Nigeria vs Papua New Guinea: Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate

Nigeria
-0.6333 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
-0.6004 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 2024
Nigeria rank
147th
Papua New Guinea rank
144th

Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate over time

  • Nigeria
  • Papua New Guinea
-1.2-1-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2199620102024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports -0.6004 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.6333 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0329 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Across all 26 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Nigeria ranks 147th and Papua New Guinea ranks 144th of 204 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s -1.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.6852 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.3825 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Papua New Guinea
2000s -1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.6045 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.3972 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Papua New Guinea
2010s -0.8102 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.4436 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.3666 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Papua New Guinea
2020s -0.8434 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.6794 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.164 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher regulatory quality - governance estimate, Nigeria or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at -0.6004 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.6333 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in regulatory quality - governance estimate between Nigeria and Papua New Guinea?
0.0329 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Papua New Guinea?
26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Papua New Guinea rank globally for regulatory quality - governance estimate?
Nigeria ranks 147th and Papua New Guinea ranks 144th of 204 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

Indicator
Regulatory Quality - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Unit
approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
204 places, 5,143 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

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.