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Regulatory Quality, 2011

Figures for 2011, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Regulatory Quality, 2011 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Sweden is highest, at 2.01652; Somalia is lowest, at -2.19831. The middle country reads -0.16777. Against 2010, 206 values changed (104 up, 102 down), 1 country joined.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2011

HighestSweden

2.01652

LowestSomalia

-2.19831

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, 2011, 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 207 countries · select a heading to sort

Regulatory Quality, 2011: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.0165290.2100
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.0154590.1916
3SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.9529889.1162
4New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.9485089.0391
5FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.9340188.7896
6Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.8350687.0863
7AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.8289186.9804
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.8230586.8795
9AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.8135286.7154
10NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.7845686.2169
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.7845086.2159
12SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.7421585.4868
13LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.6997984.7576
14CanadaCANNorthern America1.5982483.0094
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.5936882.9310
16AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.5576982.3114
17GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.5270981.7847
18ChileCHLSouth America1.5057481.4171
19ArubaABWCaribbean1.4910181.1635
20GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.4845381.0519
=21AnguillaAIACaribbean1.4568380.5750
=21BermudaBMUNorthern America1.4568380.5750
23IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.4528480.5064
24EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.4485680.4327
25MacauMACEastern Asia1.4383880.2575

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Sweden2.01652
  2. 2Denmark2.01545
  3. 3Singapore1.95298
  4. 4New Zealand1.94850
  5. 5Finland1.93401

Lowest

  1. 207Somalia-2.19831
  2. 206Eritrea-1.91688
  3. 205Turkmenistan-1.89109
  4. 204North Korea-1.85047
  5. 203Zimbabwe-1.75990

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.16777. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)

    HighestSweden90.2100

    LowestSomalia17.6530

    Middle country: 52.6081

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 206values changed, of 206 in both
  • 104 · 102rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Palau-0.72983 → -0.44977+0.28006
  • Sweden1.74910 → 2.01652+0.26741
  • New Zealand1.74532 → 1.94850+0.20318
  • Andorra1.63273 → 1.81352+0.18078
  • Iran-1.42523 → -1.25506+0.17017

Fell most

  • Yemen-0.40009 → -0.66893−0.26884
  • Italy0.81448 → 0.55654−0.25794
  • Lebanon0.00777 → -0.24416−0.25194
  • Tunisia-0.02775 → -0.27088−0.24312
  • Cambodia-0.39776 → -0.60520−0.20745
+ South Sudan

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

  • 204 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 0.56509. 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 207 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 (2011). Regulatory Quality, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2011

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07Questions

Regulatory Quality, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest regulatory quality in Regulatory Quality, 2011?

Sweden, at 2.01652, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Regulatory Quality, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Regulatory Quality, 2011 cover?

207.

Where can I download Regulatory Quality, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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