Regulatory Quality - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
206
Highest
83.4%
Singapore
Lowest
17.4%
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
48.2%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,186
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 83.4% in Singapore; the lowest is 17.4% in Syrian Arab Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 48.2%, and the mean is 48.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Palau (up 98.7%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 29.9%).
Regulatory Quality - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for th: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 83.4% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 2 | Finland | 80.2% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 79.7% | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 4 | New Zealand | 78.4% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 78.3% | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 6 | Ireland | 77.6% | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 7 | Switzerland | 76.6% | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 8 | Hong Kong, China | 76.5% | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 9 | Australia | 76.4% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 10 | Netherlands | 76.4% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 11 | Sweden | 75.6% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 12 | Norway | 75.6% | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 73.1% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 14 | Germany | 72.9% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 15 | Estonia | 71.8% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 16 | Liechtenstein | 71.3% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 17 | Canada | 70.8% | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 18 | United States | 70.6% | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 19 | Austria | 70.6% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 20 | Japan | 70.2% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 21 | Lithuania | 70.2% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 22 | Iceland | 69.6% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 23 | Czechia | 69.2% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 24 | Belgium | 68.9% | 2024 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 25 | Macau, China | 68.0% | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 26 | Greenland | 68.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 67.5% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 28 | France | 67.4% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 29 | Latvia | 67.1% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 30 | Israel | 66.2% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 31 | Korea | 65.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 32 | Qatar | 64.6% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 33 | Bahrain | 64.3% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 34 | Mauritius | 64.3% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 35 | Cayman Islands | 63.3% | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 36 | Slovenia | 62.4% | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 37 | Chile | 62.1% | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 38 | Brunei Darussalam | 62.0% | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 39 | Aruba | 61.8% | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 40 | Portugal | 60.9% | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 41 | Cyprus | 60.9% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 42 | Poland | 60.6% | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 60.5% | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 44 | Malaysia | 60.5% | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 45 | Oman | 60.2% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 46 | Andorra | 59.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 46 | Monaco | 59.7% | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 46 | United States Virgin Islands | 59.7% | 2024 | up 14.6% | flat |
| 49 | Uruguay | 59.7% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 50 | Georgia | 59.5% | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 51 | Italy | 59.4% | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 52 | Spain | 59.1% | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 58.7% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | 57.8% | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 55 | Greece | 56.8% | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 56 | Malta | 56.6% | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 57 | Botswana | 56.3% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 58 | Slovak Republic | 56.2% | 2024 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 59 | Kuwait | 56.1% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 60 | San Marino | 56.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 61 | Antigua and Barbuda | 55.9% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 62 | Romania | 55.8% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 63 | Barbados | 55.5% | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 64 | Hungary | 55.1% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 65 | Rwanda | 55.0% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 54.3% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 67 | Croatia | 54.3% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 68 | Jordan | 54.3% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 69 | Seychelles | 53.7% | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 70 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53.5% | 2024 | up 19.9% | falling |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 53.4% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 52.7% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 73 | Bermuda | 52.2% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 74 | Namibia | 52.1% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 75 | Indonesia | 51.9% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 76 | Albania | 51.6% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 77 | Thailand | 51.5% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 78 | Montenegro | 51.3% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 79 | Philippines | 51.2% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 80 | Armenia | 51.1% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 81 | Peru | 51.1% | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 51.1% | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 83 | Saint Lucia | 51.0% | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 84 | Jamaica | 50.9% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 85 | Serbia | 50.7% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 86 | Palau | 50.7% | 2024 | up 98.7% | rising |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 50.5% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 88 | Colombia | 50.0% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 89 | Cape Verde | 49.8% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.8% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 91 | Ghana | 49.6% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 92 | Morocco | 49.4% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 93 | Dominica | 49.0% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 94 | South Africa | 49.0% | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 95 | Mongolia | 48.9% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 96 | Republic of Moldova | 48.7% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 97 | China (People’s Republic of) | 48.7% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 98 | American Samoa | 48.5% | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 98 | Guam | 48.5% | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 100 | Grenada | 48.5% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 101 | India | 48.4% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 102 | Panama | 48.3% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 103 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.2% | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 104 | Fiji | 48.1% | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 105 | Bhutan | 48.0% | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 106 | Paraguay | 47.3% | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 107 | Senegal | 47.0% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 108 | El Salvador | 46.9% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 109 | Bahamas | 46.9% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 110 | Mexico | 46.7% | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 111 | Türkiye | 46.5% | 2024 | down 17.0% | flat |
