Regulatory Quality - Ranking 2017
Year
In 2017, Hong Kong SAR, China (2.16), Singapore (2.11), and New Zealand (2.08) ranked highest in regulatory quality among all countries. Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of ranked lowest at -2.37.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.16 | +0.6% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 2.11 | -2.8% |
| 3rd | New Zealand | 2.08 | +2.7% |
| 4th | Netherlands | 2.04 | +3.8% |
| 5th | Australia | 1.92 | +2.0% |
| 6th | Canada | 1.88 | +8.8% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 1.88 | -1.3% |
| 8th | Finland | 1.81 | +0.3% |
| 9th | Norway | 1.81 | +7.1% |
| 10th | Sweden | 1.79 | -2.9% |
| 11th | Germany | 1.78 | -1.7% |
| 12th | Macao SAR, China | 1.75 | -1.2% |
| 13th | United Kingdom | 1.71 | -2.5% |
| 14th | Luxembourg | 1.68 | -1.6% |
| 15th | Estonia | 1.63 | -3.2% |
| 16th | United States | 1.62 | +9.0% |
| 17th | Denmark | 1.61 | +3.1% |
| 18th | Ireland | 1.58 | -8.9% |
| 19th | Liechtenstein | 1.49 | +9.2% |
| 20th | Austria | 1.43 | -0.1% |
| 21st | Iceland | 1.42 | +12.4% |
| 22nd | Japan | 1.36 | -3.7% |
| 23rd | Chile | 1.33 | -2.8% |
| 24th | Greenland | 1.31 | -0.9% |
| 25th | Malta | 1.27 | +11.2% |
| 26th | Israel | 1.26 | -3.0% |
| 27th | Belgium | 1.23 | -7.2% |
| 28th | Czechia | 1.22 | +25.6% |
| 29th | Andorra | 1.20 | +39.5% |
| 30th | Monaco | 1.20 | -2.4% |
| 31st | Aruba | 1.18 | -11.5% |
| 32nd | France | 1.15 | +8.3% |
| 33rd | Lithuania | 1.15 | +1.9% |
| 34th | Latvia | 1.14 | +7.1% |
| 35th | Korea | 1.09 | -0.7% |
| 36th | Mauritius | 1.05 | -4.1% |
| 37th | Cyprus | 1.02 | -2.1% |
| 38th | United Arab Emirates | 1.00 | +4.3% |
| 39th | Georgia | 0.95 | +10.2% |
| 40th | Spain | 0.93 | -6.6% |
| 41st | Portugal | 0.90 | +7.8% |
| 42nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.86 | -8.5% |
| 43rd | Bermuda | 0.83 | -3.3% |
| 44th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.83 | -3.3% |
| 45th | Slovak Republic | 0.81 | -7.4% |
| 46th | Poland | 0.81 | -11.2% |
| 47th | Cayman Islands | 0.74 | -4.4% |
| 48th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.70 | +21.1% |
| 49th | Italy | 0.69 | -0.9% |
| 50th | Malaysia | 0.67 | +1.1% |
| 51st | Bulgaria | 0.66 | -6.2% |
| 52nd | Uruguay | 0.64 | -5.4% |
| 53rd | Hungary | 0.64 | +7.8% |
| 54th | Botswana | 0.60 | -18.2% |
| 55th | Slovenia | 0.56 | -10.1% |
| 56th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.54 | -23.7% |
| 57th | Barbados | 0.48 | +2.4% |
| 58th | San Marino | 0.46 | -5.7% |
| 59th | North Macedonia | 0.44 | +15.7% |
| 60th | Costa Rica | 0.43 | -17.7% |
| 61st | Romania | 0.43 | -23.5% |
| 62nd | Panama | 0.43 | -9.2% |
| 63rd | Oman | 0.41 | -31.9% |
| 64th | Qatar | 0.40 | -40.9% |
| 65th | Bahrain | 0.40 | -32.7% |
| 66th | Peru | 0.35 | -25.1% |
| 67th | Montenegro | 0.32 | +38.1% |
| 68th | St. Lucia | 0.32 | +18.0% |
| 69th | Croatia | 0.30 | +25.5% |
| 70th | Colombia | 0.26 | -24.1% |
| 71st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.25 | -3.1% |
