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

Romania: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 60.12 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
60.12 0-100
Change on year
down 2.2%
World rank
74th
of 206 countries
All-time high
63.66 0-100
in 2010
All-time low
49.34 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Romania, 1996–2025

02040601996201020251996: 49.3 0-1001998: 55.5 0-1002000: 50.3 0-1002002: 53.7 0-1002003: 52.9 0-1002004: 53.3 0-1002005: 55.4 0-1002006: 61.7 0-1002007: 62.8 0-1002008: 62.9 0-1002009: 62.1 0-1002010: 63.7 0-1002011: 62.8 0-1002012: 61.9 0-1002013: 63.5 0-1002014: 63.6 0-1002015: 63.3 0-1002016: 63.1 0-1002017: 62.5 0-1002018: 62.1 0-1002019: 62.6 0-1002020: 61.6 0-1002021: 61.7 0-1002022: 62.9 0-1002023: 61.2 0-1002024: 61.5 0-1002025: 60.1 0-100

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

Analysis

Romania recorded 60.12 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2025.

That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Romania peaked at 63.66 0-100 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 49.34 0-100, in 1996.

Romania ranks 74th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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 Romania, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Romania, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 49.34 0-100 —
1998 55.47 0-100 +12.4%
2000 50.27 0-100 -9.4%
2002 53.72 0-100 +6.9%
2003 52.95 0-100 -1.4%
2004 53.31 0-100 +0.7%
2005 55.43 0-100 +4.0%
2006 61.66 0-100 +11.2%
2007 62.81 0-100 +1.9%
2008 62.87 0-100 +0.1%
2009 62.15 0-100 -1.1%
2010 63.66 0-100 +2.4%
2011 62.84 0-100 -1.3%
2012 61.92 0-100 -1.5%
2013 63.5 0-100 +2.5%
2014 63.56 0-100 +0.1%
2015 63.31 0-100 -0.4%
2016 63.08 0-100 -0.4%
2017 62.51 0-100 -0.9%
2018 62.1 0-100 -0.7%
2019 62.58 0-100 +0.8%
2020 61.61 0-100 -1.6%
2021 61.73 0-100 +0.2%
2022 62.88 0-100 +1.9%
2023 61.19 0-100 -2.7%
2024 61.46 0-100 +0.4%
2025 60.12 0-100 -2.2%

Romania compared with similar countries

  • Romania's 60.12 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 85% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
  • Romania's 60.12 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 66.01 0-100, 91% of the median. (54 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 52.41 0-100 49.34 0-100 55.47 0-100 2
2000s 57.24 0-100 50.27 0-100 62.87 0-100 9
2010s 62.9 0-100 61.92 0-100 63.66 0-100 10
2020s 61.5 0-100 60.12 0-100 62.88 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Romania

  1. 71 Seychelles 60.92 0-100 compare
  2. 72 Albania 60.67 0-100 compare
  3. 73 Puerto Rico 60.33 0-100 compare
  4. 75 Hungary 60.04 0-100 compare
  5. 76 Rwanda 59.88 0-100 compare
  6. 77 Saint Lucia 59.3 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Romania?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Romania was 60.12 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 Romania?
The highest recorded value was 63.66 0-100 in 2010.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Romania?
The lowest recorded value was 49.34 0-100 in 1996.
How does Romania rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Romania ranks 74th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Romania?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Romania 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).