Regulatory Quality in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Regulatory Quality was 0.2076 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Regulatory Quality in Guinea-Bissau, 1996–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 0.2076 standard error for regulatory quality in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 0.4483 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.194 standard error, in 2005.
That places Guinea-Bissau 4th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it 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 | 0.3731 standard error | 0.2979 standard error | 0.4483 standard error | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2192 standard error | 0.194 standard error | 0.2724 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2062 standard error | 0.2048 standard error | 0.2076 standard error | 2 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 1 Somalia 0.2155 standard error compare
- 2 Comoros 0.2138 standard error compare
- 3 Seychelles 0.2119 standard error compare
- 5 Djibouti 0.1991 standard error compare
- 5 Equatorial Guinea 0.1991 standard error compare
- 5 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1991 standard error compare
More reference data data for Guinea-Bissau
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.1558 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.0461 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.1951 °C (2026)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 4 (2025)
- Free country 1 (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Elected parliament 0 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.6203 °C (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality in Guinea-Bissau?
- Regulatory quality in Guinea-Bissau was 0.2076 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest regulatory quality recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4483 standard error in 1996.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.194 standard error in 2005.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for regulatory quality?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 4th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is regulatory quality rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.