Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Bahrain

Bahrain: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 69.85 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
69.85 0-100
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
37th
of 205 countries
All-time high
69.85 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
59.09 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Bahrain, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 59.1 0-1001998: 63.2 0-1002000: 63.9 0-1002002: 67.5 0-1002003: 67.7 0-1002004: 67.9 0-1002005: 67.9 0-1002006: 67.7 0-1002007: 69.6 0-1002008: 67.6 0-1002009: 67.9 0-1002010: 68.8 0-1002011: 69.1 0-1002012: 67.5 0-1002013: 67.8 0-1002014: 64.7 0-1002015: 66.5 0-1002016: 63.3 0-1002017: 62.7 0-1002018: 62.7 0-1002019: 63.1 0-1002020: 63.6 0-1002021: 67.4 0-1002022: 68.6 0-1002023: 69.2 0-1002024: 69.8 0-100

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

Analysis

Bahrain recorded 69.85 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Bahrain peaked at 69.85 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 59.09 0-100, in 1996.

Bahrain ranks 37th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Bahrain, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Bahrain, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 59.09 0-100
1998 63.15 0-100 +6.9%
2000 63.86 0-100 +1.1%
2002 67.51 0-100 +5.7%
2003 67.71 0-100 +0.3%
2004 67.94 0-100 +0.3%
2005 67.87 0-100 -0.1%
2006 67.75 0-100 -0.2%
2007 69.6 0-100 +2.7%
2008 67.6 0-100 -2.9%
2009 67.94 0-100 +0.5%
2010 68.77 0-100 +1.2%
2011 69.06 0-100 +0.4%
2012 67.53 0-100 -2.2%
2013 67.79 0-100 +0.4%
2014 64.75 0-100 -4.5%
2015 66.49 0-100 +2.7%
2016 63.28 0-100 -4.8%
2017 62.69 0-100 -0.9%
2018 62.69 0-100 +0.0%
2019 63.07 0-100 +0.6%
2020 63.62 0-100 +0.9%
2021 67.42 0-100 +6.0%
2022 68.58 0-100 +1.7%
2023 69.21 0-100 +0.9%
2024 69.85 0-100 +0.9%

Bahrain compared with similar countries

  • Bahrain's 69.85 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 69.85 0-100, 1.0× the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Bahrain's 69.85 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 47.49 0-100, 1.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 61.12 0-100 59.09 0-100 63.15 0-100 2
2000s 67.53 0-100 63.86 0-100 69.6 0-100 9
2010s 65.61 0-100 62.69 0-100 69.06 0-100 10
2020s 67.74 0-100 63.62 0-100 69.85 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Bahrain

  1. 34 South Korea 70.85 0-100 compare
  2. 35 Aruba 70.33 0-100 compare
  3. 36 Qatar 70.1 0-100 compare
  4. 38 Mauritius 69.69 0-100 compare
  5. 39 Brunei 68.85 0-100 compare
  6. 40 San Marino 68.51 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Bahrain?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Bahrain was 69.85 0-100 in 2024, 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 Bahrain?
The highest recorded value was 69.85 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Bahrain?
The lowest recorded value was 59.09 0-100 in 1996.
How does Bahrain rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Bahrain ranks 37th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Bahrain?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Bahrain 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
205 places, 5,160 data points, 1996–2024
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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).