Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Germany

Germany: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 78.49 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
78.49 0-100
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
16th
of 205 countries
All-time high
81.59 0-100
in 2017
All-time low
73.08 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Germany, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 73.1 0-1001998: 74.1 0-1002000: 80.2 0-1002002: 81 0-1002003: 78.5 0-1002004: 77.5 0-1002005: 78.6 0-1002006: 78.6 0-1002007: 79 0-1002008: 76.2 0-1002009: 77 0-1002010: 77.3 0-1002011: 78.1 0-1002012: 78.6 0-1002013: 78.2 0-1002014: 79.4 0-1002015: 80.7 0-1002016: 81.5 0-1002017: 81.6 0-1002018: 81.4 0-1002019: 81.1 0-1002020: 79.5 0-1002021: 80.3 0-1002022: 79.5 0-1002023: 78.1 0-1002024: 78.5 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 Germany stood at 78.49 0-100.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Germany peaked at 81.59 0-100 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 73.08 0-100, in 1996.

Germany ranks 16th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Germany, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Germany, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 73.08 0-100
1998 74.13 0-100 +1.4%
2000 80.16 0-100 +8.1%
2002 81.05 0-100 +1.1%
2003 78.52 0-100 -3.1%
2004 77.54 0-100 -1.2%
2005 78.61 0-100 +1.4%
2006 78.62 0-100 +0.0%
2007 78.96 0-100 +0.4%
2008 76.18 0-100 -3.5%
2009 77.02 0-100 +1.1%
2010 77.29 0-100 +0.3%
2011 78.09 0-100 +1.0%
2012 78.57 0-100 +0.6%
2013 78.17 0-100 -0.5%
2014 79.42 0-100 +1.6%
2015 80.75 0-100 +1.7%
2016 81.51 0-100 +0.9%
2017 81.59 0-100 +0.1%
2018 81.35 0-100 -0.3%
2019 81.12 0-100 -0.3%
2020 79.5 0-100 -2.0%
2021 80.3 0-100 +1.0%
2022 79.52 0-100 -1.0%
2023 78.11 0-100 -1.8%
2024 78.49 0-100 +0.5%

Germany compared with similar countries

  • Germany's 78.49 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 69.85 0-100, 1.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Germany's 78.49 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 65.11 0-100, 1.2× the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 73.61 0-100 73.08 0-100 74.13 0-100 2
2000s 78.52 0-100 76.18 0-100 81.05 0-100 9
2010s 79.79 0-100 77.29 0-100 81.59 0-100 10
2020s 79.19 0-100 78.11 0-100 80.3 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 13 Liechtenstein 79.09 0-100 compare
  2. 14 United Kingdom 78.7 0-100 compare
  3. 15 Greenland 78.58 0-100 compare
  4. 17 Estonia 76.91 0-100 compare
  5. 18 Macao 76.49 0-100 compare
  6. 19 Canada 76.35 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 205 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Germany?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Germany was 78.49 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 Germany?
The highest recorded value was 81.59 0-100 in 2017.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 73.08 0-100 in 1996.
How does Germany rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Germany ranks 16th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Germany 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).