Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Macao

Macao: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 76.49 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
76.49 0-100
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
18th
of 205 countries
All-time high
81.81 0-100
in 2015
All-time low
60.41 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Macao, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 60.4 0-1001998: 60.9 0-1002000: 63.8 0-1002002: 66.8 0-1002003: 75.2 0-1002004: 71.1 0-1002005: 75.2 0-1002006: 75.2 0-1002007: 72.5 0-1002008: 73.1 0-1002009: 77.1 0-1002010: 77.5 0-1002011: 77.5 0-1002012: 77.4 0-1002013: 77.4 0-1002014: 81.7 0-1002015: 81.8 0-1002016: 80.4 0-1002017: 80.4 0-1002018: 78.9 0-1002019: 79 0-1002020: 77.5 0-1002021: 77.5 0-1002022: 77.4 0-1002023: 77.4 0-1002024: 76.5 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, regulatory quality - governance score in Macao stood at 76.49 0-100.

That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Macao peaked at 81.81 0-100 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 60.41 0-100, in 1996.

That places Macao 18th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Macao, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Macao, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 60.41 0-100
1998 60.9 0-100 +0.8%
2000 63.83 0-100 +4.8%
2002 66.83 0-100 +4.7%
2003 75.23 0-100 +12.6%
2004 71.11 0-100 -5.5%
2005 75.21 0-100 +5.8%
2006 75.15 0-100 -0.1%
2007 72.45 0-100 -3.6%
2008 73.13 0-100 +0.9%
2009 77.09 0-100 +5.4%
2010 77.48 0-100 +0.5%
2011 77.48 0-100 +0.0%
2012 77.41 0-100 -0.1%
2013 77.4 0-100 -0.0%
2014 81.74 0-100 +5.6%
2015 81.81 0-100 +0.1%
2016 80.37 0-100 -1.8%
2017 80.39 0-100 +0.0%
2018 78.94 0-100 -1.8%
2019 78.96 0-100 +0.0%
2020 77.47 0-100 -1.9%
2021 77.46 0-100 -0.0%
2022 77.42 0-100 -0.0%
2023 77.43 0-100 +0.0%
2024 76.49 0-100 -1.2%

Macao compared with similar countries

  • Macao's 76.49 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 69.85 0-100, 1.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Macao's 76.49 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 53.74 0-100, 1.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 60.65 0-100 60.41 0-100 60.9 0-100 2
2000s 72.23 0-100 63.83 0-100 77.09 0-100 9
2010s 79.2 0-100 77.4 0-100 81.81 0-100 10
2020s 77.25 0-100 76.49 0-100 77.47 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Macao

  1. 15 Greenland 78.58 0-100 compare
  2. 16 Germany 78.49 0-100 compare
  3. 17 Estonia 76.91 0-100 compare
  4. 19 Canada 76.35 0-100 compare
  5. 20 United States 76.19 0-100 compare
  6. 21 Austria 76.17 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Macao?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Macao was 76.49 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 Macao?
The highest recorded value was 81.81 0-100 in 2015.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Macao?
The lowest recorded value was 60.41 0-100 in 1996.
How does Macao rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Macao ranks 18th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Macao?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. 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

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).