United States - Regulatory Quality 2020
1.24
−0.10 from 2019
United States's regulatory quality was 1.24 in 2020, decreased +0.10 from 1.33 in 2019. This was the 27th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.21 | 2.4% |
| 2nd | New Zealand | 1.87 | 0.2% |
| 3rd | Finland | 1.85 | 0.6% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 1.84 | 9.1% |
| 5th | Australia | 1.81 | -2.7% |
| 6th | Denmark | 1.79 | 15.4% |
| 7th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.78 | -9.7% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 1.75 | -5.5% |
| 9th | Macao SAR, China | 1.74 | 7.2% |
| 10th | Norway | 1.69 | -5.8% |
| 11th | Sweden | 1.68 | -6.4% |
| 12th | Liechtenstein | 1.62 | 5.9% |
| 13th | Canada | 1.59 | -6.9% |
| 14th | Switzerland | 1.58 | -4.1% |
| 15th | Germany | 1.58 | -8.0% |
| 16th | Estonia | 1.53 | -3.2% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 1.47 | -8.6% |
| 18th | Ireland | 1.47 | -7.8% |
| 19th | Iceland | 1.44 | 5.9% |
| 20th | Austria | 1.40 | -3.5% |
| 21st | Greenland | 1.38 | 2.1% |
| 22nd | Japan | 1.35 | 2.5% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 1.34 | 5.3% |
| 24th | Andorra | 1.34 | 9.3% |
| 25th | Monaco | 1.34 | 9.3% |
| 26th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.34 | 9.3% |
| 27th | United States | 1.24 | -7.2% |
| 28th | Czechia | 1.23 | -0.1% |
| 29th | Israel | 1.23 | -2.8% |
| 30th | Malta | 1.21 | 29.0% |
| 31st | France | 1.19 | -16.9% |
| 32nd | Mauritius | 1.18 | 16.2% |
| 33rd | Latvia | 1.18 | -0.2% |
| 34th | Lithuania | 1.08 | -5.8% |
| 35th | United Arab Emirates | 1.07 | 11.0% |
| 36th | Cayman Islands | 1.05 | 7.8% |
| 37th | Korea | 1.02 | -3.2% |
| 38th | Georgia | 1.00 | -2.5% |
| 39th | Cyprus | 0.99 | -0.6% |
| 40th | Chile | 0.95 | -18.1% |
| 41st | Bermuda | 0.93 | 11.4% |
| 42nd | Aruba | 0.91 | 8.1% |
| 43rd | Slovenia | 0.91 | -8.5% |
| 44th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.90 | 44.8% |
| 45th | Poland | 0.85 | -16.1% |
| 46th | Qatar | 0.84 | 25.8% |
| 47th | Portugal | 0.82 | -14.2% |
| 48th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.78 | 8.5% |
| 49th | Slovak Republic | 0.77 | -22.3% |
| 50th | Spain | 0.76 | -27.2% |
| 51st | Uruguay | 0.69 | 12.0% |
| 52nd | Malaysia | 0.67 | 21.7% |
| 53rd | Bahrain | 0.61 | 30.3% |
| 54th | Palau | 0.55 | 17.7% |
| 55th | Greece | 0.54 | 3.7% |
| 56th | Botswana | 0.53 | 5.9% |
| 57th | American Samoa | 0.53 | 261.5% |
| 58th | Guam | 0.53 | 753.9% |
| 59th | San Marino | 0.53 | 17.2% |
| 60th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.51 | 5.7% |
| 61st | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.50 | 5.8% |
| 62nd | Italy | 0.49 | -48.3% |
| 63rd | Costa Rica | 0.48 | -12.3% |
| 64th | Peru | 0.47 | -8.9% |
| 65th | Hungary | 0.47 | -20.8% |
| 66th | Barbados | 0.47 | 17.3% |
| 67th | Bulgaria | 0.46 | -13.2% |
| 68th | Oman | 0.44 | 61.3% |
| 69th | North Macedonia | 0.44 | -1.4% |
| 70th | Montenegro | 0.42 | 7.4% |
| 71st | St. Lucia | 0.37 | 23.9% |
| 72nd | Croatia | 0.36 | -34.4% |
| 73rd | Romania | 0.35 | -21.9% |
