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...
What the numbers show
CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high) is currently reported for 85 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 3.06 1=low to 6=high.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 20 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 (1=low to 6=high): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 4 | Kosovo | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 4 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 4 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Bhutan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 12 | Dominica | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 12 | Ghana | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 12 | Laos | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Saint Lucia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 12 | Lesotho | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 12 | Mongolia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Mauritania | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 12 | Niger | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Nigeria | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Nepal | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Pakistan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 12 | Senegal | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 12 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 12 | Vietnam | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Samoa | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Zambia | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Burundi | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 35 | Cameroon | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 35 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Comoros | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Djibouti | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 35 | Fiji | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Guinea | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Gambia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 35 | Grenada | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 35 | India | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 35 | Cambodia | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 35 | Madagascar | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 35 | Maldives | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 35 | Mali | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 35 | Mozambique | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Malawi | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Solomon Islands | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 35 | Tonga | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Tanzania | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 35 | Uganda | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 35 | Vanuatu | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 3 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 62 | Bolivia | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2015 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 62 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 62 | Guyana | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 62 | Honduras | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 62 | Kiribati | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 62 | Liberia | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 62 | Marshall Islands | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Myanmar | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 62 | Chad | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 62 | East Timor | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 62 | Tuvalu | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Afghanistan | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 74 | Angola | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Central African Republic | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Congo | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 74 | Micronesia (country) | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Haiti | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 74 | Nicaragua | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 74 | Sudan | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 74 | Somalia | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 74 | Yemen | 2 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 84 | South Sudan | 1.5 1=low to 6=high | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 85 | 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.
- IBRD only 3.75 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 3.5 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia 3.5 1=low to 6=high
- Post-demographic dividend 3.5 1=low to 6=high
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.5 1=low to 6=high
- South Asia 3.3 1=low to 6=high
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 3.3 1=low to 6=high
- Late-demographic dividend 3.25 1=low to 6=high
- IDA blend 3.21 1=low to 6=high
- Other small states 3.19 1=low to 6=high
- Lower middle income 3.14 1=low to 6=high
- Middle income 3.13 1=low to 6=high
- Africa Western and Central 3.12 1=low to 6=high
- Upper middle income 3.12 1=low to 6=high
- Caribbean Small States 3.07 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 3.02 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.02 1=low to 6=high
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.02 1=low to 6=high
- Small states 3 1=low to 6=high
- Early-demographic dividend 2.98 1=low to 6=high
- Low & middle income 2.97 1=low to 6=high
- IDA & IBRD total 2.96 1=low to 6=high
- IDA total 2.96 1=low to 6=high
- World 2.96 1=low to 6=high
- Africa Eastern and Southern 2.92 1=low to 6=high
- IDA only 2.88 1=low to 6=high
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 2.87 1=low to 6=high
- Pre-demographic dividend 2.87 1=low to 6=high
- Least developed countries 2.86 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 2.83 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 2.82 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific 2.82 1=low to 6=high
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.82 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.8 1=low to 6=high
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.8 1=low to 6=high
- Pacific island small states 2.78 1=low to 6=high
- Low income 2.6 1=low to 6=high
- High income 2.5 1=low to 6=high
- Arab World 2.43 1=low to 6=high
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.4 1=low to 6=high
About this data
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).