Regulatory Quality in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Regulatory Quality was 0.1991 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Regulatory Quality in Equatorial Guinea, 1996–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
In 2011, regulatory quality in Equatorial Guinea stood at 0.1991 standard error.
That represents a change of down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 0.3584 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1954 standard error, in 2005.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 5th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3145 standard error | 0.2706 standard error | 0.3584 standard error | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2183 standard error | 0.1954 standard error | 0.2474 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.199 standard error | 0.199 standard error | 0.1991 standard error | 2 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 2 Comoros 0.2138 standard error compare
- 3 Seychelles 0.2119 standard error compare
- 4 Guinea-Bissau 0.2076 standard error compare
- 5 Djibouti 0.1991 standard error compare
- 5 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1991 standard error compare
- 8 Cape Verde 0.1944 standard error compare
- 8 Eswatini 0.1944 standard error compare
More reference data data for Equatorial Guinea
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.6151 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.9926 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.4849 °C (2026)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 1 (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Elected parliament 1 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 7 (2025)
- Free country 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality in Equatorial Guinea?
- Regulatory quality in Equatorial Guinea was 0.1991 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest regulatory quality recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3584 standard error in 1996.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1954 standard error in 2005.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for regulatory quality?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 5th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is regulatory quality rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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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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.