Regulatory Quality - Governance score in South Africa

South Africa: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 53.91 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
53.91 0-100
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
97th
of 204 groups
All-time high
68.14 0-100
in 2003
All-time low
53.88 0-100
in 2022
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in South Africa, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 57.7 0-1001998: 61.4 0-1002000: 62.5 0-1002002: 67.7 0-1002003: 68.1 0-1002004: 64.9 0-1002005: 64.9 0-1002006: 66 0-1002007: 64.9 0-1002008: 65 0-1002009: 65.5 0-1002010: 66 0-1002011: 65.2 0-1002012: 65 0-1002013: 64.7 0-1002014: 61.2 0-1002015: 59.5 0-1002016: 59 0-1002017: 58.5 0-1002018: 55.9 0-1002019: 56.7 0-1002020: 56.3 0-1002021: 55.1 0-1002022: 53.9 0-1002023: 53.9 0-1002024: 53.9 0-100

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for regulatory quality - governance score in South Africa is 53.91 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in South Africa peaked at 68.14 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 53.88 0-100, in 2022.

South Africa ranks 97th of 204 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 59.53 0-100 57.66 0-100 61.4 0-100 2
2000s 65.51 0-100 62.47 0-100 68.14 0-100 9
2010s 61.17 0-100 55.94 0-100 65.96 0-100 10
2020s 54.62 0-100 53.88 0-100 56.28 0-100 5

Countries ranked near South Africa

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  4. 98 Mongolia 53.75 0-100 compare
  5. 99 China 53.74 0-100 compare
  6. 100 Panama 53.7 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in South Africa?
Regulatory quality - governance score in South Africa was 53.91 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 South Africa?
The highest recorded value was 68.14 0-100 in 2003.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in South Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 53.88 0-100 in 2022.
How does South Africa rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
South Africa ranks 97th out of 204 groups with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in South Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this South Africa 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

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
204 places, 5,143 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).