Regulatory Quality - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
206
Highest
97.4%
Singapore
Lowest
24.1%
Eritrea
Median
59.3%
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,391
What the numbers show
Regulatory Quality - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 97.4% in Singapore; the lowest is 24.1% in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 59.3%, and the mean is 60.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 127 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 43.3%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 20.4%).
Regulatory Quality: Upper bound of the 90% confidence: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 97.4% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 2 | Monaco | 96.5% | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 3 | New Zealand | 93.6% | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 4 | Switzerland | 91.2% | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 5 | Denmark | 90.8% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 6 | Australia | 90.4% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 7 | Liechtenstein | 90.2% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 89.9% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 9 | Finland | 89.8% | 2025 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 89.8% | 2025 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 11 | Ireland | 89.5% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 12 | Norway | 88.9% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 13 | Sweden | 88.7% | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 14 | United States Virgin Islands | 88.3% | 2025 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 15 | Macao | 88.1% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 86.8% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 17 | Canada | 86.4% | 2025 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 18 | Netherlands | 86.4% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 19 | Estonia | 84.6% | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 20 | Greenland | 84.4% | 2025 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 21 | Andorra | 84.2% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 21 | San Marino | 84.2% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Lithuania | 82.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 24 | Japan | 82.7% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 25 | Germany | 82.6% | 2025 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 26 | Belgium | 82.5% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 27 | Israel | 81.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 81.3% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 29 | Aruba | 81.1% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 30 | Iceland | 80.5% | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 31 | Bermuda | 80.1% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 32 | Austria | 80.0% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 33 | Czechia | 79.5% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 34 | Brunei | 79.3% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 35 | United States | 79.0% | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 36 | Bahrain | 78.7% | 2025 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 37 | France | 78.7% | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 38 | Latvia | 78.7% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 39 | South Korea | 78.3% | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 40 | Qatar | 78.2% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 41 | Mauritius | 77.4% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 42 | Antigua and Barbuda | 76.5% | 2025 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 43 | Palau | 76.5% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 44 | Cyprus | 76.3% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 45 | American Samoa | 76.0% | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 45 | Guam | 76.0% | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 47 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 76.0% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 48 | Cayman Islands | 75.9% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 49 | Poland | 74.6% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 50 | Oman | 73.4% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 73.0% | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 52 | Malaysia | 72.8% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 53 | Slovenia | 72.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 54 | Georgia | 72.3% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 55 | Chile | 72.0% | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 56 | Italy | 71.9% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 57 | Portugal | 71.3% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 58 | Uruguay | 70.8% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 70.6% | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 69.4% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 61 | Barbados | 69.1% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 62 | Malta | 69.0% | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 63 | Spain | 68.9% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 64 | Greece | 68.8% | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 65 | Seychelles | 68.6% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 66 | Croatia | 68.5% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 67 | Puerto Rico | 68.3% | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 68 | Slovakia | 67.6% | 2025 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 69 | Kuwait | 67.2% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 70 | Botswana | 67.0% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 67.0% | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 66.9% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 73 | Jordan | 66.6% | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 74 | Albania | 66.5% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 75 | Romania | 65.7% | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 76 | Hungary | 65.6% | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 77 | Armenia | 65.5% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 78 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 65.3% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 79 | Montenegro | 65.2% | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 80 | Fiji | 64.7% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 64.5% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 82 | Rwanda | 64.4% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 83 | Dominica | 64.4% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 84 | Philippines | 63.8% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 85 | Grenada | 63.3% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 86 | Thailand | 63.2% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 87 | Peru | 63.1% | 2025 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 88 | Samoa | 62.9% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 89 | Indonesia | 62.7% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 62.7% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 91 | Serbia | 62.3% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 92 | Namibia | 62.2% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 93 | Cape Verde | 61.8% | 2025 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 94 | Jamaica | 61.6% | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 61.4% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 96 | Paraguay | 60.8% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 97 | Bahamas | 60.8% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 98 | Morocco | 60.7% | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 99 | Moldova | 60.4% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 100 | Mongolia | 60.0% | 2025 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 101 | South Africa | 