Regulatory Quality - Ranking 2018
Year
In 2018, Hong Kong SAR, China (2.22), Singapore (2.12), and Netherlands (2.01) ranked highest in regulatory quality among all countries. Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of ranked lowest at -2.38.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.22 | +3.0% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 2.12 | +0.6% |
| 3rd | Netherlands | 2.01 | -1.3% |
| 4th | New Zealand | 2.00 | -3.9% |
| 5th | Australia | 1.90 | -1.4% |
| 6th | Sweden | 1.83 | +2.0% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 1.79 | -4.5% |
| 8th | Norway | 1.78 | -1.2% |
| 9th | Finland | 1.78 | -1.8% |
| 10th | United Kingdom | 1.77 | +3.8% |
| 11th | Germany | 1.76 | -1.1% |
| 12th | Luxembourg | 1.75 | +4.0% |
| 13th | Canada | 1.70 | -9.6% |
| 14th | Denmark | 1.63 | +1.0% |
| 15th | Ireland | 1.62 | +2.8% |
| 16th | United States | 1.61 | -0.4% |
| 17th | Macao SAR, China | 1.61 | -8.2% |
| 18th | Estonia | 1.54 | -5.5% |
| 19th | Austria | 1.52 | +6.7% |
| 20th | Liechtenstein | 1.52 | +2.5% |
| 21st | Iceland | 1.41 | -1.0% |
| 22nd | Greenland | 1.36 | +3.7% |
| 23rd | Japan | 1.33 | -2.2% |
| 24th | Malta | 1.33 | +4.4% |
| 25th | Chile | 1.30 | -1.9% |
| 26th | Czechia | 1.27 | +3.7% |
| 27th | Belgium | 1.26 | +2.1% |
| 28th | Israel | 1.24 | -1.9% |
| 29th | Andorra | 1.19 | -1.1% |
| 30th | Monaco | 1.19 | -1.1% |
| 31st | France | 1.15 | +0.1% |
| 32nd | Latvia | 1.13 | -0.9% |
| 33rd | Korea | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 34th | Lithuania | 1.09 | -4.6% |
| 35th | Mauritius | 1.04 | -0.6% |
| 36th | Georgia | 1.03 | +8.7% |
| 37th | Cayman Islands | 0.97 | +30.5% |
| 38th | Spain | 0.94 | +0.8% |
| 39th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.94 | +9.1% |
| 40th | United Arab Emirates | 0.92 | -8.1% |
| 41st | Portugal | 0.87 | -2.5% |
| 42nd | Poland | 0.87 | +8.6% |
| 43rd | Cyprus | 0.86 | -15.3% |
| 44th | Aruba | 0.85 | -28.4% |
| 45th | Bermuda | 0.81 | -2.1% |
| 46th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.81 | -2.1% |
| 47th | Slovak Republic | 0.80 | -1.7% |
| 48th | Italy | 0.72 | +3.5% |
| 49th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.68 | -3.8% |
| 50th | Slovenia | 0.64 | +13.8% |
| 51st | Botswana | 0.62 | +4.9% |
| 52nd | Uruguay | 0.62 | -3.3% |
| 53rd | Bulgaria | 0.61 | -7.9% |
| 54th | Qatar | 0.59 | +45.5% |
| 55th | Malaysia | 0.58 | -14.2% |
| 56th | Hungary | 0.56 | -11.5% |
| 57th | Barbados | 0.53 | +10.9% |
| 58th | North Macedonia | 0.52 | +16.2% |
| 59th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.50 | -7.8% |
| 60th | Croatia | 0.49 | +63.6% |
| 61st | Costa Rica | 0.48 | +9.8% |
| 62nd | Peru | 0.44 | +26.1% |
| 63rd | San Marino | 0.44 | -4.9% |
| 64th | Romania | 0.41 | -6.1% |
| 65th | Bahrain | 0.41 | +1.1% |
| 66th | Greece | 0.40 | +79.7% |
| 67th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.40 | +69.2% |
| 68th | Montenegro | 0.39 | +21.2% |
| 69th | Panama | 0.39 | -9.4% |
| 70th | Armenia | 0.35 | +53.5% |
| 71st | St. Lucia | 0.34 | +6.8% |
