Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 34.27 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
34.27 0-100
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
186th
of 206 countries
All-time high
39.05 0-100
in 2003
All-time low
27.31 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Guinea-Bissau, 1996–2025

0102030401996201020251996: 32.1 0-1001998: 27.3 0-1002000: 30.6 0-1002002: 39 0-1002003: 39.1 0-1002004: 29.8 0-1002005: 35.7 0-1002006: 37.4 0-1002007: 36.3 0-1002008: 35.7 0-1002009: 35.8 0-1002010: 36.4 0-1002011: 35.5 0-1002012: 32.1 0-1002013: 31.3 0-1002014: 33.1 0-1002015: 32.7 0-1002016: 33.3 0-1002017: 33.8 0-1002018: 33.4 0-1002019: 33.4 0-1002020: 32.7 0-1002021: 32.4 0-1002022: 32.4 0-1002023: 33.4 0-1002024: 34.4 0-1002025: 34.3 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 Guinea-Bissau stood at 34.27 0-100.

That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 39.05 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 27.31 0-100, in 1998.

That places Guinea-Bissau 186th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Guinea-Bissau, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 32.07 0-100 —
1998 27.31 0-100 -14.8%
2000 30.58 0-100 +11.9%
2002 39.03 0-100 +27.6%
2003 39.05 0-100 +0.1%
2004 29.81 0-100 -23.7%
2005 35.65 0-100 +19.6%
2006 37.42 0-100 +5.0%
2007 36.35 0-100 -2.9%
2008 35.75 0-100 -1.6%
2009 35.78 0-100 +0.1%
2010 36.37 0-100 +1.7%
2011 35.47 0-100 -2.5%
2012 32.15 0-100 -9.4%
2013 31.33 0-100 -2.5%
2014 33.09 0-100 +5.6%
2015 32.66 0-100 -1.3%
2016 33.26 0-100 +1.8%
2017 33.8 0-100 +1.6%
2018 33.41 0-100 -1.1%
2019 33.42 0-100 +0.0%
2020 32.75 0-100 -2.0%
2021 32.37 0-100 -1.1%
2022 32.36 0-100 -0.1%
2023 33.4 0-100 +3.2%
2024 34.37 0-100 +2.9%
2025 34.27 0-100 -0.3%

Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries

  • Guinea-Bissau's 34.27 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 36.5 0-100, 94% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Guinea-Bissau's 34.27 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 42.93 0-100, 80% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Guinea-Bissau changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2002 +27.6% 30.58 0-100 39.03 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 29.69 0-100 27.31 0-100 32.07 0-100 2
2000s 35.49 0-100 29.81 0-100 39.05 0-100 9
2010s 33.5 0-100 31.33 0-100 36.37 0-100 10
2020s 33.25 0-100 32.36 0-100 34.37 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau

  1. 183 Russia 34.92 0-100 compare
  2. 184 Congo 34.89 0-100 compare
  3. 185 Bolivia 34.46 0-100 compare
  4. 187 Belarus 33.82 0-100 compare
  5. 188 Zimbabwe 33.55 0-100 compare
  6. 189 Central African Republic 32.98 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Guinea-Bissau?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Guinea-Bissau was 34.27 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 Guinea-Bissau?
The highest recorded value was 39.05 0-100 in 2003.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
The lowest recorded value was 27.31 0-100 in 1998.
How does Guinea-Bissau rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 186th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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).