Viet Nam - Regulatory Quality 2025
-0.45
−0.07 from 2024
Viet Nam's regulatory quality was -0.45 in 2025. This was the 132nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2025▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.35 | 1.7% |
| 2nd | Luxembourg | 2.03 | 5.3% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 2.02 | 9.7% |
| 4th | Australia | 1.96 | 1.1% |
| 5th | Macao SAR, China | 1.92 | 7.3% |
| 6th | New Zealand | 1.89 | -0.9% |
| 7th | Ireland | 1.80 | 2.6% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 1.74 | 0.5% |
| 9th | Finland | 1.74 | -1.7% |
| 10th | Netherlands | 1.71 | -4.7% |
| 11th | Sweden | 1.66 | -3.1% |
| 12th | Liechtenstein | 1.66 | 2.5% |
| 13th | Canada | 1.63 | -0.9% |
| 14th | Japan | 1.55 | 5.4% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 1.50 | -2.1% |
| 16th | United States | 1.49 | 6.8% |
| 17th | Lithuania | 1.47 | 9.7% |
| 18th | Andorra | 1.46 | 8.2% |
| 19th | Monaco | 1.46 | 8.2% |
| 20th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.46 | 8.2% |
| 21st | Bahrain | 1.42 | 31.9% |
| 22nd | Estonia | 1.42 | -0.6% |
| 23rd | Czechia | 1.42 | 8.6% |
| 24th | Norway | 1.42 | -11.4% |
| 25th | Germany | 1.35 | -7.3% |
| 26th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.33 | -17.1% |
| 27th | Iceland | 1.27 | -1.3% |
| 28th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.26 | 28.8% |
| 29th | Austria | 1.25 | -8.0% |
| 30th | Korea | 1.19 | 5.8% |
| 31st | Latvia | 1.17 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Belgium | 1.15 | -1.4% |
| 33rd | Mauritius | 1.15 | 8.0% |
| 34th | Cayman Islands | 1.14 | 6.6% |
| 35th | Greenland | 1.12 | -7.5% |
| 36th | Qatar | 1.10 | 12.7% |
| 37th | Israel | 1.08 | -4.0% |
| 38th | United Arab Emirates | 1.07 | 2.5% |
| 39th | American Samoa | 1.04 | 102.5% |
| 40th | Aruba | 1.02 | 8.2% |
| 41st | Bermuda | 1.02 | 9.2% |
| 42nd | France | 1.02 | -11.9% |
| 43rd | San Marino | 0.99 | 6.5% |
| 44th | Georgia | 0.96 | 1.5% |
| 45th | Saudi Arabia | 0.84 | 61.7% |
| 46th | Chile | 0.82 | -11.9% |
| 47th | Grenada | 0.81 | 158.3% |
| 48th | Guam | 0.80 | 57.1% |
| 49th | Uruguay | 0.74 | 9.8% |
| 50th | Malaysia | 0.73 | 10.2% |
| 51st | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.72 | 13.2% |
| 52nd | Croatia | 0.64 | -0.6% |
| 53rd | Portugal | 0.62 | -18.1% |
| 54th | Cyprus | 0.61 | -21.2% |
| 55th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.61 | 11.7% |
| 56th | Poland | 0.60 | -23.3% |
| 57th | Botswana | 0.59 | 17.8% |
| 58th | Barbados | 0.57 | 12.6% |
| 59th | Spain | 0.56 | -19.6% |
| 60th | Costa Rica | 0.55 | 1.0% |
| 61st | Slovenia | 0.53 | -27.2% |
| 62nd | Slovak Republic | 0.53 | -11.6% |
| 63rd | Greece | 0.53 | -9.3% |
| 64th | Oman | 0.50 | 15.8% |
| 65th | St. Lucia | 0.48 | 21.6% |
| 66th | Montenegro | 0.46 | 23.6% |
| 67th | Malta | 0.45 | -34.9% |
| 68th | Cabo Verde | 0.44 | 80.2% |
| 69th | North Macedonia | 0.43 | 0.1% |
| 70th | Dominica | 0.43 | 38.3% |
| 71st | Indonesia | 0.42 | 40.0% |
