Kenya vs Maldives: Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Kenya
- Maldives
How they compare
Kenya currently reports -0.3733 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.3971 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Maldives, a difference of 0.0238 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Maldives ahead.
Kenya ranks 124th and Maldives ranks 126th of 206 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.6047 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.8946 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.5 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Maldives |
| 2000s | -0.4035 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2147 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.6182 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Maldives |
| 2010s | -0.3674 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.2719 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0955 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Maldives |
| 2020s | -0.405 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.3521 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0529 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher regulatory quality - governance estimate, Kenya or Maldives?
- Kenya, at -0.3733 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.3971 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in regulatory quality - governance estimate between Kenya and Maldives?
- 0.0238 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Maldives?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Maldives rank globally for regulatory quality - governance estimate?
- Kenya ranks 124th and Maldives ranks 126th 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.