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Regulatory quality
205 countries, 2025.
Unit: score 0-100.
First in the ranking
91.9 /100
Median country
53.9 /100
half above, half below
Range
19.2 to 91.9
Eritrea - Singapore
How to read it
Across 205 countries worldwide, the highest value is in Singapore (91.9 /100) and the lowest in Eritrea (19.2 /100).
The median country is at 53.9 /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 ·
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Regulatory quality over time
/100
Ranking of countries
2025
Biggest changes, 2015-2025
% change · 205 countries
Continents over time
median country of each continent
Regulatory quality - continent medians
/100
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2004
Africa: 42.48
Asia: 50.14
Europe: 75.41
North America: 60.66
South America: 50.81
Oceania: 52.62 2005
Africa: 44.35
Asia: 51.46
Europe: 76.56
North America: 63.88
South America: 48.23
Oceania: 50.33 2006
Africa: 44.86
Asia: 52.15
Europe: 75.8
North America: 64.07
South America: 47.08
Oceania: 48.61 2007
Africa: 45.51
Asia: 51.7
Europe: 75.37
North America: 65.18
South America: 46.81
Oceania: 47.5 2008
Africa: 45.48
Asia: 51.8
Europe: 75.75
North America: 63.07
South America: 47
Oceania: 43.68 2009
Africa: 45.72
Asia: 52.73
Europe: 75.4
North America: 63.61
South America: 47.23
Oceania: 45.09 2010
Africa: 45.74
Asia: 52.72
Europe: 73.06
North America: 65.18
South America: 47.24
Oceania: 44.91 2011
Africa: 44.23
Asia: 51.83
Europe: 72.61
North America: 64.82
South America: 48.12
Oceania: 46.84 2012
Africa: 43.14
Asia: 50.54
Europe: 72.02
North America: 64.4
South America: 48.66
Oceania: 46.43 2013
Africa: 42.59
Asia: 50.69
Europe: 71.88
North America: 64.4
South America: 49.05
Oceania: 47.53 2014
Africa: 42.62
Asia: 52.57
Europe: 70.57
North America: 61.69
South America: 48.32
Oceania: 50.52 2015
Africa: 42.73
Asia: 52.87
Europe: 72.14
North America: 59.54
South America: 49.33
Oceania: 50.48 2016
Africa: 42.96
Asia: 53.72
Europe: 72.39
North America: 59.76
South America: 52.29
Oceania: 50.03 2017
Africa: 43.78
Asia: 54.54
Europe: 72.83
North America: 59.44
South America: 53.53
Oceania: 50.06 2018
Africa: 43.02
Asia: 54.32
Europe: 73.09
North America: 59.8
South America: 52.52
Oceania: 50.11 2019
Africa: 43.2
Asia: 54.28
Europe: 72.75
North America: 59.61
South America: 50.9
Oceania: 50.26 2020
Africa: 42.11
Asia: 54.13
Europe: 71.08
North America: 58.52
South America: 49.94
Oceania: 49.16 2021
Africa: 42.05
Asia: 54.21
Europe: 71.14
North America: 58.86
South America: 49.94
Oceania: 49.72 2022
Africa: 42.45
Asia: 53.67
Europe: 70.28
North America: 58.28
South America: 50.24
Oceania: 49.77 2023
Africa: 42.66
Asia: 53.59
Europe: 69.04
North America: 57.85
South America: 48.57
Oceania: 49.78 2024
Africa: 43.21
Asia: 53.88
Europe: 69.08
North America: 57.47
South America: 50.14
Oceania: 50.39 2025
Africa: 42.93
Asia: 53.74
Europe: 69.6
North America: 57.64
South America: 50.3
Oceania: 50.37 2004
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median country
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