World Development Indicators


Regulatory Quality			Rule of Law			Control of Corruption
Estimate	Standard Error	Percentile Rank	Estimate	Standard Error	Percentile Rank	Estimate	Standard Error	Percentile Rank

2021	2021	2021	2021	2021	2021	2021	2021	2021

Afghanistan	-1.3	0.2	8.2	-1.9	0.2	1.9	-1.1	0.2	12.5
Albania	0.2	0.2	59.6	-0.3	0.2	43.8	-0.6	0.2	31.7
Algeria	-1.2	0.2	10.1	-0.8	0.2	22.6	-0.6	0.2	29.8
American Samoa	0.5	0.5	70.7	1.2	0.5	86.5	1.3	0.4	88.9
Andorra	1.4	0.5	88.9	1.7	0.5	93.3	1.3	0.4	88.9
Angola	-0.7	0.2	27.4	-1.0	0.2	17.3	-0.7	0.2	27.9
Antigua and Barbuda	0.4	0.4	65.9	0.3	0.3	61.5	0.3	0.3	63.5
Argentina	-0.6	0.2	29.8	-0.5	0.2	35.1	-0.4	0.2	38.9
Armenia	0.1	0.2	57.2	-0.1	0.2	50.5	0.1	0.2	59.6
Aruba	0.9	0.4	78.8	1.3	0.2	87.0	0.8	0.3	79.3
Australia	1.8	0.2	98.6	1.7	0.2	92.8	1.7	0.2	94.7
Austria	1.3	0.2	88.0	1.8	0.2	97.1	1.3	0.2	86.5
Azerbaijan	-0.1	0.2	50.5	-0.6	0.2	30.8	-0.8	0.2	21.6
Bahamas, The	0.1	0.3	53.8	0.1	0.2	55.3	1.2	0.2	84.6
Bahrain	0.8	0.2	76.4	0.5	0.2	67.3	0.2	0.2	60.6
Bangladesh	-0.8	0.2	20.7	-0.6	0.2	28.8	-1.0	0.2	18.3
Barbados	0.6	0.3	71.6	0.4	0.2	63.5	1.2	0.2	85.6
Belarus	-0.9	0.2	17.8	-1.1	0.2	13.0	-0.2	0.2	49.0
Belgium	1.3	0.2	87.0	1.3	0.2	88.5	1.5	0.2	89.4
Belize	-0.4	0.3	37.5	-0.8	0.2	23.6	-0.3	0.2	45.7
Benin	-0.4	0.2	37.0	-0.6	0.1	29.8	-0.2	0.2	50.5
Bermuda	1.0	0.5	81.3	0.7	0.5	74.0	1.3	0.4	88.9
Bhutan	-0.4	0.2	39.9	0.6	0.2	72.1	1.6	0.2	90.4
Bolivia	-1.2	0.2	11.1	-1.2	0.2	11.5	-0.9	0.2	20.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.2	0.2	46.2	-0.3	0.2	42.8	-0.6	0.2	28.8
Botswana	0.6	0.2	72.1	0.5	0.2	67.8	0.7	0.2	75.0
Brazil	-0.1	0.2	48.1	-0.3	0.2	42.3	-0.5	0.2	34.6
British Virgin Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Brunei Darussalam	1.0	0.3	81.7	0.9	0.2	79.3	1.2	0.3	86.1
Bulgaria	0.4	0.2	67.8	0.0	0.1	53.4	-0.2	0.1	48.6
Burkina Faso	-0.5	0.2	36.1	-0.4	0.1	36.1	-0.1	0.2	51.9
Burundi	-1.0	0.2	13.9	-1.3	0.2	8.2	-1.6	0.2	2.9
Cabo Verde	0.3	0.3	61.1	0.3	0.2	62.0	1.0	0.2	83.2
Cambodia	-0.6	0.2	27.9	-0.9	0.2	19.2	-1.2	0.2	11.5
Cameroon	-0.9	0.2	17.3	-1.1	0.1	13.5	-1.1	0.1	13.9
Canada	1.6	0.2	94.2	1.6	0.2	92.3	1.6	0.2	92.3
Cayman Islands	1.1	0.4	83.2	0.8	0.2	76.4	0.5	0.3	68.3
Central African Republic	-1.5	0.2	5.3	-1.7	0.2	4.3	-1.2	0.2	11.1
Chad	-1.2	0.2	10.6	-1.3	0.2	7.7	-1.5	0.2	4.8
