Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) by country
Countries reporting
206
Highest
88.49 0-100
Singapore
Lowest
22.76 0-100
Eritrea
Median
53.39 0-100
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,186
What the numbers show
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 88.49 0-100 in Singapore; the lowest is 22.76 0-100 in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 53.39 0-100, and the mean is 54.49 0-100.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 46.7%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 25.1%).
Regulatory Quality - Governance score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 88.49 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | Finland | 85.83 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 3 | Denmark | 85.31 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 4 | New Zealand | 83.95 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 83.86 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 6 | Ireland | 83.16 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 7 | Switzerland | 82.79 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 82.3 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 9 | Australia | 82.03 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 10 | Netherlands | 82.02 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 11 | Sweden | 81.23 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 12 | Norway | 81.21 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 13 | Liechtenstein | 79.09 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 78.7 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 15 | Greenland | 78.58 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Germany | 78.49 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 17 | Estonia | 76.91 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 18 | Macao | 76.49 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 19 | Canada | 76.35 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 20 | United States | 76.19 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 21 | Austria | 76.17 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 22 | Iceland | 75.84 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 23 | Japan | 75.83 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | Lithuania | 75.23 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 25 | Belgium | 74.48 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 26 | Czechia | 74.29 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 27 | France | 72.94 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 72.62 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 29 | Israel | 72.43 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 30 | Andorra | 72.25 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 30 | Monaco | 72.25 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 30 | United States Virgin Islands | 72.25 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 33 | Latvia | 72.21 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 34 | Cayman Islands | 71.82 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 35 | South Korea | 70.85 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 36 | Aruba | 70.33 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 37 | Qatar | 70.1 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 38 | Bahrain | 69.85 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 39 | Mauritius | 69.69 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 40 | Brunei | 68.85 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 41 | San Marino | 68.51 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 42 | Slovenia | 67.45 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 43 | Chile | 67.18 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 44 | Portugal | 66.54 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 45 | Cyprus | 66.53 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 66.06 0-100 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 47 | Oman | 65.71 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 48 | Poland | 65.68 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 49 | Malaysia | 65.59 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 50 | Puerto Rico | 65.16 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 51 | Georgia | 65.11 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 52 | Uruguay | 65.06 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 53 | Italy | 64.96 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 54 | Antigua and Barbuda | 64.87 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 55 | Bermuda | 64.78 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 56 | Spain | 64.65 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 64.04 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 58 | Malta | 62.62 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 59 | Palau | 62.45 0-100 | 2024 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 62.43 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 61 | Greece | 62.43 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 62 | Barbados | 61.81 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 63 | Slovakia | 61.25 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 64 | Kuwait | 61.23 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 65 | Botswana | 61.2 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 66 | American Samoa | 61.04 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 66 | Guam | 61.04 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 68 | Seychelles | 61.01 0-100 | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 69 | Romania | 60.91 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 70 | Hungary | 60.15 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 59.41 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 72 | Croatia | 59.37 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 73 | Jordan | 59.22 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 74 | Rwanda | 59.11 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 75 | North Macedonia | 59.06 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 58.13 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 57.73 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 78 | Armenia | 57.04 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 79 | Albania | 57 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 80 | Namibia | 56.99 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 56.99 0-100 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 82 | Montenegro | 56.87 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 83 | Indonesia | 56.83 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 84 | Thailand | 56.54 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 85 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 56.54 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 86 | Jamaica | 56.3 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 87 | Peru | 56.17 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 88 | Philippines | 56.11 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 89 | Serbia | 56.1 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 90 | Fiji | 55.89 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 91 | Dominica | 55.81 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 92 | Grenada | 55.65 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 55.6 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 94 | Cape Verde | 55.57 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 95 | Colombia | 55.07 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 96 | Morocco | 54.44 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 97 | Moldova | 54.13 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 98 | South Africa | 53.91 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 99 | Mongolia | 53.75 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 100 | China | 53.74 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 101 | Panama | 53.7 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 102 | Ghana | 53.45 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 103 | Bhutan | 53.42 0-100 | 2024 | up 23.1% | flat |
| 104 | India | 53.35 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 105 | Samoa | 53.26 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 106 | Bahamas | 53.17 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 107 | Paraguay | 52.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 108 | Cote d'Ivoire | 52.23 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 109 | El Salvador | 52.08 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 110 | Tonga | 51.8 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 111 | Mexico | 51.77 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.6 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 113 | Turkey | 51.53 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 114 | Kosovo | 51.35 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 114 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 51.35 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 116 | Argentina | 51.16 0-100 | 2024 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 117 | Maldives | 51.15 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 118 | Senegal | 51.05 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 119 | Vietnam | 50.65 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 120 | Benin | 50.49 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 121 | Brazil | 50.22 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 50.14 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 123 | Ukraine | 50.12 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 124 | Guatemala | 49.98 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 125 | Vanuatu | 49.74 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 126 | Kenya | 49.6 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.35 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 128 | Tunisia | 48.71 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 129 | Tuvalu | 48.52 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 130 | Togo | 48.43 0-100 | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 131 | Zambia | 48.23 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 132 | Guyana | 47.81 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 133 | Belize | 47.76 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 134 | Palestine | 47.49 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 135 | Lesotho | 47.22 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 136 | Egypt | 46.99 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 137 | Kiribati | 46.95 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 46.71 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 139 | Uganda | 46.59 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 140 | Nauru | 46.59 0-100 | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 141 | Burkina Faso | 46.57 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 142 | Uzbekistan | 46.56 0-100 | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 143 | Tanzania | 46.42 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 144 | Nepal | 46.15 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 145 | Malawi | 45.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 146 | Papua New Guinea | 45.39 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 147 | Honduras | 44.96 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 148 | Cambodia | 44.91 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 149 | Nigeria | 44.87 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 150 | Laos | 44.83 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 151 | Eswatini | 44.8 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 152 | Ecuador | 44.67 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 153 | Gambia | 44.39 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 154 | Marshall Islands | 44.02 0-100 | 2024 | up 16.8% | flat |
| 155 | Gabon | 43.45 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 156 | Cameroon | 43.37 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 157 | East Timor | 43.28 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 158 | Madagascar | 43.06 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 159 | Algeria | 42.99 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 160 | Tajikistan | 42.9 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 161 | Mali | 42.84 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 162 | Niger | 42.84 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 163 | Micronesia (country) | 42.82 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 164 | Mozambique | 42.82 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 165 | Angola | 42.67 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 166 | Mauritania | 42.59 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 167 | Pakistan | 42.36 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 168 | Burundi | 42.03 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 169 | Ethiopia | 41.72 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 170 | Liberia | 41.59 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 171 | Djibouti | 41.41 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 40.85 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 40.81 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 174 | Guinea | 40.8 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 175 | Suriname | 40.37 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 176 | Bangladesh | 39.88 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 177 | Lebanon | 39.74 0-100 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 178 | Nicaragua | 39.23 0-100 | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 179 | Iraq | 38.61 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 180 | Sierra Leone | 38.16 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 181 | Russia | 38.01 0-100 | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 182 | Chad | 37.71 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 183 | Congo | 36.7 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 184 | Zimbabwe | 36.28 0-100 | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 185 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.09 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 186 | Belarus | 35.43 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 187 | Comoros | 35.17 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 188 | Bolivia | 35.08 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 189 | Central African Republic | 34.86 0-100 | 2024 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 190 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 34.6 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 191 | Equatorial Guinea | 32.8 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 192 | Myanmar | 32.47 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 193 | Cuba | 32.2 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 194 | Haiti | 31.78 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 195 | Iran | 31.03 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 196 | Afghanistan | 30.6 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 197 | Yemen | 29.88 0-100 | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 198 | Sudan | 28.64 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 199 | Turkmenistan | 28.23 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 200 | Somalia | 27.62 0-100 | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 201 | Libya | 27.43 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 202 | North Korea | 25.3 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 203 | Venezuela | 24.85 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 204 | South Sudan | 24.43 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 205 | Syria | 23.36 0-100 | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 206 | Eritrea | 22.76 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |