Regulatory Quality - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
205
Highest
93.6%
Singapore
Lowest
27.2%
Eritrea
Median
58.9%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,169
What the numbers show
Regulatory Quality - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 93.6% in Singapore; the lowest is 27.2% in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 58.9%, and the mean is 60.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 40.8%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 21.4%).
Regulatory Quality - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for th: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 93.6% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | Finland | 91.4% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 3 | Denmark | 90.9% | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 4 | New Zealand | 89.5% | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 89.5% | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 6 | Greenland | 89.2% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Switzerland | 89.0% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 8 | Ireland | 88.8% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 9 | Hong Kong (China) | 88.1% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 10 | Australia | 87.6% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 11 | Netherlands | 87.6% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 12 | Liechtenstein | 86.9% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 13 | Sweden | 86.8% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Norway | 86.8% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 15 | Macau (China) | 85.0% | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 16 | Andorra | 84.8% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 16 | Monaco | 84.8% | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 16 | United States Virgin Islands | 84.8% | 2024 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 84.3% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 20 | Germany | 84.1% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 21 | Iceland | 82.1% | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 22 | Estonia | 82.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 23 | Canada | 81.9% | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 24 | United States | 81.8% | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 25 | Austria | 81.8% | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 26 | Japan | 81.4% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 27 | San Marino | 81.1% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 28 | Lithuania | 80.3% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 29 | Cayman Islands | 80.3% | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 30 | Belgium | 80.1% | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 31 | Czechia | 79.4% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 32 | Aruba | 78.8% | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 33 | Israel | 78.6% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 34 | France | 78.5% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 77.7% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 36 | Bermuda | 77.3% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 37 | Latvia | 77.3% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 38 | Korea | 75.9% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 39 | Brunei Darussalam | 75.7% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 40 | Qatar | 75.6% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 41 | Bahrain | 75.4% | 2024 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 42 | Mauritius | 75.1% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 43 | Palau | 74.2% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 44 | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 45 | American Samoa | 73.6% | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 45 | Guam | 73.6% | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 47 | Puerto Rico | 72.6% | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 48 | Slovenia | 72.5% | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 49 | Chile | 72.3% | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 50 | Portugal | 72.1% | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 51 | Cyprus | 72.1% | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 71.6% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 53 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 71.4% | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 54 | Oman | 71.2% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 55 | Poland | 70.8% | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 56 | Georgia | 70.7% | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 57 | Malaysia | 70.7% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 58 | Italy | 70.5% | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 59 | Uruguay | 70.4% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 60 | Spain | 70.2% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 69.4% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 62 | Malta | 68.6% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 63 | Seychelles | 68.3% | 2024 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 64 | Barbados | 68.2% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 65 | Greece | 68.0% | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 66 | Slovak Republic | 66.3% | 2024 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 67 | Kuwait | 66.3% | 2024 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 68 | Botswana | 66.1% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 69 | Romania | 66.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 70 | Hungary | 65.2% | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 64.7% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | 64.5% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 73 | Bulgaria | 64.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 74 | Croatia | 64.4% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 75 | Jordan | 64.1% | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 76 | Fiji | 63.6% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 63.5% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 78 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 63.3% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 79 | Rwanda | 63.2% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 80 | Armenia | 63.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 62.9% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 82 | Grenada | 62.8% | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 83 | Dominica | 62.6% | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 84 | Montenegro | 62.5% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 85 | Albania | 62.4% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 86 | Namibia | 61.9% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 87 | Indonesia | 61.7% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 88 | Jamaica | 61.7% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 89 | Thailand | 61.6% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 90 | Serbia | 61.5% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 91 | Cabo Verde | 61.3% | 2024 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 92 | Peru | 61.2% | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 93 | Philippines | 61.0% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 94 | Samoa | 61.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 60.7% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 96 | Colombia | 60.1% | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 97 | Republic of Moldova | 59.5% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 98 | Morocco | 59.5% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 99 | Bahamas | 59.5% | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 100 | Panama | 59.1% | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 101 | Tonga | 59.0% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 102 | Maldives | 58.9% | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 103 | Bhutan | 58.9% | 2024 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 104 | South Africa | 58.9% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 105 | China (People’s Republic of) | 58.8% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 106 | Mongolia | 58.6% | 2024 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 107 | Nauru | 58.4% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 108 | India | 58.3% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 109 | Paraguay | 58.0% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 110 | Ghana | 57.3% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 111 | El Salvador | 57.3% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.0% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 113 | Vanuatu | 57.0% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 114 | Tuvalu | 56.9% | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 115 | Mexico | 56.8% | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 116 | Türkiye | 56.6% | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 117 | Kosovo | 56.4% | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 118 | Argentina | 56.2% | 2024 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 119 | Côte d'Ivoire | 56.2% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 120 | State of Palestine | 55.9% | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 121 | Viet Nam | 55.9% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 122 | Guatemala | 55.4% | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 123 | Brazil | 55.3% | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 124 | Ukraine | 55.2% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 125 | Senegal | 55.1% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 55.0% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 127 | Sri Lanka | 54.9% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 128 | Kiribati | 54.7% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 129 | Benin | 54.6% | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 130 | Tunisia | 53.8% | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 131 | Belize | 53.6% | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 132 | Kenya | 53.5% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 133 | Guyana | 53.4% | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 134 | Togo | 52.5% | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 135 | Marshall Islands | 52.4% | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 136 | Zambia | 52.2% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 137 | Egypt | 52.0% | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 51.6% | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 139 | Lesotho | 51.5% | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 140 | Uzbekistan | 51.4% | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 141 | Nepal | 51.0% | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 142 | Burkina Faso | 50.7% | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 143 | Papua New Guinea | 50.6% | 2024 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 144 | Uganda | 50.6% | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 145 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 50.6% | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 146 | United Republic of Tanzania | 50.4% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 147 | Eswatini | 50.1% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 148 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 50.1% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 149 | Ecuador | 50.0% | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 150 | Cambodia | 49.8% | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 151 | Honduras | 49.7% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 152 | Malawi | 49.6% | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 153 | Nigeria | 49.3% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 154 | Timor-Leste | 49.0% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 155 | Gabon | 48.7% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 156 | Gambia | 48.4% | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 157 | Algeria | 48.2% | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 158 | Tajikistan | 48.2% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 48.1% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 160 | Angola | 47.7% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 161 | Cameroon | 47.4% | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 162 | Madagascar | 47.1% | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 163 | Pakistan | 47.1% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 164 | Niger | 46.9% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 165 | Mali | 46.8% | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 166 | Mozambique | 46.8% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 167 | Mauritania | 46.8% | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 168 | Burundi | 46.4% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 169 | Suriname | 45.9% | 2024 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 170 | Djibouti | 45.8% | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 171 | Ethiopia | 45.8% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 172 | Liberia | 45.6% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 45.6% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 174 | Lebanon | 45.1% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 175 | Iraq | 44.8% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 176 | Guinea | 44.8% | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 177 | Bangladesh | 44.6% | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 178 | Nicaragua | 44.1% | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 179 | Russia | 43.1% | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 180 | Sierra Leone | 42.2% | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 181 | Chad | 42.0% | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 182 | Congo | 41.5% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 183 | Belarus | 41.0% | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 184 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.7% | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 185 | Comoros | 40.4% | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 186 | Zimbabwe | 40.3% | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 187 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 40.3% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 188 | Central African Republic | 39.3% | 2024 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 189 | Equatorial Guinea | 39.1% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 190 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 38.6% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 191 | Cuba | 38.4% | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 192 | Myanmar | 37.5% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 193 | Haiti | 36.7% | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 194 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 36.4% | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 195 | Afghanistan | 35.6% | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 196 | Yemen | 35.4% | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 197 | Turkmenistan | 34.8% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 198 | Libya | 33.4% | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 199 | Sudan | 32.7% | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 200 | Somalia | 32.0% | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 201 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 31.5% | 2024 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 202 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 29.9% | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 203 | South Sudan | 29.4% | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 204 | Syrian Arab Republic | 29.3% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 205 | Eritrea | 27.2% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |