Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Malta
Malta: Regulatory Quality - Number of sources was 7 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
7
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
138th
of 206 countries
All-time high
7
in 2024
All-time low
3
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Malta, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for regulatory quality - number of sources in Malta is 7, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - number of sources in Malta peaked at 7 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3, in 1996.
Malta ranks 138th 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 - Number of sources in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | — |
| 1998 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4 | +33.3% |
| 2004 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 7 | +16.7% |
| 2025 | 7 | +0.0% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 7 is below the median for high income countries, which is 8, 88% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Malta's 7 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8, 88% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.22 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.17 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 138 Afghanistan 7 compare
- 138 Armenia 7 compare
- 138 Azerbaijan 7 compare
- 138 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 compare
- 138 Comoros 7 compare
- 138 Georgia 7 compare
- 138 Hong Kong 7 compare
- 138 Iceland 7 compare
- 138 Iran 7 compare
- 138 Israel 7 compare
- 138 Kosovo 7 compare
- 138 Lebanon 7 compare
- 138 Montenegro 7 compare
- 138 Myanmar 7 compare
- 138 North Macedonia 7 compare
- 138 Russia 7 compare
- 138 South Sudan 7 compare
- 138 Suriname 7 compare
- 138 Switzerland 7 compare
- 138 East Timor 7 compare
- 138 Ukraine 7 compare
More reference data data for Malta
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0121 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0404 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0227 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0043 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - number of sources in Malta?
- Regulatory quality - number of sources in Malta was 7 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest regulatory quality - number of sources recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 7 in 2024.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - number of sources recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 1996.
- How does Malta rank for regulatory quality - number of sources?
- Malta ranks 138th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - number of sources rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Regulatory Quality - Number of sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).