Gambia vs Laos: Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Gambia
- Laos
How they compare
Gambia currently reports -0.6445 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.6596 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Laos, a difference of 0.0151 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 148th and Laos ranks 151st of 206 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.9436 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.44 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4983 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Gambia |
| 2000s | -0.4635 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -1.28 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8141 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Gambia |
| 2010s | -0.6028 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.8306 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2278 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Gambia |
| 2020s | -0.6819 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.7345 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0526 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher regulatory quality - governance estimate, Gambia or Laos?
- Gambia, at -0.6445 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.6596 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Laos as of 2025.
- What is the difference in regulatory quality - governance estimate between Gambia and Laos?
- 0.0151 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Laos?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Laos rank globally for regulatory quality - governance estimate?
- Gambia ranks 148th and Laos ranks 151st of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) standard error. The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance estimate is based. The standard error indicates the precision of the governance estimate. Larger values indicate less precise estimates. A 90% confidence interval for the governance estimate is given by the estimate +/- 1.64 times the standard error.