Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 50.27 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Sri Lanka, 1996–2025
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 Sri Lanka stood at 50.27 0-100.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Sri Lanka peaked at 57.46 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 47.8 0-100, in 2022.
That places Sri Lanka 121st out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 50.84 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 53.24 0-100 | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 53.72 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 57.46 0-100 | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 55.72 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 54.74 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 52.94 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 53.17 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 53.95 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 52.77 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 53.55 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 54.75 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 56.27 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 56.21 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 54.88 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 55.82 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 56.59 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 55.17 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 53.96 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 52.9 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 53.04 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 54.19 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 53.33 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 47.8 0-100 | -10.4% |
| 2023 | 48.15 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 49.16 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2025 | 50.27 0-100 | +2.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 50.27 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.89 0-100, 93% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 50.27 0-100 is above the median for South Asia, which is 49.46 0-100, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 52.04 0-100 | 50.84 0-100 | 53.24 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 54.23 0-100 | 52.77 0-100 | 57.46 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 54.96 0-100 | 52.9 0-100 | 56.59 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.48 0-100 | 47.8 0-100 | 54.19 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More reference data data for Sri Lanka
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.316 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1784 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.539 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1604 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9713 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Sri Lanka?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Sri Lanka was 50.27 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 57.46 0-100 in 2002.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.8 0-100 in 2022.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Sri Lanka ranks 121st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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).