Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Italy
Italy: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 65.79 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Italy, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
The most recent figure for regulatory quality - governance score in Italy is 65.79 0-100, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Italy peaked at 73.53 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 63.72 0-100, in 2014.
Italy ranks 52nd of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Italy, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 67.19 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 69.56 0-100 | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 70.03 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 71.64 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 73.53 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 73.45 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 71.68 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 72.55 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 72.23 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 71.92 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 70.2 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 69.52 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 65.08 0-100 | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 64.99 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 65.16 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 63.72 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 67.3 0-100 | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 67.82 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 67.75 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 66.6 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 68.71 0-100 | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 64.99 0-100 | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 66.42 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 66.51 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 67.46 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 66.68 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 65.79 0-100 | -1.3% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 65.79 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 93% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Italy's 65.79 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 66.01 0-100, 100% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 68.38 0-100 | 67.19 0-100 | 69.56 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 71.91 0-100 | 70.03 0-100 | 73.53 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 66.67 0-100 | 63.72 0-100 | 69.52 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.31 0-100 | 64.99 0-100 | 67.46 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Italy
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Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Italy?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Italy was 65.79 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 73.53 0-100 in 2003.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.72 0-100 in 2014.
- How does Italy rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Italy ranks 52nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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).