| 72nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.24 | -27.8% |
| 73rd | Armenia | 0.23 | +11.3% |
| 74th | Greece | 0.22 | +65.4% |
| 75th | Albania | 0.22 | +18.2% |
| 76th | Mexico | 0.18 | -8.5% |
| 77th | Kazakhstan | 0.15 | +196.0% |
| 78th | South Africa | 0.14 | +15.9% |
| 79th | Dominica | 0.14 | -23.7% |
| 80th | Philippines | 0.13 | +12.5% |
| 81st | Bahamas, The | 0.11 | -56.5% |
| 82nd | Guam | 0.09 | -22.0% |
| 83rd | Jordan | 0.08 | +18.0% |
| 84th | Rwanda | 0.08 | +585.4% |
| 85th | Fiji | 0.06 | +128.3% |
| 86th | Jamaica | 0.06 | -35.8% |
| 87th | Türkiye | 0.04 | -77.5% |
| 88th | Indonesia | 0.03 | +189.0% |
| 89th | Seychelles | 0.01 | +111.9% |
| 90th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.01 | +144.8% |
| 91st | Thailand | 0.01 | -85.6% |
| 92nd | West Bank and Gaza | 0.00 | -91.3% |
| 93rd | Palau | -0.01 | -110.7% |
| 94th | Saudi Arabia | -0.02 | -127.5% |
| 95th | Dominican Republic | -0.04 | -316.1% |
| 96th | Serbia | -0.05 | -287.2% |
| 97th | Moldova | -0.05 | +60.7% |
| 98th | Grenada | -0.06 | -191.2% |
| 99th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.06 | +58.5% |
| 100th | Kuwait | -0.08 | +10.8% |
| 101st | Cabo Verde | -0.08 | +58.9% |
| 102nd | Samoa | -0.08 | +41.6% |
| 103rd | Namibia | -0.12 | -1,572.8% |
| 104th | Mongolia | -0.13 | -29.3% |
| 105th | Brazil | -0.13 | +31.0% |
| 106th | Kosovo | -0.16 | +27.4% |
| 107th | Morocco | -0.16 | -2.0% |
| 108th | Sri Lanka | -0.16 | -31.9% |
| 109th | El Salvador | -0.17 | -235.8% |
| 110th | China | -0.18 | +42.9% |
| 111th | Ghana | -0.19 | +37.0% |
| 112th | Senegal | -0.20 | +7.2% |
| 113th | Argentina | -0.20 | +43.5% |
| 114th | Paraguay | -0.25 | -8.0% |
| 115th | India | -0.26 | +17.6% |
| 116th | Eswatini | -0.26 | +1.1% |
| 117th | Uganda | -0.26 | +3.2% |
| 118th | American Samoa | -0.27 | -325.2% |
| 119th | Kenya | -0.28 | +21.6% |
| 120th | Ukraine | -0.28 | +31.4% |
| 121st | Vanuatu | -0.32 | -7.1% |
| 122nd | Bhutan | -0.34 | +50.6% |
| 123rd | Tunisia | -0.36 | +20.1% |
| 124th | Guatemala | -0.37 | -23.4% |
| 125th | Azerbaijan | -0.37 | +5.9% |
| 126th | Lebanon | -0.38 | +9.2% |
| 127th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.38 | +1.6% |
| 128th | Lesotho | -0.38 | +16.4% |
| 129th | Guyana | -0.40 | +6.9% |
| 130th | Tonga | -0.41 | +5.8% |
| 131st | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.41 | +3.8% |
| 132nd | Viet Nam | -0.43 | +13.7% |
| 133rd | Maldives | -0.44 | +11.3% |
| 134th | Honduras | -0.45 | +15.0% |
| 135th | Burkina Faso | -0.48 | -7.5% |
| 136th | Gambia, The | -0.51 | +12.0% |
| 137th | Zambia | -0.52 | +4.3% |
| 138th | Cambodia | -0.52 | -5.7% |
| 139th | Benin | -0.52 | +10.2% |
| 140th | Russian Federation | -0.53 | -18.9% |
| 141st | Belize | -0.56 | -12.5% |
| 142nd | Suriname | -0.56 | +13.4% |
| 143rd | Tanzania | -0.61 | -26.3% |
| 144th | Pakistan | -0.61 | +7.6% |
| 145th | Mali | -0.62 | +3.5% |
| 146th | Papua New Guinea | -0.67 | -17.4% |
| 147th | Djibouti | -0.69 | +8.0% |
