Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) by country
Countries reporting
206
Highest
91.87 0-100
Singapore
Lowest
19.24 0-100
Eritrea
Median
53.74 0-100
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,391
What the numbers show
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 91.87 0-100 in Singapore; the lowest is 19.24 0-100 in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 53.74 0-100, and the mean is 54.53 0-100.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 127 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 52.1%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 24.6%).
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (score 0-100): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 91.87 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 2 | New Zealand | 87.41 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 3 | Denmark | 84.69 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 4 | Switzerland | 84.48 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 5 | Australia | 84.23 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 83.78 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Finland | 83.62 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 8 | Ireland | 83.34 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 83.33 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 10 | Norway | 82.79 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 11 | Sweden | 82.53 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 12 | Monaco | 82.41 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 13 | Liechtenstein | 82.14 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 80.64 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 15 | Canada | 80.3 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 16 | Netherlands | 80.24 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 17 | Macao | 79.28 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 18 | Estonia | 79.09 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 19 | Lithuania | 77.37 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 20 | Japan | 76.52 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 21 | Germany | 76.43 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 22 | Belgium | 76.34 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 75.71 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 24 | Israel | 74.88 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 25 | United States Virgin Islands | 74.22 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 26 | Czechia | 73.97 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 27 | Greenland | 73.92 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 28 | Austria | 73.87 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 29 | Iceland | 73.84 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 30 | Latvia | 73.1 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 31 | United States | 72.81 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 32 | South Korea | 72.76 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 33 | Bahrain | 72.76 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 34 | Qatar | 72.67 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 35 | France | 72.52 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 36 | Aruba | 72.28 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 37 | Brunei | 72.07 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 38 | Mauritius | 71.54 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 39 | Cyprus | 70.17 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 40 | Andorra | 70.13 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 40 | San Marino | 70.13 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 42 | Poland | 69.07 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 43 | Oman | 67.42 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 44 | Malaysia | 67.28 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 45 | Cayman Islands | 67.08 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 67.02 0-100 | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 47 | Slovenia | 66.87 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 48 | Chile | 66.44 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 49 | Georgia | 66.23 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 50 | Antigua and Barbuda | 66.17 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 51 | Bermuda | 66.04 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 52 | Italy | 65.79 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 53 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 65.54 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 54 | Portugal | 65.15 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 55 | Uruguay | 65 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 64.76 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 57 | North Macedonia | 63.32 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 58 | Palau | 63.16 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 62.99 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 60 | Spain | 62.72 0-100 | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 61 | Greece | 62.66 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 62 | Malta | 62.53 0-100 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 63 | Barbados | 62.28 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 64 | Slovakia | 62.04 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 65 | American Samoa | 61.94 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 65 | Guam | 61.94 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 67 | Kuwait | 61.66 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 68 | Botswana | 61.6 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 61.34 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 70 | Jordan | 61.2 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 71 | Seychelles | 60.92 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 72 | Albania | 60.67 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 73 | Puerto Rico | 60.33 0-100 | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 74 | Romania | 60.12 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 75 | Hungary | 60.04 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 76 | Rwanda | 59.88 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 59.3 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 78 | Armenia | 59.24 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 79 | Montenegro | 59.1 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 58.66 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 81 | Philippines | 58.46 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57.64 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 83 | Thailand | 57.64 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 84 | Peru | 57.55 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 85 | Indonesia | 57.33 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 86 | Namibia | 56.74 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 87 | Dominica | 56.66 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 88 | Serbia | 56.48 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 56.38 0-100 | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 90 | Fiji | 56.05 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 55.88 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 92 | Jamaica | 55.76 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 93 | Cape Verde | 55.64 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 94 | Morocco | 55.19 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 95 | Grenada | 55.04 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 96 | Paraguay | 54.99 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 97 | Mongolia | 54.65 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 98 | Moldova | 54.59 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 99 | South Africa | 54.32 0-100 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 100 | Samoa | 54.2 0-100 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 101 | Bahamas | 53.98 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 102 | Argentina | 53.89 0-100 | 2025 | up 28.9% | flat |
