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Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in North Korea

North Korea: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 21.27 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
21.27 0-100
Change on year
down 4.1%
World rank
205th
of 206 countries
All-time high
23.69 0-100
in 2010
All-time low
13.83 0-100
in 2013
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in North Korea, 1996–2025

05101520251996201020251996: 14.1 0-1001998: 20.9 0-1002000: 22.6 0-1002002: 18.4 0-1002003: 17.4 0-1002004: 17.8 0-1002005: 19.9 0-1002006: 21 0-1002007: 20.4 0-1002008: 20.4 0-1002009: 16.4 0-1002010: 23.7 0-1002011: 23.6 0-1002012: 13.8 0-1002013: 13.8 0-1002014: 19.5 0-1002015: 18.6 0-1002016: 18.7 0-1002017: 18.7 0-1002018: 19.9 0-1002019: 19.9 0-1002020: 21.1 0-1002021: 21.1 0-1002022: 21.1 0-1002023: 22.2 0-1002024: 22.2 0-1002025: 21.3 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 North Korea is 21.27 0-100, measured in 2025.

The figure is down 4.1% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in North Korea peaked at 23.69 0-100 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 13.83 0-100, in 2013.

North Korea ranks 205th of 206 countries on this measure, 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 North Korea, year by year

Year 0-100 Change
1996 14.11 0-100 —
1998 20.94 0-100 +48.4%
2000 22.58 0-100 +7.8%
2002 18.4 0-100 -18.5%
2003 17.42 0-100 -5.4%
2004 17.84 0-100 +2.4%
2005 19.88 0-100 +11.4%
2006 20.99 0-100 +5.6%
2007 20.39 0-100 -2.9%
2008 20.37 0-100 -0.1%
2009 16.42 0-100 -19.4%
2010 23.69 0-100 +44.2%
2011 23.64 0-100 -0.2%
2012 13.83 0-100 -41.5%
2013 13.83 0-100 -0.0%
2014 19.54 0-100 +41.3%
2015 18.65 0-100 -4.6%
2016 18.65 0-100 +0.0%
2017 18.67 0-100 +0.1%
2018 19.88 0-100 +6.5%
2019 19.9 0-100 +0.1%
2020 21.12 0-100 +6.2%
2021 21.12 0-100 -0.0%
2022 21.09 0-100 -0.1%
2023 22.17 0-100 +5.1%
2024 22.17 0-100 -0.0%
2025 21.27 0-100 -4.1%

North Korea compared with similar countries

  • North Korea's 21.27 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 36.5 0-100, 58% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • North Korea's 21.27 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.42 0-100, 39% of the median. (34 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in North Korea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1998 +48.4% 14.11 0-100 20.94 0-100
2010 +44.2% 16.42 0-100 23.69 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 17.53 0-100 14.11 0-100 20.94 0-100 2
2000s 19.37 0-100 16.42 0-100 22.58 0-100 9
2010s 19.03 0-100 13.83 0-100 23.69 0-100 10
2020s 21.49 0-100 21.09 0-100 22.17 0-100 6

Countries ranked near North Korea

  1. 202 Turkmenistan 23.13 0-100 compare
  2. 203 South Sudan 22.5 0-100 compare
  3. 204 Venezuela 21.32 0-100 compare
  4. 206 Eritrea 19.24 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in North Korea?
Regulatory quality - governance score in North Korea was 21.27 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 North Korea?
The highest recorded value was 23.69 0-100 in 2010.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in North Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 13.83 0-100 in 2013.
How does North Korea rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
North Korea ranks 205th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in North Korea?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this North Korea 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
206 places, 5,391 data points, 1996–2025
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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).