Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 83.33 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Hong Kong, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Hong Kong recorded 83.33 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Hong Kong peaked at 93.22 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 78.72 0-100, in 1998.
That places Hong Kong 9th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Hong Kong, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 78.9 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 78.72 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 80.75 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 88.26 0-100 | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 91.38 0-100 | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 90.54 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 91.39 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 92.47 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 91.58 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 90.59 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 89.29 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 89.69 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 87.09 0-100 | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 89.76 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 89.28 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 89.77 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 92.4 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 93.22 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 92.54 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 92.96 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 89.74 0-100 | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 86.79 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 85.05 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 84.72 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 84.51 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 84.21 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 83.33 0-100 | -1.0% |
Hong Kong compared with similar countries
- Hong Kong's 83.33 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 1.2× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Hong Kong's 83.33 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.42 0-100, 1.5× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.81 0-100 | 78.72 0-100 | 78.9 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 89.58 0-100 | 80.75 0-100 | 92.47 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 90.64 0-100 | 87.09 0-100 | 93.22 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.77 0-100 | 83.33 0-100 | 86.79 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Hong Kong
More reference data data for Hong Kong
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0072 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (1990)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0072 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.004 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0056 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0052 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0347 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (1990)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Hong Kong?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Hong Kong was 83.33 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 Hong Kong?
- The highest recorded value was 93.22 0-100 in 2016.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Hong Kong?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.72 0-100 in 1998.
- How does Hong Kong rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Hong Kong ranks 9th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Hong Kong?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Hong Kong 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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About this data
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).