| 148th | Nicaragua | -0.70 | -31.5% |
| 149th | Gabon | -0.71 | +0.5% |
| 150th | Niger | -0.73 | -0.7% |
| 151st | Madagascar | -0.74 | -0.2% |
| 152nd | Nepal | -0.74 | +6.3% |
| 153rd | Timor-Leste | -0.74 | +25.1% |
| 154th | Lao PDR | -0.75 | +0.9% |
| 155th | Mozambique | -0.77 | -2.9% |
| 156th | Tuvalu | -0.77 | -35.4% |
| 157th | Malawi | -0.79 | +10.3% |
| 158th | Kiribati | -0.81 | +0.6% |
| 159th | Solomon Islands | -0.81 | +16.8% |
| 160th | Nauru | -0.81 | -34.2% |
| 161st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.81 | +8.9% |
| 162nd | Mauritania | -0.82 | -3.9% |
| 163rd | Bangladesh | -0.82 | -1.7% |
| 164th | Togo | -0.83 | +0.3% |
| 165th | Myanmar | -0.84 | +3.8% |
| 166th | Cameroon | -0.85 | -4.6% |
| 167th | Belarus | -0.86 | +21.2% |
| 168th | Guinea | -0.86 | +2.7% |
| 169th | Burundi | -0.87 | -1.7% |
| 170th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.89 | -2.4% |
| 171st | Nigeria | -0.92 | +2.7% |
| 172nd | Marshall Islands | -0.94 | -5.8% |
| 173rd | Sierra Leone | -0.95 | -0.1% |
| 174th | Liberia | -0.98 | -0.4% |
| 175th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.99 | -3.7% |
| 176th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.00 | +2.3% |
| 177th | Ecuador | -1.02 | -6.8% |
| 178th | Angola | -1.05 | -7.9% |
| 179th | Tajikistan | -1.10 | +1.9% |
| 180th | Comoros | -1.10 | -0.1% |
| 181st | Iraq | -1.11 | -12.0% |
| 182nd | Guinea-Bissau | -1.22 | +2.2% |
| 183rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.22 | +2.0% |
| 184th | Chad | -1.23 | -3.8% |
| 185th | Algeria | -1.28 | -3.1% |
| 186th | Uzbekistan | -1.29 | +21.0% |
| 187th | Haiti | -1.35 | -7.0% |
| 188th | Cuba | -1.35 | +0.3% |
| 189th | Afghanistan | -1.36 | -1.7% |
| 190th | Congo, Republic of | -1.41 | -16.9% |
| 191st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.48 | -12.0% |
| 192nd | Yemen, Republic of | -1.48 | +1.1% |
| 193rd | Central African Republic | -1.49 | -5.4% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.58 | -1.1% |
| 195th | Zimbabwe | -1.58 | +6.9% |
| 196th | Sudan | -1.58 | -6.2% |
| 197th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.85 | -10.0% |
| 198th | South Sudan | -1.93 | -7.1% |
| 199th | Turkmenistan | -2.00 | +5.5% |
| 200th | Libya | -2.15 | +3.1% |
| 201st | Eritrea | -2.17 | -2.8% |
| 202nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.28 | -4.6% |
| 203rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.37 | -0.8% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest regulatory quality in 2017?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China has the highest regulatory quality in 2017 at 2.16.
Which country has the lowest regulatory quality in 2017?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of has the lowest regulatory quality in 2017 at -2.37.
How many countries are ranked by regulatory quality?▾
203 countries have regulatory quality data for 2017.
What are the top 3 countries by regulatory quality?▾
1. Hong Kong SAR, China (2.16), 2. Singapore (2.11), 3. New Zealand (2.08).