Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Laos

Laos: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 44.83 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
44.83 0-100
Change on year
up 4.9%
World rank
149th
of 205 countries
All-time high
44.83 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
31.35 0-100
in 2000
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Laos, 1996–2024

0102030401996201020241996: 32.9 0-1001998: 33.3 0-1002000: 31.4 0-1002002: 33.1 0-1002003: 31.9 0-1002004: 34.1 0-1002005: 35.5 0-1002006: 36.1 0-1002007: 36.3 0-1002008: 38.7 0-1002009: 38.7 0-1002010: 39.9 0-1002011: 40.2 0-1002012: 41.5 0-1002013: 42.1 0-1002014: 43.1 0-1002015: 43.8 0-1002016: 44.4 0-1002017: 44 0-1002018: 42.4 0-1002019: 43.5 0-1002020: 42.6 0-1002021: 43.2 0-1002022: 41.9 0-1002023: 42.7 0-1002024: 44.8 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Laos recorded 44.83 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Laos peaked at 44.83 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 31.35 0-100, in 2000.

That places Laos 149th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Laos, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Laos, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 32.93 0-100
1998 33.28 0-100 +1.1%
2000 31.35 0-100 -5.8%
2002 33.07 0-100 +5.5%
2003 31.93 0-100 -3.4%
2004 34.11 0-100 +6.8%
2005 35.52 0-100 +4.1%
2006 36.15 0-100 +1.8%
2007 36.31 0-100 +0.5%
2008 38.71 0-100 +6.6%
2009 38.75 0-100 +0.1%
2010 39.9 0-100 +3.0%
2011 40.24 0-100 +0.8%
2012 41.5 0-100 +3.1%
2013 42.11 0-100 +1.5%
2014 43.1 0-100 +2.4%
2015 43.83 0-100 +1.7%
2016 44.37 0-100 +1.2%
2017 44.05 0-100 -0.7%
2018 42.36 0-100 -3.8%
2019 43.5 0-100 +2.7%
2020 42.63 0-100 -2.0%
2021 43.16 0-100 +1.2%
2022 41.95 0-100 -2.8%
2023 42.72 0-100 +1.8%
2024 44.83 0-100 +4.9%

Laos compared with similar countries

  • Laos's 44.83 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.91 0-100, 100% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Laos's 44.83 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 53.74 0-100, 83% of the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 33.11 0-100 32.93 0-100 33.28 0-100 2
2000s 35.1 0-100 31.35 0-100 38.75 0-100 9
2010s 42.5 0-100 39.9 0-100 44.37 0-100 10
2020s 43.06 0-100 41.95 0-100 44.83 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Laos

  1. 146 Honduras 44.96 0-100 compare
  2. 147 Cambodia 44.91 0-100 compare
  3. 148 Nigeria 44.87 0-100 compare
  4. 150 Eswatini 44.8 0-100 compare
  5. 151 Ecuador 44.67 0-100 compare
  6. 152 Gambia 44.39 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Laos?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Laos was 44.83 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 Laos?
The highest recorded value was 44.83 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Laos?
The lowest recorded value was 31.35 0-100 in 2000.
How does Laos rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Laos ranks 149th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Laos?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Laos 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).