Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Iraq
Iraq: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 38.04 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Iraq, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 38.04 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Iraq peaked at 39.04 0-100 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 20.2 0-100, in 1998.
That places Iraq 179th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Iraq, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 21.33 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 20.2 0-100 | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 20.2 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 21.84 0-100 | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 28.6 0-100 | +31.0% |
| 2004 | 27.68 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 30.15 0-100 | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 30.87 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 31.98 0-100 | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 34.92 0-100 | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 35.81 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 38.36 0-100 | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 39.04 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 37.3 0-100 | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 37.3 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 36.73 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 37.76 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 38.46 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 36.46 0-100 | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 34.94 0-100 | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 34.96 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 33.56 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 34.93 0-100 | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 33.3 0-100 | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 33.22 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 37.78 0-100 | +13.7% |
| 2025 | 38.04 0-100 | +0.7% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 38.04 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.89 0-100, 71% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 38.04 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 47.59 0-100, 80% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.77 0-100 | 20.2 0-100 | 21.33 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 29.12 0-100 | 20.2 0-100 | 35.81 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 37.13 0-100 | 34.94 0-100 | 39.04 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.14 0-100 | 33.22 0-100 | 38.04 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More reference data data for Iraq
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2116 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3911 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7096 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.235 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 13.21 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 30.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.13 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Iraq?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Iraq was 38.04 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 39.04 0-100 in 2011.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.2 0-100 in 1998.
- How does Iraq rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Iraq ranks 179th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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).