Regulatory Delivery & Independent Regulators

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.

regulator independence ratings
inspection and enforcement consistency
licensing turnaround times

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 21

Established 23

Transitional 43

Foundational 51

Nascent 45

Inception 10

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.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
2	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.87
5	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.71
6	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
8	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇺🇸United States	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.83
16	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
17	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
19	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
20	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.50
21	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
22	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
23	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
24	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.00
25	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
26	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
27	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
28	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
29	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
30	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
31	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
32	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
33	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
34	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
35	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	13	Established	±1.23
36	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
37	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	12	Established	±0.87
38	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
39	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
40	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
41	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
42	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
43	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.71
44	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
45	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
46	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
47	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
48	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
49	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
50	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
51	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
52	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
53	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.87
54	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
55	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
56	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
57	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.83
58	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
59	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	11	Transitional	±1.09
60	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
61	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
62	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
63	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
64	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
65	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
66	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
67	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
68	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
69	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
70	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
71	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
72	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
73	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
74	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.71
75	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.71
76	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
77	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
78	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
79	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
80	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
81	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
82	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.50
83	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
84	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
85	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
86	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
87	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
88	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
89	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
90	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
91	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
92	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
93	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
94	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
95	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
96	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
97	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
98	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.71
99	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
100	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
101	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
102	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
103	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
104	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
105	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
106	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
107	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
108	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
109	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
110	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.50
111	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
112	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
113	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
114	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
115	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
116	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.50
117	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
118	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
119	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
120	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.71
121	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
122	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
123	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
124	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.50
125	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
126	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
127	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
128	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	6	Foundational	±1.09
129	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
130	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
131	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
133	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
134	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
135	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
136	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
137	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
138	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
139	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
140	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
141	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
142	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
143	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
144	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
145	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
146	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
147	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
148	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
150	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	5	Nascent	±1.12
151	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
152	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
153	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
154	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.50
155	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
156	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
157	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
158	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
159	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
160	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
161	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
162	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
163	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
164	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
166	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
167	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
168	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
169	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
170	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
171	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
172	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
173	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
174	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
176	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
177	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
178	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.71
179	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
180	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.71
181	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
182	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
183	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
184	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
185	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
186	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
187	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
188	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
189	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
190	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
191	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
192	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
193	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
194	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.00
195	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
197	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00

Others in Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Regulatory Quality & Better Regulation	8.0	1–17	Australia, Canada, Denmark
Strategic Controls & Economic Security Administration	6.4	0–19	United States