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Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)

Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e.

📅 2025📏 approx. -2.5 to +2.5204 entries

🇸🇬 Singapore2

🇳🇿 New Zealand2

🇩🇰 Denmark2

🇨🇭 Switzerland2

🇦🇺 Australia2

🇱🇺 Luxembourg2

🇫🇮 Finland2

🇸🇩 Sudan-2

🇸🇾 Syria-2

🇹🇲 Turkmenistan-2

🇸🇸 South Sudan-2

🇰🇵 North Korea-2

🇻🇪 Venezuela-2

🇪🇷 Eritrea-2

The 7 highest and 7 lowest of 204 entries; 111 are below zero. Bars to the left of the line are negative.

1

🇸🇬Singapore

2

2

🇳🇿New Zealand

2

3

🇩🇰Denmark

2

4

🇨🇭Switzerland

2

5

🇦🇺Australia

2

6

🇱🇺Luxembourg

2

7

🇫🇮Finland

2

8

🇭🇰Hong Kong

2

9

🇮🇪Ireland

2

10

🇳🇴Norway

2

11

🇸🇪Sweden

2

12

🇲🇨Monaco

2

13

🇱🇮Liechtenstein

2

14

🇬🇧United Kingdom

1

15

🇨🇦Canada

1

16

🇳🇱Netherlands

1

17

🇲🇴Macau

1

18

🇪🇪Estonia

1

19

🇱🇹Lithuania

1

20

🇩🇪Germany

1

21

🇯🇵Japan

1

22

🇧🇪Belgium

1

23

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

1

24

🇮🇱Israel

1

25

🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands

1

26

🇦🇹Austria

1

27

🇨🇿Czechia

1

28

🇬🇱Greenland

1

29

🇮🇸Iceland

1

30

🇱🇻Latvia

1

31

🇺🇸United States

1

32

🇧🇭Bahrain

1

33

🇶🇦Qatar

1

34

🇰🇷South Korea

1

35

🇫🇷France

1

36

🇦🇼Aruba

1

37

🇧🇳Brunei

1

38

🇲🇺Mauritius

1

39

🇦🇩Andorra

1

40

🇨🇾Cyprus

1

41

🇸🇲San Marino

1

42

🇵🇱Poland

1

43

🇴🇲Oman

1

44

🇲🇾Malaysia

1

45

🇰🇾Cayman Islands

1

46

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

1

47

🇸🇮Slovenia

1

48

🇨🇱Chile

1

49

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

1

50

🇬🇪Georgia

1

Highlights

As of 2025, Singapore ranks first with 2, followed by New Zealand (2) and Denmark (2).

Across 204 countries and territories, values run from 2 (Singapore) to -2 (Eritrea), with a median of -0.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Europe, 2 from Asia and 2 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5), 2025. Unit: approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026