Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.2852 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in Vanuatu, 2004–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Vanuatu is 0.2852, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Vanuatu peaked at 0.4978 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.2852, in 2023.
That places Vanuatu 26th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Regulatory Quality - Standard error of the governance estimate in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.4978 | — |
| 2005 | 0.3385 | -32.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3385 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3385 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3079 | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 0.3079 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3079 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3079 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3079 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3079 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3079 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2859 | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 0.2859 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2859 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2859 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2859 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2859 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2859 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2859 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2852 | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.2852 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.2852 | +0.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 0.2852 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1887, 1.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 0.2852 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2229, 1.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3549 | 0.3079 | 0.4978 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.2969 | 0.2859 | 0.3079 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2856 | 0.2852 | 0.2859 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 24 Grenada 0.2931 compare
- 25 Liechtenstein 0.2867 compare
- 26 Solomon Islands 0.2852 compare
- 26 Tonga 0.2852 compare
- 29 Puerto Rico 0.281 compare
More reference data data for Vanuatu
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0174 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0819 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0994 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0994 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0583 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0658 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4612 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5857 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0003 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Vanuatu?
- Regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate in Vanuatu was 0.2852 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4978 in 2004.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2852 in 2023.
- How does Vanuatu rank for regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate?
- Vanuatu ranks 26th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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 — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).