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United States - Regulatory Quality 2000

Name: United States Regulatory Quality 2000
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Regulatory Quality · World Bank WGI

1.70 +0.09 from 1999 Global rank: 10th

United States's regulatory quality was 1.70 in 2000. This was the 10th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2000▾

Regulatory Quality by Country - 2000
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	2.07	-4.0%
2nd	Netherlands	2.03	8.7%
3rd	Luxembourg	1.85	24.0%
4th	United Kingdom	1.81	-8.6%
5th	Switzerland	1.79	9.2%
6th	Finland	1.78	1.2%
7th	Ireland	1.78	8.8%
8th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.76	-4.1%
9th	Denmark	1.71	-0.1%
10th	United States	1.70	5.3%
11th	New Zealand	1.67	-14.5%
12th	Australia	1.58	10.0%
13th	Iceland	1.55	19.4%
14th	Austria	1.48	9.6%
15th	Canada	1.46	-4.7%
16th	Bermuda	1.46	-1.6%
17th	Liechtenstein	1.46	-1.6%
18th	Germany	1.46	18.3%
19th	Chile	1.40	2.1%
20th	Sweden	1.35	15.9%
21st	Estonia	1.27	6.3%
22nd	Barbados	1.26	-2.3%
23rd	Spain	1.24	3.5%
24th	Andorra	1.22	-1.8%
25th	Cayman Islands	1.22	21.2%
26th	Puerto Rico (US)	1.22	-1.8%
27th	Belgium	1.15	14.6%
28th	Bahamas, The	1.14	12.9%
29th	Norway	1.11	-21.3%
30th	Malta	1.10	8.7%
31st	Cyprus	1.09	-5.8%
32nd	Israel	1.08	3.0%
33rd	Hungary	1.04	8.5%
34th	Dominica	0.99	-2.2%
35th	Maldives	0.99	-2.2%
36th	Brunei Darussalam	0.94	5.6%
37th	Portugal	0.92	-15.4%
38th	France	0.91	10.8%
39th	Japan	0.80	43.8%
40th	Botswana	0.80	-4.3%
41st	Italy	0.79	11.4%
42nd	Antigua and Barbuda	0.75	-2.8%
43rd	Bahrain	0.75	-2.0%
44th	Uruguay	0.75	-17.7%
45th	Czechia	0.74	-18.9%
46th	Greece	0.74	27.5%
47th	Lithuania	0.71	-22.0%
48th	Poland	0.70	14.2%
49th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.70	-1.0%
50th	Costa Rica	0.70	-24.4%
51st	Latvia	0.70	-17.0%
52nd	United Arab Emirates	0.69	18.1%
53rd	Slovenia	0.67	-35.9%
54th	Panama	0.61	-26.3%
55th	Slovak Republic	0.58	16.4%
56th	Korea	0.57	78.2%
57th	South Africa	0.54	6.5%
58th	Malaysia	0.53	-24.7%
59th	Grenada	0.52	-4.0%
60th	Macao SAR, China	0.52	-4.0%
61st	Thailand	0.48	323.4%
62nd	Mauritius	0.37	193.0%
63rd	Peru	0.33	-42.0%
64th	Namibia	0.32	-31.3%
65th	Seychelles	0.28	-7.1%
66th	Jordan	0.27	-19.0%
67th	Brazil	0.26	-21.0%
68th	Türkiye	0.25	-32.4%
69th	Mexico	0.22	46.8%
70th	Belize	0.21	6.0%
71st	Bulgaria	0.20	5.8%
72nd	Jamaica	0.20	-9.6%
73rd	Argentina	0.18	-65.0%
74th	Sri Lanka	0.16	2.2%
75th	Colombia	0.09	154.4%
76th	Gabon	0.07	-79.4%
77th	Tunisia	0.07	-49.4%
78th	Oman	0.06	206.3%
79th	Philippines	0.02	-89.8%
80th	Samoa	0.02	-44.6%
81st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	0.02	-90.5%
82nd	Ghana	0.00	99.2%
83rd	Cabo Verde	-0.02	96.4%
84th	El Salvador	-0.02	-122.2%
85th	Qatar	-0.02	-143.5%
86th	Morocco	-0.02	-188.4%
87th	Kuwait	-0.05	15.9%
88th	Romania	-0.10	-149.6%
89th	Croatia	-0.12	18.4%
90th	Saudi Arabia	-0.12	57.1%
91st	Dominican Republic	-0.12	-69.0%
92nd	Guyana	-0.13	-133.7%
93rd	Moldova	-0.14	-28.3%
94th	Mozambique	-0.15	53.6%
95th	Malawi	-0.16	-36.8%
96th	Burkina Faso	-0.16	31.8%
97th	Cambodia	-0.16	2.8%
98th	India	-0.16	64.0%
99th	Benin	-0.16	-10.8%
100th	Lesotho	-0.16	46.2%
101st	Armenia	-0.17	31.8%
