Regulatory Quality & Better Regulation — National Capability Index

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.

regulatory quality score
regulatory impact assessment adoption
stakeholder consultation practice score

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 0

Advanced 20

Established 21

Transitional 41

Foundational 46

Nascent 52

Inception 17

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

Others in Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Regulatory Delivery & Independent Regulators	8.6	1–18	Finland, Singapore, Sweden
Strategic Controls & Economic Security Administration	6.4	0–19	United States