Economic/Financial Strength/Financial Regulation & Integrity

Prudential Regulation & Supervision

The capacity to keep financial institutions sound: the regulatory frameworks, supervisory intensity and corrective powers that constrain risk before it becomes loss.
factbase.org/cap/4BPHWXV424
World mean
9.0
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
1–19
middle half 6.0–13.0
Panel SD
±0.24
round 1 ±1.15 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
Singapore

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 3
Advanced 23
Established 36
Transitional 39
Foundational 47
Nascent 38
Inception 11

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

Others in Financial Regulation & Integrity

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Financial Integrity & Illicit Finance Control8.01–18United States
Market Conduct & Consumer Protection7.90–18United Kingdom, United States
Payment & Market Infrastructure Oversight8.71–20United States