Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Canada
Canada: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 80.3 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Canada, 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 Canada stood at 80.3 0-100.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Canada peaked at 87.26 0-100 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 77.65 0-100, in 2024.
Canada ranks 15th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Canada, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 78.41 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 82.08 0-100 | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 83.81 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 85.93 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 84.67 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 84.63 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 86.35 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 85.1 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 83.69 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 83.97 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 83.62 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 83.48 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 83.01 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 84.8 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 85.43 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 84.28 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 83.91 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 86 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 87.26 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 83.63 0-100 | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 84.22 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 82.8 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 83.47 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 83.35 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 82.79 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 77.65 0-100 | -6.2% |
| 2025 | 80.3 0-100 | +3.4% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 80.3 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 1.1× the median. (74 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 80.24 0-100 | 78.41 0-100 | 82.08 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 84.64 0-100 | 83.62 0-100 | 86.35 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 84.6 0-100 | 83.01 0-100 | 87.26 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.73 0-100 | 77.65 0-100 | 83.47 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 12 Monaco 82.41 0-100 compare
- 13 Liechtenstein 82.14 0-100 compare
- 14 United Kingdom 80.64 0-100 compare
- 16 Netherlands 80.24 0-100 compare
- 17 Macao 79.28 0-100 compare
- 18 Estonia 79.09 0-100 compare
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 20.47 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 20.47 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 6.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 7.45 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 22.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 99.83 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 15.88 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Canada?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Canada was 80.3 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 87.26 0-100 in 2017.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.65 0-100 in 2024.
- How does Canada rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Canada ranks 15th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Canada 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).