Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in India
India: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 52.58 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in India, 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 India stood at 52.58 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in India peaked at 53.95 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 45.5 0-100, in 1998.
India ranks 109th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in India, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 45.62 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 45.5 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 49.1 0-100 | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 48.2 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 47.21 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 50.72 0-100 | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 51.56 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 51.15 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 50.85 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 49.81 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 50.44 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 49.86 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 48.91 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 48.53 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 48.75 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 48.64 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 49.43 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 50.79 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 51.5 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 52.26 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 53.22 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 52.65 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 52.26 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 53.9 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 53.25 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 53.95 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 52.58 0-100 | -2.5% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 52.58 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.38 0-100, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- India's 52.58 0-100 is above the median for South Asia, which is 49.46 0-100, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.56 0-100 | 45.5 0-100 | 45.62 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 49.89 0-100 | 47.21 0-100 | 51.56 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 50.19 0-100 | 48.53 0-100 | 53.22 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.1 0-100 | 52.26 0-100 | 53.95 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
- 106 Vietnam 53.08 0-100 compare
- 107 El Salvador 53.06 0-100 compare
- 108 Cote d'Ivoire 52.62 0-100 compare
- 110 Turkey 52.54 0-100 compare
- 111 Trinidad and Tobago 52.44 0-100 compare
- 112 Ghana 52.32 0-100 compare
More reference data data for India
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 20.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 68.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 246.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 15.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 246.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 70.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 19.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 309.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1,063 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 85.03 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in India?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in India was 52.58 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 53.95 0-100 in 2024.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.5 0-100 in 1998.
- How does India rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- India ranks 109th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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).