Global Regulation Strictness Ranking 2026

Country
Brazil	1,500,000 BRL	0.85	25.0%	0.710
Spain	30,000 EUR	0.78	25.0%	0.663
France	3,750 EUR	0.78	25.0%	0.640
Thailand	5,000 THB	0.71	25.0%	0.558
Argentina	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.85	25.0%	0.550
India	200 INR	0.80	50.0%	0.541
Brunei	1,000 BND	0.78	25.0%	0.525
Indonesia	50,000,000 IDR	0.68	0.0%	0.510
New Zealand	4,000 NZD	0.75	0.0%	0.506
Colombia	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.81	50.0%	0.499
Uruguay	100,000 UYU	0.71	25.0%	0.491
Ukraine	15,000 UAH	0.71	25.0%	0.470
Nigeria	1,000,000 NGN	0.68	0.0%	0.466
Sierra Leone	1,000,000 SLE	0.68	0.0%	0.466
Guyana	10,000 GYD	0.71	25.0%	0.465
Philippines	10,000 PHP	0.71	25.0%	0.465
Guinea	500,000 GNF	0.68	0.0%	0.458
Laos	400,000 LAK	0.68	0.0%	0.456
Costa Rica	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.78	25.0%	0.447
Pakistan	100,000 PKR	0.68	0.0%	0.440
Germany	1,000 EUR	0.71	25.0%	0.439
Georgia	1,000 GEL	0.71	25.0%	0.439
Turkmenistan	1,000 TMT	0.71	25.0%	0.439
Jordan	3,000 JOD	0.70	25.0%	0.435
Cambodia	50,000 KHR	0.68	0.0%	0.432
Mauritius	500 MUR	0.71	25.0%	0.432
Benin	50,000,000 XOF	0.61	0.0%	0.424
Saudi Arabia	200 SAR	0.71	25.0%	0.421
United Arab Emirates	10,000 AED	0.68	0.0%	0.414
Sudan	10,000 SDG	0.68	0.0%	0.414
Azerbaijan	100 AZN	0.71	25.0%	0.413
El Salvador	100 USD	0.71	25.0%	0.413
Sweden	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.75	0.0%	0.413
Ethiopia	5,000 ETB	0.68	0.0%	0.406
Guatemala	5,000 GTQ	0.68	0.0%	0.406
Malaysia	5,000 MYR	0.68	0.0%	0.406
Slovenia	5,000 EUR	0.68	0.0%	0.406
Moldova	42 MDL	0.71	25.0%	0.404
Ireland	3,000 EUR	0.68	0.0%	0.400
Gabon	5,000,000 XAF	0.61	0.0%	0.398
Djibouti	3,000,000 DJF	0.61	0.0%	0.393
Denmark	1,000 DKK	0.68	0.0%	0.388
Kyrgyzstan	1,000 KGS	0.68	0.0%	0.388
Solomon Islands	1,000 SBD	0.68	0.0%	0.388
Liberia	500 LRD	0.68	0.0%	0.380
Norway	500 NOK	0.68	0.0%	0.380
South Africa	500 ZAR	0.68	0.0%	0.380
Bangladesh	300 BDT	0.68	0.0%	0.374
Congo	500,000 XAF	0.61	0.0%	0.372
Comoros	500,000 KMF	0.61	0.0%	0.372
Seychelles	500,000 SCR	0.61	0.0%	0.372
Togo	500,000 XOF	0.61	0.0%	0.372
Vietnam	500,000 VND	0.61	0.0%	0.372
China	200 CNY	0.68	0.0%	0.370
Oman	200 OMR	0.68	0.0%	0.370
Italy	275 EUR	0.61	25.0%	0.368
Suriname	150 SRD	0.68	0.0%	0.367
Mexico	100 MXN	0.68	0.0%	0.362
Nepal	100 NPR	0.68	0.0%	0.362
Burkina Faso	200,000 XOF	0.61	0.0%	0.362
Uganda	200,000 UGX	0.61	0.0%	0.362
Uzbekistan	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.71	25.0%	0.361
Serbia	500,000 RSD	0.60	0.0%	0.355
Ecuador	50 USD	0.68	0.0%	0.354
Ivory Coast	100,000 XOF	0.61	0.0%	0.354
Cameroon	100,000 XAF	0.61	0.0%	0.354
Senegal	100,000 XOF	0.61	0.0%	0.354
