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Regulatory Quality (estimate) by country

Regulatory quality measures the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is available at www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance.

Countries reporting
53
Highest
0.8433
Mauritius
Lowest
-2.38
Somalia
Median
-0.6382
Years covered
16
1996–2011
Data points
689

What the numbers show

Regulatory Quality (estimate) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 0.8433 in Mauritius; the lowest is -2.38 in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.6382, and the mean is -0.6814.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Cape Verde (up 14,858.1%), and the largest decrease in Gabon (down 320.2%).

Regulatory Quality: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mauritius 0.8433 2011 up 44.2% rising
2 Botswana 0.5023 2011 down 22.1% falling
3 South Africa 0.4363 2011 up 8.4% rising
4 Ghana 0.1401 2011 up 236.5% volatile
5 Namibia 0.0765 2011 down 71.5% volatile
6 Cape Verde 0.07 2011 up 14,858.1% volatile
7 Morocco -0.0943 2011 down 70.6% volatile
8 Uganda -0.109 2011 down 238.1% volatile
9 Rwanda -0.1248 2011 up 88.1% volatile
10 Burkina Faso -0.1443 2011 down 16.2% rising
11 Kenya -0.1597 2011 up 46.7% rising
12 Tunisia -0.1781 2011 down 186.1% volatile
13 Senegal -0.2201 2011 down 73.7% falling
14 Gambia -0.2695 2011 up 4.0% rising
15 Egypt -0.3329 2011 up 5.0% volatile
16 Benin -0.3384 2011 down 63.1% falling
17 Mali -0.3965 2011 down 301.2% falling
18 Mozambique -0.4001 2011 down 147.0% falling
19 Zambia -0.4287 2011 down 65.3% falling
20 Seychelles -0.4338 2011 up 52.5% volatile
21 Tanzania -0.4414 2011 down 76.3% falling
22 Niger -0.5078 2011 up 16.6% rising
23 Djibouti -0.5348 2011 up 26.7% rising
24 Madagascar -0.55 2011 down 22.3% volatile
25 Gabon -0.6041 2011 down 320.2% volatile
26 Lesotho -0.6075 2011 down 57.1% falling
27 Eswatini -0.6382 2011 down 44.0% falling
28 Nigeria -0.6852 2011 up 7.8% rising
29 Malawi -0.7036 2011 down 219.6% falling
30 Sierra Leone -0.7039 2011 up 48.9% rising
31 Sao Tome and Principe -0.7403 2011 up 7.1% rising
32 Mauritania -0.7814 2011 down 84.3% volatile
33 Cameroon -0.7919 2011 down 33.1% rising
34 Cote d'Ivoire -0.8613 2011 down 58.2% falling
35 Ethiopia -0.9861 2011 up 15.1% rising
36 Togo -0.9895 2011 down 49.0% falling
37 Burundi -1 2011 up 18.0% rising
38 Guinea -1 2011 down 66.1% falling
39 Liberia -1.01 2011 up 43.4% rising
40 Chad -1.03 2011 down 32.2% falling
41 Angola -1.1 2011 up 39.6% rising
42 Guinea-Bissau -1.12 2011 up 9.7% falling
43 Algeria -1.16 2011 down 67.1% falling
44 Central African Republic -1.18 2011 down 30.3% falling
45 Congo -1.29 2011 down 3.3% falling
46 Sudan -1.3 2011 up 9.6% flat
47 Equatorial Guinea -1.34 2011 up 22.0% rising
48 Comoros -1.36 2011 down 5.7% falling
49 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.52 2011 up 28.0% rising
50 Libya -1.52 2011 up 15.7% rising
51 Zimbabwe -1.9 2011 down 30.4% falling
52 Eritrea -2.22 2011 down 135.3% falling
53 Somalia -2.38 2011 up 5.8% flat

About this data

Indicator
Regulatory Quality (estimate)
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 689 data points, 1996–2011
Last refreshed

Regulatory quality measures the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is available at www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance.