Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 33.55 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Zimbabwe, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 33.55 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Zimbabwe peaked at 34.28 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 16.62 0-100, in 2003.
Zimbabwe ranks 188th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 32.86 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 34.06 0-100 | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 22.76 0-100 | -33.2% |
| 2002 | 19.69 0-100 | -13.5% |
| 2003 | 16.62 0-100 | -15.6% |
| 2004 | 23.87 0-100 | +43.6% |
| 2005 | 21.08 0-100 | -11.7% |
| 2006 | 22.46 0-100 | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 21.96 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 21.17 0-100 | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 22.79 0-100 | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 24.45 0-100 | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 25.2 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 25.88 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 25.71 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 25.47 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 30.74 0-100 | +20.7% |
| 2016 | 29.6 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 31.04 0-100 | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 31.48 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 32.67 0-100 | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 32.18 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 32.28 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 32.72 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 33.67 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 34.28 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2025 | 33.55 0-100 | -2.1% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 33.55 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.38 0-100, 76% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 33.55 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 42.93 0-100, 78% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Zimbabwe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +43.6% | 16.62 0-100 | 23.87 0-100 |
| 2000 | -33.2% | 34.06 0-100 | 22.76 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.46 0-100 | 32.86 0-100 | 34.06 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.38 0-100 | 16.62 0-100 | 23.87 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 28.22 0-100 | 24.45 0-100 | 32.67 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.11 0-100 | 32.18 0-100 | 34.28 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 185 Bolivia 34.46 0-100 compare
- 186 Guinea-Bissau 34.27 0-100 compare
- 187 Belarus 33.82 0-100 compare
- 189 Central African Republic 32.98 0-100 compare
- 190 Democratic Republic of Congo 32.95 0-100 compare
- 191 Equatorial Guinea 30.82 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Zimbabwe
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.1903 (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.2726 (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.8086 (2026)
- Country level monthly temperature anomalies -0.5886 (2026)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 58,959 (2026)
- Exchange rate, old LCU per USD extended forward, period average 58,959 (2026)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 58,959 (2026)
- Urban area long term, annual growth rate 1.8 % 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 0.0002 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - governance score in Zimbabwe?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Zimbabwe was 33.55 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 34.28 0-100 in 2024.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.62 0-100 in 2003.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Zimbabwe ranks 188th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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).