Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Regulatory Quality - Number of sources was 9 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
9
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
50th
of 206 countries
All-time high
9
in 2024
All-time low
4
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Papua New Guinea, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 9 for regulatory quality - number of sources in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - number of sources in Papua New Guinea peaked at 9 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4, in 1996.
Papua New Guinea ranks 50th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | — |
| 1998 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 7 | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8 | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 9 | +12.5% |
| 2025 | 9 | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 9 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 9 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7, 1.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.33 | 4 | 8 | 9 |
| 2010s | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.33 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
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More reference data data for Papua New Guinea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0498 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.3515 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0007 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.3515 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6846 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5295 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2811 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0038 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - number of sources in Papua New Guinea?
- Regulatory quality - number of sources in Papua New Guinea was 9 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest regulatory quality - number of sources recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 9 in 2024.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - number of sources recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 1996.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for regulatory quality - number of sources?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 50th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - number of sources rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.
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