Botswana vs South Africa: Regulatory Quality

Botswana
0.5023
in 2011
South Africa
0.4363
in 2011
Botswana rank
2nd
South Africa rank
3rd

Regulatory Quality over time

  • Botswana
  • South Africa
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.5023 against 0.4363 in South Africa, a difference of 0.066.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 2nd and South Africa ranks 3rd of 53 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Regulatory Quality (estimate)
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 689 data points, 1996–2011
Last refreshed

Regulatory quality measures the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is available at www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance.