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Regulatory Quality, 2006

Figures for 2006, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Regulatory Quality, 2006 covers 201 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.1866; Myanmar is lowest, at -2.1145. The middle country reads -0.1565. Against 2005, 200 values changed (104 up, 96 down), 1 country joined.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2006

HighestDenmark

2.1866

LowestMyanmar

-2.1145

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, 2006, 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 201 countries · select a heading to sort

Regulatory Quality, 2006: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.186693.138
2Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2.147692.466
3United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.055090.872
4SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.941388.915
5IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.937988.856
6FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.891888.064
7AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.810786.666
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.800186.485
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.790386.316
10New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.774386.041
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.772286.004
12IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.770585.974
13LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.725285.194
14CanadaCANNorthern America1.719885.103
15SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.709984.931
=16AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.635883.656
=16LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.635883.656
18United StatesUSANorthern America1.632183.592
19ChileCHLSouth America1.590982.884
20EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.555582.274
21GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.528881.813
22CyprusCYPWestern Asia1.502481.360
23BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.489781.141
=24AnguillaAIACaribbean1.457580.586
=24BermudaBMUNorthern America1.457580.586

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.1866
  2. 2Hong Kong2.1476
  3. 3United Kingdom2.0550
  4. 4Singapore1.9413
  5. 5Ireland1.9379

Lowest

  1. 201Myanmar-2.1145
  2. 200Turkmenistan-2.1062
  3. 199Somalia-2.0688
  4. 198North Korea-2.0043
  5. 197Zimbabwe-1.9191

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1565. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)

    HighestDenmark93.138

    LowestMyanmar19.096

    Middle country: 52.802

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 200values changed, of 200 in both
  • 104 · 96rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Montenegro

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 201

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 3 countries share 1.4575. 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 201 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 (2006). Regulatory Quality, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2006

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07Questions

Regulatory Quality, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest regulatory quality in Regulatory Quality, 2006?

Denmark, at 2.1866, of the 201 countries in the file.

What year does Regulatory Quality, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Regulatory Quality, 2006 cover?

201.

Where can I download Regulatory Quality, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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