Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Zambia
Zambia: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 47.69 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Zambia, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 47.69 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2025.
That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Zambia peaked at 49.54 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41.01 0-100, in 2002.
That places Zambia 133rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 45.18 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 48.8 0-100 | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 47.33 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 41.01 0-100 | -13.4% |
| 2003 | 41.34 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 43.21 0-100 | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 44.92 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 44.71 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 46.93 0-100 | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 48.03 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 48.02 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 46.8 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 47.02 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 46.83 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 46.22 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 47.64 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 49.01 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 47.65 0-100 | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 47.66 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 48.07 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 46.9 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 45.02 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 46.82 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 47.71 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 47.58 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 49.54 0-100 | +4.1% |
| 2025 | 47.69 0-100 | -3.7% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 47.69 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.38 0-100, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 47.69 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 42.93 0-100, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.99 0-100 | 45.18 0-100 | 48.8 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 45.06 0-100 | 41.01 0-100 | 48.03 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 47.38 0-100 | 46.22 0-100 | 49.01 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.39 0-100 | 45.02 0-100 | 49.54 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More reference data data for Zambia
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.0386 (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.0941 (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies -0.018 (2026)
- Country level monthly temperature anomalies 0.3261 (2026)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Exchange rate, old LCU per USD extended forward, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Urban area long term, annual growth rate 3.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban area long term, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban area long term, per capita 0.0001 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Zambia?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Zambia was 47.69 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 49.54 0-100 in 2024.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.01 0-100 in 2002.
- How does Zambia rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Zambia ranks 133rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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).