Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Malta

Malta: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 62.62 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
62.62 0-100
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
57th
of 205 countries
All-time high
76.28 0-100
in 2008
All-time low
62.05 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Malta, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 62.1 0-1001998: 68.7 0-1002000: 69.7 0-1002002: 72.4 0-1002003: 74.2 0-1002004: 72.5 0-1002005: 72.8 0-1002006: 75.3 0-1002007: 75.7 0-1002008: 76.3 0-1002009: 75.7 0-1002010: 76 0-1002011: 74 0-1002012: 74.3 0-1002013: 73.9 0-1002014: 68.6 0-1002015: 70.5 0-1002016: 71.7 0-1002017: 74.7 0-1002018: 74.5 0-1002019: 67.9 0-1002020: 72.1 0-1002021: 66.2 0-1002022: 63.8 0-1002023: 63.2 0-1002024: 62.6 0-100

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

Analysis

Malta recorded 62.62 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Malta peaked at 76.28 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 62.05 0-100, in 1996.

Malta ranks 57th 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 Malta, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Malta, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 62.05 0-100
1998 68.74 0-100 +10.8%
2000 69.73 0-100 +1.4%
2002 72.4 0-100 +3.8%
2003 74.23 0-100 +2.5%
2004 72.48 0-100 -2.4%
2005 72.82 0-100 +0.5%
2006 75.26 0-100 +3.3%
2007 75.69 0-100 +0.6%
2008 76.28 0-100 +0.8%
2009 75.68 0-100 -0.8%
2010 75.96 0-100 +0.4%
2011 74.04 0-100 -2.5%
2012 74.3 0-100 +0.3%
2013 73.92 0-100 -0.5%
2014 68.63 0-100 -7.2%
2015 70.5 0-100 +2.7%
2016 71.67 0-100 +1.7%
2017 74.68 0-100 +4.2%
2018 74.52 0-100 -0.2%
2019 67.91 0-100 -8.9%
2020 72.06 0-100 +6.1%
2021 66.23 0-100 -8.1%
2022 63.76 0-100 -3.7%
2023 63.2 0-100 -0.9%
2024 62.62 0-100 -0.9%

Malta compared with similar countries

  • Malta's 62.62 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 69.85 0-100, 90% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Malta's 62.62 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 47.49 0-100, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 65.4 0-100 62.05 0-100 68.74 0-100 2
2000s 73.84 0-100 69.73 0-100 76.28 0-100 9
2010s 72.61 0-100 67.91 0-100 75.96 0-100 10
2020s 65.57 0-100 62.62 0-100 72.06 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 54 Bermuda 64.78 0-100 compare
  2. 55 Spain 64.65 0-100 compare
  3. 56 Costa Rica 64.04 0-100 compare
  4. 58 Palau 62.45 0-100 compare
  5. 59 Saint Kitts and Nevis 62.43 0-100 compare
  6. 60 Greece 62.43 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Malta?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Malta was 62.62 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 Malta?
The highest recorded value was 76.28 0-100 in 2008.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 62.05 0-100 in 1996.
How does Malta rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Malta ranks 57th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Malta?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malta 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).