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Regulatory Quality, 2015

Figures for 2015, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Regulatory Quality, 2015 covers 209 countries on 2 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2.19439; North Korea is lowest, at -2.14068. The middle country reads -0.10235. Against 2014, 207 values changed (137 up, 70 down), 2 countries joined.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2015

HighestSingapore

2.19439

LowestNorth Korea

-2.14068

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, 2015, 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 209 countries · select a heading to sort

Regulatory Quality, 2015: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.1943993.2719
2Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2.1439892.4043
3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.9913489.7766
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.9039288.2717
5United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.8379587.1361
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.8126086.6995
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.7936186.3728
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.7743786.0415
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.7704785.9744
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.7640285.8634
11NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.7596885.7886
12IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.6987584.7397
13MacauMACEastern Asia1.6733984.3032
14LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.6519183.9333
15CanadaCANNorthern America1.6504483.9081
16EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.6370383.6773
17GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.6168983.3306
18LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.5746482.6031
19GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.5244381.7388
20JapanJPNEastern Asia1.4041679.6684
21ArubaABWCaribbean1.3963679.5341
22IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.3586578.8850
23MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.3331678.4461
24AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.3141078.1181
25TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.3097778.0435

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Singapore2.19439
  2. 2Hong Kong2.14398
  3. 3New Zealand1.99134
  4. 4Finland1.90392
  5. 5United Kingdom1.83795

Lowest

  1. 209North Korea-2.14068
  2. 208Somalia-2.03876
  3. 207Libya-2.00056
  4. 206Eritrea-1.92653
  5. 205Turkmenistan-1.76279

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.10235. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)

    HighestSingapore93.2719

    LowestNorth Korea18.6451

    Middle country: 53.7342

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 137 · 70rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Monaco+ San Marino

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

  • 205 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 0.61977. 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 209 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 (2015). Regulatory Quality, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2015

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07Questions

Regulatory Quality, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest regulatory quality in Regulatory Quality, 2015?

Singapore, at 2.19439, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Regulatory Quality, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Regulatory Quality, 2015 cover?

209.

Where can I download Regulatory Quality, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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