Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in Lesotho
Lesotho: Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.1689 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in Lesotho, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Lesotho is 0.1689, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Lesotho peaked at 0.413 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1689, in 2023.
That places Lesotho 179th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom 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 Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.413 | — |
| 1998 | 0.413 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.413 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.413 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.413 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2432 | -41.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2175 | -10.6% |
| 2006 | 0.186 | -14.5% |
| 2007 | 0.186 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1725 | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 0.1725 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1725 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1725 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1725 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1691 | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1691 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1691 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1691 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1691 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1691 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1733 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.1733 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1691 | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.1691 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1689 | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.1689 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.1689 | +0.0% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.1689 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1887, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.1689 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1615, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.413 | 0.413 | 0.413 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2685 | 0.1725 | 0.413 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.1705 | 0.1691 | 0.1733 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1697 | 0.1689 | 0.1733 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More reference data data for Lesotho
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0331 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.5388 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0101 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.111 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1115 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.77 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0549 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Lesotho?
- Regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Lesotho was 0.1689 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.413 in 1996.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1689 in 2023.
- How does Lesotho rank for regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate?
- Lesotho ranks 179th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho 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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