Data for 2021

Regulatory Quality, 2021

Name: Regulatory Quality, 2021
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Regulatory Quality, 2021 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2.1108; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.0345. The middle country reads -0.0683. Against 2020, 207 values changed (112 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2021

HighestSingapore

2.1108

LowestEritrea

-2.0345

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

207countries
2measures per country
2021the year it describes
203distinct values18 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.1108	91.833
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.9825	89.625
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.9812	89.602
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.8548	87.426
5	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.8462	87.279
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.8068	86.600
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.7969	86.430
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.7283	85.248
9	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.7169	85.053
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.6510	83.919
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.6406	83.738
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.6322	83.594
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.6253	83.476
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.6248	83.467
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.6137	83.276
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.5935	82.927
17	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.5762	82.630
18	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.5648	82.434
19	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.5271	81.785
20	United States`USA`Northern America	1.4663	80.739
21	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	1.4384	80.258
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.4277	80.074
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.3996	79.590
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.3995	79.588
25	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.3379	78.529
26	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.2991	77.860
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.2698	77.355
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.2471	76.965
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.2010	76.171
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.1886	75.958
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.1339	75.016
=32	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.1002	74.435
=32	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.1002	74.435
34	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.0842	74.161
35	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.0205	73.064
36	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.0135	72.943
37	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.9796	72.359
38	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.9780	72.332
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.9591	72.007
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.9494	71.840
41	Chile`CHL`South America	0.9269	71.452
42	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.8869	70.763
43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.8760	70.577
44	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.8682	70.441
=45	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.8624	70.341
=45	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.8624	70.341
=45	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.8624	70.341
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.8007	69.280
49	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.7855	69.018
50	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.7854	69.017
51	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.7774	68.879
52	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.7648	68.662
53	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.7622	68.617
54	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.7621	68.615
55	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.7388	68.214
56	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.6783	67.174
57	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.6348	66.424
58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.5983	65.796
59	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.5491	64.948
60	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.4825	63.803
61	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.4789	63.741
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.4742	63.660
63	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.4584	63.388
64	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.4439	63.137
65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.4364	63.009
66	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.4145	62.632
=67	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.3868	62.154
=67	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.3868	62.154
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.3814	62.062
70	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.3621	61.730
71	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.3530	61.573
72	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.3305	61.186
73	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.3231	61.059
74	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.3149	60.916
75	Colombia`COL`South America	0.3081	60.800
76	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.2855	60.411
77	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.2654	60.066
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.2472	59.752
79	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.2129	59.161
80	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.2009	58.955
81	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.1952	58.857
82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.1827	58.641
83	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.1806	58.606
84	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.1669	58.370
85	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.1644	58.326
86	Peru`PER`South America	0.1621	58.287
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.1478	58.041
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.1424	57.948
89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.1256	57.658
90	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.1151	57.477
91	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.0688	56.681
92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.0570	56.477
93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.0564	56.467
94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.0487	56.335
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.0347	56.093
96	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.0240	55.909
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.0358	54.880
98	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.0385	54.834
99	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.0581	54.497
100	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.0621	54.427
101	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	-0.0627	54.417
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.0628	54.416
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.0676	54.333
104	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.0683	54.320
105	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	-0.0704	54.284
106	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.0816	54.092
107	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.0886	53.971
108	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.1047	53.694
109	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.1087	53.625
110	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.1226	53.385
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.1260	53.327
112	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.1340	53.189
113	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	-0.1778	52.436
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.1856	52.302
115	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.1879	52.261
116	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.1978	52.092
117	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.2206	51.699
118	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.2722	50.810
119	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.2844	50.601
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.2894	50.514
121	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	-0.3200	49.988
122	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.3246	49.909
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.3288	49.835
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.3295	49.825
125	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.3498	49.474
126	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	-0.3514	49.448
127	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.3814	48.930
128	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.3887	48.804
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.3987	48.633
130	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-0.4259	48.165
131	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.4285	48.120
132	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.4581	47.611
133	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.4609	47.561
134	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.4660	47.475
135	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.4757	47.307
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.5024	46.848
137	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.5039	46.822
138	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.5119	46.685
139	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.5223	46.505
140	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.5262	46.437
141	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.5443	46.126
142	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.5642	45.784
143	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	-0.5689	45.704
144	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	-0.5889	45.359
145	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.6070	45.047
146	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.6175	44.866
147	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.6335	44.591
148	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-0.6390	44.496
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.6607	44.123
150	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.6641	44.064
151	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.6726	43.917
152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.6751	43.874
153	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.6848	43.708
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.6895	43.628
155	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.7194	43.112
156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.7368	42.812
157	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.7416	42.731
158	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.7556	42.489
159	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	-0.7721	42.204
160	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.7767	42.125
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.7805	42.060
162	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.7819	42.036
163	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.7836	42.008
164	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.8225	41.337
165	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.8240	41.311
166	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.8319	41.176
167	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.8364	41.098
168	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.8385	41.061
169	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-0.8487	40.887
170	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.8506	40.853
171	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.8510	40.847
172	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.8590	40.710
173	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.8592	40.705
174	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-0.8760	40.417
175	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	-0.8923	40.135
176	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.8983	40.032
177	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.9218	39.628
178	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-0.9356	39.390
179	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.9491	39.157
180	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.0075	38.152
181	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-1.0318	37.735
182	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.0740	37.008
183	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-1.0802	36.902
184	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-1.0901	36.731
185	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.1470	35.751
186	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.1949	34.927
187	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.1990	34.857
188	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.2148	34.584
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.3432	32.373
190	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.3440	32.360
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.3460	32.326
192	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.3483	32.285
193	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.3516	32.229
194	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.3961	31.463
195	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.4005	31.388
196	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.4472	30.582
197	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.5090	29.519
198	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.5287	29.180
199	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.5292	29.172
200	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.7663	25.089
201	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.7833	24.798
202	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.8092	24.352
203	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.9470	21.979
204	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-1.9767	21.467
205	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.9971	21.116
206	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-2.0288	20.571
207	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-2.0345	20.474

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore2.1108
2Finland1.9825
3Denmark1.9812
4New Zealand1.8548
5Luxembourg1.8462

Lowest

207Eritrea-2.0345
206Venezuela-2.0288
205North Korea-1.9971
204South Sudan-1.9767
203Libya-1.9470

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0683. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)
HighestSingapore91.833
LowestEritrea20.474
Middle country: 54.320

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
207values changed, of 207 in both
112 · 95rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uzbekistan-1.1109 → -0.6751+0.4358
Lithuania0.9305 → 1.1886+0.2581
Bahrain0.5463 → 0.7648+0.2185
United States1.2602 → 1.4663+0.2062
Ecuador-0.7119 → -0.5119+0.2000

Fell most

Myanmar-0.7446 → -1.1470−0.4024
Malta1.1250 → 0.7621−0.3630
El Salvador-0.0086 → -0.2206−0.2119
Papua New Guinea-0.5500 → -0.7368−0.1868
Peru0.3265 → 0.1621−0.1644

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

203 distinct values among 207
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 0.8624. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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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

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World Bank Group (2021). Regulatory Quality, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2021

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