PDR | -0.85 | +4.0% |
| 159th | Angola | -0.86 | -0.3% |
| 160th | Togo | -0.86 | -2.2% |
| 161st | Malawi | -0.87 | -5.6% |
| 162nd | Kiribati | -0.87 | +6.2% |
| 163rd | Nigeria | -0.89 | -6.0% |
| 164th | Argentina | -0.90 | +15.8% |
| 165th | Guinea | -0.90 | +15.8% |
| 166th | Liberia | -0.90 | -2.7% |
| 167th | Mauritania | -0.91 | -9.6% |
| 168th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.92 | -3.7% |
| 169th | Bangladesh | -0.92 | +3.7% |
| 170th | Sierra Leone | -0.93 | -12.9% |
| 171st | Cameroon | -0.94 | -4.3% |
| 172nd | Solomon Islands | -0.97 | +11.6% |
| 173rd | Marshall Islands | -0.98 | +1.9% |
| 174th | Timor-Leste | -0.99 | -9.7% |
| 175th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -1.00 | +5.2% |
| 176th | Afghanistan | -1.02 | +9.4% |
| 177th | Tajikistan | -1.06 | -2.6% |
| 178th | Comoros | -1.09 | +2.8% |
| 179th | Ecuador | -1.14 | -24.0% |
| 180th | Iraq | -1.15 | -1.6% |
| 181st | Yemen, Republic of | -1.16 | -27.2% |
| 182nd | Belarus | -1.17 | -6.1% |
| 183rd | Haiti | -1.21 | -11.4% |
| 184th | Chad | -1.22 | -5.3% |
| 185th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.23 | -1.8% |
| 186th | Myanmar | -1.25 | +10.7% |
| 187th | Cuba | -1.25 | +5.7% |
| 188th | Algeria | -1.26 | +3.5% |
| 189th | Congo, Republic of | -1.28 | -4.6% |
| 190th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.34 | +8.1% |
| 191st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.36 | +1.0% |
| 192nd | Central African Republic | -1.44 | -3.9% |
| 193rd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.49 | -1.6% |
| 194th | Sudan | -1.50 | -4.1% |
| 195th | Zimbabwe | -1.66 | +12.5% |
| 196th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.66 | +1.2% |
| 197th | South Sudan | -1.67 | -1.8% |
| 198th | Uzbekistan | -1.69 | +2.4% |
| 199th | Eritrea | -2.07 | +0.9% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.10 | -1.4% |
| 201st | Turkmenistan | -2.10 | -0.2% |
| 202nd | Libya | -2.25 | -7.2% |
| 203rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.36 | -7.8% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest regulatory quality in 2015?▾
Singapore has the highest regulatory quality in 2015 at 2.25.
Which country has the lowest regulatory quality in 2015?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of has the lowest regulatory quality in 2015 at -2.36.
How many countries are ranked by regulatory quality?▾
203 countries have regulatory quality data for 2015.
What are the top 3 countries by regulatory quality?▾
1. Singapore (2.25), 2. Hong Kong SAR, China (2.18), 3. New Zealand (1.91).