Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Maldives

Maldives: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 51.15 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
51.15 0-100
Change on year
up 3.7%
World rank
116th
of 205 countries
All-time high
69.63 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
49.31 0-100
in 2022
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Maldives, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 68.8 0-1001998: 69.3 0-1002000: 69.4 0-1002002: 69.6 0-1002003: 66.8 0-1002004: 51.2 0-1002005: 56.6 0-1002006: 56.6 0-1002007: 55.2 0-1002008: 50.5 0-1002009: 50.4 0-1002010: 52.1 0-1002011: 51 0-1002012: 50.9 0-1002013: 50.5 0-1002014: 50.7 0-1002015: 50 0-1002016: 51.3 0-1002017: 51.3 0-1002018: 51.3 0-1002019: 51.3 0-1002020: 49.4 0-1002021: 50.8 0-1002022: 49.3 0-1002023: 49.3 0-1002024: 51.2 0-100

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

Analysis

Maldives recorded 51.15 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2024.

That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Maldives peaked at 69.63 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 49.31 0-100, in 2022.

Maldives ranks 116th 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 Maldives, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Maldives, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 68.81 0-100
1998 69.3 0-100 +0.7%
2000 69.43 0-100 +0.2%
2002 69.63 0-100 +0.3%
2003 66.83 0-100 -4.0%
2004 51.2 0-100 -23.4%
2005 56.57 0-100 +10.5%
2006 56.55 0-100 -0.0%
2007 55.23 0-100 -2.3%
2008 50.52 0-100 -8.5%
2009 50.4 0-100 -0.2%
2010 52.13 0-100 +3.4%
2011 51 0-100 -2.2%
2012 50.86 0-100 -0.3%
2013 50.52 0-100 -0.7%
2014 50.71 0-100 +0.4%
2015 50.01 0-100 -1.4%
2016 51.26 0-100 +2.5%
2017 51.28 0-100 +0.0%
2018 51.28 0-100 +0.0%
2019 51.3 0-100 +0.0%
2020 49.35 0-100 -3.8%
2021 50.77 0-100 +2.9%
2022 49.31 0-100 -2.9%
2023 49.31 0-100 +0.0%
2024 51.15 0-100 +3.7%

Maldives compared with similar countries

  • Maldives's 51.15 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.26 0-100, 96% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Maldives's 51.15 0-100 is above the median for South Asia, which is 50.65 0-100, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 69.06 0-100 68.81 0-100 69.3 0-100 2
2000s 58.49 0-100 50.4 0-100 69.63 0-100 9
2010s 51.04 0-100 50.01 0-100 52.13 0-100 10
2020s 49.98 0-100 49.31 0-100 51.15 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 113 Kosovo 51.35 0-100 compare
  2. 113 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 51.35 0-100 compare
  3. 115 Argentina 51.16 0-100 compare
  4. 117 Senegal 51.05 0-100 compare
  5. 118 Vietnam 50.65 0-100 compare
  6. 119 Benin 50.49 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Maldives?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Maldives was 51.15 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 Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 69.63 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was 49.31 0-100 in 2022.
How does Maldives rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Maldives ranks 116th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Maldives?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Maldives 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).