Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 80.64 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in United Kingdom, 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 United Kingdom stood at 80.64 0-100. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in United Kingdom peaked at 90.87 0-100 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 80.64 0-100, in 2025.
That places United Kingdom 14th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
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 United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 86.55 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 88.16 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 88.51 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 88.83 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 88.13 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 88.87 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 88.04 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 90.87 0-100 | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 89.21 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 86.36 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 82.88 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 82.99 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 82.93 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 83.99 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 85.26 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 85.33 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 87.14 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 84.34 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 83.93 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 84.36 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 85.03 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 83.31 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 83.59 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 84.08 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 83.01 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 81.79 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 80.64 0-100 | -1.4% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 80.64 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 1.1× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 80.64 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 66.01 0-100, 1.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 87.36 0-100 | 86.55 0-100 | 88.16 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 87.97 0-100 | 82.88 0-100 | 90.87 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 84.53 0-100 | 82.93 0-100 | 87.14 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.74 0-100 | 80.64 0-100 | 84.08 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 6.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 15.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 59.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 5.48 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in United Kingdom?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in United Kingdom was 80.64 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 United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 90.87 0-100 in 2006.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.64 0-100 in 2025.
- How does United Kingdom rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- United Kingdom ranks 14th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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).