Regulatory Quality - Governance score in China

China: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 53.74 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
53.74 0-100
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
99th
of 205 countries
All-time high
54.47 0-100
in 2021
All-time low
45.11 0-100
in 2002
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in China, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 49.6 0-1001998: 48.7 0-1002000: 50.5 0-1002002: 45.1 0-1002003: 45.8 0-1002004: 49.8 0-1002005: 50.5 0-1002006: 52.4 0-1002007: 52.6 0-1002008: 53.7 0-1002009: 52.7 0-1002010: 52.9 0-1002011: 53.3 0-1002012: 50.9 0-1002013: 50.7 0-1002014: 52.2 0-1002015: 52 0-1002016: 52.5 0-1002017: 53.7 0-1002018: 53.4 0-1002019: 53.9 0-1002020: 53.8 0-1002021: 54.5 0-1002022: 53.4 0-1002023: 53.6 0-1002024: 53.7 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 China is 53.74 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in China peaked at 54.47 0-100 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 45.11 0-100, in 2002.

China ranks 99th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in China, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in China, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 49.64 0-100
1998 48.68 0-100 -1.9%
2000 50.5 0-100 +3.8%
2002 45.11 0-100 -10.7%
2003 45.84 0-100 +1.6%
2004 49.82 0-100 +8.7%
2005 50.52 0-100 +1.4%
2006 52.35 0-100 +3.6%
2007 52.59 0-100 +0.5%
2008 53.71 0-100 +2.1%
2009 52.67 0-100 -2.0%
2010 52.85 0-100 +0.4%
2011 53.3 0-100 +0.8%
2012 50.94 0-100 -4.4%
2013 50.72 0-100 -0.4%
2014 52.2 0-100 +2.9%
2015 52.04 0-100 -0.3%
2016 52.53 0-100 +0.9%
2017 53.75 0-100 +2.3%
2018 53.43 0-100 -0.6%
2019 53.89 0-100 +0.8%
2020 53.81 0-100 -0.1%
2021 54.47 0-100 +1.2%
2022 53.43 0-100 -1.9%
2023 53.57 0-100 +0.3%
2024 53.74 0-100 +0.3%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 53.74 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.26 0-100, 1.0× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • China's 53.74 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 53.74 0-100, 100% of the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 49.16 0-100 48.68 0-100 49.64 0-100 2
2000s 50.35 0-100 45.11 0-100 53.71 0-100 9
2010s 52.56 0-100 50.72 0-100 53.89 0-100 10
2020s 53.81 0-100 53.43 0-100 54.47 0-100 5

Countries ranked near China

  1. 96 Moldova 54.13 0-100 compare
  2. 97 South Africa 53.91 0-100 compare
  3. 98 Mongolia 53.75 0-100 compare
  4. 100 Panama 53.7 0-100 compare
  5. 101 Ghana 53.45 0-100 compare
  6. 102 Bhutan 53.42 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in China?
Regulatory quality - governance score in China was 53.74 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 China?
The highest recorded value was 54.47 0-100 in 2021.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 45.11 0-100 in 2002.
How does China rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
China ranks 99th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China 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).