59.7% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 102 | Bhutan | 59.7% | 2025 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 103 | Argentina | 59.4% | 2025 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 104 | Panama | 59.2% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 105 | Tonga | 59.2% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 106 | China | 59.1% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 107 | Nauru | 58.9% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 108 | El Salvador | 58.7% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 109 | Vietnam | 58.5% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 58.3% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 111 | Turkey | 58.1% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 112 | India | 58.0% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 113 | Vanuatu | 57.7% | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 114 | Colombia | 57.7% | 2025 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 115 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 57.6% | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 116 | Tuvalu | 57.4% | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 117 | Maldives | 57.3% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 118 | Palestine | 57.3% | 2025 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 119 | Cote d'Ivoire | 57.1% | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 120 | Mexico | 57.0% | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 121 | Kiribati | 57.0% | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 122 | Ghana | 56.7% | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 123 | Ukraine | 56.5% | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 124 | Kosovo | 56.4% | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 125 | Guatemala | 55.5% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 55.4% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 127 | Senegal | 55.4% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 128 | Benin | 55.0% | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54.6% | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 130 | Guyana | 54.6% | 2025 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.0% | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 132 | Brazil | 53.4% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 133 | Kenya | 53.4% | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 134 | Egypt | 53.1% | 2025 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 135 | Marshall Islands | 52.5% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 136 | Belize | 52.4% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 137 | Zambia | 52.1% | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 138 | Tunisia | 51.9% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 139 | Lesotho | 51.9% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 140 | Togo | 51.8% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 141 | Uzbekistan | 51.7% | 2025 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 142 | Tanzania | 51.5% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 143 | Micronesia (country) | 50.8% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 144 | Cambodia | 50.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 50.6% | 2025 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 146 | Uganda | 49.8% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 147 | Laos | 49.8% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 148 | Malawi | 49.8% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 149 | Honduras | 49.8% | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 150 | Eswatini | 49.6% | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 151 | Nepal | 49.6% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 152 | Nigeria | 49.3% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 153 | Burkina Faso | 49.2% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 154 | Ecuador | 49.0% | 2025 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 155 | East Timor | 49.0% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 156 | Gambia | 48.9% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 157 | Gabon | 48.6% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 158 | Angola | 48.2% | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 159 | Suriname | 47.9% | 2025 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 160 | Mauritania | 47.7% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 161 | Algeria | 47.6% | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 162 | Ethiopia | 47.5% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 163 | Tajikistan | 47.3% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 47.2% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 165 | Mozambique | 46.9% | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 166 | Niger | 46.9% | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 167 | Lebanon | 46.6% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 168 | Cameroon | 46.4% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 169 | Mali | 46.0% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 170 | Madagascar | 45.7% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 171 | Burundi | 45.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 172 | Djibouti | 45.4% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 173 | Liberia | 45.1% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 174 | Pakistan | 44.9% | 2025 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 175 | Iraq | 44.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 176 | Nicaragua | 44.6% | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.6% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 178 | Bangladesh | 44.5% | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 179 | Guinea | 43.7% | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 180 | Comoros | 41.7% | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 181 | Chad | 41.2% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 182 | Sierra Leone | 41.0% | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 183 | Russia | 40.8% | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 184 | Congo | 40.1% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 185 | Bolivia | 40.1% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 186 | Belarus | 39.8% | 2025 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 187 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.5% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 188 | Zimbabwe | 38.0% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 189 | Central African Republic | 37.9% | 2025 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 190 | Equatorial Guinea | 37.4% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 191 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 37.4% | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 192 | Afghanistan | 36.5% | 2025 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 193 | Yemen | 36.1% | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 194 | Myanmar | 36.0% | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 195 | Iran | 35.1% | 2025 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 196 | Cuba | 34.9% | 2025 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 197 | Haiti | 34.8% | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 198 | Libya | 33.5% | 2025 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 199 | Somalia | 31.0% | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 200 | Syria | 30.3% | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 201 | Sudan | 30.0% | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 202 | Turkmenistan | 30.0% | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 203 | South Sudan | 28.1% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 204 | North Korea | 27.8% | 2025 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 205 | Venezuela | 26.9% | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 206 | Eritrea | 24.1% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |