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Rank	Country	Value
Governance Score (-2.5 to +2.5) - Regulatory Quality - Worldwide Governance Indicators (2008)
1	Hong Kong	2
2	Singapore	1.92
3	Ireland	1.91
4	Denmark	1.86
5	United Kingdom	1.79
6	Australia	1.78
7	Netherlands	1.75
8	New Zealand	1.72
9	Luxembourg	1.71
10	Sweden	1.68
11	Canada	1.66
12	Switzerland	1.66
13	Austria	1.64
14	Chile	1.58
15	Finland	1.58
16	United States	1.58
17	Belgium	1.48
18	Estonia	1.47
19	Germany	1.46
20	Andorra	1.35
21	Anguilla	1.35
22	Bermuda	1.35
23	Liechtenstein	1.35
24	Norway	1.34
25	Spain	1.27
26	Hungary	1.26
27	France	1.25
28	Cyprus	1.25
29	Japan	1.23
30	Israel	1.20
31	Malta	1.17
32	Slovakia	1.14
33	Lithuania	1.14
34	Iceland	1.12
35	Portugal	1.12
36	Cayman Islands	1.10
37	Reunion	1.10
38	Czech Republic	1.09
39	Taiwan	1.07
40	Latvia	1.07
41	Puerto Rico	1.02
42	Macau	1
43	Bahamas	0.99
44	Italy	0.95
45	Mauritius	0.95
46	Bahrain	0.88
47	French Guiana	0.85
48	Aruba	0.85
49	Netherlands Antilles	0.85
50	Martinique	0.85
51	Brunei	0.83
52	Slovenia	0.81
53	Greece	0.81
54	Poland	0.77
55	Barbados	0.77
56	Bulgaria	0.75
57	South Korea	0.73
58	Qatar	0.66
59	Oman	0.65
60	Panama	0.63
61	South Africa	0.63
62	Trinidad and Tobago	0.62
63	Guam	0.61
64	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0.61
65	Antigua and Barbuda	0.61
66	Georgia	0.59
67	United Arab Emirates	0.58
68	Romania	0.53
69	Botswana	0.52
70	Croatia	0.50
71	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.50
72	Costa Rica	0.47
73	Mexico	0.45
74	St. Vincent and The Grenadines	0.40
75	St. Lucia	0.40
76	American Samoa	0.36
77	Jamaica	0.36
78	Jordan	0.34
79	Peru	0.33
80	Armenia	0.32
81	Grenada	0.31
82	El Salvador	0.31
83	Malaysia	0.27
84	Thailand	0.26
85	Colombia	0.24
86	Turkey	0.22
87	Macedonia	0.21
88	Brazil	0.19
89	Saudi Arabia	0.17
90	Albania	0.16
91	Dominica	0.16
92	Namibia	0.13
93	Tunisia	0.11
94	Ghana	0.08
95	Uruguay	0.08
96	Kosovo	0.04
97	Kuwait	0.04
98	Cape Verde	-0.02
99	Morocco	-0.03
100	Montenegro	-0.05
101	Philippines	-0.05
102	New Caledonia	-0.06
103	Kenya	-0.07
104	Uganda	-0.08
105	Guatemala	-0.12
106	Egypt	-0.17
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.19
108	Moldova	-0.20
109	Lebanon	-0.20
110	India	-0.21
111	Serbia	-0.21
112	China	-0.22
113	Dominican Republic	-0.24
114	Honduras	-0.27
115	Indonesia	-0.27
116	Sri Lanka	-0.28
117	Mongolia	-0.29
118	Senegal	-0.29
119	Azerbaijan	-0.32
120	Burkina Faso	-0.32
121	Kyrgyzstan	-0.32
122	Mali	-0.33
123	Zambia	-0.33
124	Madagascar	-0.33
125	Nicaragua	-0.36
126	Kazakhstan	-0.37
127	Tanzania	-0.39
128	Malawi	-0.39
129	Ukraine	-0.39
130	Belize	-0.40
131	Maldives	-0.42
132	Samoa	-0.43
133	Gambia	-0.44
134	Benin	-0.46
135	Mozambique	-0.47
136	Pakistan	-0.47
137	Cambodia	-0.47
138	Paraguay	-0.49
139	Rwanda	-0.49
140	Niger	-0.52
141	Vietnam	-0.53
142	Guyana	-0.55
143	Russia	-0.56
144	Swaziland	-0.57
145	Papua New Guinea	-0.59
146	Mauritania	-0.59
147	Nigeria	-0.62
148	Micronesia	-0.63
149	Lesotho	-0.63
150	Gabon	-0.65
151	Argentina	-0.65
152	Seychelles	-0.65
153	Cameroon	-0.66
154	Nepal	-0.66
155	Suriname	-0.67
156	Marshall Islands	-0.68
157	Fiji	-0.68
158	Yemen	-0.70
159	Sao Tome and Principe	-0.72
160	Palau	-0.73
161	Tonga	-0.75
162	Djibouti	-0.75
163	Vanuatu	-0.76
164	Algeria	-0.79
165	Bangladesh	-0.82
166	Sierra Leone	-0.86
167	Bhutan	-0.86
168	Ethiopia	-0.86
169	Haiti	-0.89
170	Nauru	-0.91
171	Libya	-0.93
172	Cote D'Ivoire	-0.93
173	Angola	-0.94
174	Tajikistan	-0.97
175	Bolivia	-1.02
176	Togo	-1.05
177	Iraq	-1.09
178	West Bank Gaza	-1.12
179	Ecuador	-1.14
180	Guinea	-1.15
181	Tuvalu	-1.16
182	Syria	-1.17
183	Burundi	-1.18
184	Republic of the Congo	-1.19
185	Guinea-Bissau	-1.22
186	Kiribati	-1.22
187	Belarus	-1.24
188	Laos	-1.25
189	Chad	-1.26
190	Central African Republic	-1.28
191	Solomon Islands	-1.31
192	Liberia	-1.32
193	Sudan	-1.36
194	Equatorial Guinea	-1.37
195	Timor-Leste	-1.40
196	Uzbekistan	-1.41
197	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-1.43
198	Venezuela	-1.44
199	Comoros	-1.51
200	Afghanistan	-1.58
201	Cuba	-1.59
202	Iran	-1.63
203	Turkmenistan	-2.03
204	Eritrea	-2.13
205	Zimbabwe	-2.18
206	Burma	-2.24
207	North Korea	-2.28
208	Somalia	-2.77

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Governance Score (-2.5 to +2.5) - Regulatory Quality - Worldwide Governance Indicators

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