Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in South Korea
South Korea: Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.1969 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0.1969
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
118th
of 206 countries
All-time high
0.2377
in 1996
All-time low
0.1969
in 2024
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in South Korea, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in South Korea is 0.1969, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in South Korea peaked at 0.2377 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1969, in 2024.
That places South Korea 118th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in South Korea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.2377 | — |
| 1998 | 0.2377 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2377 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2112 | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 0.2112 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2112 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2112 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2112 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.2112 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2112 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2112 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2112 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1972 | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 0.1972 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1972 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1972 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1972 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1972 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1972 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1972 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1972 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1972 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1972 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1972 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1972 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1969 | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 0.1969 | +0.0% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 0.1969 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.2179, 90% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 0.1969 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2229, 88% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2377 | 0.2377 | 0.2377 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2142 | 0.2112 | 0.2377 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.1986 | 0.1972 | 0.2112 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1971 | 0.1969 | 0.1972 | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
- 115 South Sudan 0.1982 compare
- 116 United Arab Emirates 0.1972 compare
- 116 Venezuela 0.1972 compare
- 118 Argentina 0.1969 compare
- 118 Brazil 0.1969 compare
- 118 Bulgaria 0.1969 compare
- 118 Chile 0.1969 compare
- 118 China 0.1969 compare
- 118 Colombia 0.1969 compare
- 118 Croatia 0.1969 compare
- 118 Czechia 0.1969 compare
- 118 Estonia 0.1969 compare
- 118 Hungary 0.1969 compare
- 118 Kazakhstan 0.1969 compare
- 118 Kuwait 0.1969 compare
- 118 Latvia 0.1969 compare
- 118 Lithuania 0.1969 compare
- 118 Malaysia 0.1969 compare
- 118 Mexico 0.1969 compare
- 118 Peru 0.1969 compare
- 118 Poland 0.1969 compare
- 118 Qatar 0.1969 compare
- 118 Romania 0.1969 compare
- 118 Singapore 0.1969 compare
- 118 Slovakia 0.1969 compare
- 118 Slovenia 0.1969 compare
- 118 Thailand 0.1969 compare
- 118 Turkey 0.1969 compare
More reference data data for South Korea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9638 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.9281 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2074 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 4.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.17 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.13 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in South Korea?
- Regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in South Korea was 0.1969 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2377 in 1996.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1969 in 2024.
- How does South Korea rank for regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate?
- South Korea ranks 118th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Korea 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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