United Kingdom - Regulatory Quality 2002
1.71
−0.10 from 2001
United Kingdom's regulatory quality was 1.71 in 2002. This was the 8th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 1.89 | -8.7% |
| 2nd | Luxembourg | 1.86 | 0.8% |
| 3rd | Netherlands | 1.82 | -10.2% |
| 4th | Finland | 1.82 | 1.9% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.73 | -3.3% |
| 6th | Ireland | 1.72 | -3.5% |
| 7th | Denmark | 1.71 | 0.0% |
| 8th | United Kingdom | 1.71 | -5.4% |
| 9th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.68 | -4.8% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.66 | 14.0% |
| 11th | Sweden | 1.59 | 17.8% |
| 12th | New Zealand | 1.56 | -6.6% |
| 13th | United States | 1.55 | -8.5% |
| 14th | Austria | 1.54 | 4.2% |
| 15th | Canada | 1.53 | 4.7% |
| 16th | Germany | 1.51 | 3.8% |
| 17th | Iceland | 1.51 | -3.0% |
| 18th | Andorra | 1.42 | 16.3% |
| 19th | Bermuda | 1.42 | -2.5% |
| 20th | Cayman Islands | 1.42 | 16.3% |
| 21st | Australia | 1.42 | -9.8% |
| 22nd | Spain | 1.33 | 7.3% |
| 23rd | Chile | 1.32 | -6.1% |
| 24th | Bahamas, The | 1.30 | 13.5% |
| 25th | Estonia | 1.26 | -0.7% |
| 26th | Hungary | 1.26 | 20.8% |
| 27th | Belgium | 1.25 | 8.8% |
| 28th | Portugal | 1.25 | 35.7% |
| 29th | Norway | 1.22 | 10.2% |
| 30th | Cyprus | 1.19 | 9.7% |
| 31st | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.18 | -3.4% |
| 32nd | Czechia | 1.11 | 49.6% |
| 33rd | Barbados | 1.08 | -13.7% |
| 34th | United Arab Emirates | 1.08 | 56.5% |
| 35th | Lithuania | 1.08 | 50.8% |
| 36th | Malta | 1.06 | -3.6% |
| 37th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.05 | 11.6% |
| 38th | France | 0.98 | 6.7% |
| 39th | Greece | 0.95 | 28.4% |
| 40th | Dominica | 0.94 | -4.8% |
| 41st | Maldives | 0.94 | -4.8% |
| 42nd | Israel | 0.92 | -14.9% |
| 43rd | Italy | 0.90 | 14.2% |
| 44th | Slovak Republic | 0.90 | 56.4% |
| 45th | Botswana | 0.90 | 13.0% |
| 46th | Latvia | 0.88 | 26.9% |
| 47th | Bahrain | 0.87 | 16.0% |
| 48th | Slovenia | 0.85 | 26.6% |
| 49th | Korea | 0.75 | 33.1% |
| 50th | South Africa | 0.73 | 35.6% |
| 51st | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.72 | 3.0% |
| 52nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.70 | -7.0% |
| 53rd | Macao SAR, China | 0.70 | 35.5% |
| 54th | Oman | 0.68 | 1,098.1% |
| 55th | Poland | 0.65 | -7.7% |
| 56th | Namibia | 0.58 | 82.1% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 0.56 | -25.4% |
| 58th | Bulgaria | 0.53 | 163.9% |
| 59th | Malaysia | 0.52 | -1.5% |
| 60th | Panama | 0.52 | -14.0% |
| 61st | Japan | 0.50 | -37.9% |
| 62nd | Grenada | 0.46 | -11.3% |
| 63rd | Seychelles | 0.46 | 63.6% |
| 64th | Costa Rica | 0.44 | -36.7% |
| 65th | Mexico | 0.44 | 98.9% |
| 66th | Kuwait | 0.33 | 739.5% |
| 67th | Mauritius | 0.30 | -18.6% |
| 68th | Croatia | 0.29 | 347.9% |
| 69th | Qatar | 0.27 | 1,383.7% |
| 70th | Jamaica | 0.24 | 18.1% |
| 71st | Brazil | 0.18 | -29.4% |
| 72nd | Mauritania | 0.17 | 154.6% |
| 73rd | Belize | 0.15 | -27.7% |
| 74th | Fiji | 0.15 | 147.4% |
| 75th | Thailand | 0.14 | -71.3% |
| 76th | Sri Lanka | 0.12 | -21.4% |
| 77th | Armenia | 0.06 | 132.7% |
| 78th | Türkiye | 0.06 | -77.3% |
| 79th | Romania | 0.05 | 143.6% |
| 80th | Jordan | 0.02 | -91.1% |
| 81st | Colombia | -0.02 | -125.4% |
| 82nd | Samoa | -0.03 | -211.2% |
| 83rd | Peru | -0.04 | -112.0% |
| 84th | Saudi Arabia | -0.07 | 40.3% |
| 85th | Morocco | -0.08 | -259.9% |
| 86th | Gabon | -0.08 | -213.4% |
| 87th | Tunisia | -0.09 | -231.4% |
| 88th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.09 | -663.7% |
| 89th | Mongolia | -0.10 | 40.4% |
| 90th | Burkina Faso | -0.14 | 12.2% |
| 91st | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.14 | 39.8% |
| 92nd | Uganda | -0.15 | 14.2% |
| 93rd | Philippines | -0.16 | -743.8% |
| 94th | North Macedonia | -0.16 | 37.5% |
| 95th | Guatemala | -0.17 | 42.5% |
| 96th | El Salvador | -0.17 | -874.2% |
| 97th | Kenya | -0.18 | 55.1% |
| 98th | Cambodia | -0.20 | -22.6% |
| 99th | Russian Federation | -0.24 | 54.5% |
| 100th | Dominican Republic | -0.26 | -105.9% |
| 101st | Cabo Verde | -0.26 | -1,486.6% |
| 102nd | Eswatini | -0.26 | -37.1% |
| 103rd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.27 | 59.8% |
| 104th | Senegal | -0.27 | -39.4% |
| 105th | Madagascar | -0.30 | 42.8% |
| 106th | Albania | -0.31 | 25.1% |
| 107th | Guyana | -0.35 | -165.9% |
| 108th | India | -0.38 | -139.1% |
| 109th | Moldova | -0.40 | -193.8% |
| 110th | Mozambique | -0.41 | -177.3% |
| 111th | Lebanon | -0.42 | 13.8% |
| 112th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.42 | 24.1% |
| 113th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.46 | -51.4% |
| 114th | Lesotho | -0.46 | -188.6% |
| 115th | Nicaragua | -0.49 | -44.3% |
| 116th | Ghana | -0.51 | -28,007.6% |
| 117th | Bhutan | -0.51 | -18.7% |
| 118th | Gambia, The | -0.53 | -21.4% |
| 119th | Malawi | -0.53 | -239.7% |
| 120th | Honduras | -0.54 | 5.1% |
| 121st | Benin | -0.57 | -256.7% |
| 122nd | Algeria | -0.57 | 19.0% |
| 123rd | Mali | -0.58 | -75.0% |
| 124th | China | -0.58 | -79.3% |
| 125th | Paraguay | -0.58 | 19.5% |
| 126th | Nepal | -0.59 | 10.1% |
| 127th | Papua New Guinea | -0.60 | -81.6% |
| 128th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.61 | 11.2% |
| 129th | Ukraine | -0.62 | -53.9% |
| 130th | Serbia | -0.64 | 25.5% |
| 131st | Tanzania | -0.66 | -57.2% |
| 132nd | Djibouti | -0.67 | 6.2% |
| 133rd | Suriname | -0.68 | -17.0% |
| 134th | Kazakhstan | -0.69 | -13.3% |
| 135th | Ecuador | -0.73 | -61.3% |
| 136th | Azerbaijan | -0.73 | 14.9% |
| 137th | Georgia | -0.74 | -42.5% |
| 138th | Indonesia | -0.74 | -185.1% |
| 139th | Zambia | -0.76 | -70.0% |
| 140th | Viet Nam | -0.77 | -19.5% |
| 141st | Niger | -0.77 | -0.3% |
| 142nd | Togo | -0.79 | 5.3% |
| 143rd | Pakistan | -0.88 | -14.4% |
| 144th | Argentina | -0.88 | -583.1% |
| 145th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.88 | 15.7% |
| 146th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.88 | -24.3% |
| 147th | Rwanda | -0.95 | 30.7% |
| 148th | Central African Republic | -0.98 | -8.5% |
| 149th | Comoros | -0.99 | 12.8% |
| 150th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.99 | -10.1% |
| 151st | Congo, Republic of | -1.00 | 16.8% |
| 152nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.02 | 18.6% |
| 153rd | Cameroon | -1.02 | -24.9% |
| 154th | Chad | -1.03 | 15.1% |
| 155th | Bangladesh | -1.06 | -12.1% |
| 156th | Haiti | -1.09 | -16.0% |
| 157th | Guinea | -1.11 | -35.2% |
| 158th | Nigeria | -1.18 | -34.7% |
| 159th | Lao PDR | -1.20 | 9.9% |
| 160th | Burundi | -1.21 | -6.9% |
| 161st | Eritrea | -1.21 | -6.9% |
| 162nd | Timor-Leste | -1.23 | - |
| 163rd | Sudan | -1.28 | 7.5% |
| 164th | Angola | -1.29 | 14.1% |
| 165th | Cuba | -1.30 | -6.1% |
| 166th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.32 | 19.5% |
| 167th | Tajikistan | -1.35 | -15.9% |
| 168th | Sierra Leone | -1.35 | 14.2% |
| 169th | Belarus | -1.40 | 6.7% |
| 170th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.49 | 9.7% |
| 171st | Uzbekistan | -1.51 | 32.7% |
| 172nd | Liberia | -1.61 | 7.5% |
| 173rd | Libya | -1.62 | 8.2% |
| 174th | Turkmenistan | -1.67 | 5.7% |
| 175th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.71 | 7.5% |
| 176th | Zimbabwe | -1.80 | -29.3% |
| 177th | Afghanistan | -1.81 | 12.9% |
| 178th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.88 | 12.3% |
| 179th | Iraq | -2.00 | 8.1% |
| 180th | Myanmar | -2.06 | -2.1% |
| 181st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.07 | -0.2% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's regulatory quality in 2002?▾
United Kingdom's regulatory quality in 2002 was 1.71. This ranked 8th globally.
How did United Kingdom's regulatory quality change in 2002?▾
United Kingdom's regulatory quality decreased by 5.4% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2002?▾
Singapore had the highest regulatory quality in 2002 at 1.89.
What is the regulatory quality of United Kingdom in 2002?▾
The regulatory quality of United Kingdom in 2002 was 1.71. This ranked 8th globally.
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