Switzerland - Regulatory Quality 2006
1.50
−0.06 from 2005
Switzerland's regulatory quality was 1.50 in 2006, decreased +0.06 from 1.55 in 2005. This was the 16th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2006▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.94 | 8.2% |
| 2nd | United Kingdom | 1.84 | 14.1% |
| 3rd | Ireland | 1.84 | 23.5% |
| 4th | Denmark | 1.80 | 9.3% |
| 5th | Singapore | 1.75 | 0.4% |
| 6th | New Zealand | 1.70 | 3.9% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.68 | 1.7% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 1.67 | 2.2% |
| 9th | Austria | 1.64 | 2.5% |
| 10th | United States | 1.64 | 2.1% |
| 11th | Australia | 1.62 | 1.5% |
| 12th | Finland | 1.60 | -3.6% |
| 13th | Germany | 1.57 | 3.6% |
| 14th | Canada | 1.56 | -0.5% |
| 15th | Iceland | 1.53 | -4.7% |
| 16th | Switzerland | 1.50 | -3.6% |
| 17th | Sweden | 1.44 | -6.1% |
| 18th | Chile | 1.42 | 8.5% |
| 19th | Andorra | 1.35 | -0.7% |
| 20th | Bermuda | 1.35 | -0.7% |
| 21st | Cayman Islands | 1.35 | -0.7% |
| 22nd | Liechtenstein | 1.35 | -16.0% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.33 | 4.6% |
| 24th | Estonia | 1.29 | 3.7% |
| 25th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.29 | -2.9% |
| 26th | Cyprus | 1.28 | 4.6% |
| 27th | Japan | 1.26 | 0.1% |
| 28th | France | 1.24 | -0.4% |
| 29th | Norway | 1.22 | -17.4% |
| 30th | Hungary | 1.20 | 14.7% |
| 31st | Spain | 1.18 | -9.8% |
| 32nd | St. Lucia | 1.13 | -10.4% |
| 33rd | Malta | 1.11 | 5.1% |
| 34th | Czechia | 1.11 | -0.1% |
| 35th | Macao SAR, China | 1.10 | -0.8% |
| 36th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.10 | -0.8% |
| 37th | Slovak Republic | 1.08 | -3.7% |
| 38th | Portugal | 1.06 | -16.8% |
| 39th | Bahamas, The | 1.05 | -4.9% |
| 40th | Barbados | 1.00 | -13.3% |
| 41st | Israel | 1.00 | 15.7% |
| 42nd | Italy | 0.98 | -2.0% |
| 43rd | Lithuania | 0.97 | 3.9% |
| 44th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.94 | 2.8% |
| 45th | Latvia | 0.93 | 6.8% |
| 46th | Dominica | 0.91 | 13.1% |
| 47th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.91 | -26.9% |
| 48th | Greece | 0.86 | -10.5% |
| 49th | Aruba | 0.86 | -1.0% |
| 50th | Slovenia | 0.79 | -10.0% |
| 51st | South Africa | 0.75 | 4.5% |
| 52nd | Korea | 0.72 | -10.5% |
| 53rd | Poland | 0.70 | -13.7% |
| 54th | Bahrain | 0.68 | 3.5% |
| 55th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.67 | 12.4% |
| 56th | United Arab Emirates | 0.62 | -4.2% |
| 57th | Bulgaria | 0.62 | -6.2% |
| 58th | Botswana | 0.61 | -15.3% |
| 59th | Guam | 0.61 | -1.4% |
| 60th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.61 | -45.3% |
| 61st | Oman | 0.60 | 10.3% |
| 62nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.55 | -6.4% |
| 63rd | Malaysia | 0.54 | -15.5% |
| 64th | Grenada | 0.53 | 46.8% |
| 65th | Mauritius | 0.47 | 13.2% |
| 66th | Romania | 0.44 | 82.0% |
| 67th | Maldives | 0.41 | -21.3% |
| 68th | Uruguay | 0.40 | -4.0% |
| 69th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.38 | 0.4% |
| 70th | Costa Rica | 0.38 | -35.7% |
