Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Iran

Iran: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 31.03 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
31.03 0-100
Change on year
down 2.1%
World rank
194th
of 205 countries
All-time high
38.21 0-100
in 2016
All-time low
28.36 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Iran, 1996–2024

0102030401996201020241996: 28.4 0-1001998: 28.4 0-1002000: 28.4 0-1002002: 32.9 0-1002003: 33.5 0-1002004: 35.4 0-1002005: 34.9 0-1002006: 34.9 0-1002007: 33.7 0-1002008: 33 0-1002009: 31.2 0-1002010: 32.4 0-1002011: 36 0-1002012: 35.2 0-1002013: 33.2 0-1002014: 34.3 0-1002015: 37.7 0-1002016: 38.2 0-1002017: 37.8 0-1002018: 34.5 0-1002019: 33.4 0-1002020: 32.9 0-1002021: 32.9 0-1002022: 32.8 0-1002023: 31.7 0-1002024: 31 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 2024, regulatory quality - governance score in Iran stood at 31.03 0-100.

That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Iran peaked at 38.21 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 28.36 0-100, in 1998.

Iran ranks 194th of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Iran, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Iran, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 28.42 0-100
1998 28.36 0-100 -0.2%
2000 28.4 0-100 +0.2%
2002 32.86 0-100 +15.7%
2003 33.54 0-100 +2.1%
2004 35.39 0-100 +5.5%
2005 34.92 0-100 -1.4%
2006 34.9 0-100 -0.0%
2007 33.67 0-100 -3.5%
2008 32.98 0-100 -2.1%
2009 31.23 0-100 -5.3%
2010 32.44 0-100 +3.9%
2011 35.97 0-100 +10.9%
2012 35.17 0-100 -2.2%
2013 33.18 0-100 -5.6%
2014 34.33 0-100 +3.5%
2015 37.66 0-100 +9.7%
2016 38.21 0-100 +1.5%
2017 37.78 0-100 -1.1%
2018 34.47 0-100 -8.8%
2019 33.4 0-100 -3.1%
2020 32.89 0-100 -1.5%
2021 32.88 0-100 -0.0%
2022 32.82 0-100 -0.2%
2023 31.7 0-100 -3.4%
2024 31.03 0-100 -2.1%

Iran compared with similar countries

  • Iran's 31.03 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.26 0-100, 58% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Iran's 31.03 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 47.49 0-100, 65% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 28.39 0-100 28.36 0-100 28.42 0-100 2
2000s 33.1 0-100 28.4 0-100 35.39 0-100 9
2010s 35.26 0-100 32.44 0-100 38.21 0-100 10
2020s 32.27 0-100 31.03 0-100 32.89 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Iran

  1. 191 Myanmar 32.47 0-100 compare
  2. 192 Cuba 32.2 0-100 compare
  3. 193 Haiti 31.78 0-100 compare
  4. 195 Afghanistan 30.6 0-100 compare
  5. 196 Yemen 29.88 0-100 compare
  6. 197 Sudan 28.64 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Iran?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Iran was 31.03 0-100 in 2024, 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 38.21 0-100 in 2016.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Iran?
The lowest recorded value was 28.36 0-100 in 1998.
How does Iran rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Iran ranks 194th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Iran?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. 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

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
205 places, 5,160 data points, 1996–2024
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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).