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

Somalia: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 26.15 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
26.15 0-100
Change on year
up 3.7%
World rank
199th
of 206 countries
All-time high
26.15 0-100
in 2025
All-time low
4.6 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Somalia, 1996–2025

5101520251996201020251996: 4.6 0-1001998: 10.7 0-1002000: 16.5 0-1002002: 16.3 0-1002003: 15.1 0-1002004: 22.9 0-1002005: 22.6 0-1002006: 19.9 0-1002007: 19.9 0-1002008: 19.3 0-1002009: 19.7 0-1002010: 18.2 0-1002011: 17.7 0-1002012: 19.2 0-1002013: 17.4 0-1002014: 19.7 0-1002015: 20.4 0-1002016: 19.5 0-1002017: 19.5 0-1002018: 21.2 0-1002019: 21.3 0-1002020: 23 0-1002021: 24.4 0-1002022: 24.3 0-1002023: 25.7 0-1002024: 25.2 0-1002025: 26.1 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2025, regulatory quality - governance score in Somalia stood at 26.15 0-100. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 28.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Somalia peaked at 26.15 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 4.6 0-100, in 1996.

That places Somalia 199th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom 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 Somalia, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Somalia, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 4.6 0-100 —
1998 10.66 0-100 +131.8%
2000 16.53 0-100 +55.0%
2002 16.3 0-100 -1.4%
2003 15.14 0-100 -7.1%
2004 22.85 0-100 +50.9%
2005 22.58 0-100 -1.2%
2006 19.88 0-100 -12.0%
2007 19.89 0-100 +0.0%
2008 19.3 0-100 -3.0%
2009 19.67 0-100 +1.9%
2010 18.16 0-100 -7.7%
2011 17.65 0-100 -2.8%
2012 19.21 0-100 +8.8%
2013 17.42 0-100 -9.3%
2014 19.68 0-100 +13.0%
2015 20.4 0-100 +3.7%
2016 19.53 0-100 -4.3%
2017 19.47 0-100 -0.3%
2018 21.23 0-100 +9.0%
2019 21.31 0-100 +0.4%
2020 23.02 0-100 +8.0%
2021 24.35 0-100 +5.8%
2022 24.34 0-100 -0.1%
2023 25.75 0-100 +5.8%
2024 25.22 0-100 -2.0%
2025 26.15 0-100 +3.7%

Somalia compared with similar countries

  • Somalia's 26.15 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 36.5 0-100, 72% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Somalia's 26.15 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 42.93 0-100, 61% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Somalia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1998 +131.8% 4.6 0-100 10.66 0-100
2000 +55.0% 10.66 0-100 16.53 0-100
2004 +50.9% 15.14 0-100 22.85 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 7.63 0-100 4.6 0-100 10.66 0-100 2
2000s 19.13 0-100 15.14 0-100 22.85 0-100 9
2010s 19.41 0-100 17.42 0-100 21.31 0-100 10
2020s 24.81 0-100 23.02 0-100 26.15 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 196 Iran 29.24 0-100 compare
  2. 197 Cuba 28.34 0-100 compare
  3. 198 Libya 26.86 0-100 compare
  4. 200 Sudan 25.48 0-100 compare
  5. 201 Syria 24.33 0-100 compare
  6. 202 Turkmenistan 23.13 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Somalia?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Somalia was 26.15 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 Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 26.15 0-100 in 2025.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 4.6 0-100 in 1996.
How does Somalia rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Somalia ranks 199th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Somalia?
Over the last ten years it is up 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Somalia 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).