Regulatory Quality - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
206
Highest
86.3%
Singapore
Lowest
14.4%
Eritrea
Median
47.6%
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,391
What the numbers show
Regulatory Quality - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 86.3% in Singapore; the lowest is 14.4% in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 47.6%, and the mean is 48.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 64.7%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 30.4%).
Regulatory Quality: Lower bound of the 90% confidence: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 86.3% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 2 | New Zealand | 81.3% | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 78.5% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 4 | Australia | 78.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 5 | Switzerland | 77.8% | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 77.6% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 7 | Finland | 77.5% | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 8 | Ireland | 77.2% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 76.9% | 2025 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 10 | Norway | 76.6% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 11 | Sweden | 76.4% | 2025 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 74.5% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 13 | Canada | 74.1% | 2025 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 14 | Netherlands | 74.1% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 15 | Liechtenstein | 74.0% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 16 | Estonia | 73.5% | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 17 | Lithuania | 71.8% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 18 | Macao | 70.5% | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 19 | Japan | 70.4% | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 20 | Germany | 70.3% | 2025 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 21 | Belgium | 70.2% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 70.1% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 23 | Czechia | 68.4% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 24 | Monaco | 68.4% | 2025 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 25 | Israel | 68.2% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 26 | Austria | 67.7% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 27 | Latvia | 67.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 28 | South Korea | 67.2% | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 29 | Iceland | 67.1% | 2025 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 30 | Qatar | 67.1% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 31 | Bahrain | 66.8% | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 32 | United States | 66.7% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 33 | France | 66.4% | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 34 | Mauritius | 65.7% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 35 | Brunei | 64.9% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 36 | Cyprus | 64.0% | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 37 | Poland | 63.5% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | Aruba | 63.5% | 2025 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 39 | Greenland | 63.4% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 40 | Malaysia | 61.7% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 41 | Oman | 61.5% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 42 | Slovenia | 61.3% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 61.1% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 44 | Chile | 60.9% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 45 | United States Virgin Islands | 60.2% | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 46 | Georgia | 60.2% | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 47 | Italy | 59.6% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 48 | Uruguay | 59.2% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 49 | Portugal | 59.0% | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 58.9% | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 51 | Cayman Islands | 58.3% | 2025 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 52 | Croatia | 57.4% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 57.3% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 56.6% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 55 | Greece | 56.5% | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 56 | Slovakia | 56.5% | 2025 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 57 | Botswana | 56.2% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 58 | Kuwait | 56.1% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 59 | Andorra | 56.1% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 59 | San Marino | 56.1% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 61 | Malta | 56.0% | 2025 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 62 | Jordan | 55.8% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 63 | Antigua and Barbuda | 55.8% | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 55.8% | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 65 | Barbados | 55.4% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 66 | Rwanda | 55.3% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 67 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 55.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 68 | Albania | 54.8% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 69 | Romania | 54.6% | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 70 | Hungary | 54.5% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 71 | Seychelles | 53.3% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 72 | Philippines | 53.1% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 73 | Montenegro | 53.0% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 74 | Armenia | 53.0% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 52.8% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 76 | Puerto Rico | 52.4% | 2025 | down 18.8% | flat |
| 77 | Thailand | 52.1% | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 78 | Peru | 52.0% | 2025 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 79 | Bermuda | 52.0% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 80 | Indonesia | 51.9% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 81 | Saint Lucia | 51.6% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 82 | Namibia | 51.3% | 2025 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 83 | Serbia | 50.7% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 50.3% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 50.1% | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 86 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.9% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 87 | Jamaica | 49.9% | 2025 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 88 | Palau | 49.8% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 89 | Morocco | 49.7% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 90 | Cape Verde | 49.5% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 91 | Mongolia | 49.3% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 92 | Paraguay | 49.2% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 93 | Dominica | 48.9% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 94 | South Africa | 48.9% | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 95 | Moldova | 48.8% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 96 | Argentina | 48.3% | 2025 | up 32.7% | flat |
