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Regulatory Quality, 2018

Figures for 2018, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Regulatory Quality, 2018 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Hong Kong is highest, at 2.17616; Venezuela is lowest, at -2.09773. The middle country reads -0.08687. Against 2017, 207 values changed (92 up, 115 down), the same countries are covered.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2018

HighestHong Kong

2.17616

LowestVenezuela

-2.09773

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2.1761692.9581
2SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.1095391.8112
3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.9657389.3357
4NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.9003688.2103
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.8493487.3320
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.8373887.1262
7FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.8371787.1226
8NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.7869986.2587
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.7762686.0741
10LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.7328885.3273
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.7292185.2641
12United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.6766784.3596
13LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.6565884.0137
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.6474283.8561
15IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.6449883.8141
16CanadaCANNorthern America1.6345283.6340
17GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.5296181.8280
18AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.5233581.7203
19MacauMACEastern Asia1.5187481.6408
20IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.4875881.1044
21EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.4780080.9396
22United StatesUSANorthern America1.4433780.3434
23JapanJPNEastern Asia1.3743079.1544
=24AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.3424278.6057
=24MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.3424278.6057

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Hong Kong2.17616
  2. 2Singapore2.10953
  3. 3New Zealand1.96573
  4. 4Netherlands1.90036
  5. 5Australia1.84934

Lowest

  1. 207Venezuela-2.09773
  2. 206North Korea-2.06890
  3. 205Libya-2.04716
  4. 204Somalia-1.99065
  5. 203Eritrea-1.96091

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.08687. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)

    HighestHong Kong92.9581

    LowestVenezuela19.3844

    Middle country: 54.0009

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 92 · 115rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Venezuela-1.78368 → -2.09773−0.31405
  • Aruba1.29446 → 0.98132−0.31314
  • Palau0.41659 → 0.20480−0.21179
  • Canada1.84538 → 1.63452−0.21086
  • Iran-1.12039 → -1.32036−0.19996

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

  • 202 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 4 countries share 0.86683. 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 (2018). Regulatory Quality, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2018

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07Questions

Regulatory Quality, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest regulatory quality in Regulatory Quality, 2018?

Hong Kong, at 2.17616, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Regulatory Quality, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Regulatory Quality, 2018 cover?

207.

Where can I download Regulatory Quality, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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