Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei

Brunei: Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.2546 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
0.2546
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
34th
of 206 countries
All-time high
0.4155
in 1996
All-time low
0.2546
in 2025
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei, 1996–2025

00.10.20.30.41996201020251996: 0.4161998: 0.4162000: 0.4162002: 0.4162003: 0.4162004: 0.4162005: 0.4162006: 0.4162007: 0.4162008: 0.3722009: 0.2722010: 0.2722011: 0.2722012: 0.2722013: 0.2552014: 0.2552015: 0.2552016: 0.2552017: 0.2552018: 0.2552019: 0.2552020: 0.2552021: 0.2552022: 0.2552023: 0.2552024: 0.2552025: 0.255

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Brunei recorded 0.2546 for regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei peaked at 0.4155 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.2546, in 2025.

That places Brunei 34th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.

Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei, 1996 to 2025.
Year Value Change
1996 0.4155 —
1998 0.4155 +0.0%
2000 0.4155 +0.0%
2002 0.4155 +0.0%
2003 0.4155 +0.0%
2004 0.4155 +0.0%
2005 0.4155 +0.0%
2006 0.4155 +0.0%
2007 0.4155 +0.0%
2008 0.3717 -10.5%
2009 0.2717 -26.9%
2010 0.2717 +0.0%
2011 0.2717 +0.0%
2012 0.2717 +0.0%
2013 0.2551 -6.1%
2014 0.2551 +0.0%
2015 0.2551 +0.0%
2016 0.2551 +0.0%
2017 0.2551 +0.0%
2018 0.2551 +0.0%
2019 0.2551 +0.0%
2020 0.2551 +0.0%
2021 0.2551 +0.0%
2022 0.2551 +0.0%
2023 0.2551 +0.0%
2024 0.2551 +0.0%
2025 0.2546 -0.2%

Brunei compared with similar countries

  • Brunei's 0.2546 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2179, 1.2× the median. (74 countries reporting)
  • Brunei's 0.2546 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2229, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4155 0.4155 0.4155 2
2000s 0.3947 0.2717 0.4155 9
2010s 0.2601 0.2551 0.2717 10
2020s 0.255 0.2546 0.2551 6

Countries ranked near Brunei

  1. 31 Saint Lucia 0.2725 compare
  2. 31 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2725 compare
  3. 33 Seychelles 0.2712 compare
  4. 35 Turkmenistan 0.243 compare
  5. 36 Barbados 0.2427 compare
  6. 37 Bahamas 0.2409 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei?
Regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei was 0.2546 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Brunei?
The highest recorded value was 0.4155 in 1996.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Brunei?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2546 in 2025.
How does Brunei rank for regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate?
Brunei ranks 34th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Brunei?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Brunei data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,391 data points, 1996–2025
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