Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Guatemala

Guatemala: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 49.7 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
49.7 0-100
Change on year
down 2.3%
World rank
122nd
of 206 countries
All-time high
51.71 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
47.3 0-100
in 2013
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Guatemala, 1996–2025

02040601996201020251996: 48.7 0-1001998: 48.7 0-1002000: 49.6 0-1002002: 51.7 0-1002003: 50.9 0-1002004: 49 0-1002005: 47.9 0-1002006: 49.4 0-1002007: 48.6 0-1002008: 48.9 0-1002009: 48.6 0-1002010: 48.8 0-1002011: 48.5 0-1002012: 47.8 0-1002013: 47.3 0-1002014: 47.9 0-1002015: 49.1 0-1002016: 50 0-1002017: 48.7 0-1002018: 49.7 0-1002019: 49.2 0-1002020: 49.9 0-1002021: 49.8 0-1002022: 49.9 0-1002023: 49.1 0-1002024: 50.9 0-1002025: 49.7 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2025, regulatory quality - governance score in Guatemala stood at 49.7 0-100.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Guatemala peaked at 51.71 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 47.3 0-100, in 2013.

Guatemala ranks 122nd of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Guatemala, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 48.7 0-100 —
1998 48.67 0-100 -0.1%
2000 49.58 0-100 +1.9%
2002 51.71 0-100 +4.3%
2003 50.89 0-100 -1.6%
2004 49.03 0-100 -3.7%
2005 47.94 0-100 -2.2%
2006 49.42 0-100 +3.1%
2007 48.56 0-100 -1.7%
2008 48.92 0-100 +0.8%
2009 48.63 0-100 -0.6%
2010 48.85 0-100 +0.4%
2011 48.5 0-100 -0.7%
2012 47.8 0-100 -1.4%
2013 47.3 0-100 -1.0%
2014 47.94 0-100 +1.3%
2015 49.12 0-100 +2.5%
2016 50.02 0-100 +1.8%
2017 48.66 0-100 -2.7%
2018 49.66 0-100 +2.1%
2019 49.23 0-100 -0.9%
2020 49.95 0-100 +1.5%
2021 49.82 0-100 -0.2%
2022 49.87 0-100 +0.1%
2023 49.13 0-100 -1.5%
2024 50.87 0-100 +3.5%
2025 49.7 0-100 -2.3%

Guatemala compared with similar countries

  • Guatemala's 49.7 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.89 0-100, 92% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Guatemala's 49.7 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.98 0-100, 92% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 48.68 0-100 48.67 0-100 48.7 0-100 2
2000s 49.41 0-100 47.94 0-100 51.71 0-100 9
2010s 48.71 0-100 47.3 0-100 50.02 0-100 10
2020s 49.89 0-100 49.13 0-100 50.87 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Guatemala

  1. 119 Ukraine 50.65 0-100 compare
  2. 120 Benin 50.4 0-100 compare
  3. 121 Sri Lanka 50.27 0-100 compare
  4. 123 Vanuatu 49.64 0-100 compare
  5. 124 Kenya 49.07 0-100 compare
  6. 125 Kyrgyzstan 48.67 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Guatemala?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Guatemala was 49.7 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 Guatemala?
The highest recorded value was 51.71 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Guatemala?
The lowest recorded value was 47.3 0-100 in 2013.
How does Guatemala rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Guatemala ranks 122nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Guatemala?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Guatemala 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).