102nd	Mongolia	-0.17	-7.4%
103rd	Uganda	-0.17	-242.2%
104th	Eswatini	-0.19	-5.9%
105th	Senegal	-0.19	-16.2%
106th	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.23	-24.2%
107th	North Macedonia	-0.26	29.2%
108th	Indonesia	-0.26	26.2%
109th	Guatemala	-0.29	-86.5%
110th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.30	-76.5%
111th	Fiji	-0.32	-855.5%
112th	Mauritania	-0.32	30.0%
113th	China	-0.32	-21.4%
114th	Mali	-0.33	-5.2%
115th	Papua New Guinea	-0.33	16.6%
116th	Nicaragua	-0.34	-43.6%
117th	Kenya	-0.39	-53.6%
118th	Ukraine	-0.41	42.7%
119th	Albania	-0.42	5.8%
120th	Tanzania	-0.42	-6.2%
121st	Bhutan	-0.43	-4.9%
122nd	Gambia, The	-0.43	37.2%
123rd	Zambia	-0.45	-52.5%
124th	Ecuador	-0.45	-598.2%
125th	Lebanon	-0.49	2.5%
126th	Georgia	-0.52	26.4%
127th	Madagascar	-0.52	34.7%
128th	Russian Federation	-0.52	-2.9%
129th	Côte d'Ivoire	-0.55	-93.8%
130th	Honduras	-0.57	-41.3%
131st	Suriname	-0.58	-9.0%
132nd	Kazakhstan	-0.61	-49.2%
133rd	Viet Nam	-0.64	-5.1%
134th	Nepal	-0.66	-45.1%
135th	São Tomé and Principe	-0.66	-3.1%
136th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.68	33.7%
137th	Yemen, Republic of	-0.71	-18.0%
138th	Algeria	-0.71	19.4%
139th	Djibouti	-0.71	20.2%
140th	Paraguay	-0.72	-32.8%
141st	Pakistan	-0.77	-18.3%
142nd	Niger	-0.77	-3.6%
143rd	Cameroon	-0.82	9.5%
144th	Guinea	-0.82	-2.2%
145th	Togo	-0.83	-23.0%
146th	Serbia	-0.86	-4.3%
147th	Azerbaijan	-0.86	17.9%
148th	Nigeria	-0.88	5.1%
149th	Central African Republic	-0.90	-2.2%
150th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.90	-2.2%
151st	Bangladesh	-0.94	10.3%
152nd	Haiti	-0.94	1.3%
153rd	Guinea-Bissau	-1.05	14.2%
154th	Burundi	-1.14	27.9%
155th	Comoros	-1.14	-1.7%
156th	Eritrea	-1.14	-1.7%
157th	Tajikistan	-1.16	20.7%
158th	Congo, Republic of	-1.20	7.7%
159th	Chad	-1.21	-0.6%
160th	Cuba	-1.22	7.0%
161st	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.26	-0.8%
162nd	Lao PDR	-1.34	-17.8%
163rd	Rwanda	-1.36	-0.7%
164th	Sudan	-1.39	-6.7%
165th	Zimbabwe	-1.39	-65.1%
166th	Belarus	-1.50	-0.1%
167th	Angola	-1.51	-4.3%
168th	Sierra Leone	-1.57	-5.2%
169th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-1.64	-0.9%
170th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.65	-1.0%
171st	Liberia	-1.73	0.9%
172nd	Libya	-1.77	6.6%
173rd	Turkmenistan	-1.77	-1.2%
174th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.84	12.1%
175th	Myanmar	-2.02	-13.5%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.06	5.4%
177th	Afghanistan	-2.08	-0.8%
178th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-2.15	-0.9%
179th	Iraq	-2.17	1.6%
180th	Uzbekistan	-2.24	-11.0%

FAQ

What was United States's regulatory quality in 2000?▾

United States's regulatory quality in 2000 was 1.70. This ranked 10th globally.

How did United States's regulatory quality change in 2000?▾

United States's regulatory quality increased by 5.3% in 2000 compared to 1999.

Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2000?▾

Singapore had the highest regulatory quality in 2000 at 2.07.

What is the regulatory quality of United States in 2000?▾

The regulatory quality of United States in 2000 was 1.70. This ranked 10th globally.

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