China (People’s Republic of) vs South Africa: Regulatory Quality - Governance score
Regulatory Quality - Governance score over time
- China (People’s Republic of)
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 53.91 0-100 against 53.74 0-100 in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 0.17 0-100.
Across all 26 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 99th and South Africa ranks 97th of 204 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China (People’s Republic of) | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.16 0-100 | 59.53 0-100 | 10.37 0-100 | South Africa |
| 2000s | 50.35 0-100 | 65.51 0-100 | 15.16 0-100 | South Africa |
| 2010s | 52.56 0-100 | 61.17 0-100 | 8.61 0-100 | South Africa |
| 2020s | 53.81 0-100 | 54.62 0-100 | 0.8153 0-100 | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher regulatory quality - governance score, China (People’s Republic of) or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 53.91 0-100 against 53.74 0-100 in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in regulatory quality - governance score between China (People’s Republic of) and South Africa?
- 0.17 0-100, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and South Africa?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do China (People’s Republic of) and South Africa rank globally for regulatory quality - governance score?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 99th and South Africa ranks 97th 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 score (0-100). 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 score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).