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	1.0	0.2	79.3	0.9	0.2	80.8	1.0	0.2	81.7
China	-0.3	0.2	41.3	0.0	0.2	53.8	0.1	0.2	58.2
Colombia	0.2	0.2	60.6	-0.5	0.2	35.6	-0.3	0.2	43.8
Comoros	-1.2	0.2	9.6	-1.2	0.2	9.6	-1.3	0.2	8.2
Congo, Dem. Rep.	-1.4	0.2	6.7	-1.7	0.1	3.8	-1.6	0.2	4.3
Congo, Rep.	-1.4	0.2	7.7	-1.1	0.2	12.0	-1.4	0.2	6.3
Costa Rica	0.5	0.2	68.3	0.5	0.2	66.3	0.5	0.2	67.8
Cote d'Ivoire	-0.3	0.2	43.8	-0.6	0.1	28.4	-0.4	0.1	41.3
Croatia	0.5	0.2	69.2	0.3	0.1	60.1	0.1	0.1	59.1
Cuba	-1.4	0.2	6.3	-0.4	0.2	38.0	0.0	0.2	55.3
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	0.9	0.2	76.9	0.6	0.2	72.6	0.4	0.2	65.4
Czechia	1.3	0.2	87.5	1.1	0.1	84.1	0.6	0.1	72.6
Denmark	1.8	0.2	98.1	1.9	0.2	99.0	2.4	0.2	100.0
Djibouti	-0.9	0.2	19.7	-1.0	0.2	16.3	-0.8	0.2	24.0
Dominica	0.3	0.3	61.5	0.7	0.3	75.0	0.6	0.2	70.7
Dominican Republic	0.1	0.2	55.8	-0.1	0.2	50.0	-0.6	0.2	31.3
Ecuador	-0.7	0.2	26.9	-0.3	0.2	41.3	-0.6	0.2	30.3
Egypt, Arab Rep.	-0.5	0.2	34.6	-0.2	0.2	45.2	-0.7	0.2	26.9
El Salvador	-0.3	0.2	40.4	-0.8	0.2	21.6	-0.5	0.2	32.7
Equatorial Guinea	-1.7	0.3	3.8	-1.2	0.2	10.6	-1.6	0.2	3.4
Eritrea	-2.3	0.2	0.5	-1.6	0.2	5.3	-1.2	0.2	9.6
Estonia	1.6	0.2	92.8	1.4	0.1	89.9	1.5	0.1	89.9
Eswatini	-0.6	0.2	30.8	-0.6	0.2	31.3	-0.7	0.2	28.4
Ethiopia	-0.9	0.2	16.8	-0.6	0.1	29.3	-0.4	0.2	39.4
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	0.0	0.3	51.9	0.3	0.3	60.6	0.5	0.3	67.3
Finland	1.9	0.2	99.0	2.1	0.2	100.0	2.3	0.2	99.5
France	1.2	0.2	86.1	1.3	0.2	87.5	1.3	0.2	87.0
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	-0.8	0.2	22.6	-0.7	0.2	25.5	-0.9	0.2	21.2
Gambia, The	-0.9	0.2	19.2	-0.4	0.1	39.4	-0.4	0.2	42.3
Georgia	1.1	0.2	82.7	0.2	0.2	56.7	0.7	0.2	75.5
Germany	1.6	0.2	94.7	1.6	0.2	91.8	1.8	0.2	95.7
Ghana	-0.2	0.2	45.7	-0.1	0.1	51.4	-0.1	0.1	51.4
Gibraltar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greece	0.4	0.2	67.3	0.3	0.2	62.5	0.2	0.2	61.5
Greenland	1.4	0.5	89.4	1.7	0.2	94.2	1.0	0.4	82.7
Grenada	0.3	0.3	62.0	0.5	0.3	68.8	0.5	0.2	68.8
Guam	0.5	0.5	70.7	1.2	0.5	86.5	1.3	0.4	88.9
Guatemala	-0.3	0.2	40.9	-1.1	0.2	13.9	-1.2	0.2	12.0
Guinea	-1.0	0.2	14.9	-1.1	0.1	12.5	-1.0	0.2	17.8
Guinea-Bissau	-1.3	0.2	9.1	-1.4	0.2	6.7	-1.3	0.2	7.2
Guyana	-0.5	0.2	34.1	-0.4	0.2	38.5	-0.2	0.2	50.0
Haiti	-1.3	0.2	8.7	-1.3	0.2	9.1	-1.4	0.2	5.3
