Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 44.63 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
44.63 0-100
Change on year
down 2.7%
World rank
146th
of 206 countries
All-time high
53.11 0-100
in 2010
All-time low
44.26 0-100
in 2005
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Burkina Faso, 1996–2025

02040601996201020251996: 44.5 0-1001998: 49.2 0-1002000: 51.3 0-1002002: 52.3 0-1002003: 50.7 0-1002004: 44.3 0-1002005: 44.3 0-1002006: 47 0-1002007: 48.5 0-1002008: 52.2 0-1002009: 52.8 0-1002010: 53.1 0-1002011: 52.4 0-1002012: 51.4 0-1002013: 51.1 0-1002014: 49.7 0-1002015: 48.5 0-1002016: 48.3 0-1002017: 48.5 0-1002018: 48.2 0-1002019: 47.2 0-1002020: 46.7 0-1002021: 47.5 0-1002022: 46.8 0-1002023: 47.1 0-1002024: 45.9 0-1002025: 44.6 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 Burkina Faso is 44.63 0-100, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Burkina Faso peaked at 53.11 0-100 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 44.26 0-100, in 2005.

That places Burkina Faso 146th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Burkina Faso, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 44.55 0-100 —
1998 49.16 0-100 +10.3%
2000 51.26 0-100 +4.3%
2002 52.31 0-100 +2.0%
2003 50.66 0-100 -3.1%
2004 44.3 0-100 -12.6%
2005 44.26 0-100 -0.1%
2006 46.98 0-100 +6.2%
2007 48.47 0-100 +3.2%
2008 52.21 0-100 +7.7%
2009 52.76 0-100 +1.1%
2010 53.11 0-100 +0.7%
2011 52.38 0-100 -1.4%
2012 51.43 0-100 -1.8%
2013 51.06 0-100 -0.7%
2014 49.69 0-100 -2.7%
2015 48.46 0-100 -2.5%
2016 48.31 0-100 -0.3%
2017 48.45 0-100 +0.3%
2018 48.16 0-100 -0.6%
2019 47.24 0-100 -1.9%
2020 46.7 0-100 -1.2%
2021 47.47 0-100 +1.7%
2022 46.84 0-100 -1.3%
2023 47.11 0-100 +0.6%
2024 45.87 0-100 -2.6%
2025 44.63 0-100 -2.7%

Burkina Faso compared with similar countries

  • Burkina Faso's 44.63 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 36.5 0-100, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Burkina Faso's 44.63 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 42.93 0-100, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 46.85 0-100 44.55 0-100 49.16 0-100 2
2000s 49.24 0-100 44.26 0-100 52.76 0-100 9
2010s 49.83 0-100 47.24 0-100 53.11 0-100 10
2020s 46.44 0-100 44.63 0-100 47.47 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 143 Malawi 45.36 0-100 compare
  2. 144 Uganda 45.28 0-100 compare
  3. 145 Papua New Guinea 44.93 0-100 compare
  4. 147 Honduras 44.57 0-100 compare
  5. 148 Gambia 44.4 0-100 compare
  6. 149 Nigeria 44.38 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Burkina Faso?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Burkina Faso was 44.63 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 Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 53.11 0-100 in 2010.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 44.26 0-100 in 2005.
How does Burkina Faso rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Burkina Faso ranks 146th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Burkina Faso 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).