| 72nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.41 | -24.4% |
| 73rd | Kuwait | 0.39 | 22.9% |
| 74th | Italy | 0.39 | -39.0% |
| 75th | Seychelles | 0.39 | 83.5% |
| 76th | Palau | 0.38 | -4.1% |
| 77th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.36 | 13.9% |
| 78th | Bulgaria | 0.28 | -32.2% |
| 79th | Thailand | 0.27 | 73.4% |
| 80th | Jordan | 0.27 | 24.2% |
| 81st | Romania | 0.26 | -18.2% |
| 82nd | Rwanda | 0.24 | 93.2% |
| 83rd | Dominican Republic | 0.24 | 37.3% |
| 84th | Hungary | 0.21 | -34.0% |
| 85th | Moldova | 0.20 | 87.6% |
| 86th | Jamaica | 0.19 | 93.7% |
| 87th | Serbia | 0.15 | 10.8% |
| 88th | Vanuatu | 0.14 | 213.5% |
| 89th | Philippines | 0.13 | -19.9% |
| 90th | Nauru | 0.11 | 1,023.5% |
| 91st | Albania | 0.10 | -44.7% |
| 92nd | Peru | 0.03 | -91.3% |
| 93rd | Azerbaijan | 0.02 | 116.3% |
| 94th | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.00 | 96.0% |
| 95th | Colombia | -0.01 | -110.0% |
| 96th | Kazakhstan | -0.01 | -116.7% |
| 97th | Tuvalu | -0.03 | 83.9% |
| 98th | Bahamas, The | -0.03 | -576.1% |
| 99th | Morocco | -0.04 | 36.5% |
| 100th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.04 | 66.9% |
| 101st | Panama | -0.06 | -152.7% |
| 102nd | India | -0.07 | 49.3% |
| 103rd | Namibia | -0.08 | -24.2% |
| 104th | Paraguay | -0.12 | -45.7% |
| 105th | Fiji | -0.13 | -40.9% |
| 106th | Armenia | -0.13 | -374.6% |
| 107th | Kiribati | -0.15 | 45.2% |
| 108th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.16 | -14.1% |
| 109th | Uzbekistan | -0.19 | 66.5% |
| 110th | Ghana | -0.19 | -7.2% |
| 111th | Marshall Islands | -0.22 | 48.2% |
| 112th | Benin | -0.23 | 22.3% |
| 113th | Guatemala | -0.28 | 5.0% |
| 114th | Samoa | -0.28 | -3.5% |
| 115th | Kosovo | -0.29 | 1.9% |
| 116th | Timor-Leste | -0.31 | 36.6% |
| 117th | Mexico | -0.32 | -83.8% |
| 118th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.33 | -16.4% |
| 119th | Belize | -0.33 | 22.7% |
| 120th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.34 | 41.5% |
| 121st | Ukraine | -0.34 | -27.7% |
| 122nd | Brazil | -0.36 | -20.8% |
| 123rd | South Africa | -0.36 | -61.9% |
| 124th | Mongolia | -0.37 | -108.2% |
| 125th | Türkiye | -0.38 | -65.2% |
| 126th | Togo | -0.38 | 22.9% |
| 127th | Tonga | -0.40 | -1.1% |
| 128th | Kenya | -0.40 | -3.5% |
| 129th | Senegal | -0.42 | -22.7% |
| 130th | Zambia | -0.42 | 14.9% |
| 131st | Bhutan | -0.43 | -7.1% |
| 132nd | Viet Nam | -0.45 | -17.4% |
| 133rd | China | -0.45 | -26.5% |
| 134th | Ecuador | -0.49 | 32.4% |
| 135th | Guyana | -0.51 | 9.4% |
| 136th | Burkina Faso | -0.51 | -5.5% |
| 137th | Tanzania | -0.52 | 12.3% |
| 138th | Gabon | -0.54 | 23.5% |
| 139th | Honduras | -0.55 | -0.3% |
| 140th | Uganda | -0.56 | -9.1% |
| 141st | Angola | -0.59 | 22.8% |
| 142nd | Nepal | -0.59 | 10.6% |
| 143rd | Lesotho | -0.61 | -3.8% |
| 144th | El Salvador | -0.62 | -100.9% |
| 145th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.63 | 5.6% |
| 146th | Argentina | -0.66 | -35.9% |
| 147th | Tunisia | -0.66 | -5.9% |
