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Time spent dealing with the requirements of government regulations (% of senior management time)
Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.
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Key Insights
Global Average
8.2%
Median: 7.1%
Countries Covered
111
with available data
Highest
Tonga
31.3%
Lowest
Hong Kong
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Tonga31.3%
2Colombia26.2%
3Cape Verde21.3%
4El Salvador21.0%
5France20.7%
By Region
South America13.6%(4 countries)
Oceania11.1%(1 countries)
North America9.5%(3 countries)
Europe8.6%(27 countries)
Other8.5%(55 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0%)High (31.3%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 8.2%)
South America (4)
Oceania (1)
North America (3)
Europe (27)
Other (55)
Asia (16)
Africa (5)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 31.3% |
| 2 | Colombia | 26.2% |
| 3 | Cape Verde | 21.3% |
| 4 | El Salvador | 21.0% |
| 5 | France | 20.7% |
| 6 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 20.0% |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19.0% |
| 8 | Seychelles | 18.4% |
| 9 | Timor-Leste | 17.2% |
| 10 | Mexico | 15.8% |
| 11 | Romania | 15.1% |
| 12 | Latvia | 13.6% |
| 13 | United Republic of Tanzania | 13.6% |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 13.5% |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 13.3% |
| 16 | Portugal | 13.2% |
| 17 | Papua New Guinea | 13.0% |
| 18 | Mali | 13.0% |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 13.0% |
| 20 | Paraguay | 12.7% |
| 21 | India | 12.6% |
| 22 | Peru | 12.3% |
| 23 | Senegal | 12.0% |
| 24 | Italy | 11.6% |
| 25 | New Zealand | 11.1% |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 11.0% |
| 27 | Austria | 10.7% |
| 28 | Spain | 10.5% |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 10.3% |
| 30 | Ecuador | 10.2% |
| 31 | Equatorial Guinea | 10.1% |
| 32 | South Africa | 9.7% |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 9.6% |
| 34 | Jordan | 9.5% |
| 35 | Germany | 9.2% |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 9.2% |
| 37 | Slovenia | 9.1% |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.0% |
| 39 | Croatia | 8.8% |
| 40 | Malta | 8.8% |
| 41 | Angola | 8.7% |
| 42 | Bahrain | 8.6% |
| 43 | Belgium | 8.5% |
| 44 | Cyprus | 8.5% |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.4% |
| 46 | Namibia | 8.3% |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 8.1% |
| 48 | Montenegro | 7.9% |
| 49 | Cameroon | 7.6% |
| 50 | Moldova, Republic of | 7.5% |
| 51 | Botswana | 7.5% |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.4% |
| 53 | Ireland | 7.3% |
| 54 | Lesotho | 7.3% |
| 55 | Philippines | 7.2% |
| 56 | Nepal | 7.1% |
| 57 | Finland | 7.1% |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 7.1% |
| 59 | Canada | 6.9% |
| 60 | Ghana | 6.9% |
| 61 | Singapore | 6.8% |
| 62 | Türkiye | 6.7% |
| 63 | Sierra Leone | 6.6% |
| 64 | Czech Republic | 6.5% |
| 65 | Greece | 6.4% |
| 66 | Netherlands | 6.3% |
| 67 | Serbia | 6.3% |
| 68 | Cambodia | 6.2% |
| 69 | Mauritius | 6.2% |
| 70 | Jamaica | 6.2% |
| 71 | Republic of the Congo | 5.9% |
| 72 | Tunisia | 5.9% |
| 73 | Rwanda | 5.9% |
| 74 | Uruguay | 5.9% |
| 75 | Denmark | 5.8% |
| 76 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 5.8% |
| 77 | United States of America | 5.8% |
| 78 | Samoa | 5.7% |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 5.6% |
| 80 | Barbados | 5.5% |
| 81 | Slovakia | 5.3% |
| 82 | Benin | 5.3% |
| 83 | Israel | 4.8% |
| 84 | Central African Republic | 4.6% |
| 85 | State of Palestine | 4.5% |
| 86 | Vietnam | 4.5% |
| 87 | Estonia | 4.2% |
| 88 | Burkina Faso | 4.2% |
| 89 | Malaysia | 4.0% |
| 90 | Armenia | 3.9% |
| 91 | Sweden | 3.8% |
| 92 | South Sudan | 3.7% |
| 93 | Hungary | 3.6% |
| 94 | Iceland | 3.6% |
| 95 | Eswatini | 3.5% |
| 96 | Madagascar | 3.3% |
| 97 | Republic of The Gambia | 3.2% |
| 98 | Georgia | 3.1% |
| 99 | Iraq | 2.8% |
| 100 | Togo | 2.4% |
| 101 | Uzbekistan | 1.6% |
| 102 | Bhutan | 1.4% |
| 103 | Indonesia | 1.3% |
| 104 | Chad | 1.1% |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 1.1% |
| 106 | People's Republic of China | 0.8% |
| 107 | Morocco | 0.6% |
| 108 | Egypt | 0.4% |
| 109 | Pakistan | 0.2% |
| 110 | South Korea | 0.2% |
| 111 | Hong Kong | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).
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