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

Qatar: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 72.67 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
72.67 0-100
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
34th
of 206 countries
All-time high
72.67 0-100
in 2025
All-time low
48.07 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Qatar, 1996–2025

0204060801996201020251996: 48.1 0-1001998: 52.4 0-1002000: 52.4 0-1002002: 57.8 0-1002003: 57.8 0-1002004: 56.2 0-1002005: 57 0-1002006: 59.1 0-1002007: 61 0-1002008: 67.2 0-1002009: 70.1 0-1002010: 69.7 0-1002011: 69.2 0-1002012: 70.5 0-1002013: 70.1 0-1002014: 66.5 0-1002015: 67.5 0-1002016: 67.5 0-1002017: 64.4 0-1002018: 66.1 0-1002019: 68 0-1002020: 69 0-1002021: 69 0-1002022: 69.7 0-1002023: 70.7 0-1002024: 71.4 0-1002025: 72.7 0-100

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

Analysis

Qatar recorded 72.67 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Qatar peaked at 72.67 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 48.07 0-100, in 1996.

That places Qatar 34th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

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 Qatar, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Qatar, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 48.07 0-100 —
1998 52.4 0-100 +9.0%
2000 52.4 0-100 +0.0%
2002 57.77 0-100 +10.2%
2003 57.78 0-100 +0.0%
2004 56.17 0-100 -2.8%
2005 56.98 0-100 +1.5%
2006 59.06 0-100 +3.6%
2007 60.98 0-100 +3.3%
2008 67.16 0-100 +10.1%
2009 70.06 0-100 +4.3%
2010 69.67 0-100 -0.6%
2011 69.24 0-100 -0.6%
2012 70.49 0-100 +1.8%
2013 70.07 0-100 -0.6%
2014 66.46 0-100 -5.2%
2015 67.53 0-100 +1.6%
2016 67.52 0-100 -0.0%
2017 64.41 0-100 -4.6%
2018 66.08 0-100 +2.6%
2019 68.03 0-100 +2.9%
2020 69.04 0-100 +1.5%
2021 69.02 0-100 -0.0%
2022 69.69 0-100 +1.0%
2023 70.74 0-100 +1.5%
2024 71.41 0-100 +1.0%
2025 72.67 0-100 +1.8%

Qatar compared with similar countries

  • Qatar's 72.67 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 1.0× the median. (74 countries reporting)
  • Qatar's 72.67 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 47.59 0-100, 1.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 50.23 0-100 48.07 0-100 52.4 0-100 2
2000s 59.82 0-100 52.4 0-100 70.06 0-100 9
2010s 67.95 0-100 64.41 0-100 70.49 0-100 10
2020s 70.43 0-100 69.02 0-100 72.67 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Qatar

  1. 31 United States 72.81 0-100 compare
  2. 32 South Korea 72.76 0-100 compare
  3. 33 Bahrain 72.76 0-100 compare
  4. 35 France 72.52 0-100 compare
  5. 36 Aruba 72.28 0-100 compare
  6. 37 Brunei 72.07 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Qatar?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Qatar was 72.67 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 Qatar?
The highest recorded value was 72.67 0-100 in 2025.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Qatar?
The lowest recorded value was 48.07 0-100 in 1996.
How does Qatar rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Qatar ranks 34th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Qatar?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Qatar 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).