Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Regulatory Quality - Number of sources was 9 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
9
Change on year
up 12.5%
World rank
47th
of 206 countries
All-time high
9
in 2024
All-time low
4
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Papua New Guinea, 1996–2024

02468101996201020241996: 41998: 42000: 42002: 52003: 52004: 62005: 72006: 72007: 72008: 82009: 82010: 82011: 82012: 82013: 82014: 82015: 82016: 82017: 82018: 82019: 82020: 82021: 82022: 82023: 82024: 9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Papua New Guinea recorded 9 for regulatory quality - number of sources in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 12.5% on the previous year and 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 47th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Papua New Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Papua New Guinea, 1996 to 2024.
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%

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 4 4 4 2
2000s 6.33 4 8 9
2010s 8 8 8 10
2020s 8.2 8 9 5

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 47 Bulgaria 9 compare
  2. 47 Burundi 9 compare
  3. 47 Central African Republic 9 compare
  4. 47 China 9 compare
  5. 47 Colombia 9 compare
  6. 47 Croatia 9 compare
  7. 47 Czechia 9 compare
  8. 47 Egypt 9 compare
  9. 47 El Salvador 9 compare
  10. 47 Estonia 9 compare
  11. 47 Honduras 9 compare
  12. 47 Hungary 9 compare
  13. 47 Kazakhstan 9 compare
  14. 47 South Korea 9 compare
  15. 47 Laos 9 compare
  16. 47 Latvia 9 compare
  17. 47 Malaysia 9 compare
  18. 47 Mauritania 9 compare
  19. 47 Mexico 9 compare
  20. 47 Peru 9 compare
  21. 47 Poland 9 compare
  22. 47 Romania 9 compare
  23. 47 Singapore 9 compare
  24. 47 Slovakia 9 compare
  25. 47 Slovenia 9 compare
  26. 47 South Africa 9 compare
  27. 47 Tajikistan 9 compare
  28. 47 Turkey 9 compare
  29. 47 Vietnam 9 compare

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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 2024, 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 47th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
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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Indicator
Regulatory Quality - Number of sources
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,186 data points, 1996–2024
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