Data for 2002

Regulatory Quality, 2002

Name: Regulatory Quality, 2002
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Figures for 2002, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Regulatory Quality, 2002 covers 184 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 2.2678; Somalia is lowest, at -2.2769. The middle country reads -0.1646. Against 2000, 183 values changed (125 up, 58 down), 1 country joined.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2002

HighestLuxembourg

2.2678

LowestSomalia

-2.2769

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

184countries
2measures per country
2002the year it describes
178distinct values19 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Regulatory Quality, 2002, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Regulatory Quality, 2002: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.2678	94.536
2	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.0879	91.439
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.0788	91.282
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.0683	91.102
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.0111	90.117
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.9958	89.854
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.9694	89.399
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.9364	88.831
9	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.9033	88.262
10	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.8179	86.791
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.8096	86.649
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.7680	85.932
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.7604	85.802
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.7540	85.690
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.7231	85.159
16	United States`USA`Northern America	1.7163	85.042
=17	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.6395	83.720
=17	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.6395	83.720
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.6348	83.639
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.5712	82.544
21	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.5510	82.196
22	Chile`CHL`South America	1.4810	80.991
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.4623	80.670
24	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.4612	80.650
25	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.4177	79.901
26	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.3192	78.206
27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.3020	77.911
28	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.2996	77.869
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.2841	77.602
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.2827	77.577
31	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.1907	75.994
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.1498	75.290
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.1230	74.828
34	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.1211	74.796
35	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.1045	74.510
36	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.0977	74.393
37	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.0891	74.244
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.0685	73.891
39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.0089	72.864
40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.9779	72.330
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.9479	71.814
42	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.9377	71.639
=43	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.9262	71.440
=43	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.9262	71.440
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.9226	71.379
46	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.8994	70.978
47	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.8539	70.196
48	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.8446	70.036
49	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.7963	69.204
50	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.7478	68.370
51	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.7288	68.042
52	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.7017	67.576
53	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.6771	67.152
54	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.6754	67.123
55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.6694	67.020
56	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.6527	66.733
57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.5844	65.556
58	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.5695	65.299
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.5145	64.353
60	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.4986	64.080
61	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.4899	63.931
62	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.4273	62.852
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.4069	62.501
=64	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.3911	62.229
=64	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.3911	62.229
66	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.3730	61.917
67	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.2886	60.465
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.2752	60.233
69	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.2511	59.819
70	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.1318	57.766
71	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.1299	57.732
=72	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.1283	57.705
=72	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.1283	57.705
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.1140	57.458
75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.1050	57.303
76	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.1048	57.300
77	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.0925	57.089
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.0633	56.586
79	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0604	56.537
80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.0516	56.385
81	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.0138	55.735
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.0050	55.410
83	Colombia`COL`South America	-0.0272	55.029
84	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.0273	55.027
85	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.0928	53.898
86	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.0962	53.839
87	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.1018	53.744
88	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-0.1030	53.723
89	Peru`PER`South America	-0.1061	53.669
90	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.1277	53.298
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.1423	53.047
92	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.1439	53.019
93	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.1853	52.307
94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.2127	51.834
95	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.2166	51.767
96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.2198	51.713
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.2253	51.618
98	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.2384	51.393
99	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-0.2400	51.364
100	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-0.2408	51.352
101	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.2478	51.230
102	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.2825	50.634
103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.2880	50.538
104	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.3017	50.303
105	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.3223	49.949
106	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.3431	49.590
107	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.3553	49.379
=108	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.3628	49.250
=108	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.3628	49.250
110	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.3968	48.666
111	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.4236	48.205
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.4241	48.196
113	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.4530	47.698
114	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.4579	47.614
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.4742	47.333
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.4865	47.122
117	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.5181	46.577
118	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.5453	46.110
119	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.5503	46.024
120	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.5617	45.826
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.5628	45.807
122	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.6019	45.135
123	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.6084	45.023
124	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.6341	44.580
125	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.6662	44.028
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.6808	43.776
127	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-0.6910	43.601
128	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.7078	43.312
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.7504	42.579
130	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.7514	42.561
131	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.7699	42.243
132	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.7726	42.196
133	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.7790	42.087
134	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.7980	41.759
135	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.8054	41.631
136	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.8079	41.588
137	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.8167	41.438
138	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.8249	41.296
139	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-0.8385	41.061
140	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.8413	41.013
141	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.8618	40.660
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.9021	39.967
143	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.9060	39.900
144	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.9078	39.868
145	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.9302	39.483
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.9518	39.110
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-0.9568	39.026
148	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-0.9720	38.763
149	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-1.0154	38.016
150	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.0232	37.881
=151	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.0356	37.668
=151	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-1.0356	37.668
153	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-1.0424	37.552
154	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.1166	36.274
155	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.1225	36.173
156	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-1.1421	35.835
157	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.1842	35.111
158	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.3605	32.076
159	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.3806	31.730
160	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.3827	31.694
161	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-1.3923	31.527
162	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-1.3940	31.499
163	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.4050	31.309
164	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.4068	31.279
165	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.4096	31.231
166	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.4242	30.979
167	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.4286	30.903
168	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.4369	30.760
169	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.4974	29.719
170	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-1.5043	29.601
171	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.5060	29.571
172	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.5638	28.576
173	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.6347	27.355
174	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.7412	25.522
175	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.7558	25.271
176	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.8855	23.039
177	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.9554	21.835
178	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-2.0679	19.898
179	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-2.0801	19.687
180	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-2.1531	18.430
181	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.1547	18.404
182	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-2.1564	18.375
183	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-2.1876	17.837
184	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-2.2769	16.299

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

1Luxembourg2.2678
2Netherlands2.0879
3Switzerland2.0788
4Finland2.0683
5Denmark2.0111

Lowest

184Somalia-2.2769
183Myanmar-2.1876
182Afghanistan-2.1564
181North Korea-2.1547
180DR Congo-2.1531

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1646. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)
HighestLuxembourg94.536
LowestSomalia16.299
Middle country: 52.663

032000 → 2002

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
183values changed, of 183 in both
125 · 58rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Serbia-1.8059 → -0.9302+0.8757
Mauritania-0.4581 → 0.2886+0.7467
Rwanda-1.6007 → -0.8618+0.7389
Fiji-0.5809 → 0.1283+0.7092
Oman-0.0103 → 0.6754+0.6857

Fell most

Argentina-0.0403 → -0.9060−0.8657
Guinea-0.7804 → -1.4974−0.7170
Malawi-0.1974 → -0.7726−0.5752
Ghana-0.1907 → -0.7504−0.5596
Costa Rica0.7789 → 0.3730−0.4059

+ Timor-Leste

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

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178 distinct values among 184
Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 2 countries share 1.6395. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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World Bank Group (2002). Regulatory Quality, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2002

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