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Regulatory Quality, 2003

Figures for 2003, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Regulatory Quality, 2003 covers 184 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 2.1168; Somalia is lowest, at -2.3443. The middle country reads -0.2132. Against 2002, 184 values changed (111 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2003

HighestLuxembourg

2.1168

LowestSomalia

-2.3443

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, 2003, 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 184 countries · select a heading to sort

Regulatory Quality, 2003: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2.116891.937
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.105891.748
3Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2.084691.382
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.078691.280
5SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.038790.592
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.027890.405
7IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.902988.254
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.896188.137
9United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.895888.131
10New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.851587.369
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.835187.087
12LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.820986.842
13IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.736485.388
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.730085.277
15AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.726285.212
16CanadaCANNorthern America1.695084.674
17United StatesUSANorthern America1.667084.193
18AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.642583.772
19ChileCHLSouth America1.577582.652
20GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.554182.250
21BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.546782.122
=22BermudaBMUNorthern America1.464280.702
=22Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.464280.702
24SpainESPSouthern Europe1.434380.188
25EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.423880.007

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg2.1168
  2. 2Finland2.1058
  3. 3Hong Kong2.0846
  4. 4Denmark2.0786
  5. 5Singapore2.0387

Lowest

  1. 184Somalia-2.3443
  2. 183Zimbabwe-2.2584
  3. 182Myanmar-2.2266
  4. 181North Korea-2.2120
  5. 180Liberia-2.1353

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.2132. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)

    HighestLuxembourg91.937

    LowestSomalia15.140

    Middle country: 51.825

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 184values changed, of 184 in both
  • 111 · 73rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Macau0.7478 → 1.2858+0.5380
  • Japan0.4899 → 0.9887+0.4988
  • Iraq-1.9554 → -1.5626+0.3928
  • Bhutan-0.1439 → 0.2158+0.3597
  • Armenia-0.0273 → 0.2121+0.2394

Fell most

  • Venezuela-0.6910 → -1.1136−0.4226
  • Fiji0.1283 → -0.2380−0.3663
  • Comoros-1.0356 → -1.3894−0.3537
  • Uruguay0.5145 → 0.2784−0.2361
  • Lesotho-0.3628 → -0.5637−0.2009

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

  • 180 distinct values among 184

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 2 countries share 1.4642. 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 184 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 (2003). Regulatory Quality, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2003

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07Questions

Regulatory Quality, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest regulatory quality in Regulatory Quality, 2003?

Luxembourg, at 2.1168, of the 184 countries in the file.

What year does Regulatory Quality, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Regulatory Quality, 2003 cover?

184.

Where can I download Regulatory Quality, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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