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Regulatory Quality, 2000

Figures for 2000, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Regulatory Quality, 2000 covers 183 countries on 2 measures. Netherlands is highest, at 2.1632; DR Congo is lowest, at -2.5932. The middle country reads -0.2350. Against 1998, 183 values changed (133 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2000

HighestNetherlands

2.1632

LowestDR Congo

-2.5932

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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.163292.736
2SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.040290.617
3SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.930788.733
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.928288.690
5United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.917788.509
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.854587.421
7United StatesUSANorthern America1.838487.144
8IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.734785.359
9FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.723385.163
10CanadaCANNorthern America1.644583.806
11GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.626083.487
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.623683.446
13LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.617683.343
14New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.604183.111
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.600383.045
16Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.466980.749
17SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.458480.602
=18AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.439380.273
=18BermudaBMUNorthern America1.439380.273
=18Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.439380.273
21IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.423379.998
22SpainESPSouthern Europe1.412479.810
23ChileCHLSouth America1.398879.576
24BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.378679.228
25BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.287077.651

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Netherlands2.1632
  2. 2Singapore2.0402
  3. 3Switzerland1.9307
  4. 4Luxembourg1.9282
  5. 5United Kingdom1.9177

Lowest

  1. 183DR Congo-2.5932
  2. 182Afghanistan-2.4844
  3. 181Somalia-2.2637
  4. 180Liberia-2.2309
  5. 179Uzbekistan-2.1226

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.2350. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)

    HighestNetherlands92.736

    LowestDR Congo10.854

    Middle country: 51.451

031998 → 2000

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 183values changed, of 183 in both
  • 133 · 50rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

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

How values are stored

  • 177 distinct values among 183

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 3 countries share 1.4393. 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.

05The 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 (2000). Regulatory Quality, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2000

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07Questions

Regulatory Quality, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest regulatory quality in Regulatory Quality, 2000?

Netherlands, at 2.1632, of the 183 countries in the file.

What year does Regulatory Quality, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Regulatory Quality, 2000 cover?

183.

Where can I download Regulatory Quality, 2000?

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, 2000 the newest?

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

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