| 103 | Bhutan | 53.89 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 104 | China | 53.59 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 105 | Panama | 53.41 0-100 | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 106 | Vietnam | 53.08 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 107 | El Salvador | 53.06 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 108 | Cote d'Ivoire | 52.62 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 109 | India | 52.58 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 110 | Turkey | 52.54 0-100 | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.44 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 112 | Ghana | 52.32 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 113 | Colombia | 52.1 0-100 | 2025 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 114 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 52.05 0-100 | 2025 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 115 | Mexico | 51.47 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 116 | Kosovo | 51.35 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 117 | Tonga | 51.1 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 118 | Senegal | 50.97 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 119 | Ukraine | 50.65 0-100 | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 120 | Benin | 50.4 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 50.27 0-100 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 122 | Guatemala | 49.7 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 123 | Vanuatu | 49.64 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 124 | Kenya | 49.07 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 48.67 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 126 | Maldives | 48.66 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.55 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 128 | Palestine | 48.5 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 129 | Guyana | 48.5 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 130 | Kiribati | 48.29 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 131 | Tuvalu | 47.89 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 132 | Brazil | 47.89 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 133 | Zambia | 47.69 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 134 | Egypt | 47.59 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 135 | Togo | 47.31 0-100 | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 136 | Lesotho | 47.09 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 137 | Tanzania | 47 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 138 | Uzbekistan | 46.54 0-100 | 2025 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 139 | Tunisia | 46.46 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 140 | Belize | 46.08 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 141 | Nauru | 45.58 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 142 | Cambodia | 45.4 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 143 | Malawi | 45.36 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 144 | Uganda | 45.28 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 44.93 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 146 | Burkina Faso | 44.63 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 147 | Honduras | 44.57 0-100 | 2025 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 148 | Gambia | 44.4 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 149 | Nigeria | 44.38 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 150 | Nepal | 44.25 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 151 | Laos | 44.14 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 152 | Eswatini | 43.86 0-100 | 2025 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 153 | Ecuador | 43.21 0-100 | 2025 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 154 | Mauritania | 43.06 0-100 | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 155 | Gabon | 42.93 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 156 | Ethiopia | 42.93 0-100 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 157 | Marshall Islands | 42.91 0-100 | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 158 | East Timor | 42.89 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 159 | Angola | 42.69 0-100 | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 160 | Mozambique | 42.41 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 161 | Niger | 42.31 0-100 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 162 | Micronesia (country) | 42.12 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 163 | Cameroon | 41.95 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 164 | Algeria | 41.91 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 165 | Suriname | 41.8 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 166 | Tajikistan | 41.66 0-100 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 167 | Mali | 41.58 0-100 | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 168 | Madagascar | 41.15 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 169 | Lebanon | 40.81 0-100 | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 170 | Liberia | 40.6 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 171 | Burundi | 40.55 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 172 | Djibouti | 40.5 0-100 | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 173 | Pakistan | 39.69 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 174 | Bangladesh | 39.35 0-100 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39.33 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 176 | Nicaragua | 39.26 0-100 | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 177 | Solomon Islands | 39.12 0-100 | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 178 | Guinea | 39.12 0-100 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 179 | Iraq | 38.04 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 180 | Sierra Leone | 36.5 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 181 | Chad | 36.48 0-100 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 182 | Comoros | 35.8 0-100 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 183 | Russia | 34.92 0-100 | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 184 | Congo | 34.89 0-100 | 2025 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 185 | Bolivia | 34.46 0-100 | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 186 | Guinea-Bissau | 34.27 0-100 | 2025 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 187 | Belarus | 33.82 0-100 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 188 | Zimbabwe | 33.55 0-100 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 189 | Central African Republic | 32.98 0-100 | 2025 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 190 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 32.95 0-100 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 191 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.82 0-100 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 192 | Afghanistan | 30.76 0-100 | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 193 | Myanmar | 30.44 0-100 | 2025 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 194 | Yemen | 30.18 0-100 | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 195 | Haiti | 29.5 0-100 | 2025 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 196 | Iran | 29.24 0-100 | 2025 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 197 | Cuba | 28.34 0-100 | 2025 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 198 | Libya | 26.86 0-100 | 2025 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 199 | Somalia | 26.15 0-100 | 2025 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 200 | Sudan | 25.48 0-100 | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 201 | Syria | 24.33 0-100 | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 202 | Turkmenistan | 23.13 0-100 | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 203 | South Sudan | 22.5 0-100 | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 204 | Venezuela | 21.32 0-100 | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 205 | North Korea | 21.27 0-100 | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 206 | Eritrea | 19.24 0-100 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |