Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Iran
Iran: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 29.24 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Iran, 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 Iran stood at 29.24 0-100.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Iran peaked at 36.41 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 25.65 0-100, in 1996.
Iran ranks 196th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Iran, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 25.65 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 25.86 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 25.86 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 30.98 0-100 | +19.8% |
| 2003 | 31.65 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 33.6 0-100 | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 33.08 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 33.07 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 31.86 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 31.21 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 29.46 0-100 | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 30.96 0-100 | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 33.89 0-100 | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 33.27 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 30.78 0-100 | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 32.03 0-100 | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 35.83 0-100 | +11.9% |
| 2016 | 36.41 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 36.21 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 32.77 0-100 | -9.5% |
| 2019 | 31.85 0-100 | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 31.41 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 31.39 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 31.32 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 30.38 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 29.67 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2025 | 29.24 0-100 | -1.5% |
Iran compared with similar countries
- Iran's 29.24 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.89 0-100, 54% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Iran's 29.24 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 47.59 0-100, 61% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.76 0-100 | 25.65 0-100 | 25.86 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 31.2 0-100 | 25.86 0-100 | 33.6 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 33.4 0-100 | 30.78 0-100 | 36.41 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.57 0-100 | 29.24 0-100 | 31.41 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iran
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Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Iran?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Iran was 29.24 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 Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 36.41 0-100 in 2016.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.65 0-100 in 1996.
- How does Iran rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Iran ranks 196th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran 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).