Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) by country
Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score...
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) (Regulatory 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 |
About this data
Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).