Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Gabon

Gabon: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 43.45 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
43.45 0-100
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
154th
of 205 countries
All-time high
54.61 0-100
in 1998
All-time low
40.68 0-100
in 2020
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Gabon, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 47.9 0-1001998: 54.6 0-1002000: 52 0-1002002: 52.2 0-1002003: 50.4 0-1002004: 45 0-1002005: 48.3 0-1002006: 46.2 0-1002007: 47.2 0-1002008: 48.1 0-1002009: 47.5 0-1002010: 48.4 0-1002011: 46.7 0-1002012: 46.6 0-1002013: 44.5 0-1002014: 44 0-1002015: 44.5 0-1002016: 45.2 0-1002017: 45 0-1002018: 42.9 0-1002019: 41 0-1002020: 40.7 0-1002021: 41.7 0-1002022: 42.9 0-1002023: 43.2 0-1002024: 43.5 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

In 2024, regulatory quality - governance score in Gabon stood at 43.45 0-100.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Gabon peaked at 54.61 0-100 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 40.68 0-100, in 2020.

That places Gabon 154th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Gabon, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Gabon, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 47.95 0-100
1998 54.61 0-100 +13.9%
2000 52 0-100 -4.8%
2002 52.22 0-100 +0.4%
2003 50.4 0-100 -3.5%
2004 45.01 0-100 -10.7%
2005 48.27 0-100 +7.2%
2006 46.22 0-100 -4.3%
2007 47.2 0-100 +2.1%
2008 48.14 0-100 +2.0%
2009 47.55 0-100 -1.2%
2010 48.37 0-100 +1.7%
2011 46.68 0-100 -3.5%
2012 46.55 0-100 -0.3%
2013 44.48 0-100 -4.5%
2014 44.02 0-100 -1.0%
2015 44.51 0-100 +1.1%
2016 45.24 0-100 +1.7%
2017 45.05 0-100 -0.4%
2018 42.93 0-100 -4.7%
2019 41.04 0-100 -4.4%
2020 40.68 0-100 -0.9%
2021 41.73 0-100 +2.6%
2022 42.88 0-100 +2.7%
2023 43.18 0-100 +0.7%
2024 43.45 0-100 +0.6%

Gabon compared with similar countries

  • Gabon's 43.45 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.26 0-100, 82% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Gabon's 43.45 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 43.21 0-100, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 51.28 0-100 47.95 0-100 54.61 0-100 2
2000s 48.56 0-100 45.01 0-100 52.22 0-100 9
2010s 44.89 0-100 41.04 0-100 48.37 0-100 10
2020s 42.38 0-100 40.68 0-100 43.45 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Gabon

  1. 151 Ecuador 44.67 0-100 compare
  2. 152 Gambia 44.39 0-100 compare
  3. 153 Marshall Islands 44.02 0-100 compare
  4. 155 Cameroon 43.37 0-100 compare
  5. 156 East Timor 43.28 0-100 compare
  6. 157 Madagascar 43.06 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Gabon?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Gabon was 43.45 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 Gabon?
The highest recorded value was 54.61 0-100 in 1998.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Gabon?
The lowest recorded value was 40.68 0-100 in 2020.
How does Gabon rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Gabon ranks 154th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Gabon?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Gabon 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).