Regulatory quality in Europe

44 countries in Europe, 2024. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
85.8 /100
Finland
Median country
68.0 /100
half above, half below
Range
35.4 to 85.8
Belarus - Finland

How to read it

Across 44 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Finland (85.8 /100) and the lowest in Belarus (35.4 /100).

The median country is at 68.0 /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

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Finland85.8
2Denmark85.3
3Luxembourg83.9
4Ireland83.2
5Switzerland82.8
6Netherlands82.0
7Sweden81.2
8Norway81.2
9Liechtenstein79.1
10United Kingdom78.7
11Germany78.5
12Estonia76.9
13Austria76.2
14Iceland75.8
15Lithuania75.2
16Belgium74.5
17Czechia74.3
18France72.9
19Andorra72.2
20Monaco72.2
21Latvia72.2
22San Marino68.5
23Slovenia67.5
24Portugal66.5
25Poland65.7
26Italy65.0
27Spain64.7
28Malta62.6
29Greece62.4
30Slovakia61.2
31Romania60.9
32Hungary60.1
33Bulgaria59.4
34Croatia59.4
35North Macedonia59.1
36Albania57.0
37Montenegro56.9
38Serbia56.1
39Moldova54.1
40Kosovo51.3
41Ukraine50.1
42Bosnia and Herzegovina49.3
43Russia38.0
44Belarus35.4
World Bank, WGI · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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