| 97 | Cote d'Ivoire | 48.2% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 98 | Bhutan | 48.0% | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 99 | China | 48.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 100 | Ghana | 48.0% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 101 | American Samoa | 47.9% | 2025 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 101 | Guam | 47.9% | 2025 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 103 | Vietnam | 47.7% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 104 | Panama | 47.6% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 105 | El Salvador | 47.4% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 106 | Fiji | 47.4% | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 107 | India | 47.2% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 108 | Bahamas | 47.2% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 109 | Turkey | 47.0% | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 110 | Grenada | 46.8% | 2025 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.6% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 112 | Colombia | 46.5% | 2025 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 113 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 46.5% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 114 | Senegal | 46.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 115 | Kosovo | 46.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 116 | Mexico | 45.9% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 117 | Benin | 45.8% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 118 | Samoa | 45.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 45.1% | 2025 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 120 | Ukraine | 44.8% | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 121 | Kenya | 44.7% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 122 | Guatemala | 43.9% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.3% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 124 | Zambia | 43.2% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 125 | Tonga | 43.0% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 126 | Togo | 42.8% | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 127 | Tanzania | 42.5% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.5% | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 129 | Guyana | 42.4% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 130 | Brazil | 42.3% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 131 | Lesotho | 42.3% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 132 | Egypt | 42.1% | 2025 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 41.6% | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 134 | Uzbekistan | 41.4% | 2025 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 135 | Tunisia | 41.0% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 136 | Malawi | 40.9% | 2025 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 137 | Uganda | 40.7% | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 138 | Burkina Faso | 40.1% | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 139 | Cambodia | 40.1% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 140 | Maldives | 40.0% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 141 | Gambia | 39.9% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 142 | Palestine | 39.7% | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 143 | Belize | 39.7% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 144 | Kiribati | 39.6% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 145 | Nigeria | 39.5% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 146 | Honduras | 39.4% | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 147 | Papua New Guinea | 39.3% | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 148 | Nepal | 38.9% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 149 | Laos | 38.5% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 150 | Mauritania | 38.4% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 151 | Ethiopia | 38.4% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 152 | Tuvalu | 38.3% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 153 | Eswatini | 38.1% | 2025 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 154 | Mozambique | 37.9% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 155 | Niger | 37.8% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 156 | Cameroon | 37.5% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 157 | Ecuador | 37.4% | 2025 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 158 | Gabon | 37.3% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 159 | Angola | 37.2% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 160 | Mali | 37.1% | 2025 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 161 | East Timor | 36.8% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 162 | Madagascar | 36.6% | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 163 | Algeria | 36.2% | 2025 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 164 | Liberia | 36.1% | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 36.0% | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 166 | Suriname | 35.7% | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 167 | Burundi | 35.7% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 168 | Djibouti | 35.6% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 169 | Lebanon | 35.0% | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 170 | Guinea | 34.6% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 171 | Pakistan | 34.5% | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 172 | Bangladesh | 34.2% | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 34.1% | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 174 | Nicaragua | 33.9% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 175 | Micronesia (country) | 33.4% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 176 | Marshall Islands | 33.3% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 177 | Nauru | 32.3% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 178 | Sierra Leone | 32.0% | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 179 | Chad | 31.7% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 180 | Iraq | 31.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 181 | Solomon Islands | 31.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 182 | Comoros | 29.9% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 183 | Congo | 29.7% | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 184 | Zimbabwe | 29.1% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 185 | Russia | 29.1% | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 186 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.0% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 187 | Bolivia | 28.8% | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 188 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 28.5% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 189 | Central African Republic | 28.1% | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 190 | Belarus | 27.8% | 2025 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 191 | Afghanistan | 25.0% | 2025 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 192 | Myanmar | 24.9% | 2025 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 193 | Yemen | 24.2% | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 194 | Equatorial Guinea | 24.2% | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 195 | Haiti | 24.1% | 2025 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 196 | Iran | 23.4% | 2025 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 197 | Cuba | 21.8% | 2025 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 198 | Somalia | 21.3% | 2025 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 199 | Sudan | 20.9% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 200 | Libya | 20.2% | 2025 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 201 | Syria | 18.4% | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 202 | South Sudan | 16.9% | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 203 | Turkmenistan | 16.3% | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 204 | Venezuela | 15.8% | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 205 | North Korea | 14.7% | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 206 | Eritrea | 14.4% | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |