Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) by country

Countries reporting
206
Highest
2.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Singapore
Lowest
-2.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Eritrea
Median
-0.1021 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,391

What the numbers show

Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 2.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Singapore; the lowest is -2.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.1021 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, and the mean is -0.0562 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 127 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 5,664.5%), and the largest decrease in Brazil (down 614.3%).

Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 2.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 3.7% rising
2 New Zealand 1.85 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 6.9% rising
3 Denmark 1.7 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.4% flat
4 Switzerland 1.68 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 7.1% flat
5 Australia 1.67 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.7% rising
6 Luxembourg 1.64 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.5% flat
7 Finland 1.63 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 14.2% rising
8 Ireland 1.62 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 4.8% falling
9 Hong Kong 1.62 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 24.6% rising
10 Norway 1.59 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.9% rising
11 Sweden 1.57 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 11.5% rising
12 Monaco 1.56 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 17.3% flat
13 Liechtenstein 1.55 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1.7% falling
14 United Kingdom 1.46 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 20.5% falling
15 Canada 1.44 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.7% flat
16 Netherlands 1.44 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 18.5% falling
17 Macao 1.38 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 17.4% rising
18 Estonia 1.37 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 16.3% rising
19 Lithuania 1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.1% rising
20 Japan 1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 13.0% rising
21 Germany 1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 24.8% flat
22 Belgium 1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1.0% falling
23 United Arab Emirates 1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.9% rising
24 Israel 1.13 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.3% rising
25 United States Virgin Islands 1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 75.5% rising
26 Czechia 1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 6.4% rising
27 Greenland 1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 29.8% falling
28 Austria 1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 18.8% falling
29 Iceland 1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 21.6% flat
30 Latvia 1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1.6% rising
31 United States 1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 21.2% falling
32 South Korea 1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.1% rising
33 Bahrain 1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 44.1% rising
34 Qatar 0.9978 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 42.8% volatile
35 France 0.9887 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 14.7% flat
36 Aruba 0.9748 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 30.2% falling
37 Brunei 0.963 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 6.9% falling
38 Mauritius 0.9321 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.4% rising
39 Cyprus 0.8525 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 13.0% falling
40 Andorra 0.8501 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 22.4% falling
40 San Marino 0.8501 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.9% flat
42 Poland 0.7887 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1.4% rising
43 Oman 0.6927 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 7.4% rising
44 Malaysia 0.6842 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.7% rising
45 Cayman Islands 0.6727 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 32.0% falling
46 Saudi Arabia 0.6695 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 234.8% volatile
47 Slovenia 0.6605 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.9% falling
48 Chile 0.6359 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 48.8% falling
49 Georgia 0.6234 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 28.6% volatile
50 Antigua and Barbuda 0.62 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 194.7% rising
51 Bermuda 0.6123 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1.2% falling
52 Italy 0.598 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.8% falling
53 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5832 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 11.1% volatile
54 Portugal 0.5608 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 39.4% falling
55 Uruguay 0.5522 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 12.3% rising
56 Costa Rica 0.5381 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 15.6% flat
57 North Macedonia 0.4543 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 89.0% volatile
58 Palau 0.445 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 8.5% volatile
59 Croatia 0.435 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 292.9% volatile
60 Spain 0.4193 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 51.9% falling
61 Greece 0.416 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 42.4% falling
62 Malta 0.4084 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 59.7% falling
63 Barbados 0.394 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 29.3% falling
64 Slovakia 0.38 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 49.5% falling
65 American Samoa 0.3745 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 159.7% volatile
65 Guam 0.3745 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 159.7% volatile
67 Kuwait 0.3581 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 5,664.5% volatile
68 Botswana 0.3543 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 43.2% falling
69 Bulgaria 0.3392 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 21.0% volatile
70 Jordan 0.3314 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 95.9% volatile
71 Seychelles 0.3148 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 23.1% volatile
72 Albania 0.3003 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 615.2% volatile
73 Puerto Rico 0.2807 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 72.0% falling
74 Romania 0.2687 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 40.8% volatile
75 Hungary 0.2638 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 55.4% falling
76 Rwanda 0.2546 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 56.4% volatile
77 Saint Lucia 0.221 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 30.5% falling
78 Armenia 0.2177 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.0% volatile
79 Montenegro 0.2093 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 22.7% volatile
80 Dominican Republic 0.1836 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 435.7% volatile
81 Philippines 0.172 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 31.6% volatile
82 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1245 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 44.3% volatile
83 Thailand 0.1244 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 41.8% volatile
84 Peru 0.1193 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 66.4% volatile
85 Indonesia 0.1063 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 170.4% volatile
86 Namibia 0.0723 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 71.2% volatile
87 Dominica 0.0675 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 72.6% volatile
88 Serbia 0.0572 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 60.8% volatile
89 Azerbaijan 0.0512 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 117.8% volatile
90 Fiji 0.0323 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 112.5% volatile
91 Kazakhstan 0.0222 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 139.9% volatile
92 Jamaica 0.0155 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 89.9% volatile
93 Cape Verde 0.0081 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 104.3% volatile
94 Morocco -0.0179 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 116.2% volatile
95 Grenada -0.0262 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 138.7% volatile
96 Paraguay -0.0295 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 84.2% volatile
97 Mongolia -0.0493 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 86.1% volatile
98 Moldova -0.0529 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 73.1% volatile
99 South Africa -0.0682 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 121.0% volatile
100 Samoa -0.0756 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 351.5% volatile
101 Bahamas -0.0884 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 153.9% volatile
102 Argentina -0.0934 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 88.2% volatile
103 Bhutan -0.0934 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 76.3% volatile
104 China -0.1108 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 28.0% volatile
105 Panama -0.1213 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 128.3% volatile
106 Vietnam -0.1402 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 55.9% rising
107 El Salvador -0.1415 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 188.6% volatile
108 Cote d'Ivoire -0.167 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 63.3% volatile
109 India -0.1696 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 51.9% rising
110 Turkey -0.1719 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 184.5% volatile
111 Trinidad and Tobago -0.1776 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 514.0% volatile
112 Ghana -0.1842 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 37.7% volatile
113 Colombia -0.1974 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 155.6% volatile
114 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) -0.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 51.6% falling
115 Kosovo -0.2229 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 4.5% falling
116 Mexico -0.2337 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 199.5% volatile
117 Tonga -0.2553 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 15.0% rising
118 Senegal -0.2631 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 46.7% falling
119 Ukraine -0.2817 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 57.6% rising
120 Benin -0.2963 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 44.8% rising
121 Sri Lanka -0.3037 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 577.0% volatile
122 Guatemala -0.3365 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 9.1% rising
123 Vanuatu -0.3399 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 20.5% rising
124 Kenya -0.3733 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 30.1% rising
125 Kyrgyzstan -0.3968 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 39.0% flat
126 Maldives -0.3971 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 18.4% volatile
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.4037 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 47.1% volatile
128 Palestine -0.4065 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 297.2% volatile
129 Guyana -0.4066 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 23.2% falling
130 Kiribati -0.4186 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 38.9% rising
131 Tuvalu -0.4418 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 27.9% rising
132 Brazil -0.4419 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 614.3% volatile
133 Zambia -0.4536 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 20.5% rising
134 Egypt -0.4592 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 33.2% falling
135 Togo -0.4756 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 42.1% rising
136 Lesotho -0.4885 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 14.9% rising
137 Tanzania -0.4937 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 15.5% flat
138 Uzbekistan -0.5201 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 64.0% rising
139 Tunisia -0.525 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 17.4% volatile
140 Belize -0.5471 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 14.7% volatile
141 Nauru -0.5761 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1.2% rising
142 Cambodia -0.5866 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.3% falling
143 Malawi -0.589 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 20.0% falling
144 Uganda -0.5935 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 59.1% falling
145 Papua New Guinea -0.6137 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 58.5% rising
146 Burkina Faso -0.6313 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 54.5% falling
147 Honduras -0.6348 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 24.2% falling
148 Gambia -0.6445 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 7.0% falling
149 Nigeria -0.6455 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 16.7% rising
150 Nepal -0.6534 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 12.5% flat
151 Laos -0.6596 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 11.9% rising
152 Eswatini -0.6761 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 101.5% falling
153 Ecuador -0.7138 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 30.6% falling
154 Mauritania -0.7227 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 8.1% falling
155 Gabon -0.7298 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.4% falling
156 Ethiopia -0.7299 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 21.2% rising
157 Marshall Islands -0.7313 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 10.4% rising
158 East Timor -0.7324 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 22.2% rising
159 Angola -0.7439 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 28.9% rising
160 Mozambique -0.7604 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 24.6% falling
161 Niger -0.7658 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 4.8% rising
162 Micronesia (country) -0.7768 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.6% volatile
163 Cameroon -0.7869 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.0% rising
164 Algeria -0.7891 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 15.8% falling
165 Suriname -0.7955 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 37.3% rising
166 Tajikistan -0.8038 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 21.7% rising
167 Mali -0.8083 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 57.2% falling
168 Madagascar -0.8333 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.5% falling
169 Lebanon -0.8532 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 163.9% volatile
170 Liberia -0.8653 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 8.9% rising
171 Burundi -0.8681 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1.6% rising
172 Djibouti -0.8712 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 16.6% falling
173 Pakistan -0.9179 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 37.1% flat
174 Bangladesh -0.9378 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 18.9% rising
175 Sao Tome and Principe -0.939 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 25.1% falling
176 Nicaragua -0.943 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 219.3% falling
177 Solomon Islands -0.9512 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.0% rising
178 Guinea -0.9513 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 6.6% rising
179 Iraq -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1.6% rising
180 Sierra Leone -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 21.1% rising
181 Chad -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.9% rising
182 Comoros -1.14 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 8.5% rising
183 Russia -1.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 96.6% volatile
184 Congo -1.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 16.5% rising
185 Bolivia -1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 46.2% volatile
186 Guinea-Bissau -1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 7.1% flat
187 Belarus -1.26 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 20.8% rising
188 Zimbabwe -1.28 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 11.3% rising
189 Central African Republic -1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 13.7% flat
190 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.0% rising
191 Equatorial Guinea -1.43 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 7.3% rising
192 Afghanistan -1.44 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 31.7% rising
193 Myanmar -1.46 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 27.9% rising
194 Yemen -1.47 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 40.3% falling
195 Haiti -1.51 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 19.2% flat
196 Iran -1.53 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 33.5% rising
197 Cuba -1.58 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 51.5% rising
198 Libya -1.66 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 16.8% falling
199 Somalia -1.7 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 16.4% rising
200 Sudan -1.74 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 16.3% falling
201 Syria -1.81 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 18.7% falling
202 Turkmenistan -1.88 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 6.7% rising
203 South Sudan -1.92 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 13.0% falling
204 Venezuela -1.99 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 20.0% falling
205 North Korea -1.99 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 7.1% rising
206 Eritrea -2.11 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.3% falling

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Indicator
Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Unit
approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,391 data points, 1996–2025
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