Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Austria

Austria: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 73.87 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
73.87 0-100
Change on year
down 2.6%
World rank
28th
of 206 countries
All-time high
86.25 0-100
in 2007
All-time low
73.87 0-100
in 2025
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Austria, 1996–2025

0204060801996201020251996: 80.7 0-1001998: 79.4 0-1002000: 83 0-1002002: 85.8 0-1002003: 85.3 0-1002004: 83.5 0-1002005: 85.6 0-1002006: 86 0-1002007: 86.3 0-1002008: 84.4 0-1002009: 82.7 0-1002010: 83.4 0-1002011: 82.3 0-1002012: 81.6 0-1002013: 79.9 0-1002014: 78.5 0-1002015: 78.1 0-1002016: 79.8 0-1002017: 80.1 0-1002018: 81.7 0-1002019: 82 0-1002020: 80.5 0-1002021: 80.1 0-1002022: 79.4 0-1002023: 77.4 0-1002024: 75.8 0-1002025: 73.9 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for regulatory quality - governance score in Austria is 73.87 0-100, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.

The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Austria peaked at 86.25 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 73.87 0-100, in 2025.

That places Austria 28th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Austria, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Austria, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 80.72 0-100 —
1998 79.38 0-100 -1.7%
2000 83.05 0-100 +4.6%
2002 85.8 0-100 +3.3%
2003 85.28 0-100 -0.6%
2004 83.51 0-100 -2.1%
2005 85.59 0-100 +2.5%
2006 86 0-100 +0.5%
2007 86.25 0-100 +0.3%
2008 84.41 0-100 -2.1%
2009 82.74 0-100 -2.0%
2010 83.43 0-100 +0.8%
2011 82.31 0-100 -1.3%
2012 81.55 0-100 -0.9%
2013 79.93 0-100 -2.0%
2014 78.49 0-100 -1.8%
2015 78.12 0-100 -0.5%
2016 79.76 0-100 +2.1%
2017 80.11 0-100 +0.4%
2018 81.72 0-100 +2.0%
2019 81.99 0-100 +0.3%
2020 80.51 0-100 -1.8%
2021 80.07 0-100 -0.5%
2022 79.4 0-100 -0.8%
2023 77.39 0-100 -2.5%
2024 75.82 0-100 -2.0%
2025 73.87 0-100 -2.6%

Austria compared with similar countries

  • Austria's 73.87 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 1.0× the median. (74 countries reporting)
  • Austria's 73.87 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 66.01 0-100, 1.1× the median. (54 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 80.05 0-100 79.38 0-100 80.72 0-100 2
2000s 84.74 0-100 82.74 0-100 86.25 0-100 9
2010s 80.74 0-100 78.12 0-100 83.43 0-100 10
2020s 77.84 0-100 73.87 0-100 80.51 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 25 United States Virgin Islands 74.22 0-100 compare
  2. 26 Czechia 73.97 0-100 compare
  3. 27 Greenland 73.92 0-100 compare
  4. 29 Iceland 73.84 0-100 compare
  5. 30 Latvia 73.1 0-100 compare
  6. 31 United States 72.81 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Austria?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Austria was 73.87 0-100 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Austria?
The highest recorded value was 86.25 0-100 in 2007.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 73.87 0-100 in 2025.
How does Austria rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Austria ranks 28th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Austria?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Austria data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
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
206 places, 5,391 data points, 1996–2025
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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).