Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Namibia

Namibia: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 56.74 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
56.74 0-100
Change on year
down 2.4%
World rank
86th
of 206 countries
All-time high
66.73 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
55.87 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Namibia, 1996–2025

02040601996201020251996: 55.9 0-1001998: 59.6 0-1002000: 58.1 0-1002002: 66.7 0-1002003: 64.1 0-1002004: 58 0-1002005: 57.1 0-1002006: 59.1 0-1002007: 57.9 0-1002008: 60.6 0-1002009: 61 0-1002010: 58.4 0-1002011: 55.9 0-1002012: 58.8 0-1002013: 59.4 0-1002014: 58.9 0-1002015: 59.8 0-1002016: 58.2 0-1002017: 57.4 0-1002018: 57 0-1002019: 58.1 0-1002020: 57.4 0-1002021: 58.4 0-1002022: 57.2 0-1002023: 57.3 0-1002024: 58.1 0-1002025: 56.7 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 Namibia is 56.74 0-100, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Namibia peaked at 66.73 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 55.87 0-100, in 1996.

Namibia ranks 86th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Namibia, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Namibia, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 55.87 0-100 —
1998 59.61 0-100 +6.7%
2000 58.15 0-100 -2.5%
2002 66.73 0-100 +14.8%
2003 64.07 0-100 -4.0%
2004 57.96 0-100 -9.5%
2005 57.1 0-100 -1.5%
2006 59.09 0-100 +3.5%
2007 57.93 0-100 -2.0%
2008 60.58 0-100 +4.6%
2009 61.04 0-100 +0.8%
2010 58.45 0-100 -4.2%
2011 55.93 0-100 -4.3%
2012 58.83 0-100 +5.2%
2013 59.36 0-100 +0.9%
2014 58.86 0-100 -0.8%
2015 59.82 0-100 +1.6%
2016 58.21 0-100 -2.7%
2017 57.43 0-100 -1.3%
2018 56.96 0-100 -0.8%
2019 58.09 0-100 +2.0%
2020 57.39 0-100 -1.2%
2021 58.37 0-100 +1.7%
2022 57.16 0-100 -2.1%
2023 57.29 0-100 +0.2%
2024 58.15 0-100 +1.5%
2025 56.74 0-100 -2.4%

Namibia compared with similar countries

  • Namibia's 56.74 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.38 0-100, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Namibia's 56.74 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 42.93 0-100, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 57.74 0-100 55.87 0-100 59.61 0-100 2
2000s 60.3 0-100 57.1 0-100 66.73 0-100 9
2010s 58.2 0-100 55.93 0-100 59.82 0-100 10
2020s 57.52 0-100 56.74 0-100 58.37 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Namibia

  1. 83 Thailand 57.64 0-100 compare
  2. 84 Peru 57.55 0-100 compare
  3. 85 Indonesia 57.33 0-100 compare
  4. 87 Dominica 56.66 0-100 compare
  5. 88 Serbia 56.48 0-100 compare
  6. 89 Azerbaijan 56.38 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Namibia?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Namibia was 56.74 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 Namibia?
The highest recorded value was 66.73 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Namibia?
The lowest recorded value was 55.87 0-100 in 1996.
How does Namibia rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Namibia ranks 86th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Namibia?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Namibia 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
206 places, 5,391 data points, 1996–2025
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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).