Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in United States
United States: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 72.81 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in United States, 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 States stood at 72.81 0-100. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in United States peaked at 87.14 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 72.81 0-100, in 2025.
That places United States 31st out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
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 States, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 80.5 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 83.14 0-100 | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 87.14 0-100 | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 85.04 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 84.19 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 83.74 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 85.01 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 83.59 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 81.26 0-100 | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 81.3 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 78.15 0-100 | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 78.78 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 79.4 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 79.99 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 79.22 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 77.4 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 77.49 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 79.29 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 81 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 80.34 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 78.58 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 77.19 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 80.74 0-100 | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 80.66 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 79.88 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 78.31 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2025 | 72.81 0-100 | -7.0% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 72.81 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 1.0× the median. (74 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.82 0-100 | 80.5 0-100 | 83.14 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 83.27 0-100 | 78.15 0-100 | 87.14 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 79.15 0-100 | 77.4 0-100 | 81 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.27 0-100 | 72.81 0-100 | 80.74 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 119.42 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 20.7 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 52.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 133.45 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 589.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 112.69 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in United States?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in United States was 72.81 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 States?
- The highest recorded value was 87.14 0-100 in 2000.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.81 0-100 in 2025.
- How does United States rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- United States ranks 31st out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States 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).