Data for 2023

Regulatory Quality, 2023

Name: Regulatory Quality, 2023
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Regulatory Quality, 2023 covers 209 countries on 2 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2.13494; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.07051. The middle country reads -0.12109. Against 2022, 209 values changed (111 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Regulatory Quality · Data for 2023

HighestSingapore

2.13494

LowestEritrea

-2.07051

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

209countries
2measures per country
2023the year it describes
206distinct 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	2.13494	92.249
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.87581	87.788
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.86600	87.619
4	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.83596	87.102
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.79190	86.343
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.74967	85.616
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.71601	85.037
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.68967	84.583
9	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.68525	84.507
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.64587	83.829
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.60810	83.179
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.60248	83.082
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.59854	83.015
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.58533	82.787
15	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.54962	82.172
16	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	1.43622	80.220
17	United States`USA`Northern America	1.41617	79.875
18	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.40412	79.668
19	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.37352	79.141
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.37238	79.121
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.34943	78.726
22	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.33605	78.496
23	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.33141	78.416
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.27205	77.394
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.25694	77.134
26	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.25560	77.111
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.17069	75.649
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.13969	75.116
29	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.12998	74.949
=30	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.09362	74.323
=30	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.09362	74.323
32	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.08169	74.117
33	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.06935	73.905
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.05356	73.633
35	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.97702	72.315
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.96802	72.160
37	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.95287	71.900
38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.95011	71.852
39	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.92823	71.475
40	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.90737	71.116
41	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.88542	70.738
=42	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.85582	70.229
=42	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.85582	70.229
44	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.85098	70.146
45	Chile`CHL`South America	0.82605	69.716
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.77359	68.813
47	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.71798	67.856
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.70943	67.709
49	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.69487	67.458
50	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.69450	67.452
51	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.65503	66.772
52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.65097	66.703
53	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.61883	66.149
54	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.61803	66.135
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.60703	65.946
56	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.60088	65.840
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.60061	65.836
58	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.56001	65.137
59	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.53009	64.622
60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.50116	64.123
61	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.48423	63.832
62	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.48332	63.816
63	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.46731	63.541
64	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.45350	63.303
65	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.44309	63.124
66	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.43723	63.023
67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.42836	62.870
68	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.40864	62.531
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.40395	62.450
=70	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.38023	62.042
=70	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.38023	62.042
72	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.33066	61.188
73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.30748	60.789
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.29381	60.554
75	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.28030	60.322
76	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.27949	60.308
77	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.27135	60.168
78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.26988	60.142
79	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.23089	59.471
80	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.20261	58.984
81	Peru`PER`South America	0.19844	58.912
82	Colombia`COL`South America	0.19540	58.860
83	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.16777	58.384
84	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.14336	57.964
85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.13660	57.848
86	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.12335	57.620
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.10592	57.320
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.10414	57.289
89	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.10409	57.288
90	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.09610	57.151
91	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.09215	57.083
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.08805	57.012
93	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.05546	56.451
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.04573	56.284
95	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.02837	55.985
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.02702	55.961
97	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.01023	55.320
98	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.02570	55.054
99	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-0.03530	54.889
100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.04806	54.669
101	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	-0.06877	54.312
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.08969	53.952
103	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.10675	53.659
104	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.11445	53.526
105	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.12109	53.412
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.13034	53.252
107	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.14611	52.981
108	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	-0.14674	52.970
109	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.14716	52.963
110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.15391	52.847
111	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.16663	52.628
112	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.17391	52.502
113	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	-0.18510	52.310
114	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	-0.19613	52.120
115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.25187	51.160
116	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	-0.25945	51.030
117	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.28632	50.567
118	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.30474	50.250
119	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-0.31203	50.125
120	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.31723	50.035
121	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-0.31753	50.030
122	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.32261	49.943
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.35789	49.335
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.36970	49.132
125	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.37780	48.993
126	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.38262	48.910
127	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-0.40478	48.528
128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-0.40701	48.490
129	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.42646	48.155
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.42707	48.144
131	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.45604	47.646
132	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.45957	47.585
133	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.48729	47.108
134	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.48737	47.106
135	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.49184	47.029
136	Belize`BLZ`Central America	-0.49517	46.972
137	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.49730	46.935
138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.51480	46.634
139	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.54158	46.173
140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.56869	45.706
141	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	-0.57097	45.667
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.58184	45.480
143	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.58767	45.380
144	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	-0.61644	44.884
145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-0.62835	44.679
146	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.62962	44.658
147	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.64323	44.423
148	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.65089	44.291
149	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	-0.66456	44.056
150	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.67278	43.914
151	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.67829	43.820
152	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.69322	43.563
153	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.69950	43.455
154	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.71428	43.200
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.73423	42.857
156	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.74399	42.689
157	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.74501	42.671
158	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.74513	42.669
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.74588	42.656
160	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	-0.77462	42.161
161	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-0.78522	41.979
162	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.80657	41.611
163	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.81581	41.452
164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.82862	41.232
165	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.84943	40.874
166	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.84990	40.865
167	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.85244	40.822
168	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.85273	40.817
169	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.86032	40.686
170	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-0.86115	40.672
171	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.87563	40.422
172	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	-0.87831	40.376
173	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.88009	40.346
174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-0.90027	39.998
175	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.90394	39.935
176	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.90826	39.861
177	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.91250	39.788
178	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	-0.91673	39.715
179	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.92504	39.572
180	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.94323	39.259
181	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.98572	38.527
182	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-0.98618	38.519
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.07126	37.055
184	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-1.09225	36.693
185	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-1.14026	35.867
186	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-1.20511	34.751
187	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.23429	34.248
188	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.26593	33.704
189	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.26813	33.666
190	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.28370	33.398
191	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.29389	33.222
192	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.29726	33.164
193	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-1.30220	33.079
194	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.31996	32.774
195	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.32860	32.625
196	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.42529	30.960
197	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.43890	30.726
198	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.45890	30.382
199	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.46004	30.362
200	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.47918	30.033
201	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.64320	27.209
202	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.72802	25.749
203	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.78481	24.771
204	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.86292	23.427
205	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.87398	23.236
206	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.89856	22.813
207	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.93573	22.173
208	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-2.04233	20.338
209	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-2.07051	19.853

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore2.13494
2New Zealand1.87581
3Denmark1.86600
4Australia1.83596
5Finland1.79190

Lowest

209Eritrea-2.07051
208South Sudan-2.04233
207North Korea-1.93573
206Syria-1.89856
205Venezuela-1.87398

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.12109. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Regulatory Quality (0–100)
HighestSingapore92.249
LowestEritrea19.853
Middle country: 53.412

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
209values changed, of 209 in both
111 · 98rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Antigua and Barbuda0.45365 → 0.61883+0.16518
Nigeria-0.99390 → -0.86115+0.13275
Belize-0.61620 → -0.49517+0.12104
Croatia0.32577 → 0.44309+0.11732
Grenada-0.05564 → 0.05546+0.11110

Fell most

Bermuda0.85510 → 0.61803−0.23707
Palestine-0.09145 → -0.31203−0.22058
Nauru-0.35788 → -0.57097−0.21309
Myanmar-1.26637 → -1.47918−0.21282
Spain0.86295 → 0.65097−0.21197

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.

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206 distinct values among 209
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 2 countries share 1.09362. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 209 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2023). Regulatory Quality, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/regulatory-quality/2023

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