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Regulatory Quality, 2019

Figures for 2019, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Regulatory Quality, 2019 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2.1546; Venezuela is lowest, at -2.1184. The middle country reads -0.0734. Against 2018, 207 values changed (129 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2019

HighestSingapore

2.1546

LowestVenezuela

-2.1184

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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.154692.587
2Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.989589.744
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.971789.438
4New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.966789.353
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.911688.403
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.864687.595
7NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.832487.040
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.744885.532
9NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.739185.435
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.738685.426
11LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.732985.328
12United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.715485.027
13CanadaCANNorthern America1.668384.215
14LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.658184.041
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.636583.668
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.585082.782
17EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.557782.312
18IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.556482.290
19AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.539181.991
20GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.532281.873
21MacauMACEastern Asia1.520381.668
22FranceFRAWestern Europe1.469080.785
23JapanJPNEastern Asia1.394679.504
=24AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.347178.687
=24MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.347178.687

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Singapore2.1546
  2. 2Hong Kong1.9895
  3. 3Finland1.9717
  4. 4New Zealand1.9667
  5. 5Denmark1.9116

Lowest

  1. 207Venezuela-2.1184
  2. 206Libya-2.0724
  3. 205North Korea-2.0680
  4. 204Eritrea-2.0093
  5. 203Somalia-1.9857

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0734. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)

    HighestSingapore92.587

    LowestVenezuela19.029

    Middle country: 54.232

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 129 · 78rose · 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 0.8715. 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 (2019). Regulatory Quality, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2019

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07Questions

Regulatory Quality, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest regulatory quality in Regulatory Quality, 2019?

Singapore, at 2.1546, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Regulatory Quality, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Regulatory Quality, 2019 cover?

207.

Where can I download Regulatory Quality, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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