Honduras	-0.5	0.2	33.7	-1.1	0.2	15.4	-1.1	0.2	14.4
Hong Kong SAR, China	1.6	0.2	93.8	1.4	0.2	90.4	1.7	0.2	94.2
Hungary	0.5	0.2	68.8	0.5	0.1	69.7	0.0	0.1	56.3
Iceland	1.5	0.3	91.8	1.8	0.2	96.2	1.8	0.2	95.2
India	-0.1	0.2	49.5	-0.1	0.2	51.9	-0.3	0.1	46.6
Indonesia	0.3	0.2	62.5	-0.2	0.2	46.6	-0.4	0.1	38.5
Iran, Islamic Rep.	-1.6	0.2	4.8	-0.9	0.2	17.8	-1.1	0.2	13.5
Iraq	-1.1	0.3	12.5	-1.7	0.2	3.4	-1.3	0.2	9.1
Ireland	1.6	0.2	93.3	1.5	0.2	90.9	1.6	0.2	92.8
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	1.2	0.3	85.1	0.9	0.2	81.7	0.9	0.2	80.8
Italy	0.5	0.2	69.7	0.3	0.2	59.6	0.5	0.2	69.2
Jamaica	0.2	0.2	60.1	-0.2	0.2	47.6	0.0	0.2	53.8
Japan	1.4	0.2	89.9	1.6	0.2	91.3	1.6	0.2	90.9
Jordan	0.2	0.2	57.7	0.2	0.2	57.7	0.1	0.2	57.7
Kazakhstan	0.1	0.2	56.3	-0.5	0.1	34.1	-0.2	0.2	48.1
Kenya	-0.4	0.2	36.5	-0.4	0.1	38.9	-0.7	0.1	26.4
Kiribati	-0.5	0.3	35.1	0.9	0.4	80.3	0.3	0.3	63.9
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	-2.3	0.2	0.0	-1.6	0.2	4.8	-1.6	0.2	2.4
Korea, Rep.	1.1	0.2	83.7	1.1	0.2	84.6	0.8	0.2	77.4
Kosovo	-0.3	0.2	43.3	-0.3	0.2	43.3	-0.3	0.2	44.7
Kuwait	0.2	0.2	58.2	0.3	0.2	59.1	0.0	0.2	53.4
Kyrgyz Republic	-0.6	0.2	31.7	-1.1	0.1	14.4	-1.1	0.2	13.0
Lao PDR	-0.9	0.2	18.3	-0.6	0.2	27.4	-1.0	0.2	15.4
Latvia	1.2	0.2	85.6	1.0	0.1	82.7	0.7	0.1	76.9
Lebanon	-0.9	0.2	18.8	-1.1	0.2	14.9	-1.2	0.2	10.6
Lesotho	-0.7	0.2	25.5	-0.4	0.2	37.0	-0.3	0.2	45.2
Liberia	-1.0	0.2	15.4	-0.9	0.1	18.3	-0.9	0.2	19.2
Libya	-2.0	0.3	2.9	-1.8	0.2	2.9	-1.6	0.2	3.8
Liechtenstein	1.5	0.4	92.3	1.7	0.2	95.7	1.7	0.3	93.8
Lithuania	1.3	0.2	86.5	1.1	0.1	83.7	0.9	0.1	80.3
Luxembourg	1.9	0.2	99.5	1.8	0.2	96.6	1.9	0.2	96.2
Macao SAR, China	1.8	0.4	97.1	0.8	0.2	76.9	0.8	0.3	79.8
Madagascar	-0.8	0.2	22.1	-0.9	0.1	20.7	-0.9	0.2	18.8
Malawi	-0.8	0.2	24.0	-0.2	0.1	45.7	-0.3	0.1	46.2
Malaysia	0.7	0.2	72.6	0.6	0.2	70.2	0.2	0.2	61.1
Maldives	-0.5	0.3	33.2	-0.2	0.3	47.1	-0.4	0.3	41.8
Mali	-0.6	0.2	29.3	-0.9	0.1	18.8	-0.9	0.1	20.2
Malta	0.8	0.3	74.5	0.9	0.2	77.9	0.3	0.2	64.9
Marshall Islands	-1.1	0.5	13.0	0.2	0.5	58.7	0.0	0.4	57.2
Mauritania	-1.1	0.2	13.5	-0.7	0.2	26.0	-0.8	0.2	22.1
Mauritius	1.2	0.2	84.1	0.9	0.2	78.4	0.5	0.2	66.8
Mexico	-0.2	0.2	44.2	-0.8	0.2	23.1	-1.0	0.2	16.8
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	-0.8	0.3	23.6	0.5	0.4	69.2	0.6	0.3	69.7
Moldova	0.0	0.2	52.4	-0.3	0.2	41.8	-0.4	0.2	35.6
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	-0.2	0.2	44.7	-0.2	0.2	46.2	-0.5	0.2	33.7
Montenegro	0.4	0.3	66.8	-0.1	0.2	52.9	0.0	0.2	54.3
Morocco	-0.1	0.2	47.6	-0.3	0.2	44.2	-0.4	0.2	36.5
Mozambique	-0.8	0.2	24.5	-1.0	0.1	15.9	-0.8	0.2	22.6
Myanmar	-1.1	0.2	11.5	-1.5	0.2	5.8	-1.0	0.2	15.9
Namibia	0.0	0.2	51.4	0.4	0.2	63.0	0.3	0.2	63.0
Nauru	0.4	1.1	65.4	-0.8	0.9	24.0	-0.4	1.0	38.0
Nepal	-0.6	0.2	30.3	-0.5	0.2	34.6	-0.5	0.2	33.2
Netherlands	1.8	0.2	96.6	1.7	0.2	95.2	2.0	0.2	97.1
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	1.8	0.2	97.6	1.8	0.2	98.1	2.2	0.2	99.0
Nicaragua	-0.8	0.2	21.2	-1.4	0.2	7.2	-1.2	0.2	10.1
Niger	-0.7	0.2	25.0	-0.4	0.1	37.5	-0.5	0.2	32.2
Nigeria	-0.9	0.2	15.9	-0.9	0.2	21.2	-1.1	0.2	14.9
North Macedonia	0.4	0.2	66.3	-0.1	0.2	52.4	-0.4	0.2	43.3
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	1.6	0.2	95.2	1.9	0.2	99.5	2.1	0.2	98.1
Oman	0.3	0.2	63.5	0.4	0.2	63.9	0.1	0.2	60.1
Pakistan	-0.7	0.2	26.0	-0.6	0.2	27.9	-0.8	0.2	23.6
Palau	0.2	1.1	59.1	-0.2	0.8	48.1	-0.4	1.0	38.0
Panama	0.2	0.2	58.7	-0.2	0.2	44.7	-0.6	0.2	30.8
Papua New Guinea	-0.8	0.2	21.6	-0.7	0.2	24.5	-0.8	0.2	25.0
Paraguay	-0.2	0.2	45.2	-0.6	0.2	32.2	-1.0	0.2	16.3
Peru	0.1	0.2	55.3	-0.5	0.2	33.2	-0.6	0.2	29.3
Philippines	0.1	0.2	54.8	-0.6	0.2	26.9	-0.5	0.1	34.1
Poland	0.8	0.2	76.0	0.4	0.1	65.4	0.6	0.1	70.2
Portugal	0.7	0.2	73.6	1.1	0.2	85.1	0.8	0.2	77.9
Puerto Rico	0.8	0.4	75.0	0.6	0.2	70.7	0.4	0.3	65.9
Qatar	0.9	0.2	77.4	0.9	0.2	81.3	0.8	0.2	78.8
Romania	0.3	0.2	63.0	0.4	0.1	64.4	0.0	0.1	52.9
Russian Federation	-0.5	0.2	32.7	-0.9	0.2	20.2	-0.9	0.2	19.7
Rwanda	0.1	0.2	54.3	0.2	0.1	57.2	0.6	0.2	71.6
Samoa	-0.2	0.3	46.6	0.9	0.4	80.3	0.6	0.3	72.1
San Marino	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	-0.9	0.2	16.3	-0.7	0.2	25.0	0.3	0.2	62.5
Saudi Arabia	0.3	0.2	63.9	0.2	0.2	58.2	0.3	0.2	64.4
Senegal	-0.3	0.2	41.8	-0.4	0.1	39.9	0.1	0.1	58.7
Serbia	0.1	0.2	53.4	-0.1	0.2	51.0	-0.4	0.2	36.1
Seychelles	0.0	0.3	52.9	0.3	0.2	61.1	1.6	0.3	91.8
Sierra Leone	-1.0	0.2	14.4	-0.8	0.1	22.1	-0.4	0.1	37.0
Singapore	2.2	0.2	100.0	1.9	0.2	98.6	2.2	0.2	98.6
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	0.9	0.2	77.9	0.7	0.1	74.5	0.2	0.1	62.0
