Regulatory Quality in Burundi

Burundi: Regulatory Quality was 0.1711 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.1711 standard error
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
15th
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.4238 standard error
in 1996
All-time low
0.1711 standard error
in 2011
Years of data
13
1996–2011

Regulatory Quality in Burundi, 1996–2011

00.10.20.30.41996200320111996: 0.424 standard error1998: 0.305 standard error2000: 0.299 standard error2002: 0.262 standard error2003: 0.219 standard error2004: 0.21 standard error2005: 0.191 standard error2006: 0.183 standard error2007: 0.181 standard error2008: 0.177 standard error2009: 0.175 standard error2010: 0.172 standard error2011: 0.171 standard error

Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.

Analysis

Burundi recorded 0.1711 standard error for regulatory quality in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.

The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 42.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality in Burundi peaked at 0.4238 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1711 standard error, in 2011.

Burundi ranks 15th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.

Regulatory Quality in Burundi, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality (standard error) in Burundi, 1996 to 2011.
Year standard error Change
1996 0.4238 standard error
1998 0.3047 standard error -28.1%
2000 0.2989 standard error -1.9%
2002 0.2619 standard error -12.4%
2003 0.2193 standard error -16.3%
2004 0.2098 standard error -4.3%
2005 0.191 standard error -8.9%
2006 0.1832 standard error -4.1%
2007 0.181 standard error -1.2%
2008 0.1767 standard error -2.4%
2009 0.1746 standard error -1.2%
2010 0.1724 standard error -1.3%
2011 0.1711 standard error -0.8%

Burundi compared with similar countries

  • Burundi's 0.1711 standard error is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.1676 standard error, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
  • Burundi's 0.1711 standard error is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1645 standard error, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Regulatory Quality in Burundi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1998 -28.1% 0.4238 standard error 0.3047 standard error

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3643 standard error 0.3047 standard error 0.4238 standard error 2
2000s 0.2107 standard error 0.1746 standard error 0.2989 standard error 9
2010s 0.1718 standard error 0.1711 standard error 0.1724 standard error 2

Countries ranked near Burundi

  1. 12 Gabon 0.1847 standard error compare
  2. 13 Eritrea 0.1742 standard error compare
  3. 14 Sudan 0.1719 standard error compare
  4. 15 Lesotho 0.1711 standard error compare
  5. 15 Rwanda 0.1711 standard error compare
  6. 18 Guinea 0.1708 standard error compare
  7. 18 Liberia 0.1708 standard error compare
  8. 18 Sierra Leone 0.1708 standard error compare

See the full ranking of 53 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality in Burundi?
Regulatory quality in Burundi was 0.1711 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
What is the highest regulatory quality recorded in Burundi?
The highest recorded value was 0.4238 standard error in 1996.
What is the lowest regulatory quality recorded in Burundi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1711 standard error in 2011.
How does Burundi rank for regulatory quality?
Burundi ranks 15th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is regulatory quality rising or falling in Burundi?
Over the last ten years it is down 42.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Burundi data come from?
The figures come from World Bank Institute, published as part of Regulatory Quality (standard error). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Regulatory Quality (standard error)
Unit
standard error
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 689 data points, 1996–2011
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See definition GV.REGL.LA.ES. Inherent to all Governance Indicators is a margin of error, which might vary from country to country, normally attributable to two factors: (i) cross-country differences in the number of sources in which a country appears, and (ii) differences in the precision of the sources in which each country appears.