Jamaica	50,000 JMD	0.61	0.0%	0.346
Kenya	50,000 KES	0.61	0.0%	0.346
Rwanda	50,000 RWF	0.61	0.0%	0.346
Estonia	20 EUR	0.68	0.0%	0.344
Mali	25,000 XOF	0.61	0.0%	0.339
Bhutan	10 BTN	0.68	0.0%	0.337
DR Congo	100,000 CDF	0.60	0.0%	0.337
Equatorial Guinea	100,000 XAF	0.60	0.0%	0.337
South Korea	100,000 KRW	0.60	0.0%	0.337
São Tomé and Príncipe	100,000 STN	0.60	0.0%	0.337
Chad	20,000 XAF	0.61	0.0%	0.336
Burundi	50,000 BIF	0.60	0.0%	0.329
Hungary	50,000 HUF	0.60	0.0%	0.329
Vanuatu	50,000 VUV	0.60	0.0%	0.329
Tanzania	50,000 TZS	0.60	0.0%	0.329
Honduras	10,000 HNL	0.61	0.0%	0.328
Iraq	10,000 IQD	0.61	0.0%	0.328
Myanmar	10,000 MMK	0.61	0.0%	0.328
Trinidad and Tobago	10,000 TTD	0.61	0.0%	0.328
Chile	4 CLP	0.68	0.0%	0.328
Algeria	5,000 DZD	0.61	0.0%	0.320
Niger	5,000 XOF	0.61	0.0%	0.320
Israel	1,000 NIS	0.63	0.0%	0.319
Montenegro	20,000 EUR	0.60	0.0%	0.319
Syria	4,000 SYP	0.61	0.0%	0.318
Guinea-Bissau	15,000 XOF	0.60	0.0%	0.316
Qatar	3,000 QAR	0.61	0.0%	0.315
Russia	3,000 RUB	0.61	0.0%	0.315
Gambia	2,500 GMD	0.61	0.0%	0.313
Madagascar	2,500 MGA	0.61	0.0%	0.313
Poland	500 PLN	0.63	0.0%	0.312
Sri Lanka	2,000 LKR	0.61	0.0%	0.310
Japan	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.68	0.0%	0.310
Lebanon	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.68	0.0%	0.310
United States	State/local-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.307
Venezuela	1,500 VES	0.61	0.0%	0.307
Albania	5,000 ALL	0.60	0.0%	0.303
Cape Verde	5,000 CVE	0.60	0.0%	0.303
Czechia	5,000 CZK	0.60	0.0%	0.303
Saint Lucia	5,000 XCD	0.60	0.0%	0.303
Lesotho	5,000 LSL	0.60	0.0%	0.303
Somalia	5,000 SOS	0.60	0.0%	0.303
Eswatini	5,000 SZL	0.60	0.0%	0.303
Bolivia	1,000 BOB	0.61	0.0%	0.302
Fiji	1,000 FJD	0.61	0.0%	0.302
Singapore	1,000 SGD	0.61	0.0%	0.302
Mauritania	1,000 MRU	0.61	0.0%	0.302
Maldives	1,000 MVR	0.61	0.0%	0.302
Ghana	750 GHS	0.61	0.0%	0.299
Lithuania	2,896 EUR	0.60	0.0%	0.297
Australia	500 AUD	0.61	0.0%	0.294
Eritrea	500 ERN	0.61	0.0%	0.294
Namibia	500 NAD	0.61	0.0%	0.294
Romania	500 RON	0.61	0.0%	0.294
Malta	500 EUR	0.61	0.0%	0.294
Panama	100 USD	0.63	0.0%	0.293
Timor-Leste	100 USD	0.63	0.0%	0.293
Cyprus	2,000 EUR	0.60	0.0%	0.293
Croatia	2,000 EUR	0.60	0.0%	0.293
Haiti	2,000 HTG	0.60	0.0%	0.293
Belarus	400 BYN	0.61	0.0%	0.292
Cuba	1,500 CUP	0.60	0.0%	0.290
Afghanistan	300 AFN	0.61	0.0%	0.289
Austria	1,000 EUR	0.60	0.0%	0.285
Belgium	1,000 EUR	0.60	0.0%	0.285
Botswana	1,000 BWP	0.60	0.0%	0.285
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,000 XCD	0.60	0.0%	0.285
Monaco	1,000 EUR	0.60	0.0%	0.285
Tonga	1,000 TOP	0.60	0.0%	0.285
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,000 XCD	0.60	0.0%	0.285
Samoa	1,000 WST	0.60	0.0%	0.285