| 71st | Croatia | 0.37 | -23.2% |
| 72nd | American Samoa | 0.36 | -2.2% |
| 73rd | Mexico | 0.35 | 115.4% |
| 74th | Jordan | 0.33 | 316.5% |
| 75th | Panama | 0.31 | 95.9% |
| 76th | Qatar | 0.31 | 18.3% |
| 77th | Kuwait | 0.29 | -37.5% |
| 78th | Armenia | 0.29 | 228.2% |
| 79th | Türkiye | 0.28 | 4.2% |
| 80th | Thailand | 0.23 | -49.4% |
| 81st | Jamaica | 0.22 | 31.6% |
| 82nd | Tunisia | 0.19 | 539.1% |
| 83rd | Seychelles | 0.19 | -57.9% |
| 84th | Namibia | 0.17 | 21.9% |
| 85th | Colombia | 0.11 | 749.2% |
| 86th | Peru | 0.07 | 956.4% |
| 87th | Vanuatu | 0.00 | -99.3% |
| 88th | Brazil | -0.04 | -211.8% |
| 89th | Samoa | -0.04 | 11.1% |
| 90th | Saudi Arabia | -0.05 | -141.7% |
| 91st | El Salvador | -0.07 | 71.3% |
| 92nd | North Macedonia | -0.09 | 59.7% |
| 93rd | Ghana | -0.11 | 41.3% |
| 94th | Georgia | -0.13 | 78.7% |
| 95th | Albania | -0.15 | 62.9% |
| 96th | Philippines | -0.19 | 11.0% |
| 97th | Morocco | -0.21 | 51.4% |
| 98th | Dominican Republic | -0.23 | 40.5% |
| 99th | Kenya | -0.24 | 16.9% |
| 100th | Madagascar | -0.25 | 14.3% |
| 101st | Uganda | -0.25 | 6.0% |
| 102nd | China | -0.26 | -40.6% |
| 103rd | Sri Lanka | -0.27 | 35.6% |
| 104th | Lebanon | -0.27 | -51.9% |
| 105th | India | -0.28 | 2.9% |
| 106th | Cabo Verde | -0.29 | 21.2% |
| 107th | Gabon | -0.30 | -401.0% |
| 108th | Belize | -0.30 | -538.5% |
| 109th | Guatemala | -0.32 | 37.0% |
| 110th | Mongolia | -0.32 | 34.6% |
| 111th | Kazakhstan | -0.34 | -22.1% |
| 112th | Moldova | -0.35 | 24.4% |
| 113th | Eswatini | -0.36 | 16.3% |
| 114th | Senegal | -0.37 | -41.5% |
| 115th | Fiji | -0.38 | 3.9% |
| 116th | Russian Federation | -0.39 | -212.6% |
| 117th | Burkina Faso | -0.40 | 13.2% |
| 118th | Indonesia | -0.40 | 38.8% |
| 119th | Tanzania | -0.41 | 17.2% |
| 120th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.41 | 10.0% |
| 121st | Nicaragua | -0.43 | 4.2% |
| 122nd | Honduras | -0.46 | 26.8% |
| 123rd | Mali | -0.46 | 18.0% |
| 124th | Benin | -0.46 | 28.0% |
| 125th | Mauritania | -0.47 | -23.9% |
| 126th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.47 | 19.1% |
| 127th | Pakistan | -0.48 | 25.2% |
| 128th | Gambia, The | -0.48 | 21.2% |
| 129th | Ukraine | -0.49 | 4.7% |
| 130th | Algeria | -0.50 | -46.5% |
| 131st | Azerbaijan | -0.52 | 9.8% |
| 132nd | Nepal | -0.52 | 1.2% |
| 133rd | Suriname | -0.53 | -1.1% |
| 134th | Serbia | -0.53 | 15.0% |
| 135th | Montenegro | -0.55 | -314.3% |
| 136th | Niger | -0.55 | -34.2% |
| 137th | Bhutan | -0.58 | -101.8% |
| 138th | Malawi | -0.58 | -14.5% |
| 139th | Guyana | -0.61 | -23.8% |
| 140th | Argentina | -0.61 | -17.0% |
| 141st | Cambodia | -0.62 | -15.5% |
| 142nd | Viet Nam | -0.63 | -4.1% |
| 143rd | Mozambique | -0.63 | 15.4% |
| 144th | Zambia | -0.66 | 11.7% |
| 145th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.66 | 34.9% |
| 146th | Lesotho | -0.67 | -5.4% |
| 147th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.68 | 25.5% |
| 148th | Rwanda | -0.69 | 31.6% |
| 149th | Tonga | -0.69 | -33.9% |
| 150th | Paraguay | -0.70 | 18.7% |
