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Regulatory Quality, 1996

Figures for 1996, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Regulatory Quality, 1996 covers 183 countries on 2 measures. Singapore is highest, at 1.85704; Somalia is lowest, at -2.95652. The middle country reads -0.31804.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 1996

HighestSingapore

1.85704

LowestSomalia

-2.95652

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Regulatory Quality, 1996, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 183 countries · select a heading to sort

Regulatory Quality, 1996: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.8570487.4646
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.8038086.5482
3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.7107184.9456
4NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.6532183.9557
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.6169783.3318
6LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.5992683.0270
7AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.4649980.7157
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.4533180.5145
9IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.4524480.4995
10United StatesUSANorthern America1.4521980.4953
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.4426780.3314
=12AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.4209179.9568
=12BermudaBMUNorthern America1.4209179.9568
14NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.3992979.5845
15BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.3659579.0106
16Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.3596878.9028
17FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.3546878.8167
18ChileCHLSouth America1.3368178.5090
19CanadaCANNorthern America1.3307878.4052
20SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.3146578.1275
21GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.2990977.8596
22Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.2425676.8866
23BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.2290576.6539
24BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.1891075.9662
25AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.0651773.8328

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore1.85704
  2. 2United Kingdom1.80380
  3. 3New Zealand1.71071
  4. 4Netherlands1.65321
  5. 5Denmark1.61697

Lowest

  1. 183Somalia-2.95652
  2. 182Afghanistan-2.50270
  3. 181Liberia-2.41369
  4. 180North Korea-2.40418
  5. 179Turkmenistan-2.15728

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.31804. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)

    HighestSingapore87.4646

    LowestSomalia4.6006

    Middle country: 50.0213

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • 178 distinct values among 183

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 2 countries share 1.42091. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 183 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1996). Regulatory Quality, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/1996

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06Questions

Regulatory Quality, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest regulatory quality in Regulatory Quality, 1996?

Singapore, at 1.85704, of the 183 countries in the file.

What year does Regulatory Quality, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Regulatory Quality, 1996 cover?

183.

Where can I download Regulatory Quality, 1996?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Regulatory Quality, 1996 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Regulatory Quality, 2025.

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