Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Bhutan
Bhutan: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 53.89 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Bhutan, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, regulatory quality - governance score in Bhutan stood at 53.89 0-100.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Bhutan peaked at 59.21 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 39.44 0-100, in 2010.
That places Bhutan 103rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 52.33 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 52.63 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 52.64 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 53.02 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 59.21 0-100 | +11.7% |
| 2004 | 44.15 0-100 | -25.4% |
| 2005 | 52.92 0-100 | +19.9% |
| 2006 | 46.82 0-100 | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 47.04 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 45.41 0-100 | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 39.85 0-100 | -12.2% |
| 2010 | 39.44 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 39.49 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 39.92 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 39.67 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 41.55 0-100 | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 48.71 0-100 | +17.2% |
| 2016 | 49.4 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 53.26 0-100 | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 54.64 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 54.32 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 54.91 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 54.5 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 53.52 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 53.53 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 53.54 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 53.89 0-100 | +0.7% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 53.89 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.38 0-100, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 53.89 0-100 is above the median for South Asia, which is 49.46 0-100, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Bhutan 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% | 59.21 0-100 | 44.15 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 52.48 0-100 | 52.33 0-100 | 52.63 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 49.01 0-100 | 39.85 0-100 | 59.21 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 46.04 0-100 | 39.44 0-100 | 54.64 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.98 0-100 | 53.52 0-100 | 54.91 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More reference data data for Bhutan
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0671 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0167 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1192 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0153 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3489 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5881 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Bhutan?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Bhutan was 53.89 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 59.21 0-100 in 2003.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.44 0-100 in 2010.
- How does Bhutan rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Bhutan ranks 103rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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
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).