Regulatory quality in Asia

50 countries in Asia, 2025. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
91.9 /100
Singapore
Median country
53.7 /100
half above, half below
Range
21.3 to 91.9
North Korea - Singapore

How to read it

Across 50 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Singapore (91.9 /100) and the lowest in North Korea (21.3 /100).

The median country is at 53.7 /100: half are above, half below.

Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance.

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Source: World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators · licence

Regulatory quality over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Singapore91.9
2Hong Kong83.3
3Macao79.3
4Japan76.5
5United Arab Emirates75.7
6Israel74.9
7South Korea72.8
8Bahrain72.8
9Qatar72.7
10Brunei72.1
11Cyprus70.2
12Oman67.4
13Malaysia67.3
14Saudi Arabia67.0
15Georgia66.2
16Kuwait61.7
17Jordan61.2
18Armenia59.2
19Philippines58.5
20Thailand57.6
21Indonesia57.3
22Azerbaijan56.4
23Kazakhstan55.9
24Mongolia54.6
25Bhutan53.9
26China53.6
27Vietnam53.1
28India52.6
29Türkiye52.5
30Sri Lanka50.3
31Kyrgyzstan48.7
32Maldives48.7
33Palestine48.5
34Uzbekistan46.5
35Cambodia45.4
36Nepal44.2
37Laos44.1
38Timor-Leste42.9
39Tajikistan41.7
40Lebanon40.8
41Pakistan39.7
42Bangladesh39.4
43Iraq38.0
44Afghanistan30.8
45Myanmar30.4
46Yemen30.2
47Iran29.2
48Syria24.3
49Turkmenistan23.1
50North Korea21.3
World Bank, WGI · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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