Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Tonga
Tonga: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 51.1 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Tonga, 2004–2025
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 Tonga stood at 51.1 0-100.
The figure is up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Tonga peaked at 51.12 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40.84 0-100, in 2006.
Tonga ranks 117th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Tonga, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 45.92 0-100 | — |
| 2005 | 40.87 0-100 | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 40.84 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 43.21 0-100 | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 41.55 0-100 | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 46.36 0-100 | +11.6% |
| 2010 | 48.97 0-100 | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 47.6 0-100 | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 47.53 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 47.95 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 50.06 0-100 | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 50.33 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 50.34 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 50.37 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 50.71 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 50.93 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 48.85 0-100 | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 49.99 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 50.21 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 51.03 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 51.12 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 51.1 0-100 | -0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 51.1 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.89 0-100, 95% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 51.1 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.42 0-100, 94% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.13 0-100 | 40.84 0-100 | 46.36 0-100 | 6 |
| 2010s | 49.48 0-100 | 47.53 0-100 | 50.93 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.38 0-100 | 48.85 0-100 | 51.12 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More reference data data for Tonga
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0105 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0092 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0197 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0197 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0353 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0269 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0446 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1068 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0799 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 9.35 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Tonga?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Tonga was 51.1 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 Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 51.12 0-100 in 2024.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.84 0-100 in 2006.
- How does Tonga rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Tonga ranks 117th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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).