Regulatory quality during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how the regulatory quality changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#	President	In office	Total	Per year
1	N Petro Poroshenko	7 Jun 2014 – 20 May 2019	+4.9 points 2013 → 2018	+1.0 points/yr
2	Volodymyr Zelenskyy	20 May 2019 – now	+1.3 points 2018 → 2025	+0.2 points/yr
3	Viktor Yanukovych	25 Feb 2010 – 23 Feb 2014	−0.1 points 2009 → 2013	0.0 points/yr
4	N Viktor Yushchenko	23 Jan 2005 – 25 Feb 2010	−3.7 points 2004 → 2009	−0.7 points/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in points; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. points, 0 to 100, higher is better · World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RQ.SC): perceptions of the government's ability to make and carry out sound rules that let private business form and compete, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval · Ukraine data · as of Sep 2026.