Slovenia	0.8	0.2	75.5	1.0	0.1	83.2	0.7	0.1	76.0
Solomon Islands	-0.9	0.3	20.2	-0.4	0.3	40.9	-0.1	0.2	51.0
Somalia	-1.8	0.2	3.4	-2.3	0.2	0.5	-1.8	0.2	1.0
South Africa	-0.1	0.2	50.0	0.1	0.2	56.3	0.0	0.2	55.8
South Sudan	-2.0	0.2	2.4	-2.0	0.2	1.4	-1.8	0.2	0.0
Spain	0.8	0.2	74.0	0.9	0.2	78.8	0.7	0.2	76.4
Sri Lanka	-0.4	0.2	39.4	0.0	0.2	54.3	-0.3	0.2	44.2
St. Kitts and Nevis	0.6	0.4	71.2	0.5	0.3	68.3	0.4	0.3	66.3
St. Lucia	0.4	0.3	64.9	0.6	0.3	71.6	0.6	0.2	71.2
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.3	0.3	64.4	0.6	0.3	71.2	0.8	0.2	78.4
Sudan	-1.5	0.2	5.8	-1.2	0.1	10.1	-1.3	0.2	7.7
Suriname	-0.7	0.3	26.4	-0.1	0.2	49.5	-0.4	0.2	39.9
Sweden	1.8	0.2	96.2	1.7	0.2	94.7	2.1	0.2	97.6
Switzerland	1.7	0.3	95.7	1.8	0.2	97.6	2.0	0.2	96.6
Syrian Arab Republic	-1.6	0.2	4.3	-2.1	0.2	1.0	-1.8	0.2	0.5
Tajikistan	-1.1	0.2	12.0	-1.2	0.2	11.1	-1.3	0.2	6.7
Tanzania	-0.6	0.2	28.8	-0.5	0.1	32.7	-0.4	0.1	42.8
Thailand	0.1	0.2	56.7	0.1	0.2	55.8	-0.5	0.2	35.1
Timor-Leste	-0.8	0.2	23.1	-1.0	0.2	16.8	-0.1	0.2	52.4
Togo	-0.6	0.2	28.4	-0.6	0.1	31.7	-0.7	0.2	27.4
Tonga	-0.3	0.3	42.3	0.4	0.4	65.9	-0.4	0.3	40.9
Trinidad and Tobago	-0.1	0.2	48.6	-0.1	0.2	49.0	-0.3	0.2	47.6
Tunisia	-0.4	0.2	38.5	0.1	0.2	54.8	-0.2	0.2	49.5
Turkiye	-0.1	0.2	49.0	-0.4	0.2	36.5	-0.4	0.2	40.4
Turkmenistan	-2.0	0.3	1.4	-1.4	0.2	6.3	-1.4	0.2	5.8
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	-0.4	0.4	38.9	0.7	0.4	75.5	0.7	0.3	73.1
Uganda	-0.5	0.2	35.6	-0.4	0.1	40.4	-1.0	0.2	17.3
Ukraine	-0.3	0.2	42.8	-0.7	0.2	26.4	-0.8	0.2	24.5
United Arab Emirates	1.0	0.2	82.2	0.8	0.2	77.4	1.2	0.2	84.1
United Kingdom	1.5	0.2	90.9	1.4	0.2	89.4	1.7	0.2	93.3
United States	1.5	0.2	90.4	1.4	0.2	88.9	1.0	0.2	83.7
Uruguay	0.7	0.2	73.1	0.7	0.2	76.0	1.6	0.2	91.3
Uzbekistan	-0.6	0.2	31.3	-0.9	0.1	19.7	-0.8	0.2	23.1
Vanuatu	-0.1	0.3	47.1	0.5	0.3	66.8	0.0	0.2	54.8
Venezuela, RB	-2.2	0.2	1.0	-2.3	0.2	0.0	-1.6	0.2	1.9
Vietnam	-0.4	0.2	38.0	-0.1	0.2	48.6	-0.3	0.2	47.1
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	1.4	0.5	88.9	1.0	0.5	82.2	0.0	0.4	56.7
West Bank and Gaza	0.0	0.4	51.0	-0.5	0.2	33.7	-0.7	0.3	26.0
Yemen, Rep.	-2.0	0.2	1.9	-1.8	0.2	2.4	-1.7	0.2	1.4
Zambia	-0.6	0.2	32.2	-0.6	0.1	30.3	-0.8	0.2	25.5
Zimbabwe	-1.4	0.2	7.2	-1.3	0.1	8.7	-1.3	0.2	8.7

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