Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (score 0-100) in Maldives
Maldives: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (score 0-100) was 48.66 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Maldives, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank. Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 48.66 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Maldives peaked at 71.44 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 48.66 0-100, in 2025.
Maldives ranks 126th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (score 0-100) in Maldives, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 70.75 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 71.05 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 71.06 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 71.44 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 68.42 0-100 | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 51.05 0-100 | -25.4% |
| 2005 | 57.32 0-100 | +12.3% |
| 2006 | 57.29 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 55.8 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 50.17 0-100 | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 50.18 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 51.99 0-100 | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 50.79 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 50.57 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 50.15 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 50.42 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 49.72 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 51.09 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 51.12 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 51.13 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 51.16 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 49.05 0-100 | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 50.6 0-100 | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 48.99 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 48.99 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 50.32 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2025 | 48.66 0-100 | -3.3% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 48.66 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.89 0-100, 90% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 48.66 0-100 is below the median for South Asia, which is 49.46 0-100, 98% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (score 0-100) in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | -25.4% | 68.42 0-100 | 51.05 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 70.9 0-100 | 70.75 0-100 | 71.05 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 59.19 0-100 | 50.17 0-100 | 71.44 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 50.82 0-100 | 49.72 0-100 | 51.99 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.43 0-100 | 48.66 0-100 | 50.6 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More reference data data for Maldives
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0004 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Maldives?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Maldives was 48.66 0-100 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 71.44 0-100 in 2002.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.66 0-100 in 2025.
- How does Maldives rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Maldives ranks 126th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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