Data for 2014

Regulatory Quality, 2014

Name: Regulatory Quality, 2014
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Regulatory Quality, 2014 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2.1252; North Korea is lowest, at -2.0886. The middle country reads -0.1404. Against 2013, 207 values changed (105 up, 102 down), the same countries are covered.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2014

HighestSingapore

2.1252

LowestNorth Korea

-2.0886

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

207countries
2measures per country
2014the year it describes
202distinct values20 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, 2014, 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	2.1252	92.082
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.9907	89.766
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.9879	89.717
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.9005	88.213
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.8986	88.180
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.7713	85.989
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.7351	85.366
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.7329	85.327
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.6893	84.577
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.6889	84.569
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.6723	84.285
12	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	1.6714	84.268
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.6509	83.916
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.6314	83.581
15	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.5757	82.622
16	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.5726	82.568
17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.5461	82.112
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.5424	82.048
19	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.5210	81.680
20	Chile`CHL`South America	1.3647	78.990
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.3355	78.487
22	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.3012	77.896
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.2868	77.648
24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.2767	77.474
25	United States`USA`Northern America	1.2726	77.404
26	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.2546	77.094
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.1343	75.023
28	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.0893	74.248
29	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.0826	74.134
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.0791	74.073
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.0735	73.977
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.0360	73.330
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.0181	73.022
34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.0054	72.804
35	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.9883	72.510
36	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.9872	72.491
37	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.9817	72.396
38	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.9667	72.138
39	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.9350	71.591
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.9247	71.415
41	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.9034	71.048
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.8854	70.738
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.8473	70.082
44	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.8408	69.970
45	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.7911	69.114
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.7878	69.058
47	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.7417	68.264
48	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.7170	67.840
49	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.6940	67.444
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.6697	67.026
51	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.6368	66.458
=52	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.6137	66.061
=52	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.6137	66.061
=52	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.6137	66.061
55	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.6051	65.912
56	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.5821	65.517
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.5648	65.219
58	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.5195	64.440
59	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.4778	63.721
60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.4684	63.560
61	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.4323	62.938
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.4219	62.760
63	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.4157	62.652
64	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.4093	62.542
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.3884	62.182
66	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.3805	62.046
67	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.3759	61.967
68	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.3644	61.769
69	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.3597	61.689
70	Colombia`COL`South America	0.3318	61.209
71	Peru`PER`South America	0.3157	60.931
72	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.2853	60.408
73	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.2814	60.340
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.2691	60.129
75	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.2513	59.822
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.2351	59.543
77	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.2219	59.316
78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.1957	58.864
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.1688	58.402
80	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.1682	58.391
81	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.1626	58.295
82	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.1444	57.981
=83	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.1381	57.874
=83	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.1381	57.874
=83	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.1381	57.874
86	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.1213	57.584
87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.1122	57.428
88	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.1057	57.315
89	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.1051	57.305
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.1023	57.257
91	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.0908	57.059
92	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.0733	56.758
93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.0706	56.711
94	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.0655	56.624
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.0189	55.822
96	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.0005	55.504
97	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.0228	55.104
98	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-0.0445	54.730
99	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	-0.0504	54.629
100	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.0882	53.978
101	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	-0.1012	53.754
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.1042	53.702
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.1047	53.693
104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.1404	53.079
105	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.1466	52.972
106	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-0.1620	52.707
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.1788	52.419
108	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.1937	52.162
109	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.2264	51.599
110	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.2499	51.194
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-0.2503	51.187
112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.2627	50.975
113	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.2725	50.806
114	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.2755	50.754
115	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.2852	50.587
116	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.2866	50.562
117	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.2947	50.423
118	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	-0.3159	50.059
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.3273	49.862
120	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.3371	49.694
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.3413	49.620
122	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.3506	49.460
123	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.3653	49.208
124	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.3687	49.150
125	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.3983	48.640
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.4054	48.517
127	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.4132	48.384
128	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.4187	48.288
129	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.4392	47.935
130	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.4565	47.637
131	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.4671	47.454
132	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.4805	47.225
133	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	-0.4818	47.202
134	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.5297	46.377
135	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.5420	46.165
136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.5454	46.108
137	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.5498	46.031
138	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.5506	46.017
139	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.5512	46.008
140	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.5580	45.890
141	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-0.5581	45.889
142	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.5905	45.332
143	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.5993	45.180
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.6248	44.740
145	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.6464	44.369
146	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.6640	44.066
147	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	-0.6877	43.658
148	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.7058	43.346
149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.7064	43.336
150	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	-0.7093	43.286
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.7265	42.990
152	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.7384	42.785
153	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.7578	42.451
154	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.7645	42.336
155	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.7954	41.803
156	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.8024	41.682
157	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.8096	41.559
158	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.8102	41.550
159	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.8196	41.388
160	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-0.8232	41.326
161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.8261	41.275
162	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	-0.8282	41.240
163	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-0.8336	41.145
164	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.8448	40.954
165	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-0.8463	40.928
166	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.8483	40.892
167	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-0.8803	40.342
=168	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	-0.8821	40.311
=168	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	-0.8821	40.311
170	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.8827	40.300
171	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.8838	40.282
172	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	-0.8911	40.156
173	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.8923	40.136
174	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.8950	40.088
175	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.9313	39.465
176	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.9731	38.744
177	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.9850	38.540
178	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.9876	38.494
179	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.9884	38.481
180	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-1.0198	37.940
181	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-1.0419	37.560
182	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.0862	36.798
183	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	-1.0900	36.733
184	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.0902	36.729
185	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.0985	36.586
186	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.1442	35.800
187	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.1563	35.592
188	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.2139	34.600
189	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.2504	33.971
190	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.2649	33.721
191	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.2671	33.684
192	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.3017	33.088
193	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.3557	32.158
194	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.3631	32.031
195	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.4681	30.224
196	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.5019	29.641
197	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.5385	29.012
198	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.5730	28.418
199	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.6265	27.497
200	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.6561	26.987
201	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.6929	26.353
202	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.7444	25.466
203	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.7958	24.582
204	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.9140	22.547
205	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.9473	21.975
206	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-2.0806	19.679
207	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.0886	19.541

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore2.1252
2Hong Kong1.9907
3New Zealand1.9879
4Finland1.9005
5Switzerland1.8986

Lowest

207North Korea-2.0886
206Somalia-2.0806
205Eritrea-1.9473
204Libya-1.9140
203Turkmenistan-1.7958

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1404. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)
HighestSingapore92.082
LowestNorth Korea19.541
Middle country: 53.079

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
207values changed, of 207 in both
105 · 102rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kiribati-1.1981 → -0.6877+0.5104
Fiji-0.7110 → -0.2627+0.4483
Tuvalu-1.0946 → -0.7093+0.3853
North Korea-2.4204 → -2.0886+0.3318
Serbia-0.2136 → 0.0733+0.2869

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis1.2668 → 0.1381−1.1287
Anguilla1.4452 → 0.6137−0.8315
Bermuda1.4452 → 0.6137−0.8315
Andorra1.8019 → 1.0893−0.7126
American Samoa0.5535 → 0.1381−0.4154

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

202 distinct values among 207
Values are stored exactly as published, to 20 decimals. 3 countries share 0.6137. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 207 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2014). Regulatory Quality, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2014

0627 held

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