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Regulatory Quality, 2020

Figures for 2020, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Regulatory Quality, 2020 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2.09986; Venezuela is lowest, at -2.10391. The middle country reads -0.08239. Against 2019, 207 values changed (50 up, 157 down), the same countries are covered.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2020

HighestSingapore

2.09986

LowestVenezuela

-2.10391

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.0998691.6447
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.9637789.3019
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.9492889.0525
4New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.9274988.6773
5Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.8176186.7858
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.7935786.3720
7AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.7925486.3543
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.7410085.4670
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.6865584.5297
10NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.6719384.2781
11LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.6557984.0001
12SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.6279283.5205
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.6158583.3126
14CanadaCANNorthern America1.5862782.8035
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.5480782.1458
16GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.5282881.8051
17EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.5091281.4752
18IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.5036681.3813
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.4828781.0235
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.4532480.5134
21MacauMACEastern Asia1.4390880.2696
22JapanJPNEastern Asia1.3760979.1852
23BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.3726079.1252
24MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.3400578.5647
25United StatesUSANorthern America1.2601877.1898

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Singapore2.09986
  2. 2Denmark1.96377
  3. 3Finland1.94928
  4. 4New Zealand1.92749
  5. 5Hong Kong1.81761

Lowest

  1. 207Venezuela-2.10391
  2. 206Libya-2.02588
  3. 205Eritrea-2.00352
  4. 204North Korea-1.99671
  5. 203South Sudan-1.99572

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.08239. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)

    HighestSingapore91.6447

    LowestVenezuela19.2780

    Middle country: 54.0778

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 50 · 157rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • American Samoa-0.07963 → 0.38887+0.46850
  • Guam-0.07963 → 0.38887+0.46850
  • Malta0.89402 → 1.12504+0.23102
  • Togo-0.64559 → -0.50793+0.13766
  • Myanmar-0.87723 → -0.74459+0.13264

Fell most

  • Fiji0.14144 → -0.14316−0.28460
  • Andorra1.34714 → 1.10225−0.24489
  • Italy0.76773 → 0.55153−0.21620
  • Croatia0.45978 → 0.24562−0.21417
  • France1.46904 → 1.25536−0.21368

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 0.86446. 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 (2020). Regulatory Quality, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2020

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07Questions

Regulatory Quality, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest regulatory quality in Regulatory Quality, 2020?

Singapore, at 2.09986, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Regulatory Quality, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Regulatory Quality, 2020 cover?

207.

Where can I download Regulatory Quality, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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