Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.228 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
0.228
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
47th
of 206 countries
All-time high
0.2377
in 1996
All-time low
0.2179
in 2023
Years of data
27
1996–2025

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

00.050.10.150.20.251996201020251996: 0.2381998: 0.2382000: 0.2382002: 0.2382003: 0.2382004: 0.2382005: 0.2382006: 0.2382007: 0.2382008: 0.2382009: 0.2382010: 0.2382011: 0.2182012: 0.2182013: 0.2182014: 0.2182015: 0.2182016: 0.2182017: 0.2182018: 0.2182019: 0.2182020: 0.2182021: 0.2182022: 0.2182023: 0.2182024: 0.2282025: 0.228

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Hong Kong recorded 0.228 for regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in 2025.

The figure is up 4.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Hong Kong peaked at 0.2377 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.2179, in 2023.

That places Hong Kong 47th 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 Hong Kong, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in Hong Kong, 1996 to 2025.
Year Value Change
1996 0.2377 —
1998 0.2377 +0.0%
2000 0.2377 +0.0%
2002 0.2377 +0.0%
2003 0.2377 +0.0%
2004 0.2377 +0.0%
2005 0.2377 +0.0%
2006 0.2377 +0.0%
2007 0.2377 +0.0%
2008 0.2377 +0.0%
2009 0.2377 +0.0%
2010 0.2377 +0.0%
2011 0.2182 -8.2%
2012 0.2182 +0.0%
2013 0.2182 +0.0%
2014 0.2182 +0.0%
2015 0.2182 +0.0%
2016 0.2182 +0.0%
2017 0.2182 +0.0%
2018 0.2182 +0.0%
2019 0.2182 +0.0%
2020 0.2182 +0.0%
2021 0.2182 +0.0%
2022 0.2182 +0.0%
2023 0.2179 -0.1%
2024 0.228 +4.6%
2025 0.228 +0.0%

Hong Kong compared with similar countries

  • Hong Kong's 0.228 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2179, 1.0× the median. (74 countries reporting)
  • Hong Kong's 0.228 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2229, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2377 0.2377 0.2377 2
2000s 0.2377 0.2377 0.2377 9
2010s 0.2201 0.2182 0.2377 10
2020s 0.2214 0.2179 0.228 6

Countries ranked near Hong Kong

  1. 44 Cuba 0.2316 compare
  2. 44 North Korea 0.2316 compare
  3. 46 Malta 0.231 compare
  4. 48 Belize 0.2249 compare
  5. 49 Armenia 0.2228 compare
  6. 49 Azerbaijan 0.2228 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

More reference data data for Hong Kong

All data for Hong Kong →

Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Hong Kong?
Regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Hong Kong was 0.228 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Hong Kong?
The highest recorded value was 0.2377 in 1996.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Hong Kong?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2179 in 2023.
How does Hong Kong rank for regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate?
Hong Kong ranks 47th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Hong Kong?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Hong Kong 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in Hong Kong. Statizoid. Retrieved 13 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/regulatory-quality-standard-error-of-the-governance-estimate/hong-kong-sar-china/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/regulatory-quality-standard-error-of-the-governance-estimate/hong-kong-sar-china/">Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in Hong Kong</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed