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Regulatory Quality, 2013

Figures for 2013, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Regulatory Quality, 2013 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2.0649; North Korea is lowest, at -2.4204. The middle country reads -0.1909. Against 2012, 207 values changed (82 up, 125 down), the same countries are covered.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2013

HighestSingapore

2.0649

LowestNorth Korea

-2.4204

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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.064991.042
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.968189.376
3Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.962489.279
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.927488.677
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.909388.365
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.905288.295
7NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.872287.725
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.836387.108
9AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.801986.515
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.772586.010
11LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.749885.619
12LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.749185.607
13CanadaCANNorthern America1.738985.432
14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.737785.411
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.728885.257
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.565682.447
17ChileCHLSouth America1.528481.807
18GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.520681.673
19ArubaABWCaribbean1.486581.085
20EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.472580.845
21GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.470380.807
=22AnguillaAIACaribbean1.445280.375
=22BermudaBMUNorthern America1.445280.375
24MacauMACEastern Asia1.434580.191
25AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.419479.930

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Singapore2.0649
  2. 2Finland1.9681
  3. 3Hong Kong1.9624
  4. 4Sweden1.9274
  5. 5New Zealand1.9093

Lowest

  1. 207North Korea-2.4204
  2. 206Somalia-2.2117
  3. 205Eritrea-1.9960
  4. 204Turkmenistan-1.8450
  5. 203Zimbabwe-1.7302

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1909. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)

    HighestSingapore91.042

    LowestNorth Korea13.830

    Middle country: 52.210

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 82 · 125rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

  • 203 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 0.5535. 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 (2013). Regulatory Quality, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2013

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07Questions

Regulatory Quality, 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest regulatory quality in Regulatory Quality, 2013?

Singapore, at 2.0649, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Regulatory Quality, 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does Regulatory Quality, 2013 cover?

207.

Where can I download Regulatory Quality, 2013?

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, 2013 the newest?

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

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