Data for 2016

Regulatory Quality, 2016

Name: Regulatory Quality, 2016
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Figures for 2016, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Regulatory Quality, 2016 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Hong Kong is highest, at 2.19135; North Korea is lowest, at -2.14014. The middle country reads -0.06907. Against 2015, 207 values changed (122 up, 85 down), 2 left.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2016

HighestHong Kong

2.19135

LowestNorth Korea

-2.14014

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

207countries
2measures per country
2016the year it describes
204distinct values19 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Regulatory Quality, 2016, 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	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.19135	93.220
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.15065	92.519
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.02879	90.421
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.93441	88.797
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.90499	88.290
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.84082	87.185
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.82397	86.895
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.77242	86.008
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.77195	86.000
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.76597	85.897
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.76266	85.840
12	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.70423	84.834
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.67536	84.337
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.66898	84.227
15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.66786	84.208
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.65807	84.039
17	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	1.59542	82.961
18	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.57553	82.619
19	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.52594	81.765
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.52586	81.763
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.40965	79.763
22	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.39741	79.552
23	United States`USA`Northern America	1.38244	79.294
24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.34520	78.653
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.34269	78.610
26	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.33586	78.493
27	Chile`CHL`South America	1.29819	77.844
28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.27035	77.365
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.26217	77.224
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.15063	75.304
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.10220	74.470
32	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.09806	74.399
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.08643	74.199
34	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.06712	73.866
35	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.02413	73.126
36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1.01488	72.967
37	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.01432	72.957
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.00847	72.857
39	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.00168	72.740
40	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.99063	72.550
41	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.97383	72.260
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.96158	72.050
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.95370	71.914
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.91198	71.196
45	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.90104	71.007
=46	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.86027	70.305
=46	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.86027	70.305
=46	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.86027	70.305
=46	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.86027	70.305
50	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.78354	68.985
51	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.77429	68.825
52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.74862	68.384
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.71580	67.819
54	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.71165	67.747
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.71047	67.727
56	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.69824	67.516
57	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.68834	67.346
58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.67696	67.150
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.63214	66.378
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.58580	65.581
61	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.56692	65.256
62	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.52654	64.560
63	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.51636	64.385
64	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.51433	64.350
65	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.44027	63.075
66	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.41911	62.711
67	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.41264	62.600
68	Peru`PER`South America	0.36281	61.742
69	Colombia`COL`South America	0.31962	60.998
70	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.31881	60.984
71	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.28170	60.346
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.27802	60.282
73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.26881	60.124
74	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.24766	59.760
75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.24116	59.648
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.23799	59.593
77	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.22827	59.426
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.22331	59.341
79	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.21194	59.145
80	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.21184	59.143
81	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.19916	58.925
82	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.18767	58.727
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.16727	58.376
84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.16689	58.369
85	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.15791	58.215
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.15482	58.161
87	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.15035	58.085
88	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.14688	58.025
89	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.13683	57.852
90	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.12546	57.656
91	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.12040	57.569
92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.07093	56.717
93	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.06857	56.677
94	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.06786	56.664
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.04650	56.297
96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.04375	56.249
97	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.04153	56.211
98	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.00703	55.617
99	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00426	55.570
100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.01738	55.197
101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.01877	55.173
102	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-0.02723	55.027
103	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.04991	54.637
104	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.06907	54.307
105	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.08943	53.957
106	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	-0.09091	53.931
107	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.11680	53.486
108	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.12520	53.341
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.14344	53.027
110	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-0.15803	52.776
111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.18348	52.338
112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.21854	51.734
113	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.22949	51.546
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.23067	51.525
115	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.23379	51.472
116	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.23630	51.428
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.25279	51.144
118	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.25596	51.090
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.27160	50.821
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.27329	50.792
121	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	-0.29938	50.342
122	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.29970	50.337
123	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.31804	50.021
124	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.33476	49.733
125	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-0.33537	49.723
126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.35429	49.397
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.36302	49.247
128	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.36985	49.129
129	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.38192	48.922
130	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.38577	48.855
131	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.38778	48.821
132	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.40919	48.452
133	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.41725	48.313
134	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.42685	48.148
135	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.43139	48.070
136	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.44698	47.802
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.44746	47.793
138	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.45583	47.649
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.46582	47.477
140	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.47167	47.377
141	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.49913	46.904
142	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.50097	46.872
143	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-0.52708	46.423
144	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.56117	45.836
145	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	-0.56697	45.736
146	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.56746	45.728
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.56751	45.727
148	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	-0.58986	45.342
149	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.60098	45.151
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.62801	44.685
151	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.64377	44.414
152	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.65150	44.281
153	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.66100	44.117
154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.66787	43.999
155	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.66977	43.966
156	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.69198	43.584
157	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	-0.70001	43.446
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.72816	42.961
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.72859	42.954
160	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.72886	42.949
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.73151	42.904
162	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-0.74368	42.694
163	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.74632	42.648
164	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.77709	42.119
165	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	-0.78612	41.963
166	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.78815	41.929
167	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	-0.79386	41.830
168	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.80448	41.647
169	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.85391	40.796
170	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-0.85499	40.778
171	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-0.85570	40.766
172	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.87201	40.485
173	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-0.89349	40.115
174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.90337	39.945
175	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-0.90478	39.921
176	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.91329	39.774
177	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.92639	39.549
178	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.93217	39.449
179	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.93224	39.448
180	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-0.94989	39.144
181	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.98809	38.487
182	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-0.98983	38.457
183	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.05997	37.249
184	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.10548	36.466
185	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.10896	36.406
186	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.12896	36.061
187	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.14281	35.823
188	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.16520	35.438
189	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.21868	34.517
190	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.22983	34.325
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.24027	34.145
192	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.27642	33.523
193	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.29165	33.261
194	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.40910	31.239
195	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.40978	31.227
196	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.42524	30.961
197	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.44953	30.543
198	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.45075	30.522
199	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.50426	29.601
200	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.63264	27.391
201	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.72604	25.783
202	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.79142	24.657
203	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.81898	24.183
204	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.96469	21.675
205	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-2.08491	19.605
206	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-2.08956	19.525
207	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.14014	18.654

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1Hong Kong2.19135
2Singapore2.15065
3New Zealand2.02879
4Netherlands1.93441
5Switzerland1.90499

Lowest

207North Korea-2.14014
206Somalia-2.08956
205Libya-2.08491
204Eritrea-1.96469
203Turkmenistan-1.81898

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.06907. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)
HighestHong Kong93.220
LowestNorth Korea18.654
Middle country: 54.307

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
207values changed, of 207 in both
122 · 85rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Argentina-0.79429 → -0.22949+0.56480
Mongolia-0.35417 → -0.04991+0.30426
Anguilla0.61977 → 0.86027+0.24050
Bermuda0.61977 → 0.86027+0.24050
United States Virgin Islands0.61977 → 0.86027+0.24050

Fell most

Afghanistan-1.09089 → -1.40910−0.31820
Guam0.14418 → -0.09091−0.23509
Bahrain0.69586 → 0.51433−0.18152
Yemen-1.04831 → -1.21868−0.17038
United Kingdom1.83795 → 1.67536−0.16259

− Cook Islands

− Niue

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

204 distinct values among 207
Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 4 countries share 0.86027. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 207 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2016). Regulatory Quality, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2016

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