Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 39.26 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Nicaragua, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 39.26 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Nicaragua peaked at 52.43 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 39.26 0-100, in 2023.
That places Nicaragua 176th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 44.98 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 47.37 0-100 | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 49.78 0-100 | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 47.12 0-100 | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 48.9 0-100 | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 51.79 0-100 | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 52.43 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 51.09 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 49.87 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 48.79 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 47.59 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 47.64 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 47.77 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 48.88 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 49.51 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 49.15 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 50.41 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 48.86 0-100 | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 47.25 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 46.51 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 44.84 0-100 | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 43.69 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 41.34 0-100 | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 39.39 0-100 | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 39.26 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 39.4 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 39.26 0-100 | -0.3% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 39.26 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.38 0-100, 88% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 39.26 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.98 0-100, 73% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.17 0-100 | 44.98 0-100 | 47.37 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 49.7 0-100 | 47.12 0-100 | 52.43 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 48.08 0-100 | 44.84 0-100 | 50.41 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.39 0-100 | 39.26 0-100 | 43.69 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 173 Pakistan 39.69 0-100 compare
- 174 Bangladesh 39.35 0-100 compare
- 175 Sao Tome and Principe 39.33 0-100 compare
- 177 Solomon Islands 39.12 0-100 compare
- 178 Guinea 39.12 0-100 compare
- 179 Iraq 38.04 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Nicaragua
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4575 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0819 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4557 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4457 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Nicaragua?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Nicaragua was 39.26 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 Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 52.43 0-100 in 2005.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.26 0-100 in 2023.
- How does Nicaragua rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Nicaragua ranks 176th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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).