Yemen	1,000 YER	0.60	0.0%	0.285
Portugal	750 EUR	0.60	0.0%	0.282
Barbados	500 BBD	0.60	0.0%	0.277
Bulgaria	500 BGN	0.60	0.0%	0.277
Micronesia	500 USD	0.60	0.0%	0.277
Greece	500 EUR	0.60	0.0%	0.277
Kiribati	500 AUD	0.60	0.0%	0.277
Nauru	500 AUD	0.60	0.0%	0.277
Papua New Guinea	500 PGK	0.60	0.0%	0.277
South Sudan	500 SSP	0.60	0.0%	0.277
Tunisia	500 TND	0.60	0.0%	0.277
Egypt	100 EGP	0.61	0.0%	0.276
Slovakia	331 EUR	0.60	0.0%	0.273
North Macedonia	300 MKD	0.60	0.0%	0.272
Luxembourg	250 EUR	0.60	0.0%	0.269
Armenia	50 AMD	0.61	0.0%	0.269
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200 BAM	0.60	0.0%	0.267
Dominica	200 XCD	0.60	0.0%	0.267
United Kingdom	200 GBP	0.60	0.0%	0.267
Tuvalu	200 AUD	0.60	0.0%	0.267
Zambia	200 ZMW	0.60	0.0%	0.267
Türkiye	188 TRY	0.60	0.0%	0.266
San Marino	150 EUR	0.60	0.0%	0.264
Bahamas	100 BSD	0.60	0.0%	0.259
Canada	100 CAD	0.60	0.0%	0.259
Nicaragua	100 NIO	0.60	0.0%	0.259
Palau	100 USD	0.60	0.0%	0.259
Marshall Islands	100 USD	0.60	0.0%	0.259
Zimbabwe	100 USD	0.60	0.0%	0.259
Latvia	15 EUR	0.61	0.0%	0.256
Kuwait	50 KWD	0.60	0.0%	0.252
Morocco	50 MAD	0.60	0.0%	0.252
Bahrain	20 BHD	0.60	0.0%	0.241
Mozambique	20 MZN	0.60	0.0%	0.241
Kazakhstan	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.63	0.0%	0.241
Angola	10 AOA	0.60	0.0%	0.234
Finland	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.61	0.0%	0.224
Iceland	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.61	0.0%	0.224
Peru	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.61	0.0%	0.224
Paraguay	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.61	0.0%	0.224
Mongolia	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.61	0.0%	0.224
Tajikistan	2 TJS	0.60	0.0%	0.220
Andorra	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.207
Antigua and Barbuda	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.207
Belize	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.207
Central African Republic	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.207
Switzerland	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.207
Dominican Republic	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.207
Grenada	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.207
Iran	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.207
North Korea	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.207
Liechtenstein	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.207
Libya	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.207
Netherlands	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.207
Vatican City	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.60	0.0%	0.207
Malawi	Jurisdiction-dependent	0.50	0.0%	0.090