Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Nigeria

Nigeria: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 44.87 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
44.87 0-100
Change on year
up 7.3%
World rank
148th
of 205 countries
All-time high
44.87 0-100
in 2024
All-time low
35.34 0-100
in 2004
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Nigeria, 1996–2024

0102030401996201020241996: 37.9 0-1001998: 38.1 0-1002000: 35.9 0-1002002: 36.6 0-1002003: 36.8 0-1002004: 35.3 0-1002005: 38.8 0-1002006: 40.7 0-1002007: 41.6 0-1002008: 42.9 0-1002009: 43 0-1002010: 40.5 0-1002011: 41.1 0-1002012: 43 0-1002013: 43.2 0-1002014: 42.3 0-1002015: 43.2 0-1002016: 42 0-1002017: 42.6 0-1002018: 41.8 0-1002019: 41.2 0-1002020: 40.9 0-1002021: 41.1 0-1002022: 39.1 0-1002023: 41.8 0-1002024: 44.9 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, regulatory quality - governance score in Nigeria stood at 44.87 0-100. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Nigeria peaked at 44.87 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 35.34 0-100, in 2004.

Nigeria ranks 148th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Nigeria, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Nigeria, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 37.94 0-100
1998 38.1 0-100 +0.4%
2000 35.9 0-100 -5.8%
2002 36.64 0-100 +2.1%
2003 36.75 0-100 +0.3%
2004 35.34 0-100 -3.9%
2005 38.79 0-100 +9.8%
2006 40.68 0-100 +4.9%
2007 41.59 0-100 +2.2%
2008 42.87 0-100 +3.1%
2009 43.02 0-100 +0.4%
2010 40.49 0-100 -5.9%
2011 41.05 0-100 +1.4%
2012 42.99 0-100 +4.7%
2013 43.18 0-100 +0.4%
2014 42.34 0-100 -1.9%
2015 43.19 0-100 +2.0%
2016 42.01 0-100 -2.7%
2017 42.59 0-100 +1.4%
2018 41.77 0-100 -1.9%
2019 41.23 0-100 -1.3%
2020 40.87 0-100 -0.9%
2021 41.1 0-100 +0.6%
2022 39.15 0-100 -4.7%
2023 41.81 0-100 +6.8%
2024 44.87 0-100 +7.3%

Nigeria compared with similar countries

  • Nigeria's 44.87 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.91 0-100, 100% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Nigeria's 44.87 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 43.21 0-100, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 38.02 0-100 37.94 0-100 38.1 0-100 2
2000s 39.06 0-100 35.34 0-100 43.02 0-100 9
2010s 42.08 0-100 40.49 0-100 43.19 0-100 10
2020s 41.56 0-100 39.15 0-100 44.87 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 145 Papua New Guinea 45.39 0-100 compare
  2. 146 Honduras 44.96 0-100 compare
  3. 147 Cambodia 44.91 0-100 compare
  4. 149 Laos 44.83 0-100 compare
  5. 150 Eswatini 44.8 0-100 compare
  6. 151 Ecuador 44.67 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Nigeria?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Nigeria was 44.87 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 Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 44.87 0-100 in 2024.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 35.34 0-100 in 2004.
How does Nigeria rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Nigeria ranks 148th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nigeria 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).