Regulatory Quality - Governance score in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 72.62 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
72.62 0-100
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
28th
of 205 countries
All-time high
73.51 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
62.33 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in United Arab Emirates, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 62.3 0-1001998: 62.5 0-1002000: 63.9 0-1002002: 73.5 0-1002003: 72.3 0-1002004: 65.5 0-1002005: 63.9 0-1002006: 66.1 0-1002007: 66.5 0-1002008: 68.1 0-1002009: 67.8 0-1002010: 66.5 0-1002011: 68.9 0-1002012: 68.2 0-1002013: 70.5 0-1002014: 71.8 0-1002015: 73.5 0-1002016: 71.9 0-1002017: 72.4 0-1002018: 71.9 0-1002019: 72.9 0-1002020: 71.7 0-1002021: 71.6 0-1002022: 71.5 0-1002023: 72.3 0-1002024: 72.6 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 2024, regulatory quality - governance score in United Arab Emirates stood at 72.62 0-100.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in United Arab Emirates peaked at 73.51 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 62.33 0-100, in 1996.

That places United Arab Emirates 28th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in United Arab Emirates, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in United Arab Emirates, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 62.33 0-100
1998 62.49 0-100 +0.3%
2000 63.86 0-100 +2.2%
2002 73.51 0-100 +15.1%
2003 72.33 0-100 -1.6%
2004 65.52 0-100 -9.4%
2005 63.9 0-100 -2.5%
2006 66.07 0-100 +3.4%
2007 66.54 0-100 +0.7%
2008 68.11 0-100 +2.4%
2009 67.81 0-100 -0.4%
2010 66.54 0-100 -1.9%
2011 68.91 0-100 +3.6%
2012 68.2 0-100 -1.0%
2013 70.48 0-100 +3.3%
2014 71.8 0-100 +1.9%
2015 73.45 0-100 +2.3%
2016 71.87 0-100 -2.2%
2017 72.39 0-100 +0.7%
2018 71.88 0-100 -0.7%
2019 72.93 0-100 +1.5%
2020 71.68 0-100 -1.7%
2021 71.6 0-100 -0.1%
2022 71.54 0-100 -0.1%
2023 72.3 0-100 +1.1%
2024 72.62 0-100 +0.4%

United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries

  • United Arab Emirates's 72.62 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 69.85 0-100, 1.0× the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • United Arab Emirates's 72.62 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 47.49 0-100, 1.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 62.41 0-100 62.33 0-100 62.49 0-100 2
2000s 67.52 0-100 63.86 0-100 73.51 0-100 9
2010s 70.85 0-100 66.54 0-100 73.45 0-100 10
2020s 71.95 0-100 71.54 0-100 72.62 0-100 5

Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates

  1. 25 Belgium 74.48 0-100 compare
  2. 26 Czechia 74.29 0-100 compare
  3. 27 France 72.94 0-100 compare
  4. 29 Israel 72.43 0-100 compare
  5. 30 Monaco 72.25 0-100 compare
  6. 30 United States Virgin Islands 72.25 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in United Arab Emirates?
Regulatory quality - governance score in United Arab Emirates was 72.62 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 United Arab Emirates?
The highest recorded value was 73.51 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The lowest recorded value was 62.33 0-100 in 1996.
How does United Arab Emirates rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
United Arab Emirates ranks 28th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United Arab Emirates 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
205 places, 5,160 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).