| 151st | Tuvalu | -0.73 | -77.3% |
| 152nd | Papua New Guinea | -0.77 | 22.8% |
| 153rd | Yemen, Republic of | -0.77 | 7.5% |
| 154th | Djibouti | -0.84 | 0.6% |
| 155th | Cameroon | -0.84 | 7.7% |
| 156th | Haiti | -0.86 | 29.4% |
| 157th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.89 | -28.0% |
| 158th | Togo | -0.92 | -9.2% |
| 159th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.93 | 2.8% |
| 160th | Marshall Islands | -0.95 | -218.3% |
| 161st | Nigeria | -0.95 | -19.5% |
| 162nd | Guinea-Bissau | -0.98 | 12.8% |
| 163rd | Bangladesh | -1.01 | 7.0% |
| 164th | Kiribati | -1.01 | -7.0% |
| 165th | West Bank and Gaza | -1.02 | 4.2% |
| 166th | Chad | -1.08 | 10.1% |
| 167th | Ecuador | -1.10 | -41.3% |
| 168th | Solomon Islands | -1.11 | -13.4% |
| 169th | Tajikistan | -1.11 | 1.9% |
| 170th | Sierra Leone | -1.14 | -3.7% |
| 171st | Guinea | -1.14 | -10.2% |
| 172nd | Angola | -1.16 | 6.8% |
| 173rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.17 | 10.0% |
| 174th | Burundi | -1.19 | 11.1% |
| 175th | Sudan | -1.20 | 13.0% |
| 176th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.27 | 21.3% |
| 177th | Central African Republic | -1.27 | 3.6% |
| 178th | Lao PDR | -1.28 | 4.3% |
| 179th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.34 | -35.4% |
| 180th | Liberia | -1.35 | 15.2% |
| 181st | Iraq | -1.40 | 9.4% |
| 182nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.42 | -20.6% |
| 183rd | Cuba | -1.43 | -8.5% |
| 184th | Libya | -1.46 | 1.8% |
| 185th | Comoros | -1.48 | 4.1% |
| 186th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.50 | -2.5% |
| 187th | Timor-Leste | -1.55 | -35.2% |
| 188th | Belarus | -1.60 | -10.7% |
| 189th | Uzbekistan | -1.63 | -7.6% |
| 190th | Afghanistan | -1.69 | -2.8% |
| 191st | Zimbabwe | -1.93 | 12.1% |
| 192nd | Eritrea | -2.02 | -18.1% |
| 193rd | Turkmenistan | -2.09 | -16.7% |
| 194th | Myanmar | -2.19 | -3.1% |
| 195th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.28 | -0.1% |
| 196th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.49 | -13.0% |
FAQ
What was Switzerland's regulatory quality in 2006?▾
Switzerland's regulatory quality in 2006 was 1.50. This ranked 16th globally.
How did Switzerland's regulatory quality change in 2006?▾
Switzerland's regulatory quality decreased by 3.6% in 2006 compared to 2005.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2006?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China had the highest regulatory quality in 2006 at 1.94.
What is the regulatory quality of Switzerland in 2006?▾
The regulatory quality of Switzerland in 2006 was 1.50. This ranked 16th globally.
How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Switzerland's regulatory quality?▾
Switzerland's regulatory quality went from 1.55 in 2005 to 1.50 in 2006, a 3.6% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Switzerland matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2006. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 2.8%. View full analysis →
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