Regulatory Quality Index Worldwide

This Index captures perceptions of the ability of government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. It ranges from 0 to 100 (higher values, in green, indicating better outcomes).

There is a difference between quality of the regulatory tools employed by a government (such as regulatory impact assessment, consultation, simplification plans, codification exercises, plans to reduce administrative burdens, regulatory cost-ceiling for departments and agencies), quality of the overall process to reduce regulations through different administrative requirements (administrative procedure acts, freedom of information acts, notice-and-comments, and obligation to respond to the received comments), and quality of the regulations as experienced by firms and citizens. Most of the indicators available track down the first dimension.

To capture the other dimensions is more difficult, since regulations fail or succeed not just because how they were appraised in the first place. More decisive are variables such as the culture of compliance of the firms,

Data Source: World Bank, World Bank Governance Outcomes, Update 2011


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Ranking of 210 Countries

Rank Country Rank Country
1 DENMARK 106 MOROCCO
2 HONG KONG SAR, CHINA 107 MOLDOVA
3 FINLAND 108 KENYA
4 SINGAPORE 109 UGANDA
5 NETHERLANDS 110 RWANDA
6 NEW ZEALAND 111 GUATEMALA
7 UNITED KINGDOM 112 EGYPT
8 SWEDEN 113 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
9 CANADA 114 HONDURAS
10 LUXEMBOURG 115 SRI LANKA
11 AUSTRALIA 116 CHINA
12 IRELAND 117 KYRGYZSTAN
13 SWITZERLAND 118 PHILIPPINES
14 GERMANY 119 SAMOA
15 AUSTRIA 120 SENEGAL
16 LIECHTENSTEIN 121 MONGOLIA
17 NORWAY 122 KAZAKHSTAN
18 ESTONIA 123 BENIN
19 CHILE 124 PARAGUAY
20 MALTA 125 MOZAMBIQUE
21 UNITED STATES 126 NICARAGUA
22 CYPRUS 127 INDONESIA
23 ANDORRA 128 INDIA
24 ANGUILLA 129 GAMBIA
25 BERMUDA 130 RUSSIA
26 GREENLAND 131 MALDIVES
27 ARUBA 132 TANZANIA
28 FRANCE 133 AZERBAIJAN
29 MACAO SAR, CHINA 134 MALI
30 BELGIUM 135 BELIZE
31 FRENCH GUIANA 136 CAMBODIA
32 CZECH REPUBLIC 137 ZAMBIA
33 ISRAEL 138 NIGER
34 SPAIN 139 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
35 TAIWAN, CHINA 140 TONGA
36 CAYMAN ISLANDS 141 GUYANA
37 REUNION 142 UKRAINE
38 BRUNEI 143 SEYCHELLES
39 HUNGARY 144 MALAWI
40 SLOVAKIA 145 VIETNAM
41 JAPAN 146 MADAGASCAR
42 LATVIA 147 PAKISTAN
43 LITHUANIA 148 YEMEN
44 POLAND 149 GABON
45 KOREA, SOUTH 150 LESOTHO
46 ICELAND 151 SWAZILAND
47 MARTINIQUE 152 SURINAME
48 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 153 FIJI
49 ITALY 154 ARGENTINA
50 MAURITIUS 155 NIUE
51 PUERTO RICO 156 CAMEROON
52 PORTUGAL 157 DJIBOUTI
53 BAHRAIN 158 SIERRA LEONE
54 SLOVENIA 159 NEPAL
55 ROMANIA 160 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
56 GREECE 161 VANUATU
57 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 162 NIGERIA
58 GUAM 163 MAURITANIA
59 VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) 164 BOLIVIA
60 BULGARIA 165 BANGLADESH
61 MALAYSIA 166 ETHIOPIA
62 GEORGIA 167 PALAU
63 CROATIA 168 TOGO
64 QATAR 169 COTE D’IVOIRE
65 BAHAMAS 170 MICRONESIA
66 COSTA RICA 171 SYRIA
67 OMAN 172 MARSHALL ISLANDS
68 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 173 LAOS
69 BOTSWANA 174 ANGOLA
70 BARBADOS 175 LIBERIA
71 PERU 176 NAURU
72 ST. KITTS AND NEVIS 177 TAJIKISTAN
73 DOMINICA 178 HAITI
74 ST. LUCIA 179 IRAQ
75 ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 180 GUINEA-BISSAU
76 PANAMA 181 GUINEA
77 URUGUAY 182 CHAD
78 GRENADA 183 TIMOR-LESTE
79 SOUTH AFRICA 184 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
80 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 185 BHUTAN
81 AMERICAN SAMOA 186 BURUNDI
82 TURKEY 187 ECUADOR
83 EL SALVADOR 188 ALGERIA
84 COLOMBIA 189 LIBYA
85 JAMAICA 190 BELARUS
86 MACEDONIA 191 TUVALU
87 MEXICO 192 SOLOMON ISLANDS
88 ARMENIA 193 CONGO
89 WEST BANK GAZA 194 KIRIBATI
90 JORDAN 195 SUDAN
91 ALBANIA 196 EQUATORIAL GUINEA
92 THAILAND 197 COOK ISLANDS
93 BRAZIL 198 COMOROS
94 KUWAIT 199 CUBA
95 SAUDI ARABIA 200 AFGHANISTAN
96 NAMIBIA 201 VENEZUELA
97 GHANA 202 UZBEKISTAN
98 LEBANON 203 Congo, Dem. Rep.
99 TUNISIA 204 IRAN
100 SERBIA 205 ZIMBABWE
101 KOSOVO 206 TURKMENISTAN
102 MONTENEGRO 207 ERITREA
103 CAPE VERDE 208 MYANMAR
104 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 209 SOMALIA
105 BURKINA FASO 210 KOREA, NORTH