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

Norway: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 82.79 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
82.79 0-100
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
10th
of 206 countries
All-time high
87.73 0-100
in 2013
All-time low
76.97 0-100
in 2000
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Norway, 1996–2025

0204060801996201020251996: 79.6 0-1001998: 79 0-1002000: 77 0-1002002: 79.9 0-1002003: 79.9 0-1002004: 83 0-1002005: 84.4 0-1002006: 80.3 0-1002007: 82 0-1002008: 83.6 0-1002009: 83.2 0-1002010: 83.8 0-1002011: 86.2 0-1002012: 86.5 0-1002013: 87.7 0-1002014: 85.4 0-1002015: 85.8 0-1002016: 85.9 0-1002017: 86.5 0-1002018: 86.3 0-1002019: 85.4 0-1002020: 84.3 0-1002021: 83.5 0-1002022: 82.5 0-1002023: 83.2 0-1002024: 83.5 0-1002025: 82.8 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 Norway is 82.79 0-100, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Norway peaked at 87.73 0-100 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 76.97 0-100, in 2000.

Norway ranks 10th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Norway, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 79.58 0-100 —
1998 79.02 0-100 -0.7%
2000 76.97 0-100 -2.6%
2002 79.9 0-100 +3.8%
2003 79.89 0-100 -0.0%
2004 83.02 0-100 +3.9%
2005 84.44 0-100 +1.7%
2006 80.32 0-100 -4.9%
2007 81.97 0-100 +2.1%
2008 83.62 0-100 +2.0%
2009 83.25 0-100 -0.4%
2010 83.85 0-100 +0.7%
2011 86.22 0-100 +2.8%
2012 86.48 0-100 +0.3%
2013 87.73 0-100 +1.4%
2014 85.37 0-100 -2.7%
2015 85.79 0-100 +0.5%
2016 85.9 0-100 +0.1%
2017 86.53 0-100 +0.7%
2018 86.26 0-100 -0.3%
2019 85.43 0-100 -1.0%
2020 84.28 0-100 -1.4%
2021 83.48 0-100 -1.0%
2022 82.48 0-100 -1.2%
2023 83.18 0-100 +0.8%
2024 83.53 0-100 +0.4%
2025 82.79 0-100 -0.9%

Norway compared with similar countries

  • Norway's 82.79 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 1.2× the median. (74 countries reporting)
  • Norway's 82.79 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 66.01 0-100, 1.3× the median. (54 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 79.3 0-100 79.02 0-100 79.58 0-100 2
2000s 81.49 0-100 76.97 0-100 84.44 0-100 9
2010s 85.95 0-100 83.85 0-100 87.73 0-100 10
2020s 83.29 0-100 82.48 0-100 84.28 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Norway

  1. 7 Finland 83.62 0-100 compare
  2. 8 Ireland 83.34 0-100 compare
  3. 9 Hong Kong 83.33 0-100 compare
  4. 11 Sweden 82.53 0-100 compare
  5. 12 Monaco 82.41 0-100 compare
  6. 13 Liechtenstein 82.14 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Norway?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Norway was 82.79 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 Norway?
The highest recorded value was 87.73 0-100 in 2013.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Norway?
The lowest recorded value was 76.97 0-100 in 2000.
How does Norway rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Norway ranks 10th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Norway?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Norway 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).