| 112 | Benin | 46.4% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 113 | Kosovo | 46.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 113 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 46.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.2% | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 116 | Argentina | 46.1% | 2024 | up 35.7% | flat |
| 117 | Kenya | 45.7% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 118 | Samoa | 45.5% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 119 | Viet Nam | 45.5% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 120 | Sri Lanka | 45.4% | 2024 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 121 | Brazil | 45.1% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 122 | Ukraine | 45.0% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 123 | Guatemala | 44.6% | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 124 | Tonga | 44.6% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 125 | Togo | 44.3% | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 126 | Zambia | 44.2% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.7% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 128 | Tunisia | 43.7% | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 129 | Maldives | 43.4% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 130 | Lesotho | 42.9% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 131 | Uganda | 42.6% | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 132 | Vanuatu | 42.5% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 42.5% | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 134 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 42.4% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 135 | Guyana | 42.2% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 136 | Belize | 41.9% | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 137 | Egypt | 41.9% | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.8% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 139 | Uzbekistan | 41.7% | 2024 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 140 | Malawi | 41.6% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 141 | Nepal | 41.3% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 142 | Nigeria | 40.4% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 143 | Gambia | 40.4% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 144 | Honduras | 40.2% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 40.2% | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 146 | Tuvalu | 40.1% | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 147 | Cambodia | 40.0% | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 148 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 39.6% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 149 | Eswatini | 39.5% | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 150 | Cameroon | 39.4% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 151 | Ecuador | 39.3% | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 152 | Kiribati | 39.2% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 153 | Palestine, State of | 39.0% | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 154 | Madagascar | 39.0% | 2024 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 155 | Mali | 38.8% | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 156 | Mozambique | 38.8% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 157 | Niger | 38.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 158 | Mauritania | 38.4% | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 159 | Gabon | 38.2% | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 160 | Algeria | 37.8% | 2024 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 161 | Burundi | 37.7% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 162 | Ethiopia | 37.6% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 163 | Pakistan | 37.6% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 164 | Angola | 37.6% | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 37.6% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 166 | Timor-Leste | 37.6% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 167 | Liberia | 37.6% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 168 | Djibouti | 37.0% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 169 | Guinea | 36.8% | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 170 | Sao Tome and Principe | 36.1% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 171 | Marshall Islands | 35.6% | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 172 | Bangladesh | 35.2% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 173 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 35.1% | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 174 | Naoero | 34.8% | 2024 | up 83.4% | rising |
| 175 | Suriname | 34.8% | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 176 | Lebanon | 34.4% | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 177 | Nicaragua | 34.3% | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 178 | Sierra Leone | 34.2% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 179 | Solomon Islands | 33.6% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 180 | Chad | 33.4% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 181 | Russia | 32.9% | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 182 | Iraq | 32.4% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 183 | Zimbabwe | 32.3% | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 184 | Congo | 31.9% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 185 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.4% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 186 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 30.6% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 187 | Central African Republic | 30.4% | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 188 | Comoros | 29.9% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 189 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 29.9% | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 190 | Belarus | 29.8% | 2024 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 191 | Myanmar | 27.5% | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 192 | Haiti | 26.9% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 193 | Equatorial Guinea | 26.5% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 194 | Cuba | 26.0% | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 195 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 25.6% | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 196 | Afghanistan | 25.6% | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 197 | Sudan | 24.6% | 2024 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 198 | Yemen | 24.4% | 2024 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 199 | Somalia | 23.2% | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 200 | Turkmenistan | 21.7% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 201 | Libya | 21.5% | 2024 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 202 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 19.8% | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 203 | South Sudan | 19.5% | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 204 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 19.1% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 205 | Eritrea | 18.3% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 206 | Syrian Arab Republic | 17.4% | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |