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

Belgium: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 76.34 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
76.34 0-100
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
22nd
of 206 countries
All-time high
82.2 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
72.4 0-100
in 2014
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Belgium, 1996–2025

0204060801996201020251996: 76 0-1001998: 75.8 0-1002000: 77.7 0-1002002: 82.2 0-1002003: 82.1 0-1002004: 80 0-1002005: 80.5 0-1002006: 81.1 0-1002007: 81 0-1002008: 77.3 0-1002009: 76.2 0-1002010: 75.7 0-1002011: 74.4 0-1002012: 74.9 0-1002013: 75.2 0-1002014: 72.4 0-1002015: 76.6 0-1002016: 78.6 0-1002017: 77.9 0-1002018: 77.7 0-1002019: 78 0-1002020: 79.1 0-1002021: 79.6 0-1002022: 79.5 0-1002023: 77.1 0-1002024: 76.2 0-1002025: 76.3 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 Belgium is 76.34 0-100, measured in 2025.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Belgium peaked at 82.2 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 72.4 0-100, in 2014.

Belgium ranks 22nd of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Belgium, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 75.97 0-100 —
1998 75.78 0-100 -0.2%
2000 77.65 0-100 +2.5%
2002 82.2 0-100 +5.9%
2003 82.12 0-100 -0.1%
2004 79.98 0-100 -2.6%
2005 80.5 0-100 +0.6%
2006 81.14 0-100 +0.8%
2007 81.02 0-100 -0.1%
2008 77.28 0-100 -4.6%
2009 76.23 0-100 -1.4%
2010 75.71 0-100 -0.7%
2011 74.43 0-100 -1.7%
2012 74.91 0-100 +0.6%
2013 75.23 0-100 +0.4%
2014 72.4 0-100 -3.8%
2015 76.55 0-100 +5.7%
2016 78.61 0-100 +2.7%
2017 77.94 0-100 -0.9%
2018 77.67 0-100 -0.3%
2019 77.97 0-100 +0.4%
2020 79.13 0-100 +1.5%
2021 79.59 0-100 +0.6%
2022 79.53 0-100 -0.1%
2023 77.13 0-100 -3.0%
2024 76.22 0-100 -1.2%
2025 76.34 0-100 +0.2%

Belgium compared with similar countries

  • Belgium's 76.34 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 1.1× the median. (74 countries reporting)
  • Belgium's 76.34 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 66.01 0-100, 1.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 75.87 0-100 75.78 0-100 75.97 0-100 2
2000s 79.79 0-100 76.23 0-100 82.2 0-100 9
2010s 76.14 0-100 72.4 0-100 78.61 0-100 10
2020s 77.99 0-100 76.22 0-100 79.59 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Belgium

  1. 19 Lithuania 77.37 0-100 compare
  2. 20 Japan 76.52 0-100 compare
  3. 21 Germany 76.43 0-100 compare
  4. 23 United Arab Emirates 75.71 0-100 compare
  5. 24 Israel 74.88 0-100 compare
  6. 25 United States Virgin Islands 74.22 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Belgium?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Belgium was 76.34 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 Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 82.2 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 72.4 0-100 in 2014.
How does Belgium rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Belgium ranks 22nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Belgium?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Belgium 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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About this data

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).