Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Iceland
Iceland: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 73.84 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Iceland, 1996–2025
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 Iceland stood at 73.84 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Iceland peaked at 86.66 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 69.68 0-100, in 1996.
That places Iceland 29th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Iceland, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 69.68 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 74.53 0-100 | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 80 0-100 | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 83.64 0-100 | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 85.39 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 86.35 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 86.66 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 85.97 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 84.83 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 79.99 0-100 | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 80.51 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 73.99 0-100 | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 76.57 0-100 | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 76.89 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 76.45 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 77.47 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 78.89 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 78.65 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 80.91 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 81.1 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 82.29 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 81.38 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 83.74 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 80.06 0-100 | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 78.5 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 76.58 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2025 | 73.84 0-100 | -3.6% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 73.84 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 1.0× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 73.84 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 66.01 0-100, 1.1× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 72.11 0-100 | 69.68 0-100 | 74.53 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 83.7 0-100 | 79.99 0-100 | 86.66 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 78.32 0-100 | 73.99 0-100 | 82.29 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.02 0-100 | 73.84 0-100 | 83.74 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More reference data data for Iceland
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0288 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0708 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1854 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1854 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0964 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.062 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2576 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7664 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0005 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Iceland?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Iceland was 73.84 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 86.66 0-100 in 2005.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.68 0-100 in 1996.
- How does Iceland rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Iceland ranks 29th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iceland 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).