Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Japan
Japan: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 76.52 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Japan, 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 Japan stood at 76.52 0-100.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Japan peaked at 81.76 0-100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 63.93 0-100, in 2002.
That places Japan 20th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Japan, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 65.01 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 64.28 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 69.31 0-100 | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 63.93 0-100 | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 72.52 0-100 | +13.4% |
| 2004 | 73.17 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 76.67 0-100 | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 77.76 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 77.05 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 77.21 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 76.64 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 76.25 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 78.31 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 79.48 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 78.58 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 77.65 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 79.67 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 81.76 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 79.53 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 79.15 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 79.5 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 79.19 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 79.59 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 79.8 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 78.73 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 76.92 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2025 | 76.52 0-100 | -0.5% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 76.52 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 1.1× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Japan's 76.52 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.42 0-100, 1.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.64 0-100 | 64.28 0-100 | 65.01 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 73.81 0-100 | 63.93 0-100 | 77.76 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 78.99 0-100 | 76.25 0-100 | 81.76 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.46 0-100 | 76.52 0-100 | 79.8 0-100 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Japan?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Japan was 76.52 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 81.76 0-100 in 2016.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.93 0-100 in 2002.
- How does Japan rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Japan ranks 20th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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).