| 148th | Gambia, The | -0.66 | -3.8% |
| 149th | Mali | -0.68 | 0.2% |
| 150th | Mozambique | -0.68 | 4.0% |
| 151st | Algeria | -0.72 | 24.2% |
| 152nd | Maldives | -0.74 | -10.2% |
| 153rd | Solomon Islands | -0.74 | 5.0% |
| 154th | Cambodia | -0.75 | -9.6% |
| 155th | Papua New Guinea | -0.76 | -17.5% |
| 156th | Suriname | -0.77 | -5.3% |
| 157th | Malawi | -0.77 | 0.3% |
| 158th | Sri Lanka | -0.79 | -56.2% |
| 159th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.80 | -29.0% |
| 160th | Niger | -0.81 | 1.2% |
| 161st | Madagascar | -0.82 | -2.6% |
| 162nd | Eswatini | -0.85 | -18.8% |
| 163rd | São Tomé and Principe | -0.89 | 5.5% |
| 164th | Liberia | -0.89 | 3.4% |
| 165th | Bangladesh | -0.90 | 1.9% |
| 166th | Burundi | -0.95 | 3.9% |
| 167th | Cameroon | -0.97 | -5.7% |
| 168th | Djibouti | -0.99 | -5.7% |
| 169th | Pakistan | -1.02 | -13.2% |
| 170th | Nicaragua | -1.03 | -17.6% |
| 171st | Nigeria | -1.05 | -12.1% |
| 172nd | Lao PDR | -1.08 | -16.4% |
| 173rd | Sierra Leone | -1.16 | -9.2% |
| 174th | Mauritania | -1.17 | -17.8% |
| 175th | Congo, Republic of | -1.18 | 5.0% |
| 176th | Chad | -1.18 | -2.1% |
| 177th | Guinea | -1.24 | -15.2% |
| 178th | Comoros | -1.24 | -0.3% |
| 179th | Tajikistan | -1.28 | -8.3% |
| 180th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.28 | -2.2% |
| 181st | Zimbabwe | -1.29 | 3.4% |
| 182nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -1.33 | -12.9% |
| 183rd | Afghanistan | -1.35 | -6.3% |
| 184th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.36 | 7.8% |
| 185th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.37 | 3.0% |
| 186th | Lebanon | -1.40 | -38.2% |
| 187th | Haiti | -1.41 | -1.1% |
| 188th | Cuba | -1.41 | 5.9% |
| 189th | Iraq | -1.45 | -0.6% |
| 190th | Central African Republic | -1.52 | -3.8% |
| 191st | Sudan | -1.53 | 4.5% |
| 192nd | Russian Federation | -1.53 | -36.6% |
| 193rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.71 | 9.2% |
| 194th | Libya | -1.77 | 9.2% |
| 195th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.79 | 1.2% |
| 196th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.81 | -7.1% |
| 197th | Myanmar | -1.83 | -27.0% |
| 198th | Belarus | -1.84 | -29.6% |
| 199th | Yemen, Republic of | -2.01 | -9.0% |
| 200th | Turkmenistan | -2.09 | -0.9% |
| 201st | South Sudan | -2.19 | -3.3% |
| 202nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.37 | 0.9% |
| 203rd | Eritrea | -2.49 | -5.5% |
FAQ
What was Viet Nam's regulatory quality in 2025?▾
Viet Nam's regulatory quality in 2025 was -0.45. This ranked 132nd globally.
How did Viet Nam's regulatory quality change in 2025?▾
Viet Nam's regulatory quality decreased by 17.4% in 2025 compared to 2024.
Which country had the highest regulatory quality in 2025?▾
Singapore had the highest regulatory quality in 2025 at 2.35.
What is the regulatory quality of Viet Nam in 2025?▾
The regulatory quality of Viet Nam in 2025 was -0.45. This ranked 132nd globally.
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