Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Kenya

Kenya: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 49.6 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
49.6 0-100
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
125th
of 205 countries
All-time high
51.73 0-100
in 2017
All-time low
44.06 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Kenya, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 44.1 0-1001998: 46.8 0-1002000: 44.5 0-1002002: 51.4 0-1002003: 50.8 0-1002004: 48.6 0-1002005: 49 0-1002006: 49.6 0-1002007: 49.8 0-1002008: 49.1 0-1002009: 48.7 0-1002010: 49.3 0-1002011: 46.6 0-1002012: 46.8 0-1002013: 46.9 0-1002014: 49.7 0-1002015: 50.3 0-1002016: 51.3 0-1002017: 51.7 0-1002018: 50.1 0-1002019: 49.4 0-1002020: 47.6 0-1002021: 48.2 0-1002022: 48.7 0-1002023: 48.6 0-1002024: 49.6 0-100

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 Kenya is 49.6 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Kenya peaked at 51.73 0-100 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 44.06 0-100, in 1996.

Kenya ranks 125th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Kenya, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Kenya, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 44.06 0-100
1998 46.82 0-100 +6.3%
2000 44.46 0-100 -5.0%
2002 51.36 0-100 +15.5%
2003 50.77 0-100 -1.2%
2004 48.58 0-100 -4.3%
2005 49.03 0-100 +0.9%
2006 49.59 0-100 +1.1%
2007 49.84 0-100 +0.5%
2008 49.15 0-100 -1.4%
2009 48.65 0-100 -1.0%
2010 49.3 0-100 +1.3%
2011 46.62 0-100 -5.4%
2012 46.78 0-100 +0.4%
2013 46.88 0-100 +0.2%
2014 49.72 0-100 +6.1%
2015 50.3 0-100 +1.2%
2016 51.28 0-100 +2.0%
2017 51.73 0-100 +0.9%
2018 50.14 0-100 -3.1%
2019 49.44 0-100 -1.4%
2020 47.61 0-100 -3.7%
2021 48.16 0-100 +1.2%
2022 48.7 0-100 +1.1%
2023 48.58 0-100 -0.3%
2024 49.6 0-100 +2.1%

Kenya compared with similar countries

  • Kenya's 49.6 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.91 0-100, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Kenya's 49.6 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 43.21 0-100, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 45.44 0-100 44.06 0-100 46.82 0-100 2
2000s 49.05 0-100 44.46 0-100 51.36 0-100 9
2010s 49.22 0-100 46.62 0-100 51.73 0-100 10
2020s 48.53 0-100 47.61 0-100 49.6 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 122 Ukraine 50.12 0-100 compare
  2. 123 Guatemala 49.98 0-100 compare
  3. 124 Vanuatu 49.74 0-100 compare
  4. 126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 49.35 0-100 compare
  5. 127 Tunisia 48.71 0-100 compare
  6. 128 Tuvalu 48.52 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Kenya?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Kenya was 49.6 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 Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 51.73 0-100 in 2017.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 44.06 0-100 in 1996.
How does Kenya rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Kenya ranks 125th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Kenya 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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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).