Malawi vs Uganda: Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Malawi
- Uganda
How they compare
Malawi currently reports -0.589 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.5935 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Uganda, a difference of 0.0045 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Uganda ahead.
Malawi ranks 143rd and Uganda ranks 144th of 206 countries.
Uganda has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.3769 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.091 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.286 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Uganda |
| 2000s | -0.5658 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.2612 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3046 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Uganda |
| 2010s | -0.6416 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.3905 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2512 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Uganda |
| 2020s | -0.653 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.5088 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1443 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher regulatory quality - governance estimate, Malawi or Uganda?
- Malawi, at -0.589 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.5935 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Uganda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in regulatory quality - governance estimate between Malawi and Uganda?
- 0.0045 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Uganda?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Uganda rank globally for regulatory quality - governance estimate?
- Malawi ranks 143rd and Uganda ranks 144th 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.