Economic/Financial Strength/Financial Regulation & Integrity

Market Conduct & Consumer Protection

The capacity to keep markets honest for their users: conduct supervision, disclosure regimes and the protection machinery that sustains trust in the system.
pending/cap/market-conduct-consumer-protection
World mean
7.9
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
0–18
middle half 4.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.33
round 1 ±0.99 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
United Kingdom, United States

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2
Advanced 19
Established 26
Transitional 36
Foundational 39
Nascent 56
Inception 19

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇺🇸United States Americas 18 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
4 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇫🇮Finland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
11 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
13 🇳🇴Norway Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
20 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.50
22 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 14 Established ±0.50
23 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
24 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.50
25 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
26 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 14 Established ±0.00
27 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.00
28 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.00
29 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 13 Established ±0.43
30 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.50
31 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 13 Established ±0.00
32 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 13 Established ±0.43
33 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 13 Established ±0.43
34 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.00
35 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.43
36 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
37 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.43
38 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±0.43
39 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
40 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
41 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.83
42 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.43
43 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 12 Established ±0.43
44 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
45 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
46 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
47 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
48 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
49 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
50 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
51 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
52 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
53 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.50
54 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.83
55 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
56 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 11 Transitional ±0.71
57 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
58 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
59 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
61 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
62 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
63 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.50
64 🇵🇪Peru Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
65 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
66 🇷🇺Russia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.71
67 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
69 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
70 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
71 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
72 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
73 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
74 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
76 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
77 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
79 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.50
80 🇵🇦Panama Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
82 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
83 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
84 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
85 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
86 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
87 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
89 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
90 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
91 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
92 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
93 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
94 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
95 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
96 🇦🇱Albania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
97 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
98 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
99 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
100 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
102 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
103 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
104 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 7 Foundational ±0.71
106 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
107 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
109 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
110 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
111 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
114 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
115 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
116 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
117 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
118 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
119 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
120 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
121 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
122 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
123 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
124 🇧🇿Belize Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
125 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
126 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
127 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.83
128 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
129 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
130 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
131 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
132 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.71
133 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
134 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
135 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
136 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
137 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
138 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
139 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
141 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
143 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
146 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
147 🇦🇴Angola Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
148 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇧🇯Benin Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
150 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
151 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
152 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
153 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.83
156 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
157 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
161 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
162 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
165 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
167 🇨🇬Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
168 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
169 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
170 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
171 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
172 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
174 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
176 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
177 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
178 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
179 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
180 🇹🇩Chad Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
181 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
182 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
183 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
184 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
185 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
186 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
187 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
188 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
189 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
190 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
191 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
192 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
193 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
197 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

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