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CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high) by country

The CPIA measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These...

Countries reporting
83
Highest
5.5 1=low to 6=high
Georgia
Lowest
1 1=low to 6=high
Eritrea
Median
3 1=low to 6=high
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
2,443

What the numbers show

CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high) is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 5.5 1=low to 6=high in Georgia; the lowest is 1 1=low to 6=high in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is 3 1=low to 6=high, and the mean is 3.04 1=low to 6=high.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 50.0%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 42.9%).

CPIA business regulatory environment rating: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 5.5 1=low to 6=high 2013 up 37.5% rising
2 Armenia 4.5 1=low to 6=high 2013 up 12.5% rising
2 Rwanda 4.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
4 Azerbaijan 4 1=low to 6=high 2010 up 14.3% rising
4 Benin 4 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 14.3% rising
4 Cape Verde 4 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 14.3% rising
4 Kenya 4 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 14.3% flat
4 Moldova 4 1=low to 6=high 2019 up 14.3% rising
4 Togo 4 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 33.3% rising
11 Burkina Faso 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2013 unchanged flat
11 Bhutan 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged flat
11 Cote d'Ivoire 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 16.7% rising
11 Dominica 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 12.5% falling
11 Ghana 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 12.5% falling
11 Kyrgyzstan 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 12.5% falling
11 Laos 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
11 Saint Lucia 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 22.2% falling
11 Sri Lanka 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 12.5% falling
11 Lesotho 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 16.7% rising
11 Mongolia 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2019 unchanged flat
11 Mauritania 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 16.7% falling
11 Niger 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
11 Nigeria 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
11 Nepal 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
11 Pakistan 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 16.7% falling
11 Senegal 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 12.5% falling
11 Uzbekistan 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 16.7% rising
11 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 12.5% falling
11 Vietnam 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2015 unchanged flat
11 Samoa 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged flat
11 Zambia 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
34 Burundi 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
34 Bangladesh 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged falling
34 Cameroon 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged falling
34 Democratic Republic of Congo 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
34 Comoros 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
34 Djibouti 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 20.0% falling
34 Ethiopia 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 14.3% falling
34 Fiji 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged flat
34 Guinea 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
34 Gambia 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 14.3% falling
34 Grenada 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 25.0% falling
34 India 3 1=low to 6=high 2013 down 14.3% falling
34 Cambodia 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged falling
34 Madagascar 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 20.0% falling
34 Maldives 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 14.3% falling
34 Mali 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 14.3% falling
34 Mozambique 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged flat
34 Malawi 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged falling
34 Papua New Guinea 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged flat
34 Solomon Islands 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged rising
34 Sao Tome and Principe 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged flat
34 Tajikistan 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged falling
34 Tonga 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged flat
34 Tanzania 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 14.3% falling
34 Uganda 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 25.0% falling
34 Vanuatu 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged falling
34 Zimbabwe 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 50.0% rising
61 Bolivia 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2015 down 16.7% falling
61 Guinea-Bissau 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged falling
61 Guyana 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 16.7% falling
61 Honduras 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 16.7% falling
61 Kiribati 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged falling
61 Liberia 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 16.7% falling
61 Marshall Islands 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged flat
61 Myanmar 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged flat
61 Sierra Leone 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 16.7% flat
61 Chad 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged falling
61 East Timor 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 25.0% rising
61 Tuvalu 2.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged flat
73 Afghanistan 2 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 20.0% falling
73 Angola 2 1=low to 6=high 2013 unchanged flat
73 Central African Republic 2 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged flat
73 Congo 2 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 20.0% falling
73 Micronesia (country) 2 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged flat
73 Haiti 2 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged falling
73 Nicaragua 2 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 42.9% falling
73 Sudan 2 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 33.3% falling
73 Somalia 2 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 33.3% rising
73 Yemen 2 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 20.0% falling
83 South Sudan 1.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 25.0% falling
84 Eritrea 1 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 33.3% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high)
Unit
1=low to 6=high
Source
CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
126 places, 2,443 data points, 2005–2025
Last refreshed

The CPIA measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). This Business Regulatory Environment criterion assesses the extent to which the legal, regulatory, and policy environment helps or hinders private business in investing, creating jobs, and becoming more productive. The emphasis is on direct regulations of business activity and regulation of goods and factor markets. Three sub-components are measured: (a) regulations affecting entry, exit, and competition; (b) regulations of ongoing business operations; and (c) regulations of factor markets (labor and land).