Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in New Zealand
New Zealand: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 87.41 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in New Zealand, 1996–2025
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 New Zealand is 87.41 0-100, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in New Zealand peaked at 90.86 0-100 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 83.11 0-100, in 2000.
New Zealand ranks 2nd of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 84.95 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 85.44 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 83.11 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 85.69 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 87.37 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 88.55 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 87.61 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 86.04 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 86.1 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 86.46 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 86.64 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 85.54 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 89.04 0-100 | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 89.26 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 88.36 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 89.72 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 89.78 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 90.42 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 90.86 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 89.34 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 89.35 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 88.68 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 87.43 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 87.83 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 87.79 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 87.06 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 87.41 0-100 | +0.4% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 87.41 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 1.2× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 87.41 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.42 0-100, 1.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 85.19 0-100 | 84.95 0-100 | 85.44 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 86.4 0-100 | 83.11 0-100 | 88.55 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 89.17 0-100 | 85.54 0-100 | 90.86 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.7 0-100 | 87.06 0-100 | 88.68 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.93 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 42.17 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2499 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in New Zealand?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in New Zealand was 87.41 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 90.86 0-100 in 2017.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.11 0-100 in 2000.
- How does New Zealand rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- New Zealand ranks 2nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this New Zealand 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
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).