All🏛️ CPIA business regulatory environment rating
CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high). The World Bank CPIA rates policy and institutions in assessed economies from 1 (low) to 6 (high).
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1
🇷🇼Rwanda
4.5
2
🇧🇯Benin
4.0
3
🇨🇻Cape Verde
4.0
4
🇰🇪Kenya
4.0
5
🇹🇬Togo
4.0
6
🇧🇹Bhutan
3.5
7
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
3.5
8
🇩🇲Dominica
3.5
9
🇸🇿Eswatini
3.5
10
🇬🇭Ghana
3.5
11
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
3.5
12
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan
3.5
13
🇱🇦Laos
3.5
14
🇱🇸Lesotho
3.5
15
🇲🇷Mauritania
3.5
16
🇳🇵Nepal
3.5
17
🇳🇪Niger
3.5
18
🇳🇬Nigeria
3.5
19
🇵🇰Pakistan
3.5
20
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
3.5
21
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
3.5
22
🇼🇸Samoa
3.5
23
🇸🇳Senegal
3.5
24
🇱🇰Sri Lanka
3.5
25
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
3.5
26
🇿🇲Zambia
3.5
27
🇧🇩Bangladesh
3.0
28
🇧🇿Belize
3.0
29
🇧🇮Burundi
3.0
30
🇰🇭Cambodia
3.0
31
🇨🇲Cameroon
3.0
32
🇰🇲Comoros
3.0
33
🇩🇯Djibouti
3.0
34
🇨🇩DR Congo
3.0
35
🇪🇹Ethiopia
3.0
36
🇫🇯Fiji
3.0
37
🇬🇲Gambia
3.0
38
🇬🇩Grenada
3.0
39
🇬🇳Guinea
3.0
40
🇲🇬Madagascar
3.0
41
🇲🇼Malawi
3.0
42
🇲🇻Maldives
3.0
43
🇲🇱Mali
3.0
44
🇲🇿Mozambique
3.0
45
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea
3.0
46
🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe
3.0
47
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
3.0
48
🇹🇯Tajikistan
3.0
49
🇹🇿Tanzania
3.0
50
🇹🇴Tonga
3.0
Highlights
As of 2025, Rwanda ranks first with 4.5, followed by Benin (4.0) and Cape Verde (4.0).
Across 77 countries and territories, values run from 4.5 (Rwanda) to 1.0 (Eritrea), with a median of 3.0.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 8 from Africa, 1 from the Americas and 1 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high), 2025. Unit: rating (1–6).
Source: World Bank Open Data — CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026