Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Macao
Macao: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 79.28 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Macao, 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 Macao stood at 79.28 0-100.
That represents a change of down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Macao peaked at 84.3 0-100 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 61.54 0-100, in 1996.
That places Macao 17th 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 Macao, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 61.54 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 61.84 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 64.92 0-100 | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 68.37 0-100 | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 77.63 0-100 | +13.5% |
| 2004 | 72.96 0-100 | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 77.59 0-100 | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 77.52 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 74.47 0-100 | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 75.18 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 79.82 0-100 | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 80.24 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 80.26 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 80.2 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 80.19 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 84.27 0-100 | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 84.3 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 82.96 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 82.99 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 81.64 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 81.67 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 80.27 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 80.26 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 80.22 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 80.22 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 79.31 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2025 | 79.28 0-100 | -0.0% |
Macao compared with similar countries
- Macao's 79.28 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 1.1× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Macao's 79.28 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.42 0-100, 1.5× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.69 0-100 | 61.54 0-100 | 61.84 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 74.27 0-100 | 64.92 0-100 | 79.82 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 81.87 0-100 | 80.19 0-100 | 84.3 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.92 0-100 | 79.28 0-100 | 80.27 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Macao
More reference data data for Macao
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0073 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 4.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0073 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.037 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure left on Pasture 4.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 1.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0544 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 0.0544 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 8.57 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Macao?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Macao was 79.28 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 Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 84.3 0-100 in 2015.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.54 0-100 in 1996.
- How does Macao rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Macao ranks 17th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macao 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).