Singapore - Regulatory Quality 2017
2.11
−0.06 from 2016
Singapore's regulatory quality was 2.11 in 2017, decreased +0.06 from 2.17 in 2016. This was the 2nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| 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
What was Singapore's regulatory quality in 2017?▾
Singapore's regulatory quality in 2017 was 2.11. This ranked 2nd globally.
How did Singapore's regulatory quality change in 2017?▾
Singapore's regulatory quality decreased by 2.8% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2017?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China had the highest regulatory quality in 2017 at 2.16.
What is the regulatory quality of Singapore in 2017?▾
The regulatory quality of Singapore in 2017 was 2.11. This ranked 2nd globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Singapore's regulatory quality?▾
Singapore's regulatory quality went from 2.17 in 2016 to 2.11 in 2017, a 2.8% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Singapore matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2017. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 1.3%. View full analysis →
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