Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Uruguay

Uruguay: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 65 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
65 0-100
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
55th
of 206 countries
All-time high
67.95 0-100
in 2013
All-time low
60.11 0-100
in 2004
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Uruguay, 1996–2025

02040601996201020251996: 62.4 0-1001998: 67.5 0-1002000: 67.8 0-1002002: 64.4 0-1002003: 60.3 0-1002004: 60.1 0-1002005: 61.2 0-1002006: 62.3 0-1002007: 62.4 0-1002008: 63.2 0-1002009: 62 0-1002010: 64.6 0-1002011: 64.4 0-1002012: 66.5 0-1002013: 67.9 0-1002014: 67.4 0-1002015: 66.3 0-1002016: 67.7 0-1002017: 67.2 0-1002018: 65.5 0-1002019: 65.8 0-1002020: 66.8 0-1002021: 67.2 0-1002022: 67 0-1002023: 65.9 0-1002024: 64.4 0-1002025: 65 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for regulatory quality - governance score in Uruguay is 65 0-100, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Uruguay peaked at 67.95 0-100 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 60.11 0-100, in 2004.

Uruguay ranks 55th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Uruguay, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 62.44 0-100 —
1998 67.51 0-100 +8.1%
2000 67.79 0-100 +0.4%
2002 64.35 0-100 -5.1%
2003 60.29 0-100 -6.3%
2004 60.11 0-100 -0.3%
2005 61.19 0-100 +1.8%
2006 62.3 0-100 +1.8%
2007 62.36 0-100 +0.1%
2008 63.2 0-100 +1.4%
2009 61.99 0-100 -1.9%
2010 64.64 0-100 +4.3%
2011 64.41 0-100 -0.3%
2012 66.51 0-100 +3.2%
2013 67.95 0-100 +2.2%
2014 67.44 0-100 -0.7%
2015 66.34 0-100 -1.6%
2016 67.73 0-100 +2.1%
2017 67.22 0-100 -0.7%
2018 65.48 0-100 -2.6%
2019 65.83 0-100 +0.5%
2020 66.83 0-100 +1.5%
2021 67.17 0-100 +0.5%
2022 67 0-100 -0.3%
2023 65.95 0-100 -1.6%
2024 64.4 0-100 -2.3%
2025 65 0-100 +0.9%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 65 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 91% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 65 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.98 0-100, 1.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 64.98 0-100 62.44 0-100 67.51 0-100 2
2000s 62.62 0-100 60.11 0-100 67.79 0-100 9
2010s 66.36 0-100 64.41 0-100 67.95 0-100 10
2020s 66.06 0-100 64.4 0-100 67.17 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 52 Italy 65.79 0-100 compare
  2. 53 Saint Kitts and Nevis 65.54 0-100 compare
  3. 54 Portugal 65.15 0-100 compare
  4. 56 Costa Rica 64.76 0-100 compare
  5. 57 North Macedonia 63.32 0-100 compare
  6. 58 Palau 63.16 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Uruguay?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Uruguay was 65 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 Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 67.95 0-100 in 2013.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 60.11 0-100 in 2004.
How does Uruguay rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Uruguay ranks 55th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uruguay 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
206 places, 5,391 data points, 1996–2025
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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).