Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Malawi

Malawi: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 45.64 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
45.64 0-100
Change on year
up 4.4%
World rank
144th
of 205 countries
All-time high
52.52 0-100
in 2000
All-time low
42.82 0-100
in 2013
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Malawi, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 45.8 0-1001998: 52.5 0-1002000: 52.5 0-1002002: 42.8 0-1002003: 43.8 0-1002004: 43.7 0-1002005: 45.8 0-1002006: 46 0-1002007: 46.8 0-1002008: 46.5 0-1002009: 45.9 0-1002010: 48.7 0-1002011: 47.3 0-1002012: 43.4 0-1002013: 42.8 0-1002014: 43.5 0-1002015: 43 0-1002016: 43.2 0-1002017: 44.1 0-1002018: 44.3 0-1002019: 44.4 0-1002020: 43.3 0-1002021: 43.9 0-1002022: 44.3 0-1002023: 43.7 0-1002024: 45.6 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 Malawi is 45.64 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Malawi peaked at 52.52 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 42.82 0-100, in 2013.

Malawi ranks 144th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Malawi, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 45.81 0-100
1998 52.47 0-100 +14.5%
2000 52.52 0-100 +0.1%
2002 42.82 0-100 -18.5%
2003 43.8 0-100 +2.3%
2004 43.66 0-100 -0.3%
2005 45.83 0-100 +5.0%
2006 46.03 0-100 +0.4%
2007 46.8 0-100 +1.7%
2008 46.53 0-100 -0.6%
2009 45.93 0-100 -1.3%
2010 48.68 0-100 +6.0%
2011 47.27 0-100 -2.9%
2012 43.39 0-100 -8.2%
2013 42.82 0-100 -1.3%
2014 43.47 0-100 +1.5%
2015 43.04 0-100 -1.0%
2016 43.17 0-100 +0.3%
2017 44.06 0-100 +2.1%
2018 44.27 0-100 +0.5%
2019 44.4 0-100 +0.3%
2020 43.3 0-100 -2.5%
2021 43.9 0-100 +1.4%
2022 44.3 0-100 +0.9%
2023 43.72 0-100 -1.3%
2024 45.64 0-100 +4.4%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 45.64 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 38.16 0-100, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 45.64 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 49.14 0-100 45.81 0-100 52.47 0-100 2
2000s 45.99 0-100 42.82 0-100 52.52 0-100 9
2010s 44.46 0-100 42.82 0-100 48.68 0-100 10
2020s 44.17 0-100 43.3 0-100 45.64 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 141 Uzbekistan 46.56 0-100 compare
  2. 142 Tanzania 46.42 0-100 compare
  3. 143 Nepal 46.15 0-100 compare
  4. 145 Papua New Guinea 45.39 0-100 compare
  5. 146 Honduras 44.96 0-100 compare
  6. 147 Cambodia 44.91 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Malawi?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Malawi was 45.64 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 Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 52.52 0-100 in 2000.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 42.82 0-100 in 2013.
How does Malawi rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Malawi ranks 144th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malawi 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).