| 72nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.30 | +21.2% |
| 73rd | Albania | 0.26 | +16.1% |
| 74th | Colombia | 0.22 | -12.6% |
| 75th | Bahamas, The | 0.17 | +57.5% |
| 76th | Oman | 0.16 | -60.5% |
| 77th | Jamaica | 0.13 | +108.1% |
| 78th | Dominica | 0.13 | -8.1% |
| 79th | Palau | 0.11 | +887.8% |
| 80th | Serbia | 0.10 | +313.7% |
| 81st | Kazakhstan | 0.09 | -38.9% |
| 82nd | Mexico | 0.08 | -53.7% |
| 83rd | Guam | 0.07 | -29.1% |
| 84th | Fiji | 0.04 | -38.8% |
| 85th | Rwanda | 0.03 | -57.4% |
| 86th | Jordan | 0.03 | -61.6% |
| 87th | Philippines | 0.03 | -77.4% |
| 88th | Seychelles | 0.02 | +78.5% |
| 89th | Türkiye | 0.02 | -62.6% |
| 90th | Kuwait | 0.01 | +114.5% |
| 91st | Mongolia | 0.01 | +106.4% |
| 92nd | West Bank and Gaza | 0.00 | -82.4% |
| 93rd | Namibia | 0.00 | +99.4% |
| 94th | El Salvador | -0.02 | +90.5% |
| 95th | Indonesia | -0.02 | -178.1% |
| 96th | Dominican Republic | -0.03 | +26.2% |
| 97th | Moldova | -0.03 | +38.3% |
| 98th | Cabo Verde | -0.04 | +54.5% |
| 99th | South Africa | -0.04 | -129.4% |
| 100th | Thailand | -0.04 | -678.9% |
| 101st | Paraguay | -0.09 | +63.9% |
| 102nd | Saudi Arabia | -0.09 | -411.5% |
| 103rd | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.13 | -1,438.8% |
| 104th | Nauru | -0.14 | +83.3% |
| 105th | Samoa | -0.14 | -71.9% |
| 106th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.14 | -144.8% |
| 107th | Ghana | -0.14 | +24.8% |
| 108th | Senegal | -0.15 | +24.6% |
| 109th | Argentina | -0.20 | +0.2% |
| 110th | Sri Lanka | -0.22 | -34.1% |
| 111th | India | -0.23 | +11.9% |
| 112th | China | -0.23 | -27.4% |
| 113th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.25 | +37.4% |
| 114th | Ukraine | -0.26 | +9.1% |
| 115th | Morocco | -0.26 | -63.2% |
| 116th | Kenya | -0.27 | +5.4% |
| 117th | Grenada | -0.28 | -396.8% |
| 118th | Uganda | -0.29 | -8.5% |
| 119th | Guatemala | -0.29 | +21.1% |
| 120th | Brazil | -0.29 | -123.8% |
| 121st | American Samoa | -0.31 | -11.9% |
| 122nd | Azerbaijan | -0.31 | +15.6% |
| 123rd | Kosovo | -0.34 | -119.8% |
| 124th | Tonga | -0.36 | +10.7% |
| 125th | Viet Nam | -0.37 | +14.1% |
| 126th | Bhutan | -0.38 | -10.4% |
| 127th | Benin | -0.39 | +24.9% |
| 128th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.40 | -4.6% |
| 129th | Burkina Faso | -0.41 | +15.8% |
| 130th | Vanuatu | -0.43 | -36.8% |
| 131st | Honduras | -0.45 | +0.5% |
| 132nd | Lebanon | -0.45 | -20.1% |
| 133rd | Tuvalu | -0.47 | +39.1% |
| 134th | Tunisia | -0.49 | -36.5% |
| 135th | Eswatini | -0.51 | -94.0% |
| 136th | Zambia | -0.53 | -2.1% |
| 137th | Papua New Guinea | -0.53 | +20.6% |
| 138th | Maldives | -0.53 | -20.7% |
| 139th | Cambodia | -0.54 | -2.9% |
| 140th | Guyana | -0.54 | -34.6% |
| 141st | Lesotho | -0.56 | -44.6% |
| 142nd | Russian Federation | -0.56 | -6.8% |
| 143rd | Mali | -0.60 | +2.6% |
| 144th | Tanzania | -0.64 | -5.1% |
| 145th | Kiribati | -0.66 | +18.1% |
| 146th | Belize | -0.67 | -19.9% |
| 147th | Pakistan | -0.67 | -9.1% |
| 148th | Suriname | -0.67 | -20.1% |
| 149th | Gambia, The | -0.67 | -31.8% |