| 74th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.35 | 25.7% |
| 75th | Panama | 0.32 | -15.3% |
| 76th | Kuwait | 0.27 | 445.4% |
| 77th | Dominica | 0.27 | 77.0% |
| 78th | Jordan | 0.25 | 751.4% |
| 79th | Saudi Arabia | 0.25 | 381.7% |
| 80th | Armenia | 0.24 | -1.6% |
| 81st | Colombia | 0.23 | -29.0% |
| 82nd | Albania | 0.22 | -18.4% |
| 83rd | Indonesia | 0.22 | 646.6% |
| 84th | Cabo Verde | 0.16 | 749.5% |
| 85th | Philippines | 0.11 | 12.9% |
| 86th | Kazakhstan | 0.11 | -1.1% |
| 87th | Serbia | 0.08 | -17.3% |
| 88th | Thailand | 0.06 | 390.1% |
| 89th | West Bank and Gaza | 0.05 | 3,123.7% |
| 90th | Jamaica | 0.04 | -49.7% |
| 91st | Dominican Republic | 0.02 | 223.4% |
| 92nd | Seychelles | 0.02 | -27.1% |
| 93rd | South Africa | 0.02 | 141.0% |
| 94th | Namibia | 0.01 | 3,404.4% |
| 95th | Bahamas, The | 0.00 | 102.4% |
| 96th | Rwanda | 0.00 | 96.5% |
| 97th | Moldova | -0.01 | 77.0% |
| 98th | Mexico | -0.01 | -202.5% |
| 99th | Türkiye | -0.02 | -21.4% |
| 100th | Morocco | -0.05 | 69.0% |
| 101st | Nauru | -0.08 | 40.0% |
| 102nd | El Salvador | -0.09 | -124.6% |
| 103rd | Fiji | -0.10 | -405.3% |
| 104th | Mongolia | -0.11 | -4,210.7% |
| 105th | Brazil | -0.11 | 8.6% |
| 106th | Grenada | -0.12 | 58.4% |
| 107th | India | -0.13 | 14.7% |
| 108th | Ghana | -0.13 | 29.6% |
| 109th | Paraguay | -0.14 | -1.8% |
| 110th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.18 | 7.6% |
| 111th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.18 | -41.7% |
| 112th | China | -0.20 | 33.4% |
| 113th | Samoa | -0.21 | 20.0% |
| 114th | Sri Lanka | -0.23 | 2.8% |
| 115th | Viet Nam | -0.24 | 36.9% |
| 116th | Ukraine | -0.27 | -23.2% |
| 117th | Guatemala | -0.27 | 19.3% |
| 118th | Senegal | -0.29 | -67.9% |
| 119th | Tunisia | -0.30 | 21.2% |
| 120th | Tuvalu | -0.32 | 21.3% |
| 121st | Kosovo | -0.32 | 17.3% |
| 122nd | Bhutan | -0.33 | 8.0% |
| 123rd | Azerbaijan | -0.34 | -50.1% |
| 124th | Vanuatu | -0.38 | 11.0% |
| 125th | Tonga | -0.38 | -19.2% |
| 126th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.38 | -27.1% |
| 127th | Kiribati | -0.43 | 5.7% |
| 128th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.45 | -14.6% |
| 129th | Uganda | -0.48 | -16.3% |
| 130th | Burkina Faso | -0.48 | -14.1% |
| 131st | Benin | -0.48 | -8.3% |
| 132nd | Russian Federation | -0.48 | -1.5% |
| 133rd | Eswatini | -0.49 | 7.3% |
| 134th | Honduras | -0.49 | 0.2% |
| 135th | Argentina | -0.50 | -10.0% |
| 136th | Kenya | -0.52 | -52.6% |
| 137th | Guyana | -0.54 | 12.3% |
| 138th | Belize | -0.55 | 1.6% |
| 139th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.57 | 24.7% |
| 140th | Maldives | -0.59 | -6.7% |
| 141st | Myanmar | -0.62 | 17.5% |
| 142nd | Cambodia | -0.66 | -8.5% |
| 143rd | Togo | -0.66 | 10.8% |
| 144th | Lesotho | -0.67 | -10.2% |
| 145th | Marshall Islands | -0.67 | 7.7% |
| 146th | Mali | -0.67 | -8.1% |
| 147th | Nicaragua | -0.68 | 4.8% |
| 148th | Papua New Guinea | -0.68 | -25.9% |
| 149th | Zambia | -0.69 | -12.1% |
| 150th | Tanzania | -0.69 | -3.2% |
| 151st | Nepal | -0.74 | 0.1% |
| 152nd | Gambia, The | -0.76 | -5.8% |
