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Regulatory Quality, 2005

Figures for 2005, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Regulatory Quality, 2005 covers 200 countries on 2 measures. Hong Kong is highest, at 2.08486; Myanmar is lowest, at -2.31479. The middle country reads -0.20875. Against 2004, 198 values changed (146 up, 52 down), 2 countries joined.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2005

HighestHong Kong

2.08486

LowestMyanmar

-2.31479

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, 2005, 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 200 countries · select a heading to sort

Regulatory Quality, 2005: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2.0848691.386
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.0354090.535
3NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.0237490.334
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.9809589.598
5LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.9380088.858
6SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.9145788.455
7United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.8903088.037
8IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.8872687.985
9New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.8657387.614
10LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.8182986.798
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.8149386.740
12IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.8102086.658
13CanadaCANNorthern America1.7922386.349
14SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.7696385.960
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.7480885.589
16SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.7381985.419
17United StatesUSANorthern America1.7145685.012
18NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.6810784.435
19AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.6399483.727
20ChileCHLSouth America1.5999583.039
21GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.5310881.853
22EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.4744180.878
=23BermudaBMUNorthern America1.4616080.657
=23Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.4616080.657
25SpainESPSouthern Europe1.4535680.519

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Hong Kong2.08486
  2. 2Denmark2.03540
  3. 3Netherlands2.02374
  4. 4Finland1.98095
  5. 5Luxembourg1.93800

Lowest

  1. 200Myanmar-2.31479
  2. 199Turkmenistan-2.10536
  3. 198North Korea-2.06884
  4. 197Zimbabwe-1.99934
  5. 196Somalia-1.91204

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.20875. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)

    HighestHong Kong91.386

    LowestMyanmar15.648

    Middle country: 51.903

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 198values changed, of 198 in both
  • 146 · 52rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Cook Islands+ Marshall Islands

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

  • 196 distinct values among 200

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 3 countries share 1.28325. 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 200 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 (2005). Regulatory Quality, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2005

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07Questions

Regulatory Quality, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest regulatory quality in Regulatory Quality, 2005?

Hong Kong, at 2.08486, of the 200 countries in the file.

What year does Regulatory Quality, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Regulatory Quality, 2005 cover?

200.

Where can I download Regulatory Quality, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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