| 150th | Niger | -0.68 | +5.9% |
| 151st | Togo | -0.71 | +15.1% |
| 152nd | Malawi | -0.72 | +8.5% |
| 153rd | Nicaragua | -0.73 | -5.1% |
| 154th | Djibouti | -0.74 | -7.5% |
| 155th | Myanmar | -0.75 | +10.6% |
| 156th | Nepal | -0.78 | -4.9% |
| 157th | Madagascar | -0.79 | -6.7% |
| 158th | Timor-Leste | -0.79 | -6.5% |
| 159th | Mozambique | -0.80 | -3.3% |
| 160th | Marshall Islands | -0.80 | +15.4% |
| 161st | Angola | -0.80 | +23.4% |
| 162nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.80 | +1.1% |
| 163rd | Guinea | -0.81 | +6.7% |
| 164th | Cameroon | -0.81 | +4.0% |
| 165th | Belarus | -0.82 | +5.1% |
| 166th | Lao PDR | -0.82 | -10.0% |
| 167th | Solomon Islands | -0.85 | -4.6% |
| 168th | Bangladesh | -0.85 | -3.0% |
| 169th | Mauritania | -0.87 | -5.6% |
| 170th | Nigeria | -0.88 | +4.2% |
| 171st | Ecuador | -0.89 | +13.4% |
| 172nd | Gabon | -0.89 | -24.6% |
| 173rd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.91 | -2.0% |
| 174th | Sierra Leone | -0.92 | +3.3% |
| 175th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.92 | +7.1% |
| 176th | Liberia | -0.99 | -0.9% |
| 177th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.01 | -1.1% |
| 178th | Burundi | -1.01 | -16.2% |
| 179th | Iraq | -1.06 | +4.2% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | -1.10 | -0.3% |
| 181st | Chad | -1.12 | +8.3% |
| 182nd | Afghanistan | -1.14 | +16.5% |
| 183rd | Uzbekistan | -1.14 | +11.8% |
| 184th | Comoros | -1.19 | -8.2% |
| 185th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.24 | -2.1% |
| 186th | Haiti | -1.30 | +3.3% |
| 187th | Algeria | -1.35 | -5.3% |
| 188th | Central African Republic | -1.39 | +6.7% |
| 189th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.40 | -14.3% |
| 190th | Congo, Republic of | -1.41 | -0.2% |
| 191st | Cuba | -1.48 | -9.5% |
| 192nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.49 | -0.6% |
| 193rd | Zimbabwe | -1.53 | +3.3% |
| 194th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.64 | -10.5% |
| 195th | Sudan | -1.64 | -4.1% |
| 196th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.66 | -5.0% |
| 197th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.76 | +5.0% |
| 198th | Turkmenistan | -2.00 | -0.1% |
| 199th | South Sudan | -2.04 | -5.3% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.09 | +8.5% |
| 201st | Eritrea | -2.19 | -1.0% |
| 202nd | Libya | -2.22 | -3.1% |
| 203rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.38 | -0.7% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest regulatory quality in 2018?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China has the highest regulatory quality in 2018 at 2.22.
Which country has the lowest regulatory quality in 2018?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of has the lowest regulatory quality in 2018 at -2.38.
How many countries are ranked by regulatory quality?▾
203 countries have regulatory quality data for 2018.
What are the top 3 countries by regulatory quality?▾
1. Hong Kong SAR, China (2.22), 2. Singapore (2.12), 3. Netherlands (2.01).