Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Regulatory Quality - Number of sources was 11 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Sri Lanka, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, regulatory quality - number of sources in Sri Lanka stood at 11. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.0% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - number of sources in Sri Lanka peaked at 11 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 4, in 1996.
Sri Lanka ranks 17th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | — |
| 1998 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 2002 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 7 | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 9 | +28.6% |
| 2006 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10 | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 9 | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 8 | -11.1% |
| 2022 | 9 | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 8 | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 10 | +25.0% |
| 2025 | 11 | +10.0% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 11 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8, 1.4× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 11 is above the median for South Asia, which is 10, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.67 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| 2010s | 9.8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.17 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More reference data data for Sri Lanka
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1608 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.316 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1784 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.539 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1604 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9713 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - number of sources in Sri Lanka?
- Regulatory quality - number of sources in Sri Lanka was 11 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest regulatory quality - number of sources recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 11 in 2025.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - number of sources recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 1996.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for regulatory quality - number of sources?
- Sri Lanka ranks 17th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - number of sources rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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).