Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 67.02 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Saudi Arabia, 1996–2025
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 Saudi Arabia is 67.02 0-100, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Saudi Arabia peaked at 67.02 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 50.13 0-100, in 1996.
Saudi Arabia ranks 46th of 206 countries on this measure, 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 Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 50.13 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 51.43 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 54.63 0-100 | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 51.23 0-100 | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 52.69 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 53.98 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 55.35 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 53.9 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 55.56 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 59.11 0-100 | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 59.01 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 60.07 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 61.01 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 58.59 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 59.36 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 58.3 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 58.94 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 58.08 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 57.03 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 56.6 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 57.95 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 57.83 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 61.19 0-100 | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 63.83 0-100 | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 64.62 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 66.32 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2025 | 67.02 0-100 | +1.1% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 67.02 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 94% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 67.02 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 47.59 0-100, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50.78 0-100 | 50.13 0-100 | 51.43 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 55.05 0-100 | 51.23 0-100 | 59.11 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 58.59 0-100 | 56.6 0-100 | 61.01 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.47 0-100 | 57.83 0-100 | 67.02 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More reference data data for Saudi Arabia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1847 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.4 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1771 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6194 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2207 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.07 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9641 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Saudi Arabia?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Saudi Arabia was 67.02 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 67.02 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.13 0-100 in 1996.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 46th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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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About this data
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).