Regulatory Quality in Ghana
Ghana: Regulatory Quality was 0.1617 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Regulatory Quality in Ghana, 1996–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.1617 standard error for regulatory quality in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality in Ghana peaked at 0.3222 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1617 standard error, in 2011.
Ghana ranks 34th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.294 standard error | 0.2658 standard error | 0.3222 standard error | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.1839 standard error | 0.1622 standard error | 0.2438 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.1617 standard error | 0.1617 standard error | 0.1618 standard error | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 34 Angola 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Botswana 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Burkina Faso 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Cameroon 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Cote d'Ivoire 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Egypt 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Ethiopia 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Kenya 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Madagascar 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Mali 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Mozambique 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Nigeria 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Senegal 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Tanzania 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Tunisia 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Uganda 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Zambia 0.1617 standard error compare
- 34 Zimbabwe 0.1617 standard error compare
More reference data data for Ghana
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.2851 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies -0.0419 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.8532 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.3544 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.6214 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 855.78 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 1 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality in Ghana?
- Regulatory quality in Ghana was 0.1617 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest regulatory quality recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3222 standard error in 1996.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1617 standard error in 2011.
- How does Ghana rank for regulatory quality?
- Ghana ranks 34th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is regulatory quality rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana 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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About this data
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.