Regulatory quality in South America

12 countries in South America, 2025. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
66.4 /100
Chile
Median country
50.3 /100
half above, half below
Range
21.3 to 66.4
Venezuela - Chile

How to read it

Across 12 countries in South America, the highest value is in Chile (66.4 /100) and the lowest in Venezuela (21.3 /100).

The median country is at 50.3 /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

/100

Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Chile66.4
2Uruguay65.0
3Peru57.5
4Paraguay55.0
5Argentina53.9
6Colombia52.1
7Guyana48.5
8Brazil47.9
9Ecuador43.2
10Suriname41.8
11Bolivia34.5
12Venezuela21.3
World Bank, WGI · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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