Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in El Salvador

El Salvador: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 53.06 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
53.06 0-100
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
107th
of 206 countries
All-time high
64.79 0-100
in 2009
All-time low
50.13 0-100
in 2022
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in El Salvador, 1996–2025

02040601996201020251996: 50.9 0-1001998: 55.5 0-1002000: 53.6 0-1002002: 55.4 0-1002003: 56.3 0-1002004: 62.1 0-1002005: 62.4 0-1002006: 59 0-1002007: 59.9 0-1002008: 62.1 0-1002009: 64.8 0-1002010: 64.1 0-1002011: 63.7 0-1002012: 60.5 0-1002013: 60.5 0-1002014: 59.8 0-1002015: 58.2 0-1002016: 56.3 0-1002017: 55.6 0-1002018: 56.2 0-1002019: 55.7 0-1002020: 55.3 0-1002021: 51.7 0-1002022: 50.1 0-1002023: 51.2 0-1002024: 53.4 0-1002025: 53.1 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 El Salvador is 53.06 0-100, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in El Salvador peaked at 64.79 0-100 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 50.13 0-100, in 2022.

That places El Salvador 107th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in El Salvador, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 50.85 0-100 —
1998 55.46 0-100 +9.1%
2000 53.64 0-100 -3.3%
2002 55.41 0-100 +3.3%
2003 56.33 0-100 +1.7%
2004 62.11 0-100 +10.3%
2005 62.42 0-100 +0.5%
2006 59.03 0-100 -5.4%
2007 59.85 0-100 +1.4%
2008 62.12 0-100 +3.8%
2009 64.79 0-100 +4.3%
2010 64.05 0-100 -1.1%
2011 63.68 0-100 -0.6%
2012 60.45 0-100 -5.1%
2013 60.51 0-100 +0.1%
2014 59.82 0-100 -1.1%
2015 58.25 0-100 -2.6%
2016 56.3 0-100 -3.3%
2017 55.59 0-100 -1.3%
2018 56.23 0-100 +1.2%
2019 55.67 0-100 -1.0%
2020 55.35 0-100 -0.6%
2021 51.7 0-100 -6.6%
2022 50.13 0-100 -3.0%
2023 51.16 0-100 +2.0%
2024 53.44 0-100 +4.5%
2025 53.06 0-100 -0.7%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 53.06 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.89 0-100, 98% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 53.06 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.98 0-100, 98% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 53.16 0-100 50.85 0-100 55.46 0-100 2
2000s 59.52 0-100 53.64 0-100 64.79 0-100 9
2010s 59.05 0-100 55.59 0-100 64.05 0-100 10
2020s 52.47 0-100 50.13 0-100 55.35 0-100 6

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 104 China 53.59 0-100 compare
  2. 105 Panama 53.41 0-100 compare
  3. 106 Vietnam 53.08 0-100 compare
  4. 108 Cote d'Ivoire 52.62 0-100 compare
  5. 109 India 52.58 0-100 compare
  6. 110 Turkey 52.54 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in El Salvador?
Regulatory quality - governance score in El Salvador was 53.06 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 El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 64.79 0-100 in 2009.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 50.13 0-100 in 2022.
How does El Salvador rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
El Salvador ranks 107th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this El Salvador 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).