Data for 2012

Regulatory Quality, 2012

Name: Regulatory Quality, 2012
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Regulatory Quality, 2012 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2.1040; North Korea is lowest, at -2.4202. The middle country reads -0.2049. Against 2011, 207 values changed (93 up, 114 down), the same countries are covered.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2012

HighestSingapore

2.1040

LowestNorth Korea

-2.4202

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

207countries
2measures per country
2012the year it describes
203distinct values18 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Regulatory Quality, 2012, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.1040	91.715
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.0000	89.925
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.9902	89.757
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.9778	89.543
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.9616	89.265
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.9173	88.503
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.8395	87.162
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.8181	86.794
9	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.8027	86.530
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.7998	86.479
11	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.7342	85.349
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.7308	85.291
13	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.7256	85.203
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.7023	84.801
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.6550	83.987
16	Chile`CHL`South America	1.5696	82.516
17	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.5211	81.681
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.5137	81.555
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.5072	81.443
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.4903	81.152
21	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.4868	81.091
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.4687	80.780
=23	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	1.4460	80.389
=23	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.4460	80.389
25	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	1.4348	80.196
26	United States`USA`Northern America	1.4227	79.988
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.3935	79.485
28	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.2677	77.319
29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.2425	76.885
30	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.2424	76.884
31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.2367	76.786
32	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.2053	76.245
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.1493	75.281
34	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.1276	74.907
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.1249	74.861
36	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.0717	73.946
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.0681	73.883
38	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.0518	73.603
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.0036	72.773
40	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.9921	72.574
41	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.9863	72.475
42	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.9620	72.057
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.9578	71.984
44	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.9288	71.485
45	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.9157	71.259
46	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.9110	71.179
47	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.8950	70.903
48	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.8766	70.587
49	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.8708	70.487
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.8363	69.893
51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.7896	69.090
52	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.7762	68.858
53	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.7583	68.551
54	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.7498	68.403
55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.7439	68.302
56	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.7196	67.883
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.7012	67.568
58	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.6951	67.463
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.6397	66.508
60	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.6310	66.358
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.6292	66.328
62	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.5582	65.106
=63	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.5543	65.038
=63	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.5543	65.038
=63	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.5543	65.038
66	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.5517	64.993
67	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.5397	64.787
68	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.5174	64.403
69	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.5141	64.346
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.4785	63.733
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.4778	63.722
72	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.4461	63.176
73	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.3866	62.151
74	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.3856	62.134
75	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.3734	61.924
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.3253	61.097
77	Peru`PER`South America	0.2952	60.578
78	Colombia`COL`South America	0.2949	60.573
79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.2878	60.451
80	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.2536	59.862
81	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.2343	59.529
82	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.2219	59.316
83	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.2088	59.090
84	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.1958	58.867
85	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.1939	58.835
86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.1800	58.595
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.1546	58.158
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.1520	58.113
89	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.1434	57.964
90	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.1307	57.746
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.0668	56.645
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.0466	56.298
93	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.0444	56.260
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.0415	56.211
95	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.0212	55.862
96	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.0022	55.535
97	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.0158	55.224
98	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.0253	55.060
99	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	-0.1327	53.212
100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.1496	52.920
101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.1628	52.694
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.1893	52.238
103	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.1947	52.144
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.2049	51.968
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.2243	51.636
106	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.2353	51.446
107	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.2363	51.429
108	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.2417	51.336
109	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.2481	51.224
110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.2707	50.837
111	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.2860	50.573
112	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.2903	50.499
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.2992	50.345
114	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.3335	49.756
115	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.3584	49.326
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.3634	49.240
117	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.3636	49.237
118	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.3672	49.175
119	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.3756	49.031
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.3845	48.877
121	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.4048	48.528
122	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.4153	48.347
123	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.4265	48.154
124	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.4280	48.128
125	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.4332	48.039
126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.4337	48.031
127	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.4472	47.798
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	-0.4625	47.534
129	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.4708	47.392
130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-0.4742	47.333
131	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.4763	47.297
132	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.4802	47.230
133	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	-0.4816	47.206
134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.4850	47.147
135	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.4903	47.056
136	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.4999	46.891
137	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.5036	46.828
138	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.5200	46.545
139	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.5231	46.492
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.5252	46.455
141	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.5320	46.338
142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-0.5684	45.711
143	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.6097	45.000
144	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.6203	44.818
145	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.6460	44.375
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.6566	44.192
147	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.7050	43.360
148	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.7073	43.320
149	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.7284	42.957
150	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.7414	42.733
151	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.7522	42.548
152	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	-0.7545	42.508
153	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-0.7708	42.228
154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.7817	42.040
155	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.7894	41.907
156	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-0.7964	41.787
157	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.8007	41.712
158	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.8107	41.541
159	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	-0.8109	41.538
160	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.8159	41.450
161	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.8631	40.638
=162	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	-0.8820	40.313
=162	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	-0.8820	40.313
164	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.8844	40.271
165	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.8893	40.188
166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.9050	39.917
167	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-0.9066	39.889
168	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-0.9132	39.776
169	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.9231	39.606
170	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.9343	39.412
171	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.9727	38.752
172	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.9738	38.732
173	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.9788	38.647
174	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.9956	38.357
175	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-1.0294	37.776
176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-1.0521	37.385
177	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.0569	37.302
178	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.0636	37.188
179	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	-1.0643	37.174
180	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	-1.0728	37.028
181	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-1.0833	36.847
182	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-1.0903	36.727
183	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-1.1096	36.395
184	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.1291	36.059
185	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.1592	35.542
186	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.1716	35.328
187	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.1924	34.969
188	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	-1.1978	34.877
189	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.2742	33.560
190	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.2910	33.273
191	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.3565	32.145
192	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.3593	32.095
193	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.3836	31.678
194	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.4183	31.080
195	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.4321	30.843
196	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.4353	30.788
197	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.4386	30.731
198	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.4511	30.515
199	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.4564	30.424
200	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.5187	29.353
201	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.6532	27.036
202	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.7203	25.882
203	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.7808	24.840
204	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.8448	23.739
205	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.9365	22.161
206	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-2.1079	19.210
207	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.4202	13.833

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore2.1040
2Finland2.0000
3Hong Kong1.9902
4Sweden1.9778
5New Zealand1.9616

Lowest

207North Korea-2.4202
206Somalia-2.1079
205Eritrea-1.9365
204Turkmenistan-1.8448
203Myanmar-1.7808

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.2049. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)
HighestSingapore91.715
LowestNorth Korea13.833
Middle country: 51.968

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
207values changed, of 207 in both
93 · 114rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

North Macedonia-0.0592 → 0.2219+0.2810
Belarus-1.3607 → -1.1096+0.2511
Malaysia0.5074 → 0.7439+0.2365
Cuba-1.6168 → -1.3836+0.2332
Mauritius0.7678 → 0.9863+0.2185

Fell most

Syria-0.8119 → -1.4321−0.6202
North Korea-1.8505 → -2.4202−0.5697
Palestine0.0279 → -0.2903−0.3182
Cook Islands-0.5857 → -0.8820−0.2963
Egypt-0.1417 → -0.4337−0.2919

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.

How values are stored

203 distinct values among 207
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 0.5543. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 207 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2012). Regulatory Quality, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2012

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