Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Romania

Romania: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 60.91 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
60.91 0-100
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
68th
of 205 countries
All-time high
62 0-100
in 2015
All-time low
48.21 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Romania, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 48.2 0-1001998: 54.5 0-1002000: 48.6 0-1002002: 52.5 0-1002003: 52.2 0-1002004: 53 0-1002005: 54.7 0-1002006: 60 0-1002007: 61.1 0-1002008: 61.2 0-1002009: 60.2 0-1002010: 61.5 0-1002011: 60.8 0-1002012: 59.7 0-1002013: 61 0-1002014: 61 0-1002015: 62 0-1002016: 61.9 0-1002017: 61.5 0-1002018: 60.9 0-1002019: 60.5 0-1002020: 59.6 0-1002021: 59.8 0-1002022: 61.1 0-1002023: 60.3 0-1002024: 60.9 0-100

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

Analysis

Romania recorded 60.91 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2024.

That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Romania peaked at 62 0-100 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 48.21 0-100, in 1996.

Romania ranks 68th 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 Romania, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Romania, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 48.21 0-100
1998 54.54 0-100 +13.1%
2000 48.57 0-100 -10.9%
2002 52.52 0-100 +8.1%
2003 52.21 0-100 -0.6%
2004 53.04 0-100 +1.6%
2005 54.71 0-100 +3.1%
2006 59.96 0-100 +9.6%
2007 61.07 0-100 +1.8%
2008 61.15 0-100 +0.1%
2009 60.21 0-100 -1.5%
2010 61.52 0-100 +2.2%
2011 60.78 0-100 -1.2%
2012 59.72 0-100 -1.7%
2013 61.01 0-100 +2.2%
2014 60.98 0-100 -0.0%
2015 62 0-100 +1.7%
2016 61.92 0-100 -0.1%
2017 61.47 0-100 -0.7%
2018 60.94 0-100 -0.9%
2019 60.5 0-100 -0.7%
2020 59.64 0-100 -1.4%
2021 59.82 0-100 +0.3%
2022 61.07 0-100 +2.1%
2023 60.3 0-100 -1.3%
2024 60.91 0-100 +1.0%

Romania compared with similar countries

  • Romania's 60.91 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 69.85 0-100, 87% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Romania's 60.91 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 65.11 0-100, 94% of the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 51.38 0-100 48.21 0-100 54.54 0-100 2
2000s 55.94 0-100 48.57 0-100 61.15 0-100 9
2010s 61.08 0-100 59.72 0-100 62 0-100 10
2020s 60.35 0-100 59.64 0-100 61.07 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Romania

  1. 65 American Samoa 61.04 0-100 compare
  2. 65 Guam 61.04 0-100 compare
  3. 67 Seychelles 61.01 0-100 compare
  4. 69 Hungary 60.15 0-100 compare
  5. 70 Bulgaria 59.41 0-100 compare
  6. 71 Croatia 59.37 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Romania?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Romania was 60.91 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 Romania?
The highest recorded value was 62 0-100 in 2015.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Romania?
The lowest recorded value was 48.21 0-100 in 1996.
How does Romania rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Romania ranks 68th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Romania?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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
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).