Namibia vs South Africa: Regulatory Quality

Namibia
0.0765
in 2011
South Africa
0.4363
in 2011
Namibia rank
5th
South Africa rank
3rd

Regulatory Quality over time

  • Namibia
  • South Africa
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How they compare

South Africa currently reports 0.4363 against 0.0765 in Namibia, a difference of 0.3598.

That makes South Africa's figure about 5.7 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 5th 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.