Data for 2010

Regulatory Quality, 2010

Name: Regulatory Quality, 2010
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Regulatory Quality, 2010 covers 206 countries on 2 measures. Singapore is highest, at 1.9909; Somalia is lowest, at -2.1688. The middle country reads -0.0938. Against 2009, 206 values changed (116 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2010

HighestSingapore

1.9909

LowestSomalia

-2.1688

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

206countries
2measures per country
2010the year it describes
202distinct values19 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.9909	89.770
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.9862	89.688
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.9789	89.563
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.9766	89.523
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.7491	85.607
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.7453	85.541
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.7322	85.315
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.7139	85.001
9	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.6988	84.741
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.6826	84.461
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.6590	84.055
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.6471	83.850
13	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.6327	83.603
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.6257	83.483
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.6229	83.434
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.5972	82.992
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.5732	82.579
18	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.5257	81.761
19	Chile`CHL`South America	1.4932	81.202
20	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.4901	81.147
=21	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	1.4544	80.533
=21	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.4544	80.533
23	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.4479	80.422
24	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	1.4376	80.244
25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.4348	80.196
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.4222	79.979
27	United States`USA`Northern America	1.3524	78.778
28	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.3392	78.549
29	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.2908	77.717
30	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.2760	77.463
31	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.2457	76.940
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.2058	76.254
33	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.1781	75.777
34	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.1740	75.707
35	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.1528	75.341
36	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.1161	74.709
37	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.0741	73.987
38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.0386	73.375
39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.0350	73.313
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.0052	72.801
41	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.9973	72.665
42	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.9936	72.601
43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.9824	72.408
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.9716	72.221
45	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.9599	72.021
46	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.9534	71.908
47	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.9194	71.323
48	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.8676	70.431
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.8301	69.786
50	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.8232	69.667
51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.8192	69.598
52	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.8187	69.590
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.8145	69.517
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.8110	69.458
55	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.8071	69.391
56	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.7036	67.609
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.6817	67.232
58	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.6611	66.876
59	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.6537	66.750
60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.6358	66.442
61	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.6159	66.099
62	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.5910	65.670
63	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.5725	65.352
64	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.5682	65.277
=65	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.5627	65.182
=65	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.5627	65.182
=65	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.5627	65.182
68	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.5430	64.845
69	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.5310	64.637
70	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.5230	64.499
71	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.4970	64.052
72	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.4841	63.830
73	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.4781	63.727
74	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.4741	63.657
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.4562	63.349
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.4230	62.778
77	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.4169	62.673
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.3689	61.847
79	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.3514	61.546
80	Peru`PER`South America	0.3417	61.378
81	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.3125	60.876
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.2976	60.619
83	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.2659	60.074
84	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.2164	59.222
85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.1739	58.490
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.1714	58.448
87	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.1638	58.316
88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.1399	57.905
89	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.1316	57.762
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.1261	57.667
91	Colombia`COL`South America	0.1053	57.309
92	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.0710	56.718
93	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.0078	55.630
94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.0076	55.627
95	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.0122	55.286
96	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.0161	55.219
97	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.0190	55.170
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.0278	55.018
99	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.0377	54.847
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.0436	54.745
101	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	-0.0608	54.449
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.0632	54.408
103	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.0860	54.016
104	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-0.1016	53.746
105	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.1386	53.110
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.1486	52.939
107	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.1734	52.511
108	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.1737	52.506
109	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.2037	51.989
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.2177	51.749
111	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.2392	51.378
112	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.2561	51.087
113	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.2688	50.870
114	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.3063	50.224
115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.3072	50.208
116	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.3273	49.861
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.3565	49.359
118	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.3628	49.252
119	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.3684	49.154
120	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.3751	49.039
121	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.3778	48.992
122	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	-0.3790	48.971
123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.3860	48.852
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.3863	48.846
125	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-0.3978	48.649
126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-0.4001	48.609
127	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.4027	48.563
128	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.4041	48.541
129	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.4099	48.440
130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.4166	48.325
131	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.4288	48.114
132	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.4555	47.654
133	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.4562	47.643
134	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.4622	47.540
135	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.4674	47.450
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.4709	47.389
137	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.4745	47.329
138	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.4832	47.178
139	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.4974	46.934
140	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.5053	46.798
141	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.5202	46.542
142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.5287	46.394
143	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.5465	46.088
144	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.5494	46.039
145	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.5559	45.926
146	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.5622	45.817
147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.5667	45.741
148	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	-0.5889	45.358
149	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	-0.6041	45.098
150	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-0.6253	44.732
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.6767	43.847
152	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-0.7183	43.130
153	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.7210	43.084
154	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.7289	42.949
155	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.7291	42.945
=156	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	-0.7298	42.932
=156	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	-0.7298	42.932
158	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-0.7725	42.198
159	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.7826	42.024
160	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.8092	41.567
161	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.8416	41.008
162	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.8473	40.910
163	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.8593	40.704
164	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.8660	40.589
165	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	-0.8690	40.536
166	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.8709	40.503
167	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	-0.8879	40.211
168	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.9325	39.443
169	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-0.9450	39.228
170	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.9543	39.068
171	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.9550	39.055
172	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.9811	38.607
173	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-0.9955	38.358
174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.0016	38.255
175	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-1.0124	38.069
176	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.0177	37.977
177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.0190	37.954
178	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-1.0320	37.731
179	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	-1.0493	37.433
180	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-1.0768	36.959
181	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.0843	36.831
182	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.0890	36.749
183	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.1111	36.368
184	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.1427	35.826
185	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.1763	35.246
186	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.1925	34.967
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	-1.1942	34.938
188	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-1.2126	34.622
189	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-1.2287	34.345
190	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-1.2491	33.994
191	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.2516	33.950
192	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.3359	32.499
193	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.4252	30.961
194	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.4604	30.355
195	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.4961	29.741
196	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.5030	29.623
197	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.5153	29.411
198	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.5626	28.596
199	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.6173	27.655
200	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.6263	27.500
201	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.6816	26.548
202	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.8033	24.452
203	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.8477	23.689
204	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.8547	23.567
205	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.9172	22.492
206	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-2.1688	18.160

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore1.9909
2Hong Kong1.9862
3Finland1.9789
4Denmark1.9766
5Sweden1.7491

Lowest

206Somalia-2.1688
205Eritrea-1.9172
204Turkmenistan-1.8547
203North Korea-1.8477
202Zimbabwe-1.8033

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0938. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)
HighestSingapore89.770
LowestSomalia18.160
Middle country: 53.881

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
206values changed, of 206 in both
116 · 90rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Myanmar-2.1446 → -1.6816+0.4630
North Korea-2.2698 → -1.8477+0.4221
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.9716 → 1.2760+0.3044
Antigua and Barbuda0.3228 → 0.5627+0.2399
Palestine-0.0988 → 0.1316+0.2304

Fell most

Iceland1.4529 → 1.0741−0.3787
North Macedonia0.2122 → -0.0860−0.2982
Haiti-0.8186 → -1.0890−0.2704
Tunisia0.1918 → -0.0278−0.2195
Greece0.7024 → 0.4841−0.2183

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

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202 distinct values among 206
Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 3 countries share 0.5627. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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World Bank Group (2010). Regulatory Quality, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2010

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