| 153rd | Timor-Leste | -0.76 | 1.5% |
| 154th | Pakistan | -0.76 | -11.3% |
| 155th | Lebanon | -0.77 | -44.3% |
| 156th | Mozambique | -0.77 | 1.0% |
| 157th | Malawi | -0.79 | -4.8% |
| 158th | Suriname | -0.80 | -13.3% |
| 159th | Niger | -0.80 | -10.2% |
| 160th | Belarus | -0.80 | -18.8% |
| 161st | Madagascar | -0.81 | -2.9% |
| 162nd | Cameroon | -0.83 | 2.0% |
| 163rd | Solomon Islands | -0.83 | 0.4% |
| 164th | Lao PDR | -0.84 | -11.2% |
| 165th | Angola | -0.86 | -2.8% |
| 166th | Djibouti | -0.86 | -4.4% |
| 167th | Ecuador | -0.87 | -9.3% |
| 168th | Guinea | -0.88 | -8.1% |
| 169th | Gabon | -0.88 | 8.0% |
| 170th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.89 | 1.2% |
| 171st | Mauritania | -0.89 | -8.1% |
| 172nd | Sierra Leone | -0.90 | 1.3% |
| 173rd | Bangladesh | -0.91 | 3.3% |
| 174th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.97 | -0.7% |
| 175th | Uzbekistan | -1.00 | 5.3% |
| 176th | Nigeria | -1.02 | -8.9% |
| 177th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.04 | -3.3% |
| 178th | Liberia | -1.04 | -3.1% |
| 179th | Burundi | -1.06 | -7.1% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | -1.07 | -1.0% |
| 181st | Chad | -1.13 | -0.1% |
| 182nd | Haiti | -1.26 | 4.5% |
| 183rd | Comoros | -1.26 | -4.9% |
| 184th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.29 | -1.1% |
| 185th | Iraq | -1.34 | -22.2% |
| 186th | Algeria | -1.36 | 2.4% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | -1.39 | -24.7% |
| 188th | Zimbabwe | -1.43 | 3.5% |
| 189th | Congo, Republic of | -1.45 | -12.4% |
| 190th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.49 | -3.0% |
| 191st | Central African Republic | -1.50 | -8.6% |
| 192nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.51 | 0.7% |
| 193rd | Cuba | -1.53 | -1.7% |
| 194th | Sudan | -1.57 | 5.9% |
| 195th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.71 | -1.3% |
| 196th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.86 | -9.1% |
| 197th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.89 | -6.3% |
| 198th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.95 | 9.1% |
| 199th | South Sudan | -2.01 | -1.3% |
| 200th | Turkmenistan | -2.05 | -1.3% |
| 201st | Eritrea | -2.16 | 1.6% |
| 202nd | Libya | -2.22 | 3.5% |
| 203rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.37 | 2.0% |
FAQ
What was United States's regulatory quality in 2020?▾
United States's regulatory quality in 2020 was 1.24. This ranked 27th globally.
How did United States's regulatory quality change in 2020?▾
United States's regulatory quality decreased by 7.2% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2020?▾
Singapore had the highest regulatory quality in 2020 at 2.21.
What is the regulatory quality of United States in 2020?▾
The regulatory quality of United States in 2020 was 1.24. This ranked 27th globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for United States's regulatory quality?▾
United States's regulatory quality went from 1.33 in 2019 to 1.24 in 2020, a 7.2% decrease.
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